PHOTO BIRD TOUR

 9 DAYS 8 NIGHTS

 

DAY 1

Arrived to Quito

Overnight there.

 

DAY 2 Quito – Alami Lodge- Sachatamia Lodge.

We will drive to the cloud forest and stop in the Alami lodge where we will photograph hummingbirds there are  over 28 species of hummingbirds like purple bibbed whitetipped ,booted racket tailed (white boots) Velvet-purple Coronet and toucans  and  tanagers to photograph around the lodge.

 

Silver Throated tanager

Overnight Sachatamia Logde

 

DAY 3.

 

We will spend all day at the lodge they have a blind for woodpeckers,woodcrepers and some other species and also they have the violet tailed sylph and booted rackettail( white boots)

Purple-bibbed Whitetip

 

Overnight Sachatamia Lodge.

 

DAY 4 Sachatamia- Mindo lodge

We will spend part of the day  around the lodge  and visit another places to see more birds.

 

Toucan Barbet

 

Overnight Mindo Loma Bird Lodge.

 

DAY 5.Mindo Loma – Mashpi Reserve

We will drive for 1 hour and a half and get Mashpi Amaguso Reserve there are different species of tanagers and over 27 species of hummingbirds there like glistening green and moss baked tanager, Rosy-faced Parrot and some other species.

We will have a full day.

Overnight Mindo Loma Bird Lodge.

 

DAY 6. Mindo Loma- Mashpi Reserve

We will comeback to Mashpi Amaguso Reserve dor another full day ,there are many species to photograph here.

Overnight Mindo Loma Bird Lodge.

 

DAY 7. Mindo Loma – Refugio Paz de las Aves

 

Today we will visit one of the most famous places around there Refugio Paz de las Aves  they have 5 especies of Antpittas , the giant antpitta and the dark-backed wood quail are probably some of the most iconic species there.

Velvet-purple Coronet

Overnight Mindo Bird Lodge.

 

DAY 8 Mindo Loma- Antisana Reserve.

We will go back to Quito and cross the city to head to Antisana Reserve where we will look for the Ecuatorian Hillstar.

Over night hotel close to Antisana reserve.

 

DAY 9.

Back to Quito and go back home.