Neblina Forest Brochure 2017

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Guayaquil
Andes Amazon Exotic
15 days / 14 nights & Taylor made visits
Mindo
QUITO
Papallacta
Cuenca
Loja
15 days - 14 nights
Departures
2016 - 2018
From: Quito
All year round
Best months:
September to April
Itinerary Resume
• 3 Nights in Puembo, at Puembo
Birding Garden.
• 4 Nights in Mindo, at
Sacha Tamia Lodge.
• 4 Nights at Yasuni National Park,
at: NWC, or Sani lodge.
• 2 Night in Papallacta, at Guango
Lodge, or Termas de Papallacta.
• 2 Nights in Cosanga, at Cabañas
San Isidro.
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Coca
San Isidro
Day 1
Transfer to Puembo Birding Garden
upon arrival to Quito “Mariscal Sucre”
Airport (2400 m / 7,920 ft.)
Day 2
Pick up time: 6 am. Our first stop will
be Jocotoco Foundation’s Yanacocha
Reserve (3400 to 4000 m / 11,155 to
13,123 ft).
Then, bird the Nono – Mindo Road
(Starting at 3086 m / 10,127 ft) all the
way and into the Tandayapa Valley (1719
m / 5,643 ft). Overnight in Sacha Tamia
(About 1700 m / 5,600 ft).
Day 3
Birding the Sacha Tamia Trails and the
dirt road that leads across a the main
road at the edge of the property, and
down into the Mindo Valley. Overnight
in Sacha Tamia Lodge.
Day 4
Birding the Angel Paz reserve to admire
the Antpittas and humningbird feeders
(About 1700 m / 5,577 ft), tipical
breakfast and road birding on our return
for lunch.
Afternoon visit the lower part Mindo
- Nambillo reserve, overnight in Sacha
Tamia.
Day 5
Birding Pedro Vicente Maldonado (588
m / 1929 ft) and the patches of Choco
Forest in this area, box lunch, and visit
Milpe reserve and late return to lodge,
overnight in Mindo.
Day 6
Early transfer from Mindo to Quito.
During the drive, bird the road sides
looking for the elusives of our second
day. Overnight at Puembo Birding
Garden.
Day 7
Mid morning flight to Coca (Puerto
Francisco de Orellana: 298 m / 977 feet)
for the Amazon portion of the trip.
Then take the connection to Napo
Wildlife Center, Sacha Lodge or La Selva
Jungle Lodge. Either of these will be
your final destination today.
Day 8 to 10
Bird the forest around the lodge and
enjoy the rich biodiversity, parrot lek,
observation tower, river islands and
oxbow lakes.
Day 11
Start your day riding a motor canoe back
to Coca, which connects with the mid
morning flight to Quito. Overnight in
Quito, at Puembo Birding Garden.
Day 12
Pick up time: 6 am. Bird the drive to
Papallacta, (3071 m / 10,078 ft).
Overnight in Termas de Papallacta, or
Guango Lodge a mountain resort and
spa, and a charmy, cozy lodge. There,
after an intense day of birding, a series
of natural hot spring water pools will
welcome you.
Day 13
Bird the eastern slope of the Andes while
driving from Papallacta down to Baeza
(1796 m / 5,892 ft) and Cosanga (2,075 m
/ 6,807 ft). Overnight at San Isidro Lodge.
Day 14
Bird the Guacamayos’s Cordillera. Then
drive back to Quito. Farewell dinner,
Overnight at Puembo Birding Garden.
Day 15
Transfer to flight back home.
Specialist, bilingual bird guide.
Private transportation.
Accommodation at hotels
and lodges.
Full meals.
SERVICES INCLUDED:
Domestic flights.
Landscaping, Trails, Birds.
Soft walks.
Cock of the Rock
Target Birds:
Yanacocha Reserve: Black breasted
puffleg*, Giant Conebill, Ocellated
Tapaculo, Andean and Sickle-winged
Guan, Shining sunbeam, Mountain
Velvetbreast, Sword-billed hummingbird,
Black-chested mountain tanager.
Nono – Mindo Road: Brown and
Collared inca, Western emerald, Great
saphirewing, Dark-backed wood-quail,
Scarlet-bellied mountain tanager,
Hooded mountain tanager, Golden
tanager, Flame faced tanager, Blackwinged
saltator.
Tandayapa Valley Bellavista Lodge
& Reserve Mindo Valley:
Empress brilliant, Violet-tailed sylph,
Green-tailed trainbearer, Tawny-bellied
hermit, Purple-throated woodstar,
Green-crowned woodnymph,
Plate-billed mountain toucan,
Toucan barbet. Velvet-purple coronet,
Fawn-breasted brilliant, Giant
antpitta, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock,
Club-winged manakin, Toucan Barbet,
Blue-winged mountain-tanager, Beryl-spangled
tanager.
Amazonian Region east of the Andes:
Lowland rain forest.
Maroon-tailed parakeet, Orangecheeked
parrot, White-eared, and
Purplish jacamars, Lemon-throated
Barbet, Reddish-winged bare-eye,
Cocha antshrike, Orange-crested
manakin.
Papallacta – Baeza Road:
Torrent duck, Sword-billed hummingbird,
White-capped dipper,
Tyrannine woodcreeper, Greater
scythebill, Dusky piha, Red-hooded,
White-capped and Golden-crowned
tanagers.
Cabañas San Isidro, and Guacamayos:
Black-and-chestnut eagle, Rufous-vented
whitetip, Moustached and
Peruvian antpittas, Bicolored antvireo
Oleaginous hemispingus, Chestnut-breasted
chlorophonia, Yellow
throated and Metallic-green tanagers.
Slate-crowned antpitta, White-bellied
antpitta, Striped treehunter,
Bicoloured and Broad-winged hawks,
Rufous-bellied nighthawk, Chestnut-breasted
coronet, Lemmon
browed flycatcher.
Puembo Birding Garden: Harris’
Hawk, Western Emerald, Black-tailed
trainbearer, Giant hummingbird,
Vermillion flycatcher, Streak-throated
bush tyrant, Golden-rumped euphonia,
Southern yellow grosbeak, Scrub
Tanager and Tropical mockingbird.
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