* Specific birding locales subject to adjustment based on guide recommendations and local conditions.
El Cajas National Park
Yunguilla Reserve
Buenaventura Reserve
Tumbesian Endemic Area
Jorupe Forest Reserve
Utuana Reserve
Catamayo Valley
Tapichalaca Reserve
Maranon Endemic Area
Cerro Toledo
Podocarpus National Park
Cordillera del Condor
Nangaritza River
June 5-20, 2010
(16 days, 15 nights)
Price $3725
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Sat
Jun 5 |
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: None |
Evening get-together for orientation and meeting other participants. |
Sun
Jun 6 |
Quito
Cuenca
El Cajas National Park
Yunguilla Valley
Gualaceo
Jardin del Valle Hotel
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning flight to Cuenca. Morning birding in El Cajas National Park looking for paramo (high elevation) specialties. PM transfer to Yunguilla Valley. Overnight in Gualaceo. |
Mon
Jun 7 |
Yunguilla Reserve
Buenaventura Reserve
Umbrellabird Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
AM look for highly endangered Pale-headed Brush-Finch and other range-restricted birds in Yunguilla Reserve. Mid-day transfer to Buenaventura Reserve near Pinas. Late afternoon birding in lower section of reserve. Overnight at lodge in reserve. |
Tues
Jun 8 |
Buenaventura Reserve
Umbrellabird Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
AM birding upper portion of Buenaventura Reserve. PM birding lower portion of reserve and viewing hummingbirds at feeders. Overnight in reserve. |
Wed
Jun 9 |
Buenaventura Reserve
Tumbes Endemic Area
Jorupe Forest Reserve
Urraca Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early AM birding lower portion of Reserve. Last chance to see Long-wattled Umbrellabird if not seen earlier. Mid-morning check-out and transfer to Jorupe Forest Reserve, birding en route looking for Tumbesian endemics en route. Overnight in the reserve. |
Thurs
Jun 10 |
Jorupe Forest Reserve
Urraca Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
All day birding in Jorupe Forest Reserve looking for dry forest specialties and restricted-range hummingbirds. |
Fri
Jun 11 |
Sozoranga
Utuana Reserve
Catamayo Valley
Tapichalaca Reserve
Casa Simpson Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Early departure for Utuana Forest Reserve. We'll look for Chestnut-collared Swallow around Sozoranga en route. AM birding in higher elevation forest at Utuana. PM transfer to Tapichalaca Reserve, stopping in Catamayo Valley to look for open country seedeaters and finches. Overnight at lodge in the reserve. |
Sat
Jun 12 |
Tapichalaca Reserve
Casa Simpson Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
All day birding in Tapichalaca Reserve with special emphasis on seeing recently discovered Jocotoco Antpitta. Overnight in the reserve. |
Sun
Jun 13 |
Zumba
Maranon Endemic Area
Casa Simpson Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
All day excursion to Zumba on Peruvian border looking for Maranon endemics. Overnight in Tapichalaca Reserve. |
Mon
Jun 14 |
Cerro Toledo
Podocarpus-Cajanuma
Loja
Hotel Castellano
Included Meals: BLD |
Very early departure, stopping to bird road up Cerro Toledo. Continue to Cajanuma section of Podocarpus National Park. Rest of day birding Cajanuma (higher elevation) section of park. Overnight in Loja. |
Tues
Jun 15 |
Loja
Zaruma-Loja Road
Copalinga Lodge
Included Meals: BLD |
After breakfast departure for Zamora, birding en route along old Loja-Zamora Road. Afternoon viewing hummingbirds at lodge feeders, birding lodge grounds, along the Trans-Amazonian Highway, and around nearby abandoned airstrip. |
Wed
Jun 16 |
Podocarpus-Bombuscaro
Cabanas Yankuam
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding Bombuscaro entrance to Podocarpus National Park. After lunch departure for Nangaritza River, arriving late afternoon. |
Thurs
Jun 17 |
Nangaritza River
Shaime
Cabanas Yankuam
Included Meals: BLD |
All day trip up the Nangaritza River to the Shuar indigenous village of Shaime to look especially for Orange-throated Tanager and Oilbird. |
Fri
Jun 18 |
Cordillera del Condor
Tepui Highlands
Cabanas Yankuam
Included Meals: BLD |
All day birding Tepui highlands above lodge. |
Sat
Jun 19 |
Nangaritza
Loja
Quito
Hotel Sebastian
Included Meals: BLD |
For those not continuing to Macas on our extension to Central Ecuador and Esmeraldas, depart after breakfast for Loja, arriving at regional airport in time for afternoon flight to Quito. For those joining us on our extension, early morning departure for Macas, arriving by mid-afternoon. |
Sun
Jun 20 |
Quito
Included Meals: B |
End of tour. For those not continuing on the extension, international flights home. |
