BIRDING TOUR 17D (A)

A person from our team will be waiting for you at your arrival time at El Dorado Airport in Bogota and will take you to the hotel. On the way, he will give you a briefing of the whole experience with some advice and recommendations for a pleasant trip. Subsequently, you will have the rest of the day free at leisure, having time to recover from the flight or explore the city by yourself.

On this day, you will be taken to a hummingbird observatory located in rural area of the town of La Calera, where you can easily observe more than 14 different species in that place. Later on, you will be taken the Chingaza National Park located 60 kms away from Bogota, where you will have talk by the local authorities, before heading to the cabins inside the protected area, where you will check-in and will acclimatize sleeping at 3.240 m.a.s.l.

On this day, we can optionally wake up early to observe birds of the national park. After breakfast, we will explore the spectacular landscapes of Chingaza and its lagoons, looking for the spectacled bear by car. We can optionally do some hikes up to 10 kms by some trails of the Paramo ecosystem learning about the endemic plants, and animals of the protected area the whole day. At the end of the day, we will get back to the cabin to have dinner and rest.

On this day, we can optionally wake up early in the morning for a bird watching activity. After breakfast, we will get deeper inside the national park and can either look for the Andean bear by car or by hiking different trails by the hidden spectacular landscapes of the Colombian Andes. With some luck we might see the Andean bear among other endemic species of the place. After lunch, we will get back to Bogota to spend the night and rest in a comfortable hotel.

On this day, you will have a transfer to be at the airport of Bogota 2 hours before your flight to Pereira. Once there, you will be taken in a 2.5-hrs. transfer to the Montezuma Rainforest Lodge, which is very famous place due to its level of endemism. You can enjoy the afternoon in the feeders of the place and can walk by the surroundings where you can see the first hummingbirds and other bird species.

On this day, we will take you at 5:30 AM in a 2-hrs. transportation by the mountains of the Tatama National Park, where you will be taken to the highest birding spot of the area at 2.550 m.a.s.l. where the goal is to observe birds such in this destination that is home to more than 600 different bird species and more than 70 colombian endemic species. You can explore as much as you want the highest parts till the 1.900 m.a.s.l. before heading back to the lodge.

On this day, we will take you at 5:30 AM in a 1-hr. transportation by the same road taken the day before, but this time you will start to observe birds from the 1.900 m.a.s.l. heading down till the 1.300 m.a.s.l. of the lodge. You will have the whole day available to bird as much as you want with your expert guide, this time aiming to see different species due to the lower altitude. You will also see a denser vegetation and with some luck other type of wildlife.

On this day, you will have breakfast and after that will leave the reserve. Then you will have a 5-hrs. transfer to Jardin, passing by wild mountains and roads full of green landscapes. On the way you will have the chance to observe different bird species on the last part of the road before arriving to Jardin. Once you arrive, you will check-in at the hotel and can enjoy this town, which is one of the most beautiful in the region.

On this day, after breakfast, you will visit the Andean cock-of-the-rock reserve, where you can easily observe this famous bird in an identified lek of the place. After lunch you can visit some waterfalls of the region, where you can enjoy the pristine nature of this unspoiled destination, you can visit the lookout with a great view of the area or you can just relax in this quiet town that has several secrets to be discovered in its walkable streets.

On this day, after breakfast you will have a 4-hrs. ground transfer to Medellin. Once there, you will be welcomed and taken to your hotel located in El Poblado neighborhood, a great area of this city, which is easy to get by and you will have a free afternoon. Your hotel also has one of the greatest restaurants of the city and there are nice places to visit in this, which is named the eternal-spring city due to its great weather all year round.

On this day, you will have a full day tour starting at 9:00 AM visiting in the morning the Comuna 13, which is one of the most famous activities in this city, where you can see the transformation and evolution from a violence past to a modern city. In the afternoon you will visit the most famous spots of the downtown such as Botero and light squares, the national palace, La Alpujarra, Carabobo Street, among others, before getting back to the hotel.

On this day, you will have a free morning to enjoy the last moments at the eternal-spring city and later you will have a transfer to the airport of Medellin 2 hours before your flight to Santa Marta. Once there, you will have a 1-hr. transfer from the airport to your ecolodge located next to Tayrona National. Your hotel has a great pool and it is next to a pristine beach that you can enjoy in the afternoon at leisure.

On this day, you will have a transfer at 8:00 AM to Tayrona National Park, where you will begin a guided hike along its trails, where you will be able to appreciate its rocky landscapes and wild beaches. With a little luck you will be able to see some fauna along the way and contemplate the unique landscape of this place until you reach the famous San Juan del Guia cape. In the afternoon you will return by walk and then by vehicle to the hotel.

On this day, you will be picked up at 9:00 AM and will have a 3-hrs. transfer to your accommodation, located in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, which has the highest mountains next to the ocean in the world. First you will pass by Minca and then you will head to the reserve located at 1.695 m.a.s.l. You will have a guide the whole day in order to do wildlife observation along the way from the sea level to the elevation of the place.

On this day, we will wake up at 4:30 AM in order to take you to Cuchilla de San Lorenzo located at more than 2.100 m.a.s.l. with the chance to observe different bird species due to the elevation of the area. During the rest of the day, we will continue exploring the very well-preserved jungle with several butterflies, reptiles, birds, waterfalls and pristine nature in this special biodiversity spot between the snow-capped tropical mountains and the ocean.

On this day, you will have a second guided birdwatching activity in this area, which is one most famous nationwide for this activity, due to its geographical location and well-preserved ecosystems, having hundreds of endemic species and some of them in critical danger of extinction. During the rest of the day, you can enjoy the great landscapes of the place and do some optional hikes, before having a 3-hrs. transfer to your hotel in Santa Marta.

On this day, you will have breakfast at the hotel. You will have a transfer included to take you to the international airport of Santa Marta in order to be 3 hours before your flight out the country or 2 hours before flight connections inside Colombia.