10 DAYS BIRDING TOUR SOUTHERN ECUADOR

10 DAYS TOUR SOUTHERN ECUADOR, ENDEMIC AND SPECIALTIES.

Endemics and specialties, and the new species of Hummingbird: Blue-throated Hillstar.

10 days 9 nights.

Highest mountains in Cerro de Arcos, Cloud forest in Saraguro, and the Tropical Forest.

Places to Visit: Tapichalaca Reserve (2500 m - 8200 feets). Zamora Chinchipe Province – Bombuscaro River – Podocarpus National Park - Copalinga Reserve (900 m - 2950 feets.). Saraguro: Cloud Forets (2400 -3200 m) Acacana: 3400 m. 11154 feets. Cerro de Arcos: 3600 m. - 11811 feets. Buenaventura Reserve - Choco Region: (500-1300 m, 1640-4265 feets).

Day 1. Buenaventura Reserve. Umbrella Bird Lodge. 2 nights. Choco Region: (500-1300 m, 1640-4265 feets). Birds: Long-wattled Umbrella Bird. El Oro Parakeet.

Day 2. Buenaventura Reserve. Umbrella Bird Lodge.

Day 3. Cerro de Arcos. 1 night. Paramo. 3600 m. - 11811 feets. Blue-throated Hillstar.

Day 4. Saraguro. Acacana Reserve. 1 night. Cloud Forest: 2400 -3200 m) Acacana: 3400 m. 11154 feets. Crescent –faced Antpitta.

Day 5. Head to Tapichalaca Reserve, Casa Simpson lodge (2500 m- 8200 feets), 2 nights. Jocotoco Antpitta

Day 6. Tapichalaca Reserve, Casa Simpson.

Day 7,8,9. Copalinga Reserve, Podocarpus National Park. 3 nights. Spangled Coquette; Coppery-chested Jacamar, Umbrella Bird; Andean Cock-of-the Rock

Day 10. Flight back Quito.