A birding tour in this country is outstanding. This program is made to reveal a real photographing experience through the country.
$ TBA
13 Days
Low
4 - 6
3.726 mdpl
Colombia has the world’s biggest list of birds, 1937 species wich 160 are Hummingbirds, 141 Tanagers and many Trogons, Chlorophonias, Parrots, Orioles, Toucans and other special birds to photograhing; in adiction, Colombia has almost 80 endemics and 135 nearly endemics.
We arrive in Bogotá where we will spend the night at the hotel.
We take the first flight to Cali where our driver is waiting, from there we go up driving for no much time. On western andes at 2.000 m.a.s.l. (cold weather) and just 50 minutes from Cali, with more than 20 hummingbird’s species and the amazing endemic Multicoloured Tanager, we start exploring the other side of Colombia at La Minga Lodge, we will spend our time for the Blue headed Sapphire, Brown Violetear, Booted Racket- Tail, Andean Emerald, Purple-Throated Woodstart, Steely-vented Hummingbird, Long-tailed Sylph, other birds like Red-headed Barbet, Saffron-crowned, Flame-rumped, Golden and Golden-naped Tanagers. Overnight at Loma Azul Lodge.
On the old way to Buenaventura (Important city beside the pacific ocean) we will visit the Alto Anchicayá at Doña Dora feeders, a nice and friendly family living beside the route where they installed hummingbird´s and Tanager´s feeders; we will spend a complet day trying to get the special Toucan Barbet, Black Solitaire, Black-chinned Mountain Tanager, Roufous-throated Tanager, Green Honeycreeper, Thick-billed Euphonia, White-lined Tanger, Tricolor Brush-Finch, Silver-throated Tanager, Lemon-rumped Tanager and many others. In the afternoon, we will drive two hours to Buga and overnight at Araucana Lodge. www.araucanalodge.com
Finca Alejandría is located on a quit road in the middle of Kilomter 18 regional reserve near to Cali. This is a perfect place to enjoy with many hummingbirds and Tanager´s feeders around de house, there, you have the chance to photograph the amazing Multicoloured Tanager and seven different Tanager species, as well, there are more than 20 hummingbirds’ feeders comming all time to feed. In the afternoon we drive two hours to Guadalajara Hotel in Buga city (900 m.a.s.l. fresh weather)
After breakfast at 6:00, we will visit Sonso Lagoon, to try some aquatic birds and two endemics in this place. There we back to the hotel to pick up luggage and drive three hours to Montezuma. This new place is located on the western slope of the Choco region, one of the most diverse regions on the world, we will stay on the mountain base at Montezuma Rainforest Lodge (1,350 m.a.s.l.) where feeders are full of Hummingbirds at any time of the day, the time here is for Purple bibbet Whitetip, Velvet-purple Coronet, Violet-tailed Sylph, Empress Brillant, Green-crowbed Brilliant, White-tailed Hillstar, Blue-tailed Emerald, Buff-tailed Coronet, White-necked Jacobin and others.
After breakfast, we leave the lodge at 9:00, we need to drive 3 hours to Tinamú Hotel, it is a nice place for tanagers and hummingbirds in the middle of the coffee region, several feeders in good light conditions, friendly family, excellent food and nice views of the Coffe region, we will spend two days for Steely-vented Hummingbird, Western Emerald, White-necked Jacobin, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, White-vented Plummeleteer, Green, Rufous-breasted and Striped throated Hermits, Black-throated Mango, Clay-coloured Thrush, Andean Motmot, Thick-billed Euphonia, Crimson-rumped Tanager, Colombian Chachalaca and others.
At 3,400 m.a.s.l. (Cold weather) is located the Hotel Termales del Ruiz (www.termalesdelruiz.com) here you can Birding and take a healtfulbath thermal, feeders here are great, we spend our time for Black-tighed and Golden-breasted Pufflegs, Shining Sunbeam, Viridian and Tyrian Metaltails, Great Sapphirewing, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Collared Inca, Mountaine Velvetbrest and the amazing Rainbow-bearded Thornbill. Endemic Buffy Helmetcrest is pissible up just 10 km from Termales Hotel, you can spend a morning for it cute hummingbird. On ten day we will back to Manizales. Overnight in Paraíso Verde Hotel. www.paraisoverdemanizales.com
Río Blanco is just 45 minutes from the lodge, this reserve is located three kilometers from Manizales city, is the perfect place for andean hummingbirds, tanagers and almost 4 antpitta species, we will be there for Long-tailed Sylph, Speckled Hummingbird, Lesser and Sparkling violetears, Collared and Bronzi Incas, Buff-tailed Coronet, Wedge-billed Hummingbird, Brown banded Antpitta (endemic) Slate-crowned Antpitta, Bicolored Antpitta (near endemic) Chestnut crowned and Chestnut-naped Antpittas, Buff-breasted and Blue-winged Mountain Tanagers, Masked and White-sided Flowerpierces, Blue-capped and White-capped Tanagers, Slaty, White naped and Grey-browed Brush Finchs and Green and black Fruiteater. On 12 day, we will drive two hours to Pereira Airport, finally go home.
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