"This well planned trip could reach over 350 species, and includes some of the most famous birding sites in Ecuador!" |
Day 1: Arrival and fly to Quito Day 2: Birding to, and in, Mindo Day 3: Birding Refugio Paz de Las Aves Day 4: Birding AM at Rio Silanche and additional birding Milpe Area and transfer. Day 5: AM birding Milpe Reserve and additional birding til late afternoon transfer to Tandayapa Valley Day 6: Bellavista Reserve and Tandayapa Valley (great hummingbird feeders in the Valley) Day 7: Yanacocha Reserve (or optional rest day in Quito) and ending at Guango Reserve and Lodge. Day 8: Birding high mountain termperate forest areas (near Guango), and afternoon birding at San Isidro (includes outstanding nocturnal biridng). Day 9: Birding in and near San Isidro, and then birding high mountain grasslands and lakes on both sides of Pappallacta Pass. Day 10: International Flights Home from Quito (or consider extension trip) Extensions to Consider:
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Brief Itinerary |
Trip Description |
Mindo, Milpe, Rio Silanche, Paz de Las Aves, Bellavista, Tandayapa Valley, Yanacocha, Guango Reserve, Papallacta Pass, San Isidro and More Extensions to Galapagos Islands, Sani Lodge and Amazonian Basin |
Photo by John Drummond. Note: Banner Photo by Murray Cooper. |
Photo by John Drummond |
Northwest Ecuador & East Slope Birding |
Northwest Ecuador is a great location for persons new to South American birding. I know of a number of various experienced world birders who love to return to Ecuador as the lodges are a great value and the birding is always productive with many species seen each day and new life birds found. This trip is a slight modification to our classic northwest Ecuador route, adding a few days on the east slope of the Andes to maximize excellent birding in a short and inexpensive trip.
Trip extension include Sani Lodge (with up to 200 species additional in the Amazonian basin), Galapagos Islands (5 to 8 days for the classic naturalist excursion). We offer this trip several times during the parts of the year when the east slope is less rainy, September and into March. A brief itinerary is presented below with more detail on the next web page. Please contact us to get trip reports to get a good idea of the bird species you will see based upon our past experiences. |
Photo by Drummond |
Photo by John Drummond |
Photo by John Drummond |
Photo by John Drummond |
Photo by Murray Cooper |
Photo by Murray Cooper |
More Details on This Trip |
Please call Charles (in the USA at 720-320-1974 or toll free at 888-203-7464) or Ian (in the UK at 07719-052820 in Norfolk), and/or email info@pibird.com. Also feel free to click here. |