Day 2 – Early morning birding the Tandayapa Valley; specialties include Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, Toucan Barbet, Tanager Finch, Western Hemispingus and Powerful Woodpecker; afternoon birding the Mindo road. Night at Alambi Hostal .

Day 3 – All day birding foothill and lowland sites (400-1000m, 1320-3300ft), including Río Silanche´s impressive canopy tower.
. We will be looking for the many colorful tanagers endemic to Chocó as well as toucans, trogons. Night at Alambi Hostal.

Day 4 – Morning birding in upper foothill forest at Milpe; afternoon visit to Oilbird caves. Night at Alambi Hostal

Day 5 –Morning at Angel Paz Antpitta reserve; return to Quito in afternoon with stops for dry páramo species at Calacalí. Night in Quito.

Day 2 – Early morning drive to Papallacta pass where we will look for Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe other possibility in Polylepis forest, Giant Conebill,Black-backed Bush-Tanager and other paramo species,the afternoon Hummingbirds feeders and around the Guango Lodge area, and drive to Cabañas San Isidro.Night at Cabañas San Isidro.

Day 3 – Birding around the trails Cabañas San Isidro (2000m, 6600ft) and in the night time very good chance to see “Mistery Owl” Night at Cabañas San Isidro.

Day 4 – Drive to Guacamayos Ridge trail to look for Black-billed Mountain-Toucan,Dusky Piha and raptors we will be birding all day with package lunch. Night at Cabañas San Isidro.

Day 5 – Early start long drive and birding by Loreto road to Coca on the Napo River where we will take a motor canoe downriver to bird –rich Sani Lodge. Night Sani Lodge.

Day 6,7 and 8 – Birding the Amazon Basin with Sani Lodge as a base; habitats visited will include terra firme and varzea flooded forest, aquatic habitat of Challuayacu and Challuacocha, canopy tower observation, visits to the river islands for island endemics, visit to the River Napo parrot licks and forest habitat both north and south of the Napo. Nights Sani Lodge.

Day 9 – Back up the River Napo to Coca to catch our flight back to Quito.

Day 2 – Birding in Buenaventura Reserve where we can find the endemic El Oro Parakeet more the scarce and local Long-wattled Umbrellabird and other species from that area. Night Buenaventura.

Day 3 – Drive from Buenaventura to Macara and birding El Empalme on the way. Night Macara.

Day 4 – We spend another one full day based near the Peruvian border in Macara birding most of the day in Jorupe Reserve where we can see spectacular birds like,Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, Black- and-white Tanager, Slaty Becard, Watkins’s Antpitta, Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner, White-tailed Jay and other Tumbesian species. Night Macara.

Day 5 – rive to Utuana Reserve here is the place for Black-crested Tit-Tyrant, Chapman’s Antshrike more Hummingbirds and we will be in this Reserve until mid day, and then still driving and birding to Vilcabamba tourism town. Night Vilcabamba.

Day 6 – Drive and birding the way to Tapichalaca Reserve, where we can find good spots for Bearded Guan, Glowing Puffleg, Red-hooded Tanager,Golden-crowned Tanager,Mouse-colored Thistletail and other Andean birds. Night Tapichalaca Reserve.

Day 7 – Tapichalaca ( 2000-3400m/6600-11220ft) will be home for two nights; this reserve shot to fame in the 1997 after the spectacular discovery of a new species- the Jocotoco Antpitta which we heve avery good chance of seeing; there are plenty of other subtropical specialties like Chestnut-naped Antpitta and Golden-plumed Parakeet to look for while we are here. Night Tapichalaca Reserve.

Day 8 – Drive and birding to the ecological cabins at Copalinga (900m/3330 ft), spend three nights at Copalinga, which enjoys a perfect climate, specialties include endemic White-breasted Parakeets and many hummingbirds. Night Copalinga.

Day 9 – Birding in Rio Bombuscaro which is part of the Podocarpus National Park, where we expect to see more beautiful Tanagers, Amazonian umbrellabirds, Striped Manakin, Black-streaked Puffbird, Coppery-chested Jacamar and others. Night Copalinga.

Day 10 – Birding to old Zamora road, where is good spot for Flycatchers, Antbirds, woodcreepers and Wrens. Night Copalinga.

Day 11 – Head back Loja to Quito for international flights out.

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