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Avenida Calle 68 No. 60-97. Torre 10, Oficina 403. Bogotá D.C, Colombia Tel.: (57-1) 6075695. Celulares: (57) 311-5712066 – 314-2323899

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Birds of Colombia

Bogotá – Chicaque - Eje Cafetero – Chocó

Program Description # 05: Day 01. Bogotá: Arrival at Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. Reception in the airport, transportation to the hotel and

accommodation.

Day 02. Bogotá: Breakfast in the hotel of Bogota and transportation to the Swamp Martos in the municipality of Guatavita,

2600 – 3150 m.s.n.m. This zone offers more than 2000 ha of mists forests, wetlands and upland moors, where we can observe

many of the 100 species who live there. There are endemic, migratory and endangered species such as: Brown-breasted

Parakeet; Bogotá Rail; Black-billed Mountain Toucan; Torrent Duck; White capped Tanager; Rufous-browed Conebill. Lunch

and dinner is included.

Day 03. Bogotá – P.N.N Chicaque: Breakfast in the hotel of Bogotá and a two day fieldtrip to the Natural Chicaque National

Park, which is located 40 minutes away from the southwest part of the capital. It offers at a height between 2100 and 270

m.s.n.m., 300 hc of woodlands of oak (Quercus humboldtii). There we will be able to visit more than 210 species of birds of

unqueal color and beauty. Some of these include: Silvery – thoated Sinetail; Rufous-browed Conebill; Flame-faced Tanager;

Saffron-crowned Tanager; Esmerald Toucan; Capped Conebiill; Black Inca (Endemic); Turquoise Dacnis (endemic). We will

return to Bogotá around 5:30pm. Lunch and dinner is included.

Day 04. Chicaque – Eje Cafetero: Breakfast in the hotel and at midday we will take our flight to Pereira. Arrival and

transportion to the Coffee Ranch and accommodation. Procedures for admission to National Park. Lunch and dinner is

included.

Day 05. Santuario de Flora y Fauna (S.F.F) Otún - Quimbaya: Breakfast in our coffee ranch and entry to S.F.F. In Otún,

we will enjoy its extensive wildlife such as three groups of howler monkeys, whose screams echo in the sunset and sunrise.

There will also be the spectacle bear, the tapir, the agouti, eagles and deer, as well as countless butterflies. BIRDS: It is of our

interest to see the great number of birds and its dazzling colors who inhabit this ecosystem: Cauca guan, Toro de Monte,

Soledad de Montaña, Carriquí, among others. We will return to our coffee farm around 11:30. Departure in the afternoon to go

bird seeing once again. Lunch and dinner is included.

Day 06. Santuario de Flora y Fauna (S.F.F) Otún - Quimbaya: Breakfast, we will be repeating the activities done the day

before but we will take different paths in the park. Lunch and dinner is included. Accommodation in our coffee ranch.

Day 07. Otún – Medellín - Utria: Breakfast and early in the morning we will depart to the city of Medellin, to take our flight

to the Pacific Ocean, to the population of Nuqui, near the Natural National Park Utria. Arrival at Nuqui around 3:00 pm and

transportation to our native tourist inn, typical accommodation of the region. Lunch and dinner is included.

Soledad de Montaña, Otún Palm Tanager, Eje Cafetero Opendula Chocuana Cauca guan, Andes Colombia

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Nuqui – National Park Utría: Perhaps one of the richest and healthiest ecosystems on the planet is in the northern

Colombian Pacific coast, a protected area known as Natural Utría Cove National Park.

Few places meet both mystery and beauty at the same time as Utría Cove does, located on the northern Pacific coast of

Colombia. To the south of the inlet, a series of foothills covered in lush rainforests hidden in the mist. The wildlife is a key to

maintaining biodiversity and are an essential component of the relationship between humans and nature, and the formation of

their perception and representation of the world around them. The diversity of wildlife in Utría is as complex as the

heterogeneity of their environments and ecosystems. In the tropical rainforest, mammals can be found several taxonomic

groups such as primates, xenartras, ungulates, rodents and carnivores. Examples of these are the jaguar (Panthera onca), puma

(Felis concolor), deer (Mazama spp), wild boars (Tayassu peccary), peccaries (Tayassu tajacu), black howler monkey

(Alouatta palliata), spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps), anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), lazy white (Bradypus variegatus),

guaguas (cuniculus paca) agoutis (Dasyprocta punctata), among others. Additionally, reptiles and amphibians are important

pieces of the ecosystem. You can find iguanas, chochoras, snakes and frogs of various shapes and colors.

The birds of this jungles are about 380 species, one of the largest diversities in the world, and inhabit all the jungle

strata until the coastal marine areas.

The marine fauna is equally rich, given the interaction of ecosystems and the seafloor. In the coral reefs, we find 11 of the 16

species of corals recorded in the Colombian Pacific. Ranging from branching corals of the genus Pocillopora, Porites,

Psammocora stellata, 3 species of the genus Pavona and Gardineroseris planulata. Utría has reported around 81 species of

mollusks, including cambute (Strombus galeatus) and piangua (Anadara spp) which are important species of food for local

communities, and more than 180 species of fish ranging from tiny goby fish (Gobiidae) to the whale shark (Rhincodon typus).

Other emblematic species such as marine mammals regularly visit the NNP Utría, such as the humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae) which are eagerly awaited each year between the months of June to November. The bottlenose dolphins

(Tursiops truncatus) and the genus Stenella be seen throughout the year. Other occasional visitors such as sperm whales

(Physeter macrocephalus), killer whales (Orcinus orca) and pilot whales (Grampus griseus) have been reported visiting the

calm waters of the inlet along with other species of whales and dolphins.

Sea turtles are a group of species which every year come to the park's beaches for their nesting season, the Kind Ridley

(Lepidochelys olivacea) is the most found in the areas of the beach Cuevita with sporadic nesting records. You can also see the

Cana turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and the Green turtle (Chelonia mydas).

Day 8, day 9 and day 10. P.N Natural Utría: We will spend these days in the region of the Colombian pacific, retracing

paths through different areas of the Chocoana Jungle, boat rides to transport from one place to another, beautiful sunrises and

breathtaking sunsets will accompany us every day along with heavy rain and intense sun. Days of watching birds, unrepeatable

anywhere else in the world, will delight our visitors. Complementing our birdingwatching and completely free: receive music

and dancing lessons, food and crafts of black communities and the still existing Mesoamerican tribes of Embera. Daily

breakfast, lunch, dinner and hydration is included during our birding tours.

Day 10. Utría – Medellín. Breakfast and transportation to take our small aircraft to take us to the city of Medellin. Arrival to

the capital of the department of Antioquia and transportation to the hotel (not included) or to the international airport to take

your flight to your country of origin (not included). End of our services.

Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus)






Net rate per person: $7’000.000. A person who will accommodate individually will have an extra fee of $1’000.000. USD

To calculate the value in US dollars divide the value in Colombian pesos ($ 7'700.000.) Between 2055 = 2482 USD. Remember that the representative market rate is variable, this is the current (updated) on October 29, 2014

NOTE: When you make this journey with us, part of your payment goes to projects of biological and environmental education, community development plans, reforestation and conservation of fragile and rich in its diversity of flora and fauna ecosystems.

*** You can also participate in other projects for the acquisition (purchase) of large areas that are intended for perpetuity, the conservation of endangered species, threatened and priority ecological reserves. ASK US HOW TO MAKE YOUR DONATION NOW!

Programmed departures in 2015 - 2016:

March 15, April 05, July 17, August 14, September 18, October 22 and December 6, 2015

2016: In 2016: January 04, August 13, October 22

The net rates published above, the services described and the departures in general will take effect with a group of at least six (6) and maximum twelve (12) participants. For groups less than six (6) people who wish to take upon this expedition in Colombia, please consult the extra fees or additional payment.

These same services can be arranged on different dates tan the ones mentioned above depending on the amount of individuals interested or participants and as long as there is an agreement on the fees.

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