Vogue Names Seven Birdwatching Destinations, From Sicily's Vendicari Reserve to Jamaica's GoldenEye
Vogue's travel guide for birdwatching spans four continents, beginning at Sicily's Vendicari Nature Reserve, where raptor expert Andrea Corso studies Greater Flamingos. Visitors can lodge at Il San Corrado di Noto, located in the UNESCO-listed Val di Noto. In Costa Rica, the Monteverde cloud forest's Curi-Cancha reserve draws birdwatchers to see the Resplendent Quetzal, while Andrés Valverde emphasizes "observation as art" at the Savia reserve, part of Hotel Belmar. Tsavo West National Park in Kenya boasts over 500 bird species, with Finch Hattons camp offering early morning walks. The Galápagos' Española island is home to the endangered Waved albatross, with Ecoventura introducing a birding tour. On Vancouver Island's Esowista Peninsula, thousands of Western Sandpipers gather, and Jamaica's GoldenEye honors Ian Fleming with nature walks. Scotland's Caithness and Sutherland bog provides a habitat for loons, with the new Hope by WildLand lodge nearby.
Key facts
- Andrea Corso, a Sicilian raptor and dragonfly expert, birded Vendicari Nature Reserve, a stopover between Europe and Africa
- Costa Rica's Three-wattled Bellbird produces a 100-decibel call
- Kenya's Tsavo West National Park holds more than 500 bird species
- Española in the Galápagos is essentially the only nesting site of the critically endangered Waved albatross
- Ecoventura was founded by the Dunn family in 1991 and is now owned by Abercrombie & Kent
- Vancouver Island's Esowista Peninsula hosts tens of thousands of Western Sandpipers each spring
- GoldenEye marks the 80th anniversary of Ian Fleming's 1946 house with twice-weekly nature walks
- Hope by WildLand, a seven-bedroom 1870s lodge near Loch Hope, opened this year
Entities
Artists
- Margaux Anbouba
- Michael Good
- Andrea Corso
- Andrés Valverde
- Jacques Cousteau
- Charles Darwin
- David Attenborough
- Ian Fleming
- James Bond
- Chris Blackwell
- Prince Nicolaci
Institutions
- Vogue
- Il San Corrado di Noto
- Curi-Cancha
- Savia
- Hotel Belmar
- Finch Hattons
- Virgin Limited Edition
- Ecoventura
- Abercrombie & Kent
- Relais & Châteaux
- National Geographic Society
- The Pointe at the Wickaninnish Inn
- Wickaninnish Inn
- GoldenEye
- Island Records
- Hope by WildLand
- Leica
- Merlin
Locations
- Sicily
- Italy
- Vendicari Nature Reserve
- Siracusa
- Tunisia
- Camargue
- Avignon
- Val di Noto
- Noto
- Iblean Plateau
- Sortino
- Costa Rica
- Monteverde
- Kenya
- Tsavo West National Park
- Chyulu Hills
- Galápagos Islands
- Española
- Ecuador
- Vancouver Island
- Esowista Peninsula
- British Columbia
- Tofino
- Pacific Rim National Park
- Canada
- Jamaica
- Scotland
- Caithness
- Sutherland
- North Coast 500
- Loch Hope
- Iceland
- Westman Islands
- Newfoundland
- Witless Bay
- Maine
- Bar Harbor