Neblina Forest Brochure 2017

N
Andes and Caribe Endemics
13 days / 12 nights
Santa Martha
Manizales
Pereira
S
Riohache
El Dorado
BOGOTÁ
13 days - 12 nights
Departures
2016 - 2018
From: Bogotá
Best months:
August to April
Itinerary Resume
• 1 night in Bogotá and la Suiza.
• 3 nights in Montezuma.
• 2 nights in Manizales.
• 1 night in Santa Martha.
• 1 night in Tayrona park.
• 1 night in Minca.
• 3 nights in El Dorado.
Emerald Toucanet
Day 1: Sumapaz
Pick up at the hotel and drive Just two
hours from Bogotá, Sumapaz offers
many endemics and near endemics for
birders. Overnight at Bogotá.
Day 2: Chicaque and flight to Pereira
Chicaque is just 45 minutes from Bogotá
and there is possible find the Black Inca,
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet, Emerald
Toucanet, Smoky-brown Woodpecker,
in the afternoon, flight to Pereira and
transfer to Otún Quimbaya for la Suiza
Lodge.
Day 3: Otún Quimbaya and drive to
Montezuma.
You need only a morning for those
special birds here, including endemic
Cauca Guan, Hooded Antpitta, Redruffed
Fruitcrow and Torrent Duck, in the
afternoon, drive to Montezuma Lodge.
Day 4: Montezuma
The Cerro Montezuma is ideal for the
birding experience in the high Andean
forest, where the Andes merge with the
Chocó, with a little over 300 species of
birds.
Day 5: Montezuma and drive to
Manizales.
We will visit some places on the way to
Manizales looking for some rare birds
like Turquoise Dacnis, Solitary Eagle and
others.
Day 6: Río Blanco
The Rio Blanco is the perfect habitat to
many wonderful bird species that can be
seen just by walking on the gentle slope
tracks that cut through the forest. There
are hummingbird and Antpittas feeders.
Overnigth at Manizales.
Day 7: Nevados and Termales del Ruiz
Drive up to 15.000 feet, this beautiful
place hides many special birds that
they have adapted to life in the heights.
Lunch at Termales del Ruiz with
hummingbird feeders and hot springs.
Night at Manizales.
Day 8: Río Blanco and Flight to Santa
Marta.
Another change for those birds not
recorded previously at Río Blanco, in the
afternoon, flight to Santa Marta.
Day 9: Drive to Camarones, night at
Tayrona park.
Drive early to Camarones for those
special birds, we will visit wetlands,
marshses and dry forests, in the
afternoon drive near to Tayrona park.
Day 10: Tayrona National Park
This place is ideal for Lance-tailed
Manakin and Blue-billed Curassow
between others, in the afternoon drive
to Minca.
Day 11 El Dorado
Early we will drive for El Dorado looking
for special endemics and others on the
way, Overnigth in Dorado Lodge.
Day 12: El Dorado
Early in the morning, drive to San
Lorenzo Ridge for those special
endemics like Santa Marta Parakeet,
Santa Marta Mountain Tanager, Santa
Marta Antpitta, Santa Marta Wood-Wren,
Yellow-crowned Whitestart, Rusty-faced
Spinetail, Streak-headed Spinetail and
others.
Day 13: El Dorado and drive to the
airport, flight to Bogotá.
On This day we will look for those not
recorded birds or better views of them,
In the afternoon, transfer to Bogotá.
Specialist, bilingual bird guide.
Private transportation.
Accommodation at hotels.
Full meals.
Violet-tailed Sylph
SERVICES INCLUDED:
Domestic flights.
Landscaping, Trails, Birds.
Short & Long trail walks.
Photography.
Black and gold Tanager
Target Birds & Wildlife:
Manizales - Los Nevados:
Rufous-fronted parakeet*, Indigo-winged
parrot*, Multicolored
tanager*, Chestnut wood-quail*
Salento / Filandia Greyish piculet*,
Bicolored antpitta*, Brown-banded
antpitta*, Buffy Helmetcrest, Tawny
Antpitta, Rufous-fonted Parakeet,
Black-backed Bush Tanager, Blackthiged
Puffleg, Golden-breasted
Puffleg, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill,
Sword-billed Hummingbird, Shining
Sunbeam.
Montezuma:
Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer,
Munchique Wood Wren, Purplish-mantled
Tanager, Gold-ringed
Tanager, Black and Gold Tanager,
Orange-breasted Fruiteater, Empress
Brilliant, Violet-tailed Sylph,
White-tailed Hillstar, Green-crowned
Brilliant, Lanceolate Monklet, Empress
Brilliant, Violet-tailed Sylph,
White-tailed Hillstar, Green-crowned
Brilliant, Lanceolate Monklet, Chestnut-breasted
Chlorophonia, Purple-bibbed
Whitetip, Velvet-Purple
Coronet, Andean Emerald, Western
Emerald.
Santa Marta - Minca:
Chestnut-winged chachalaca*, Blueknobbed
curassow*, Santa Marta
parakeet*, Sapphire-bellied hummingbird*,
Blossomcrown*, Whitetailed
starfrontlet*, Black-backed
thornbill*, Santa Marta woodstar*,
Rusty-headed spinetail*, Streakcapped
spinetail*, Santa Marta antpitta*,
Santa Marta tapaculo*, Santa
Marta bush-tyrant*, Santa Marta
wren*, Yellow-crowned redstart*,
Santa Marta warbler*, White-lored
warbler*, Santa Marta brush-finch*,
Santa Marta (Black-cheeked) mountain-tanager*,
Santa Marta sabrewing*.
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