Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of these terms

By accessing or using this website, contacting Mindo Bird Watching, submitting an inquiry, or using information from this site, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

2. Website information

The content on this website is provided for general travel planning, birdwatching education, tour discovery, and communication. We work to keep information useful and current, but birding routes, access, timing, prices, availability, and local conditions may change without notice.

3. Tour inquiries and bookings

Submitting a form, sending a message, or clicking a contact button does not automatically confirm a tour. A booking is confirmed only after Mindo Bird Watching confirms availability, shares the relevant details, receives required payment when applicable, and sends written confirmation.

4. Relationship to booking terms

These Terms of Service cover website use and general service conditions. Tour-specific rules, including payments, cancellations, refunds, rescheduling, participant responsibilities, risk, and operator changes, are explained in our Terms and Conditions page and may also be included in written booking communication.

5. Visitor responsibilities

Visitors should provide accurate contact details, travel dates, group size, birding level, photography goals, health or mobility considerations, and target species when requesting a tour. Visitors are responsible for reviewing confirmed details before travel.

6. Local conditions and changes

Mindo birding takes place in a living cloud forest environment. Weather, road conditions, trail access, wildlife activity, reserve rules, guide availability, and safety considerations can affect timing, routes, and recommendations.

7. Intellectual property

Text, images, branding, page structure, and other website content are owned by or licensed to Mindo Bird Watching unless otherwise stated. You may not copy, republish, scrape, or reuse site content for commercial purposes without written permission.

8. Media ownership and use

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, all photos, videos, audio recordings, and other media captured by Mindo Bird Watching, its guides, team members, contractors, or authorized representatives during tours, activities, site visits, or related services are owned by Mindo Bird Watching. Mindo Bird Watching may use, edit, publish, license, distribute, display, and monetize this media for business, educational, promotional, editorial, social media, advertising, archival, and commercial purposes in any format or platform, worldwide.

Participants grant Mindo Bird Watching permission to use their name, image, voice, likeness, and appearance when captured in connection with our tours or activities, unless the participant requests in writing before the activity that they not be featured. For minors, permission must be provided by a parent or legal guardian.

9. External links and third-party services

This website may link to third-party services such as maps, social platforms, booking tools, payment providers, review sites, analytics tools, or partner resources. Those services are governed by their own terms and policies.

10. Limitation of liability

Website content is provided in good faith for planning purposes. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mindo Bird Watching is not responsible for losses resulting from reliance on website information, third-party services, technical issues, or conditions outside our control.

11. Contact

For questions about these Terms of Service, website use, tour planning, or booking communication, contact us at tours@mindobirdwatching.com or through the contact page.