Ecuador | Choco Andino and East Slope
Birding Tour

 12-Day program

Starting at $4800 per person (Lower group price)

Other
information

travel style

Luxury

Highlights

Photography Tour
Hummingbirds
Andean Condor

Fitness level

Fair conditions

Beyond the unforgettable memories, the package also features:

Luxury Accommodation in Las Terrazas de Dana Boutique Lodge & Spa

Best possible accommodation in East Slope

Exclusive private transportation

All meals described in the tour

All admission to all scheduled reserves

Eco-friendly water bottle to refill

Spa treatments with a 20% discount

Private english-speaking birding guide

Unlimited access to water refills, coffee and tea

Laundry service

DETAILED ITINERARY

DAY 1

Zuro Loma Reserve

1 Sword billed Hummingbird -
AM

Pick up at 6:00AM from your hotel in Quito or Airport area.

Visit to Zuro Loma Reserve

PM

Lunch at a restaurant on the way to Las Terrazas de Dana Boutique Lodge & Spa.

Posibility to continue with stops in feeders on the way to Mindo.

Key species:

Sword-billed Hummingbird, Shining Sunbeam, Golden-breasted Puffleg, Andean Guan, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager.

DAY 2

FRUIT TOUR FEEDER (SILANCHE) AND MILPE RESERVES

Long billed Starthroat @FS Frutty Tour Reserve DSCN2687 -
AM

Departure to Fruit Tour Feeder in Silanche area.

PM

Lunch and visit to Milpe Reserve.

Key species:

Choco Trogon, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, White-whiskered Puffbird, Black-crowned Antshrike, Scarlet-breasted Dacnis, Club-winged Manakin, Green Thorntail, White Whiskered Hermit, Geen-Crowned Brilliant, Green-Crowned Woodnymph.

DAY 3

PAZ DE LAS AVES AND LA VICTORIANA

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AM

Visit to Paz de las Aves Reserve (Located about 1.600m. / 5.250ft.).

PM

Lunch and visit to La Victoria, to take the best possible photos of Andean Cock-of-the-Rock.

Key species:

Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Giant Antpitta, Moustached Antpitta, Yellow-breasted Antpitta, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Ochre-breasted Antpitta, Toucan Barbet.

DAY 4

Amagusa Reserve and Mashpi Road

6 glistening green tanager -
AM

Visit to Mashpi Road and Amagusa Reserve (altitude rage is 1700m. to 750m.). Breakfast box in Amagusa Reserve feeders.

PM

Lunch and continue in this amazing location taking photos.

Optional to visit Sacha Guatusa in the afternoon.

Key species:

Indigo Flowerpiercer, Golden-collared Honeycreeper, Black Solitaire, Orange-breasted Fruiteater, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, White-tipped Sicklebill, Choco Vireo, Choco Parakeet, Glistening-green Tanager, Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager, Black-striped Sparrow, Flame-faced Tanager, Velvet-purple Coronet, Violet-tailed Sylph, Booted Racket-tail, Toucan Barbet.

DAY 5

Santa Rosa Feeder and Punto Ornitológico (Mindo Cloud Forest)

3 Plate Billed Mountain Toucan -
AM

Visit to Santa Rosa Feeder

PM

Lunch in Las Terrazas de Dana Boutique Lodge & Spa and visit to Punto Ornitológico or Hermit trail in Mindo Village. (Located about 1.200m. / 3.900ft.)

Key species:

Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Blue-capped Tanager, Hoary Puffleg, Crested Guan, Rose-faced Parrot, Bat Falcon, Sunbittern, White-throated Crake, Red-headed Barbet, Ringed Kingfisher, Black-faced Dacnis, Green Thorntail, Crowned Woodnymph.

DAY 6

Sachatamia Hide & Feeders. Balcon Tumpiki

10 Toucan Barbet -
AM

Visit to Sachatamia Hide and Feeders.

PM

Lunch and visit to Balcon Tumpiki.

Key species:

Masked Trogon, strong-billed Woodcreeper, Rufous Motmot, Squirrel Cuckoo, Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Toucan Barbet.

DAY 7

Antisana Ecological Reserve

2 Andean Condor -
AM

Check-out from Las Terrazas de Dana and visit to Antisana Ecological Reserve.

PM

Lunch in Tambo Condor Restaurant and continue to Guango Reserve.

Key species:

Andean condor, Giant Hummingbird, Ecuadorian Hillstar.

DAY 8

Guango Reserve

torrent duck -
AM

Visit to Guango Reserve

PM

Continue in the afternoon to San Isidro Reserve

Key species:

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Torrent Duck, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Collared Inca, Chestnut-breasted coronet, White-bellied Woodstar, Long-tailed Sylph, Tourmaline Sunangel.

DAY 9

San Isidro Reserve

green jay -
AM

Breakfast and full day birding at San Isidro Reserve

PM

Lunch and continue birding in this amazing reserve.

Time also to visit La Brisa Feeder

Key species:

Green Jay, Saffron-crowned Tanaget, Plain-backed Antpitta.

DAY 10

San Isidro Reserve and Wayra Reserve

Black capped Donacobius -
AM

Breakfast at San Isidro Lodge and more birding before check-out.

PM

Lunch box and continue to Wayra Reserve in our way to Wildsumaco Sanctuary.

Key species:

Green Jay, Saffron-crowned Tanaget, Plain-backed Antpitta.

DAY 11

Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary

Wire crested Thorntail -
AM

Breakfast at Wildsumaco Lodge and full day at Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary.

PM

Lunch and continue Wildsumaco Sanctuary.

Key species:

Rufous-booted Racket-tail, Wire-crested Thorntail, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Russet Antshrike, Peruvian Warbling-Antbird, Blue-crowned Manakin. White-crowned Manakin.

DAY 12

Wildsumaco wildlife sanctuary and back to quito

Rufous booted Racket tail -
AM

Breakfast at Wildsumaco Lodge and continue in Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary the morning.

PM

Lunch and transfer to your hotel in Quito or airport area.

Key species:

Rufous-booted Racket-tail, Wire-crested Thorntail, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Russet Antshrike, Peruvian Warbling-Antbird, Blue-crowned Manakin. White-crowned Manakin.

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Our Complete Private Birding Tour of Ecuador with main birding spots!. Best reserves in Mindo, Northwest Andes and Andes East Slope.

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Product Brand: Bird Photography Tours

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Product Price: 4800

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