The Glorious Andes
- Duration: 16 days
- Start: Bogotá:
- End: Pereira / Bogotá
- Group Size: 1 - 8 people pax + 1 Bird Tour Leader
- Ecosystems: Tropical rain forest, Valleys, Premontane Forest, Montane Forest, Paramo.
Experience the ultimate birding and photography adventure on our Glorious Andes Birding and photography Tour, tailored to showcase the endemic and unique bird species found in the amazing Andes mountain chain, that divides Colombia into its different bioregions. Additionally, the tour includes the Magdalena and Cauca Valleys, which offer exclusive bird species that provide a diverse contrast between the high Andean mountains and paramos to the picturesques rainforest and valleys, in the lowlands.
- Day 0. Arrival to El Dorado International Airport, Bogota – Transfer to Hotel in Bogota
- Day 1. Chingaza National Park – Hummingbird Observatory – Hotel in Bogota
- Day 2. Enchanted Garden (Hummingbird feeders) - Laguna de Tabacal – Charca de Guarinocito – Hotel Maria Paula (Victoria,Caldas)
- Day 3. Bellavista Nature Reserve (Victoria) - Charca de Guarinocito – Hotel Posada Las Trampas
- Day 4. Birding on the way to Blue-billed Curassow Proaves Reserve – Blue-billed Curassow Lodge
- Day 5. Blue-billed Curassow full day birding
- Day 6. Blue-billed Curassow – Humedales de Puerto Triunfo – Rio Claro Nature Reserve
- Day 7. Rio Claro reserve Full day birding
- Day 8. Rio Claro – Hotel La Extremadura (Medellin)
- Day 9. Birding along Bolombolo Road – Jardin – Cock-of-the-Rock Lek – Hotel La Divina Providencia (Jardin)
- Day 10. Mirador El Roble – Yellow-eared Parrot Proaves Reserve – Hotel La Divina Providencia (Jardin)
- Day 11. Jardin – Ventanas – Hotel Recinto Estelar (Manizales)
- Day 12. Rio Blanco – Hotel Recinto Estelar
- Day 13. Hacienda El Bosque – Los Nevados National Park - Hotel Termales del Ruiz
- Day 14. Hotel Termales del Ruiz – Los Nevados National Park – Hotel Tinamú
- Day 15. Hotel Tinamu – Otun Quimbaya
- Day 16. Otún Quimbaya - Matecaña Airport Pereira-Bogota – Hotel in Bogota
Where you may encounter and photograph a variety of birds, including Trogons, Antbirds, Barbets, Toucans, Furnariids, Cotingas, Manakins, Flycatchers and many other bird families. Our chosen route covers some of Colombia's most renowned biodiversity hotspots, celebrated for their rich wildlife, scenic beauty, comfort, safety, and accessibility.
Included in the Tour
- Accommodation in double room: Eco-lodges and Hotels
- Domestic Flights
- Private land transportation (Van, 4x4 vehicles, boats
- Bird Tour leader
- Local Guides
- All meals starting with breakfast on day 1 through dinner on last day
- Plenty of bottled water and snacks
- Hot Drinks
- Entrance fees to the Fincas and Natural Reserves
- Basic travel insurance
Not included in the Tour
- International flights
- Comprehensive medical and personal liability insurance
- Personal expenses (laundry, tips, international phone calls)
- Other expenses not here specified
Key species on this tour
- Muisca Antpitta (Endemic)
- Andean Potoo
- Pale-bellied Tapaculo (Endemic)
- Silvery-throated Spinetail (Endemic)
- Black-billed Mountain-toucan
- Brown-breasted Parakeet (Endemic)
- Indigo-capped Hummingbird (Endemic)
- Gorgeted Woodstar
- Velvet-fronted Euphonia (Endemic)
- Rusty-breasted Antpitta
- Moustached Puffbird
- Black-headed Brush-finch
- Sooty ant-tanager (Endemic)
- White-mantled Barbet (Endemic)
- Colombian Chachalaca (Endemic)
- Beautiful Woodpecker (Endemic)
- Northern Screamer
- Blue-billed Curassow (Endemic)
- Russet-winged Schiffornis
- Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
- Black-billed Flycatcher
- Black Antshrike
- Antioquia Bristle-tyrant (Endemic)
- Magdalena Antbird
- Gray-cheeked Nunlet
- Saffron-headed Parrot
- Bare-crowned Antbird
- Antioquia Wren (Endemic)
- Grayish Piculet (Endemic)
- Apical Flycatcher (Endemic)
- Golden-collared Manakin
- Andean-Cock-of-The-Rock
- Red-bellied Grackle (Endemic)
- Yellow-eared Parrot (Endemic)
- Chamí Antpitta (Endemic)
- White-capped Tanager
- Golden-headed Quetzal
- Brown-banded Antpitta (Endemic)
- Masked Saltator
- Golden-plumed Parakeet
- Crescent-faced Antpitta
- Equatorial Antpitta
- Slate-crowned Antpitta
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
- Bicolored Antpitta
- Gray-breasted Mountain-toucan
- Sword-billed Hummingbird
- Buffy Helmetcrest (Endemic)
- Rufous-fronted Parakeet (Endemic)
- Andean Condor
- Paramo Tapaculo
- Cauca Guan (Endemic)
- Multicolored Tanager (Endemic)
- Crested Ant-tanager (Endemic)
- Torrent Duck
- Parker’s Antbird (Endemic)
- Moustached Antpitta
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
- Hooded Antpitta
- Stile’s Tapaculo (Endemic)
