Hortobagy National Park is an amazing birding and photography destination! In winter around 200-250 White-tailed Eagles and 20-30 Eastern Imperial Eagles roam the vast grasslands, fishponds and forests. Sakertours in cooperations with the national park is operating eagle feeding stations and several different raptor hides for photography. A visit to these hides can be an amazing experience! There is no other place or hides in Europe where you can see up to 100 or 120 eagles in just 2-3 days. It is a fantastic sight to see such a huge raptors close-up and in action. White-tailed Eagles are virtually guranteed at the hides but of course numbers and opportunities slightly weather dependent. We also regularly have Eastern Imperial Eagle at the hides but especially on those days when less White-tailede Eagles visitng (as they are larger and more dominant). So if you have a day or an afternoon when not many White-tailed Eagles around you can hope for an Eastern Imperial Eagle. One of our hide is more for buzzards and the mighty Saker Falcon – the namesake of our company. And great news that yet again in the 2025-2026 winter season our regular pair of Sakers has been visiting the hide and even more good news that some other young Sakers has been photographed. Still you need luck as these falcons usually visit the hide area 3 or 4 times in a week. All in all the Hortobagy National Park is turly remarkable place to visit!

Adult White-tailed Eagle calling in the early morning! Image by Janos Olah
White-tailed Eagles fighting. Image by Janos Olah
Adult White-tailed Eagle landing in the early morning light. Image by Janos Olah
White-tailed Eagle looking out from behind another. Image by Janos Olah
White-tailed Eagles in snowstorm. Nowadays you need to be lucky to get snow in winter but it does happen sometime. Image by Ferenc Alpár Gothárd
Juvenile Eastern Imperial Eagle in front of our hide. Image by Janos Olah
Our fantastic male Saker which has been visiting our hide for several winters now! Image by Ferenc Alpár-Gothárd
Calling White-tailed Eagle. Image by Janos Olah
White-tailed Eagle gliding in front of the hide. Magnificent creatures! Image by Janos Olah
Calling White-tailed Eagle is a familiar sound from our hides in winter! Image by Janos Olah
Juvenile White-tailed Eagle in action. Image by Janos Olah