Colombia bird watching tour
Highlights
Bogota city tour | La Florida Park | Laguna El Tabacal | Maraquita village | Bellavista Nature Reserve | Rio Claro Nature Reserve | Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve | Yariguies National Nature Park | Recurve-billed Bushbird Reserve | Ocana | Riohacha | Los Flamencos National Park | El Dorado Nature Reserve | Santa MartaDescription of Colombia bird watching tour
Discover the incredible birdlife of Colombia on this 16 day small group bird watching tour. The statistics relating to Colombia’s birdlife are staggering – it has almost 1,900 bird species, more than any other country on the planet, and this number is on the rise! The number of endemics within Colombia is also extraordinary. This really is a wonderful birding destination, although few birders have yet explored it. Colombia is now a safe and enjoyable country to travel in, although this wasn’t always the case, and it means it’s a very new and exciting birding destination.It’s not possible to visit every region of this diverse and wonderful country in a single trip, so this tour concentrates on introducing you to the significant birding regions of the Magdalena Valley and Santa Marta areas. Enjoy a fascinating and memorable glimpse of Colombia’s rich biodiversity on this tour, lead throughout by a bilingual birding guide. At each reserve there will also be local birding guides on hand, so you gain a deep insight into the birdlife and scenery from experienced and knowledgeable locals. Private transport in modern air-conditioned vehicles and 4x4 jeeps is included and you’ll be staying in good quality hotels and nature reserves.
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We will spend 3 nights at the El Dorado Bird Reserve, which was created in 2006, based on the urgency of conserving one of the most fragile and important zones in Colombia, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, home to a large number of unique plant and animal species. It has a high number of endemic species of fauna and flora which are threatened with extinction, as well as preserved forests, which benefit the three most threatened species of birds in this area, that is the Santa Marta Parakeet, the Santa Marta Bush-tyrant and Santa Marta Sabrewing.
The Impacts of this Trip
We use high quality local resources and strongly support community tourism. We work with local agents, leaders, guides and drivers and we are aware that in Colombia wages are low, so we always try to reward and pay good wages to the people who work with us on the long days that a nature tour requires. We appreciate that these people do their best in order to make the tour a success.
All our Colombian ground staff are highly trained and very passionate about birds and nature. They are kind, organized, fun, are able to solve any problem, and they use the best possible logistics on any tour. They are intimate with all the sites we visit, including the safety aspects, and they have very good relations with local people. All of them have a large network of contacts to help you enjoy the maximum from visiting in Colombia on one of their tours.


We will spend 3 nights at the El Dorado Bird Reserve, which was created in 2006, based on the urgency of conserving one of the most fragile and important zones in Colombia, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, home to a large number of unique plant and animal species. It has a high number of endemic species of fauna and flora which are threatened with extinction, as well as preserved forests, which benefit the three most threatened species of birds in this area, that is the Santa Marta Parakeet, the Santa Marta Bush-tyrant and Santa Marta Sabrewing.

The Impacts of this Trip
We use high quality local resources and strongly support community tourism. We work with local agents, leaders, guides and drivers and we are aware that in Colombia wages are low, so we always try to reward and pay good wages to the people who work with us on the long days that a nature tour requires. We appreciate that these people do their best in order to make the tour a success.
All our Colombian ground staff are highly trained and very passionate about birds and nature. They are kind, organized, fun, are able to solve any problem, and they use the best possible logistics on any tour. They are intimate with all the sites we visit, including the safety aspects, and they have very good relations with local people. All of them have a large network of contacts to help you enjoy the maximum from visiting in Colombia on one of their tours.

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