* Daily schedule is approximate and may change at the leader's discretion.
Tandayapa Valley
Mindo Valley
Bellavista Reserve
Papallacta Pass
Guango Reserve
San Isidro
Nov 26 - Dec 4, 2011
(9 days, 8 nights)
Price $TBA
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Sat
Nov 26 |
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: None |
Evening get-together for orientation and meeting other participants. |
Sun
Nov 27 |
Tandayapa Valley
Tandayapa Bird Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for Tandayapa Bird Lodge, arriving mid-morning. Rest of day photographing hummingbirds and other birds near feeders around lodge veranda and finding birds to photograph along trails near the lodge. |
Mon
Nov 28 |
Tandayapa Valley
Bellavista Reserve
Bellavista Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning breakfast and then exploring trails above lodge and around canyon, looking especially to photograph Beautiful Jay. Late morning transfer to Bellavista Lodge above Mindo. Remainder of day photograph hummingbirds around lodge feeders and specialty birds such as Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan and Toucan Barbet in forest around lodge. |
Tues
Nov 29 |
Cock-of-the-Rock Lek
Refugio Paz
Bellavista Reserve
Bellavista Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Very early visit to Refugio Paz, arriving while it's still dark. Walk down trail to Cock-of-the-Rock lek. Make photographs at lek. Then watch and photograph antpittas lured onto the trail by Angel Paz. Try to photograph Dark-backed Quail-Dove, Golden-headed Quetzal, and Toucan Barbet along forest trails. Late morning photograph hummingbirds coming to feeders at Refugio Paz. Remainder of day relax at Bellavista and photograph birds from veranda. |
Wed
Nov 30 |
Bellavista Reserve
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning photograph birds in Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve. Depart after lunch for Quito, arriving by late afternoon. |
Thurs
Dec 1 |
Papallacta Pass
Cayambe-Coca Reserve
Guango Reserve
Guango Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early breakfast and departure for Papallacta Pass and the eastern Andes. Photograph birds while ascending the pass. Visit Cayambe-Coca Reserve above the pass to photograph Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, all the while keeping an eye out for Andean Condors soaring overhead. Afternoon photograph hummingbirds around feeders at Guango Lodge. |
Fri
Dec 2 |
Guango Reserve
Guango Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
All day photograph specialty birds in the gardens around Guango Lodge and hummingbirds staging around lodge feeders. |
Sat
Dec 3 |
Guango Reserve
Papallacta Pass
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning photograph birds around the lodge and in the private reserve. After lunch, depart for Quito, stopping in Papallacta Pass to look again for Andean Condors. Arrive in Quito by late afternoon. |
Sun
Dec 4 |
Quito
Included Meals: B |
Early breakfast at hotel. End of tour. International flights home. |
