DAY 1:
MERIDA-LA AZULITA
Mérida City, assistance and early
visit to the waterfalls Chorrera las Gonzales (35 min), Natural Monument
adjacent to Sierra de La Culata National Park. Breakfast. Birding
(Andean
& Band-tailed guans,Emerald Toucanet, Blue and white Swallow, White-capped
Dipper, Crested Quetzal, Black phoebe,...). Lunch in
Jají (Picturesque colonial village). Visit to Museo de Los Pájaros
“Wood carvins”. Crafts & souvenirs. Afternoon birding on the route
to La Azulita town. Visit to El Chorotal (Bosque de San Eusebio) an amazing
zigzag road covered with an exhuberant and pristine clouded forest. Birding
walk. (Masked Trogon,Crested Quetzal,
Green Jay, Saffron-headed, Black- headed, Golden, Flamedfaced, & Blue
and black Tanagers, Blue napped and Chestnut breasted Chlorophonias, Fork-tailed
Woodnymph, Booted racquet-tailed Hummingbird, Emerald Toucanet, Scarlet-
fronted Parakeet,Roseheaded Parakeet, White-rumped Hawk, Black and chestnut
Eagle, Yellow-legged Thrush,...) Guesthouse in La Azulita
town. Dinner.
DAY 2: LA AZULITA-PUERTO
CONCHA
Guesthouse. Early breakfast and birding
walk to the nearby all morning. San Luis & Quebrada Azul villages (Orange-crowned
Oriole, Yellow-backed Oriole,Troupial, Magpie Tanager, Smooth-billed Ani,
Swallow- wing Tanager, Bicolored Wren, Lineated Woodpecker, Squirrel Cuckoo,
Speckled Tanager, Crimson- backed Tanager, Black-mandible Toucan, Crested
Oropendola,...). Lunch and early afternoon transfer to
Puerto Concha (1:45 min. aprox.), at the Parque Nacional Ciénagas
de Juan Manuel. Boat trip through Catatumbo’s River Delta to
El Congo village (2 hours. approx). (Red
howler monkeys, Capuchin monkeys, Dolphins, Tamanduas)
Birding on the way (Chestnutbellied
Heron, Rufescent tiger Heron, Whitene-cked Heron, Everglade Kite, Common
black-hawk, Yellow hooded Blackbird, Northern screamer, Great White Egret,
Little blue Heron, Great-black hawk, Hook-billed Kite, Snail Kite,...)
Acco-modation in hammocks at the Park´s Station, dinner & night
boat trip. Birding ( Barn Owl,...).
DAY 3: PUERTO
CONCHA-LA AZULITA
Breakfast, boat trip back to Puerto Concha,
birding on the way (White-necked
Heron, Rufous-breasted Hermit, Black-chested Jay, Black-capped Mocking
thrush, Speckled Crake, Ringed Kingfisher,Purple Gallinule, Black-collared
Hawk, Green Kingfisher, Red-throated Caracara, Yellow-hooded Blackbird,
Pied- water Tyrant, Osprey, Common Gallinule, Pied-billed Grebe,Smooth-billed
Ani,Bare-faced Ibis Great-white Egret, Water Swallow, Agami Heron,
Anhinga, Neotropical Cormorant, Rufescent tiger Heron, Striated Heron,
Whistling heron,...) Lunch & transfer to La Azulita
town. Afternoon birding at Cueva del Pirata “Pirate´s Cave” (Dark-backed
Goldfinch, Saffron Finch, Stripe-tailed Yellow-finch, Buff-throated Saltator,
Black- faced Tanager, Troupial, Yellow-billed Toucanet, Groove-billed Ani,
Thick-billed Euphonia, Burnished- buff Tanager, Red-crowned Ant-tanager,
Bananaquit, Crimson-back Tanager, Scarlet fronted Parakeet, Scaled Pigeon,
Yellow-backed Oriole, Magpie Tanager, Black-mandibled Toucan, Orange- crowned
Oriole, Scaled Dove,...). Guesthouse & dinner.
DAY 4: LA AZULITA-MERIDA
Guesthouse, breakfast and very early excursion
to El Chorotal. Birdwatching (Golden-breasted
Fruiteater, Masked Trogon, Brown-rumped Tapaculo, Golden-crowned Flycatcher,
Barred Fruiteater, White-rumpedHawk, Crested Quetzal, Saffron-crowned Tanager,
Golden Tanager, Long tailed Sylph, Black & chestnut Eagle, Fork
tailed Woodnymph, Roseheaded Parakeet, Andean Guan, White-capped Parrot,...)
Visit to the Devil’s Bridge.(Oil Birds).Lunch & birding
(Torrent Ducks)
Return to the City. H/Dinner.
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