Wildlife Tours and Holidays with Iberian Wildlife Tours
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Wildlife tours and holidays
in Spain and Portugal

Iberian Wildlife Tours organises and leads top-quality natural history holidays throughout Spain and Portugal. For more than 20 years we've been guiding both for major European tour operators and for independent travellers.

We offer a range of departures throughout the year, varying in length from just half a day to two weeks. Our general natural history tours are complemented by a series of more specialised excursions dedicated to birds, butterflies, dragonflies and wildflowers... More

Why not join one of our superb wildlife holidays?

Our wildlife tour destinations this year, including those we run in conjunction with other operators, are shown on the map top right. To find out more, simply click on the coloured region on this map or on the individual tour titles in the list below. If you're interested in joining one of our tours, or have any further queries, please feel free to contact us.

IWT blog - recent posts

Festive greetings! & Christmas 2011 update on John's 2012 Iberian Wildlife Tours.
Festive greetings! & Christmas 2011 update on John's 2012 Iberian Wildlife Tours.
28/12/2011
A summary of availability on John's Spanish natural history holidays in the first half of 2012... More

Day trips in Madrid - winter 2011
Day trips in Madrid - winter 2011
19/12/2011
Observations from a couple of tailor-made day trips to Madrid in December 2011, including Spanish Imperial Eagle, 10 other raptor species, Great and Little Bustards, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Iberian Grey Shrike, Iberian (Azure-winged) Magpie, Roe Deer and plenty more!... More

Iberian Lynx, Spanish Imperial Eagles and other mammals and raptors in the Sierra de Andújar, December 2011
Iberian Lynx, Spanish Imperial Eagles and other mammals and raptors in the Sierra de Andújar, December 2011
16/12/2011
Sightings during a couple of recent trips to this remarkable mountain area of the eastern Sierra Morena, including the critically endangered Iberian Lynx, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Eurasian Black Vulture, Black-shouldered Kite and Black Wheatear amongst plenty of others. The La Mancha lakes en route were rich in birds too, including White-headed Duck and, surprisingly for December, Whiskered Terns!... More

Update on 2012 departures with Iberian Wildlife Tours: Christmas 2011
Update on 2012 departures with Iberian Wildlife Tours: Christmas 2011
07/12/2011
A short summary of availability on Teresa's Spanish natural history holidays in 2012... More

A Voyage of Discovery in the Canary Islands
A Voyage of Discovery in the Canary Islands
28/10/2011
Escape the British winter and join Teresa and John for a fortnight exploring Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife and La Gomera, from 17 February to 2 March 2012... More

Featured tours

Voyage of Discovery in the Canary Islands
Fancy a fortnight exploring four islands in the Canaries this February? If so, join John and Teresa for encounters with the more charismatic endemic birds, reptiles, flowers and insects of the archipelago... More

Wildlife of Almería
Join Teresa Farino for this mid-April tour to south-eastern Spain, jam-packed with opportunities to observe and photograph flowers, birds, reptiles, butterflies, dragonflies, etc. in warm, sunny conditions... More

Sierra de Grazalema
A superb destination for the all-round naturalist, with orchids and other monocots galore, spring butterflies and colourful Mediterranean birds, amid spectacular limestone mountains in south-west Spain... More

Central Spain birding day & half-day trips
Tailor-made birding tours in Madrid, Extremadura, La Mancha and Castilla y Leon to suit your requirements. All levels of knowledge catered for. Evening excursions & trips to special sites for the rarer species... More

Wildlife walks in the Picos de Europa
Whether you are interested in birds, wildflowers, butterflies or any other aspect of natural history, the amazing diversity of wildlife in the Picos de Europa makes it a top holiday destination for visiting naturalists... More

Walking and wildlife in the eastern Pyrenees
The best way to see wildlife... on foot and along the forgotten byways of the eastern Pyrenees. Join Mike for weekly walks along the drover's roads and smuggler's paths of the final flourish of the Pyrenees... More


View all our wildlife tours for 2012


Picos de Europa: Daily Wildlife Walks • A Feast of Flowers • Picos de Europa (Honeyguide) • Natural History of the Picos de Europa and Páramos of Northern Castile • Butterflies and Moths of the Southern Valleys of the Picos de Europa • A family wildlife holiday in the Picos de Europa • Autumn moth weekends in the Picos de Europa Castilla y León wildlife tours: Natural History of the Picos de Europa and Páramos of Northern Castile Aragón wildlife tours: Spanish Pyrenees and Dupont's Lark extension Catalonia wildlife tours: Walking and wildlife in the eastern Pyrenees • Dragonflies in Catalonia Catalonia wildlife tours: Butterfly monitoring in La Garrotxa • Dragonflies in Catalonia Castilla y León birding tours: Tailor-made birdwatching trips Madrid birding tours: Tailor-made birdwatching trips Gredos birding trips: Tailor-made wildlife watching trips • Extremadura & Gredos (spring weeks) Extremadura wildlife tours: Tailor-made birdwatching trips •  Extremadura (spring weeks) • Doñana & Extremadura (spring weeks) • Extremadura & Gredos (spring weeks) La Mancha wildlife tours: Iberian Lynx, Sierra de Andújar & La Mancha (5-day trips) • Tailor-made birdwatching trips Andalucia wildlife tours: Iberian Lynx, Sierra de Andújar & La Mancha (5-day trips) Andalucia wildlife tours: Coto Doñana & Extremadura (spring weeks) Andalucia wildlife tours: Sierra de Grazalema Andalucia wildlife tours: Strait of Gibraltar (autumn weeks) Andalucia wildlife tours: Wildlife of Almería Canary Islands wildlife tours: A Voyage of Discovery in the Canary Islands   Picos de Europa tours
  Aragon tours
  Catalonia tours
  Castilla y Leon tours
  Madrid tours
  Extremadura tours
  Castilla - La Mancha tours
  Andalucia tours
  Canary Islands tours

Meet the Iberian Wildlife guides...

John Muddeman is principal guide for wildlife holidays throughout Spain and Portugal John Muddeman is a professional tour guide, writer and scientific translator, with a lifelong interest in diverse aspects of natural history. He lives in Madrid and guides organised groups throughout Iberia and Europe.
Teresa Farino organises natural history tours all over Spain, particularly in the Picos de Europa and central Portugal Teresa Farino is an all-round naturalist with a special interest in the wildflowers, butterflies and moths of the Iberian peninsula. She lives in the Picos de Europa and has been leading wildlife holidays in Spain and Portugal since 1989.
Mike Lockwood leads wildlife holidays in Catalonia and the Spanish Pyrenees Mike Lockwood is a seasoned naturalist currently working in Catalonia on bird, butterfly and dragonfly studies. He lives in Catalonia and leads wildlife and walking tours for various companies and private groups.
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Featured articles

Natural History of the Canary Islands
Along with Madeira and the Azores, the Canaries are part of the biogeographic region of Macaronesia: a world-renowned hotspot of plant and animal biodiversity. From sea level to 3715m, the archipelago possesses a series of distinct vegetation zones, each harbouring incredible numbers of unique plants, invertebrates, reptiles and even birds... More

Spain - Birds and birdwatching
The amazing diversity of Spain's birdlife is largely due to the geographical location of the Iberian peninsula and its immense variety of ecosystems, from coastal to freshwater habitats, arid steppes to thick forests, and high mountains to islands... More

Cabo de Gata - a naturalist's paradise in south-eastern Spain
This arid, volcanic landscape - unique in Europe - harbours an important steppe bird community and a diverse avifauna associated with the coastal wetlands. It is also renowned for its rich floral and invertebrate assemblages, including many endemic species... More

List of the Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Spain and Portugal
In total 78 species of Odonata have been recorded in mainland Spain (including the Balearic Islands), with 63 species cited from mainland Portugal. In the Canary Islands just 14 species have been recorded, of which the two resident damselfly and two resident dragonfly species do not occur in the rest of Spain... More

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Wildlife books
Wildlife articles
Translations
Birds & birdwatching
List of birds
Geography & climate
List of dragonflies & damselflies
Travellers' Nature Guide species menu
Andalucia tours
Cabo de Gata
Sierra de Grazalema
Grazalema botanical trip report 2007
Aragón tours
Benasque botanical trip report 2008
Canaries tours
Natural History of the Canary Islands
Fuerteventura trip report
Catalonia tours
Catalan Pyrenees botanical trip report 2005
Extremadura tours
Birds & birding
Habitats
Location & geography
List of birds
List of butterflies
Castilla y Leon tours
La Mancha tours
Birds & birding
Botanical trip report 2009
Madrid tours
Birds & birding
Picos tours
A naturalist's paradise
List of orchids
Botanical trip report 2004
Butterfly & moth trip report 2005
Butterfly & moth trip report 2006
Butterfly & moth trip report 2008
List of butterflies
Picos walking guide
Natural history of the Arrábida
Wildlife of the Sado estuary
Botanical trip report 2006
Ecuador cloudforest birdwatching
Birds & bison in Poland
 
 
     
  
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