DAY 1: MERIDA-LA
MUCUY
Mérida City. Airport/Hotel assistance
& transfer to the Cable Car (optional) Breakfast & Birding walk
to the areas (3rd. Station, La Aguada: Purple-back
Tornbilled, Brown-backed Chat-tyrant, Streakthroated Bush-tyrant, Sword-billed
Hummingbird, Brown-bellied Swallow, Mérida Sunangel, Tyrian Metaltail,
4th. Station, Loma Redonda:
Bearded-Helmetcrest, Andean Siskin, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Sierra Finch,
Great Thrush, Black-chested buzzard Eagle,...) Lunch
in the city and visit to El Vallecito, (village on the way to Mucujún
river. 15 min.), (Torrent Ducks,
White-capped Dippers, Black phoebe, Moustached Brush-finch, Green Jays,...)
Transfer to La Mucuy (40 min.), in the Sierra Nevada National Park.
Birding (Emerald Toucanet, Collared
Inca, Black-capped Tanager, Long-tailed Sylph, Masked Trogon,Glossyblack
Thrush, Black-burnian Warbler, Gorgeted Woodsart,...) Accomodation
in the Park´s Dormitories. Dinner and night birding (White-throated
Screechowl, Band-winged Nightjar, Rufous-banded Owl, Barn Owl,..)
DAY 2: LA MUCUY-STO
DOMINGO
Breakfast & “very early” birding.
Humboldt Trail. (Barred Fruiteater,
Andean Guan, Chestnutcrowned Antpitta, Masked Trogon, Smoky-brown Woodpecker,
Crested Quetzal, Gorgeted Woodstar, Red-crested Cotinga, Crimson-mantled
Woodpecker, Unicolored Tapaculo, Glossy-black Thrush, Scaly-naped Parrot,
Beryl-spangled Tanager, Russet-crowned Warbler, White-fronted Redstart,
Black-crested Warbler, Mérida Sunangel, Plush-capped Finch, Booted
racquet-tail, Slatethroated Redstar, White-headed Parrot, Roseheaded Parakeet,Brown-rumped
Tapaculo,.) Mid -morning transfer to the Páramos.
Pic-nic Lunch. Visit to Mifafí Valley & Mucubají Lake.
Birding. (Andean Cóndor,
Speckled Teal, Bearded Helmetcrest, White-capped Dipper, Black chested
buzzard Eagle, Tyrian Metaltail, Sparkling Violetear, Ochre-browed Thistletail,
Páramo Pipit, Andean Siskin, Páramo Wren, Ruddy Pigeon, Sierra
Finch, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Andean Tit-spine-tail,...)
Accomodation in Sto. Domingo. H/Dinner.
DAY 3: STO DOMINGO-BARINITAS
Early breakfast. Half a day birding between
Sto. Domingo river (Torrent Ducks) and Las Tapias trail (Slaty
Brush-finch, Lachrimose Mountain-tanager, Blue-back Conebill, White-throated
Tyranulet, Bluish Flower-piercer, Páramo Wren, Masked Flower-piercer,
Ocellated Tapaculo, White-sided Flower- piercer, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker,Green
Jay, Black-collared Jay, Andean Siskin, Whitecapped Dipper, Orange-throated
Sunangel, Plushcapped Finch, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Sparkling violetear,
…) Transfer to San Isidro, lunch & Birding.
(Hooded-mountain
Tanager, Chestnut- bellied Thrush, White- winged Tanager, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock,
Blue-capped Tanager, Blue-hooded Euphonia, Speckled Tanager, Golden Tanager,
Blue -naped & Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonias, Green & black Fruiteater,
Red headed Barbet, Golden winged Manaking, Bronzy Inca, Andean Guan, Green-fronted
Lance- billed, Red-ruffed & Purple throated Fruitcrows, Masked Trogon,
Crested & Golden-headed Quetzals,..) Accomodation
in Barinitas. H/D.
DAY 4: BARINITAS-BARINAS-CCS
Breakfast. Half a day in La Soledad, Altamira
& Barragán River. Pic-nic lunch. (Brown-throated
Parakeet, Burnished-buff Tanager, White-vented Plumeletear, White-bearded
Hermit, White-necked Jacobin, Troupial, Violaceus Trogon, Little Hermit,
Straight-billed Woodcreeper, White-bearded Manakin, Golden-olive Woodpecker,
Green Ho-neycreeper, Red- legged Honeycreeper, Swallow-wing
Tanager Palm Tanager, Thick- billed Eu-phonia, Tropical Parula, Collared
Swift, Rufous- tailed Hummingbird, Chestnut- fronted Macaw,
Band-tailed Pigeon, Yellow Wabler, Crimsonbacked Tanager,.…)
Transfer to Barinas City Airport.Caracas.
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