Neblina Forest Brochure 2017

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Cauca - Magdalena - Valley
13 days / 12 nights
Santa Martha
Manizales
Pereira
Cali
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Riohache
El Dorado
Honda
La Vega
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 Buga.
• 1 night in Salento.
• 1 night in Santa Rosa.
• 1 night in Rio Blanco.
• 3 nights in Manizales.
• 1 night in Honda.
• 1 night in La Vega.
Day 1: Arrive in Colombia: “El Dorado”
Intl. Airport, Bogota (2600 m / 8,530 ft).
Transfer to Hotel. (Overnight in Bogotá).
Note: Depending on your expected
arrival time to Bogota we can coordinate
a direct connection to Cali. This would
mean that our overnight would be in
Buga instead and we will have extra time
for birding Sonso and Yotoco. Otherwise
we will follow the schedule as is.
Day 2: Early departure to Cali “Alfonso
Bonilla Aragón - Palmaseca” Intl. Airport
(964 m / 3,162 ft). Birding transfer to
Buga (970 m / 3,182 ft). Check in at our
hotel in Buga. Afternoon birding session
will happen along the access to Laguna
de Sonso Reserve. Here we will start
looking for the Cauca Valley Endemics.
Evening walk around Buga and visit
Buga’s Lord of Miracles Cathedral. Buga
is a religious destination in Colombia for
annual pilgrimages. Overnight in Buga.
Day 3: Full day birding the Laguna de
Sonso Reserve looking for its specialties.
Overnight in Buga.
Day 4: Start early for a full birding day
in Yotoco Reserve (1450 m / 4,757 ft).
Overnight in Buga.
Day 5: Very early start for a full birding
day in the Chicoral Area (About 1926 m /
Purplish-mantled tanager
6,322 ft. Overnight in Buga.
Day 6: Early start for our transfer to the
Salento / Filandia area (1829 m to 2135
m / 6,000 to 7,004 ft). Full day birding
the area. Overnight in Salento.
Day 7: Early start for a morning session
in the Salento / Filandia Area. Transfer to
Santa Rosa de Cabal Hotsprings (1824
m / 5,987 ft). Relaxed evening at the
hotsprings. Overnight in Santa Rosa de
Cabal.
Day 8: Today we will have a very early
start for the transfer to Manizales
(2000 m / 6561 ft). Sunrise birding at
Río Blanco, where we will have our last
chance for some of the Cauca Valley
elusive endemics. After having breakfast
in the Río Blanco Reserve (Range: 1600
m to 2630 m / 5,249 ft to 8,629 ft), we
will spend the day birding the premises.
Overnight in Rio Blanco Traditional
Antioquian House.
Day 9: Full day in Rio Blanco Reserve
enjoying the trails and area, overnight in
Manizales.
Day 10: Full day in Rio Blanco Reserve
enjoying the trails and area, overnight in
Manizales.
Day 11: Start your day birding at your
leisure from the external corridors of the
Rio Blanco Antioquian House. Right after
breakfast we will head to Los Nevados
National Park (3881 m / 12,736 ft) with
our luggage. Overnight in Honda (695 ft).
Day 12: Our usual early start to have
breakfast in La Vega (878 m / 2,881 ft).
We will have a full birding day in La Vega
Area, looking for some Magdalena Valley
endemics. Overnight in La Vega.
Day 13: Very early transfer to the
Bogotá “El Dorado” Intl. Airport for
your international flight back home
or to Cartagena to continue with our
extension.
Extension to Santa Martha -
Caribe are available.
Specialist, bilingual bird guide.
Private transportation.
Accommodation at hotels.
Full meals.
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
SERVICES INCLUDED:
Domestic flights.
Landscaping, Trails, Birds.
Short & Long trail walks.
Photography.
Target Birds & Wildlife:
Cali and visit Chicoral: Multicoloured
Tanager, Colombian
Chachalaca, Scaled Antpitta, Plain
Antvireo, Apical Flycatcher, Chestnut
Wood Quail, Purple-throated Woodstart,
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia-Nariño
Tapaculo.
Finca Alejandría: K 18 and San
Antonio Forest, Multicoloured
Tanager, Brown violetear, Crested
Quetzal, Red-headed Barbet- Golden
Tanager-Golden- naped Tanager,
Blue-headed Sapphire.
Buga: Rose-faced Parrot, Scarlet-rumped
Cacique, Golden-chested
Tanager, Bicoloured Antbird,
Rufous Piha, Red-capped Manakin,
Brownish Twistwing,
Otún Quimbaya: Bar-crested Antshrike,
Chestnut-crowned Gnateater,
Apical Flycatcher, Golden-headed
Manakin, White-bibbed Manakin,
Striped Manakin, Yellow-headed
Manakin, Trush-like Schiffornis,
Tourquise Dacnis, Hooded Antpitta,
Cauca Guan, Red ruffed Fruitcrow,
Torrent Duck, Stile`s Tapaculo, Moustached
Antpitta, Parker´s Antbird.
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.
Rio Blanco: Brown-banded
Antpitta, Bicoloured Antpitta,
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Slatecrowned
Antpitta, Masked Saltator,
Golden-plumed Parakeet, Rustyfaced
Parrot, Blackish Tapaculo,
Ash-coloured Tapaculo, Spillman´s
Tapaculo, Slaty Finch, Wedge-billed
hummingbird, Green-fronted Lancebill.
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