A less visited region of Bolivia that is typically not included on standard birding tours to the country is the Beni region in the north. The Beni region encompasses a vast area of diverse habitats including Amazonian rainforest near the border with Brazil, vast seasonally flooded savannas, dry cerrado in the northeast, and temperate forest in the Andean foothills. It features a wide variety of birds including a good number of specialties not found in central Bolivia. This tour covers that region. It can be conducted as a stand-alone tour or as an extension added on to our Central Bolivia tour.

The tour begins with a flight from La Paz to the far northern city of Riberalta, located near the border with Brazil. We'll spend most of two days there looking for the endemic Masked Antpitta and some other specialty birds in nearby savanna, cerrado, and rainforest. We then have a rather long drive south to Sadiri Lodge, located within intact temperate forest of Madidi National Park. After spending 3 full days birding the area, we'll have another fairly long drive, this time eastward to the city of Trinidad. During our stay there we'll visit a private reserve to seek out the critically endangered Blue-throated Macaw. We then fly to Santa Cruz, where the tour ends at the airport to connect with international flights home that typically depart in the middle of the night.

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFO
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• Country Map
• Accommodations
• Photos from Past Tours
• Travel Information

BIRDING LOCALES

• Aquicuana Reserve
• Sadiri Lodge
• Trinidad - Lake Suarez