Tour A: Andes / Los Llanos - Tour
Day 1: Arrival
to Mérida airport. Then drive to La Azulita and stay in a nice
posada. There we will bird around La Carbonera cloud forest and coffee
plantations.
Highlights: Crested Quetzal, Masked Trogon,
Plush capped Finch, Military Macaw, Bronze Winged Parrot, Rose Headed
Parakeet, Black Mandibled Toucan, Collared Aracari, Emerald Toucanet
and different hummingbirds, flycatchers and tanagers.
Overnight in nice Posada in La Azulita
Day 2: In the morning we will bird around La
Azulita again. When the bird activity gets quiet, we will drive to
Tabay and bird in the afternoon in the subtropical cloud forest beyond
La Mucuy.
We will stay in the beautiful Posada Casa Vieja.
Day 3: Full day at La Mucuy, Sierra Nevada
National Park. Some of the birds are: tanagers, endemic hummingbirds
and with some luck endemic antpittas and endemic tapaculos.
Overnight in Posada Casa Vieja.
Day 4:
We drive to the Páramo, which is between 3000 and 4300 meters/
14000 feet, and start to bird down the outside wall of the Andes.
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Highlights:
Andean Condor, Black-Chested Buzzard-Eagle, Torrent Duck, Ochre-browed
Thistletail (endemic), Bearded Helmetcrest (endemic), Paramo Wren
(endemic) and the Sword-Billed Hummingbird.
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In the afternoon we go down to the Santo Domingo Valley to La Soledad, San Isidro, and Los Frailes.
Highlights: Cock of the Rock, Red-ruffed
Fruitcrow, Crested Quetzal, Masked Trogon, Sword-Billed Hummingbird,
and various sunangels and fruiteaters.
We will stay in the Posada Caceres in Altamira.
Day 5: After breakfast we will bird in the
Altamira area, looking for the Wire-tailed Manakin, White-bearded
Manakin, Golden-headed Manakin, White crowned Manakin, as well as many
tanagers and hummingbirds. Here are plenty of trails where to observe.
Around 11 am there are soaring birds of pray. With luck we might see a
Black and chestnut Eagle, Crested Eagle or Black Hawk Eagle.
We will stay in the Posada Caceres in Altamira.
Day 6: In the morning we will drive to our
ranch in los Llanos. Here it is possible to see up to 150 bird species
in one day. Los Llanos is also the best area in Venezuela to see
wildlife like Orinoco crocodile, spectacled caiman, giant anteater,
different turtels, capybaras, monkeys, etc.
Highlights: Orinocan Saltator, Ruby Topaz and
Copper-rumped Hummingbird, Orange-crowned Oriole, Russet-throated
Puffbird, Pale-headed Jacamar, Yellow-knobbed Curassow, Scarlet Macaw,
White-fringed Antwren, Barred- and Black-Crested Antshrike, as well as
all kinds of storks, ibis, herons, hawks, kites, falcons, caracaras,
vultures, etc.
We stay at Hato el Cedral.
Day 7:
Fullday birding in the Hato. In the morning we do a boat excursion on
the Caño Cuaritíco. Besides the shorebirds we will see
dolphins in the river . In the afternoon we will concentrate on birds,
or, if you would prefer, the animals that we haven’t seen yet.
Highlights: the Hoatzin and, with luck, the
Ornate Hawk-Eagle. Jabiru stork, roseate spoonbill, owls as well as
parrots and macaws. Overnight Hato el Cedral
Day 8: We will drive to Barinas airport and in
the afternoon you will get your flight to Caracas, or to your next
destination like Canaima, Los Roques, etc.
Rates on request
Extra day in Los Llanos:
Extra day in Mérida:
Includes: Bilingual bird guide,
Transportation, Lodging, all meals, nationalpark entrance, cooling box
full with ice, softdrinks.
Note: If the water level is to low in los Llanos the boat excursion might not be possible to do and we make an other safari.
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