4 Days Birding Bonanza in Depth

AM:At 6:30 AM your driver will collect you at your hotel. We’ll start driving along the Calacali – Nanegalito road with colorful landscapes and ever-changing vistas all the way. Somewhere on the road we will turn left and on to the secondary road which for about 30 more minutes will take as to Bellavista Lodge, perched on top of the Tandayapa Valley. Arrival at Bellavista. Your guides will greet you here and will show you your room and facilities before going for breakfast. Settle in after breakfast and then meet your guide at an appointed place in the lodge for a short briefing, and right away your hike will commence. Your guide will choose the best trails and hike options according to the group size (no more than 7 hikers), weather and trail conditions. After 2 or more hours of easy and very educative hike, you are back in the lodge for lunch. PM: your package includes another forest hike into another different trail among the many trails in Bellavista – discover the ecology of this mysterious forest. Dinner and overnight. You may well get a good sighting of the delightful Olinguito, right at the Lodge!

5:00 AM wake up and departure to Angel Paz reserve, Breakfast and birding time with the guide to see the Cock-of-the-Rock and Antpittas until 11h00 approx. Visit to the Pahuma Orchid Reserve or the Orchid garden in Mindo and Lunch on route. Afternoon visit to Alambi Hummingbird and Tanager Reserve, transfer back Bellavista. Dinner and overnight