* Specific birding locales subject to adjustment based on guide recommendations and local conditions.
Pipeline Road
Old Gamboa Road
Metropolitan National Park
Achiote Road
Discovery Center
Fortuna Road
Volcan Baru National Park
La Amistad Heritage Park
Feb 27 - Mar 8, 2011
(10 days, 9 nights))
Price $3175
($3075 until 10/27/2010)
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Sun
Feb 27 |
Panama City
Balboa Inn
Included Meals: D |
Evening meet and greet, dinner, and orientation. |
Mon
Feb 28 |
Pipeline Road
Old Gamboa Road
Balboa Inn
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding Pipeline Road. Afternoon birding Old Gamboa Road. |
Tues
Mar 1 |
Metropolitan National Park
Naturr Nature Center
Nattur Ecolodge
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding Metropolitan National Park. After lunch checkout and transfer to Caribbean side of Canal Zone. View hummingbirds at feeders and bird grounds at Nattur Nature Center as time permits. |
Wed
Mar 2 |
Achiote Road
B&B La Estancia
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding Achiote Road and Trogon Trail. After lunch transfer back to Balboa. |
Thurs
Mar 3 |
Discovery Center
David
Hotel Gran Nacional
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding at Discovery Center and observation tower near Pipeline Road. Afternoon flight to David. |
Fri
Mar 4 |
Fortuna Road
Chiriqui Grande
Hotel Gran Nacional
Included Meals: BLD |
All day birding Fortuna Road, primarily along roadsides, around Smithsonian Research Station, Willie Mazoo Camp, Mali Marsh, and lowlands outside Chiriqui Grande. |
Sat
Mar 5 |
Fortuna Road
David Lowlands
Los Quetzales Inn
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding back along Fortuna Road, concentrating on the trail off a side road on the Continental Divide and other unmarked trails not covered the previous day. Mid-day birding lowlands around David looking for Veraguan Mango. Afternoon transfer to Los Quetzales Inn in highlands. |
Sun
Mar 6 |
Volcan Baru
Los Quetzales Inn
Included Meals: BLD |
Morning birding cabins area of Volcan Baru National Park above Guadalupe looking for Resplendent Quetzal. Afternoon birding on a private finca at the upper end of Sendero Los Quetzales. |
Mon
Mar 7 |
La Amistad
Panama City
Balboa Inn
Included Meals: BLD |
Early morning birding in La Amistad Heritage Park. After lunch transfer to David for late afternoon flight to Panama City. |
Tues
Mar 8 |
Panama City
Included Meals: B |
End of tour after breakfast. International flight home. |
