Two less visited regions of Bolivia not often included in standard birding tours to the country are the somewhat remote Beni region in the north and the semiarid Chaco region in the southeast. 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. In contrast, the Gran Chaco region encompasses southeastern Bolivia along with western Paraguay and northwestern Argentina east of the Andes. It has a very different and quite unique biogeography that includes spiny scrublands, deciduous thorny forests dry savanna, and scattered wetlands. It too has its own unique set of specialty birds, many not found in the Santa Cruz area that borders the region. Our eastern Bolivia tour visits these two regions.

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 this reserve, 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 we'll spend a night before heading into the Chaco region. Our base in the Chaco is the town of Camiri, located some 4 hours south of Santa Cruz. During our stay there, we'll spend one full day birding south toward the border with Argentina and one full day birding dry forest in the Andes foothills north of town. We then return to Santa Cruz where the tour ends at the airport.

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFO
(Not on Menu Above)

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

BIRDING LOCALES

• Aquicuana Reserve
• Camiri Area
• Lagunillas Area
• Sadiri Lodge
• Trinidad - Lake Suarez