* Specific birding locales subject to adjustment based on guide recommendations and local conditions.
Yanacocha Reserve
Tandayapa Valley
Mindo Valley
Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary
Milpe Bird Sanctuary
Bellavista Cloud Forest
Papallacta Pass
Cayumbe Reserve
San Isidro
Loreto Road
Napo Wildlife Center
Yasuni National Park
Oct 26 - Nov 9, 2008
(15 days, 14 nights)
Price $3950
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Sun
Oct 26 |
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: None |
Evening get-together for orientation and meeting other participants. |
Mon
Oct 27 |
Yanacocha Reserve
Tandayapa Valley
Septimo Paraiso Reserve
Septimo Paraiso Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for Yanacocha Reserve. Morning birding in reserve. Birding along road in Tandayapa Valley. Box lunch. Afternoon arrival at Septimo Paraiso. View hummingbirds at feeders in front of lodge. Afternoon birding in forest around lodge as time permits. |
Tues
Oct 28 |
Cock-of-the-Rock Lek
Finca Angel Paz
Mindo-Nambillo Forest
Septimo Paraiso Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Very early visit to Andean Cock-of-the-Rock lek at Finca Angel Paz. View antpittas lured from forest by Angel Paz. Look for Dark-backed Quail-Dove, Golden-headed Quetzal, and Toucan Barbet on forest trails. Afternoon birding along road through Mindo-Nambillo Forest. |
Wed
Oct 29 |
Rio Silance Bird Sanctuary
Milpe Bird Sanctuary
Septimo Paraiso Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding lower elevation site at Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary. Box lunch. Stop at mirador restaurant in Los Banos to view hummingbirds and tanagers at feeders. PM birding in Milpe Bird Sanctuary. |
Thurs
Oct 30 |
Mindo Junction
Bellavista Reserve
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning birding around Mindo Junction where moths attract numerous birds including trogons, toucanets, flycatchers, and tanagers. After breakfast departure for Bellavista Reserve at higher elevation. Lunch at Bellavista. Mid-day and afternoon viewing hummingbirds at feeders and birding around lodge and in reserve. Mid afternoon transfer to Quito. |
Fri
Oct 31 |
Tumbaco Valley
Papallacta Pass
Cayumbe Reserve
Guango Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for eastern Andes. Stop in Tumbaco Valley to look for Scrub Tanager. Birding en route across Papallacta Pass. Stop in Cayumbe Reserve above pass to look for Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Andean Condor, and other high elevation specialties. Arrive Guango Lodge in late afternoon. |
Sat
Nov 1 |
Guango Reserve
San Isidro Reserve
Cabanas San Isidro
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning birding around lodge or along private road at Papallacta Water Plant. Mid-morning view hummingbirds at feeders and bird around lodge. Lunch at Guango Lodge. Afternoon birding road en route to San Isidro. Look for San Isidro Owl after dark if still there. |
Sun
Nov 2 |
San Isidro Reserve
Cabanas San Isidro
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding private reserve around San Isidro. View antpittas conditioned to come onto trail for food. View hummingbirds at feeders. Afternoon birding Santa Lucia-Bermejo River area. After dark, look for Lyre-tailed Nightjar perching on cliffs along main highway. |
Mon
Nov 3 |
Loreto Road
Cabanas San Isidro
Included Meals: BLD |
Very early departure downslope to look for Swallow-tailed Nightjar. Continue downslope, spending day birding upper and lower Loreto Road. |
Tues
Nov 4 |
San Isidro Reserve
Papallacta Pass
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding in San Isidro Reserve, taking trails through forest looking for quetzals and trogons. After lunch departure for Quito. |
Wed
Nov 5 |
Quito
Coca
Napo Wildlife Center
Included Meals: BLD |
For those taking the shortened tour, this is the morning to depart for home. For those going to Napo Wildlife Center, after breakfast transfer to airport for flight to Coca. Mid-day 2-hr powerboat trip down Napo River. Then 2-3 hour dugout canoe trip to lodge, looking for Hoatzins, Zigzag Heron, Great Potoo, and other birds and animals en route. Arrive at lodge before dark. |
Thurs
Nov 6 |
Yasuni National Park
Napo Wildlife Center
Included Meals: BLD |
Two full days birding in private reserve and adjoining Yasuni National Park. Highlights include visit to observation tower, allowing above-canopy viewing of macaws, parrots, fruit crows, and other canopy birds; visit to legendary parrot clay licks in Yasuni National Park; birding trip by boat into flooded varzea forest; birding trails of dry terra firme forest. |
Fri
Nov 7 |
Yasuni National Park
Napo Wildlife Center
Included Meals: BLD |
See previous day description. |
Sat
Nov 8 |
Napo Wildlife Center
Coca
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning departure by boat back to Coca, birding en route. Late morning flight from Coca to Quito. Remainder of afternoon free to explore Quito. |
Sun
Nov 9 |
Quito
Included Meals: None |
End of tour. International flights home. |
