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Day 1 Cuiaba Airpot to Hotel Matogroso .

We will head to this hotel located in the transpantaneira hightway ,this is a great place to see some birds like, Blue-throated Piping-Guan; Anhinga; Rufescent Tiger-Heron; Agami and Boat-billed herons; Green Ibis; Black-collared Hawk and Great Black-Hawk (the latter two offering excellent photo ops as they are now habituated to taking Orange-bellied Piranha thrown to them by the boatmen!); Ringed, Green and Amazon kingfishers,Narrow-billed Woodcreeper; Rufous and Pale-legged horneros,Purplish Jay; Thrush-like Wren; White-winged and Southern Rough-winged swallows; Silver-beaked Tanager and more.

We also have some bird feeders where we have species like Chestnut-eared Aracari; Yellow-billed Cardinal Purplish Jay; Silver-beaked Tanager; Saffron Finch; Grayish Saltator; Screaming, Shiny, Bay-winged (Grayish Baywing) etc.

Blue and yellow macaw

Day 2 Hotel Matogroso to Porto Joffre- Hotel Pantanal Norte.

This hotel is right next to the river Cuiba,has a great location ,the garden has a lot birds ,there are many palm trees where birds are feeding and here is where we will take boats upstream or downstream to look for birds and mammals including the Jaguar this is the best place in south America to see this mammal and the species of birds around here are  Long-tailed Ground-Doves , Nacunda Nighthawks, Jabiru , Southern Screamer, egrets , ibises,Plumbeous ibis, Grey-headed and Snail Kites, Crane, Savanna, Black-collared, hyacinth macaw ,Southern Crested-Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, We shall see a good number of these birds and take time to watch them feed and flop about in the palm groves. Along the highway we should see Chestnut-bellied Guan, Chaco Chachalaca and the bizarre Bare-faced Curassow. As well as taking a boat trip in search of mammals we shall take a night drive to see Ocelot, Jaguarundi, Jaguar and Crab-eating Fox, Coatimundi and other mammals. During the day we shall also see a huge variety of birds that may include Anhinga, Muscovy Duck, Brazilian Teal, Whistling, Little Blue, Capped and Cocoi Herons.

Jaguar

Day 3,4 Full day Hotel Pantanal Norte

Day 5 Hotel Pantanal Norte -Piuval Lodge

We will continue our journey heading to Piuval Lodge ,another great place for birds ,in this place we have a tower for observation,we have some options fot taking boat and some possible birds here are Southern Screamer; Black-bellied Whistling-Duck; Brazilian Teal; Jabiru & Wood Stork; Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Cocoi, Little Blue and Striated herons, Great and Snowy egrets; Boat-billed Heron; Roseate Spoonbill; Limpkin; Purple & Azure gallinules; Southern Lapwing; Wattled Jacana; Large-billed Tern; Black Skimmer and even Ringed, Amazon & Green kingfishers, Black-collared Hawks ,where we can hear some Gray-breasted, Ash-throated, Yellow-breasted and Rufous-sided crakes,Cocoi Herons; Wood Storks & Roseate Spoonbills, Hyacinth Macaw ,Hoatzin; Great Horned Owl; White-wedged Piculet; ; Orange-winged & Turquoise-fronted parrots; Great Antshrike & Mato Grosso Antbird; Great Rufous and Straight-billed woodcreepers; Pale-legged Hornero; Gray-crowned Cachalote; White-lored ; Masked Gnatcatcher; Black-capped Donacobius; and Solitary Black Cacique,Great and Common potoos; Common Pauraque & Band-tailed Nighthawk; Black-banded, Mottled& Great Horned owls; Tropical Screech-owl.

We will also try to see some of this mammals like Crab-eating Fox,  Greater Anteater, South American Coati, Marsh Deer ,Jaguar, Puma, Ocelot, Margay or Jaguarundi and additional birds Greater Rhea (largest American bird); Undulated tinamou; Muscovy; Chaco Chachalaca & Chestnut-bellied Guan; Whistling and Boat-billed herons; Green, Plumbeous & Buff-necked ibises; Snail Kite; Crane & Great Black hawks; Sunbittern; Maguari Stork; Red-legged Seriema; Guira Cuckoo; Smooth-billed Ani; Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl; Nacunda and Band-tailed nighthawks; Toco Toucan and Chestnut-eared Aracari; Little, Cream-colored, Pale-crested, Lineated and Crimson-crested woodpeckers; Red-billed Scythebill; White-rumped Monjita; Southern Caracara & Bat Falcon; Cattle Tyrant; Purplish Jay; Thrush-like Wren; Rufous-bellied Thrush; Yellow-billed Cardinal; Double-collared and Rusty-collared seedeaters; Crested Oropendola; Orange-backed Trupial, Chopi Blackbird.

Day 6 Full day Piuval Lodge.

Bare faced curassow

Day 7 Piuval lodge to Cuiba airport

End of the trip.

Extension: Cuiba – Sao Paolo – Atlantic Forest

4 days 3 nights in Atlantic Forest in thrilla dos tucanos  Porto Joffre-Piuval Lodge- Ciuaba

Note: For this extensions ask for the proper prices.

Day 1  Arrive to Santa Cruz.

Overnight Santa Cruz.

Day 2

After breakfast we will visit the botanical garden, a very large area where you can look for species such as Yellow-chevroned Parakeets, Blue-winged Parrotlets, Thrush-like Wrens and Rufous Horneros, Green-cheeked Parakeet, Buff-bellied Hermit, White-wedged Piculet. , Bolivian Slaty Antshrike and Fawn-breasted Wren, Pale-crested Woodpecker and White-backed Fire-eyeLeast Grebe, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Wattled Jacana, Rufous-sided Crake, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Yellow-chinned Spinetail and Red-capped Cardinal ,Rufous-throated Sapphire, Red-billed Scythebill, White-bellied and White-crested Tyrannulets, Mato Grosso Antbird and the Stripe-backed Antbird.

Overnight in Santa Cruz B: L: D

Guira cucko

Day 3

From Santa Cruz we will take a domestic flight to Trinidad located in the Beni flood plains, then we will spend part of the day on the Lomas de Suares highway where you will look for some species such as Mato Grosso Antbird, Plain Softail, Undulated Tinamou, Straight-billed and Buff. -throated Woodcreepers, White-eyed Attila, Short-tailed Pygmy-tyrant, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Golden-collared Macaw, White-tailed Goldenthroat, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Rufous Casiornis, Long-winged Harrier, Velvet-fronted Grackle, Hooded Tanager.

Overnight Trinidad .B,L,D

Day 4

Birdwatching in some of the floodplains around Loreto will give us a great list of species including the endemic blue throated macaw and other species such as Chaco Eagle, Orinoco Goose, Plain

Softtail, Cinereous-breasted Spinetail, Sulfur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Hudsonʼs Black-Tyrant, Dark-throated Seedeater, and the endemic boliviensis race of Velvet-fronted GracklePlumbeous,

Green, Buff-necked, Plumbeous and Bare-faced Ibis, Comb Duck, Roseate Spoonbill, Maguari Stork, Jabiru, Southern Screamer, Muscovy Duck , Scarlet-hooded and Unicolored Blackbirds,

Greater Thornbird, 3 species of Monjita, Bicolored Seedeater, Toco Toucan, Great Rufous and Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Rusty-margined Flycatcher, various Whistling Ducks, Little Cuckoo,

Orange-winged Parrot, Azure Gallinule, Slender-billed Kite, Black-collared Hawk , Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Chotoy , Cinereous-breasted , Plain-crowned and Yellow-chinned Spinetails,

Rufous Chachalote Fawn-breasted Wren , and Dark-throated Seedeater. Some additional species we may  see include the stately Greater Rhea, Undulated Tinamou, Anhinga, Cocoi, Whistling,

Capped and Striated Herons.

Night in Trinidad. B: L: D

Blue throated Macaws

Day 5

In the morning we will flight to Santa Cruz and we will drive to   Los Volcanes ,this is a great place where species of birds like Green-cheeked Parakeet, Scaly-naped , Red-billed Parrot, Military

Macaws, Plush-crested Jay,  Large-tailed Dove, Blue-crowned Trogon, Ocellated Piculet, Black-capped Antwren and Guira Tanager, White-backed Fire-eye,Glittring-bellied Emerald, Chestnut-

backed Antshrike, Tatauapa Tinamou, Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, Black-banded Woodcreeper, Two-banded Warbler.

We will spend the rest of the day birding aroud the lodge.

Overnight Los Volcanes. B: L: D

Day 6

The location of this lodge is amazing and has a lot of birds to see like Bolivian Tapaculo, Yungas Manakin, Slender-tailed Woodstar, Buff-bellied Hermit, Blue-browed Tanager, Southern Scrub

Flycatcher, Bicolored Hawk, Military Macaw, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant, Slaty Gnateater and more. The endemic Bolivian Recurvebill

Overnight in Los Volcanes.

Day 8

After the breakfast we will head to Valle Grande but before get this place we will try to see some species in Samaipata like Alder Parrot,Spot-backed Puffbird, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Red-

crested Finch, Black-capped Warbling-Finch, Sooty fronted and Stripe-crowned Spinetails, Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher, Giant Antshrike, Dot-fronted Woodpecker, White-barred Piculet, Spot-

breasted Thornbird and Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet.

Late in the afternoon we will arrive at Valle Grande and spend the night there.

Bolivian brushfinch

Day 9

We will still have time to bird around the area and getting some species like Red-faced Guan, Golden-winged Cacique, Alder Parrot, Buff-banded Tyrannulet, Short-tailed Anthrush, Variable and

Rufous-capped Antshrikes, Black-banded Woodcreeper and some other species.

Overnight at in Comarapa. B: L: D

Bolivian Spinetail

Day 10

Between Tambo and Saipina the bird watching is very good, the forest is totally different, species like red fronted macaw (endemic), Bolivian Earthcreeper (endemic) White-bellied Hummingbird,

Stripe-crowned Spinetail, White-fronted Woodpecker, Chaco Suiriri Flycatcher Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Cream-backed Woodpecker, Streak-fronted Thornbird, Rufous-capped Antshrike, White-

bellied Tyrannulet, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Bay-winged Cowbird, Ringed Warbling-Finch, Gray-crested Finch, Rusty-browed Warbling -Finch, Blue-crowned Parakeets and Turquoise-

fronted Amazons and probably the Black and Rufous Warbling-finch will be possible to see during the day.

Overnight in Comarapa. B: L: D

Day 11

There is a place not far from Comarapa where we will find a cloud forest habitat so this place is call Siberia where we will bird in both sites of the past and we will may see some species like Giant

Antshrike, Andean Guan, Violet-throated Starfrontlet, Red-crested Cotinga, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, White-browed Conebill,  Pale-legged Warbler, Crested Quetzal and Blue-winged ,

Chestnut-bellied Mountain-tanagers, Pampa-Finch and Red-tailed Comet on the way back to Comarapa. We may want to spend the afternoon in some dry semi deciduous habitat looking for

Bolivian (endemic) and Rufous-sided Warbling-finches, Speckle-breasted Thornbird, Olive-crowned Crescentchest.

Overnight in Comarapa. B: L: D

Day 12

This day we will head to Cochabamba and we will  stop in Siberia because is in the way then we will look for some patches of polilepys forest ,grassland that will give us some birds like Giant

Conebill,gray hooded parakeet, rock earthcreeper, Andean Swift, Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer (endemic), Rufous-bellied Saltator, Wedge-tailed Hillstar (endemic), Rufous-sided and Rufous-

browed Warbling-finches, Citron-headed Yellow-finch (endemic), Red-tailed Comet, Giant Hummingbird, Golden-breasted Flicker, Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail, Black-hooded Sierra-finch,

Fulvous-headed Brush-finch, Rusty-vented Canastero.

Overnight Cochabamba B,L,D

Day 13

This is our last day and we may explore the upper part of the cloud forest of Chapare, Great Sapphirewing, Cochabamba Thistletail (endemic), black eared and black crowned parrot ,hooded

mountain toucan,chestnut crested cotinga,light crowned spinetail and crowned chat tyrant are some of the species to looking for here.

In the afternoon we wil birds some area to find species like Cochabamba brush finch(endemic) and if we time we will bird around of one lake .

Overnight Cochabamba.B,L,D

Day 14 Cochabamba- La Paz – Home.

End of the trip

Dia 1 recepción del Hotel

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Dia 2 Recojo para el Tour

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Dia 3 Finalize del Tours

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