Flight to Mitu, Afternoon in Mituseño comunity

Flight to Mitu, Afternoon in Mituseño, In the morning we flight to Mitu, Located to the east Amazon closet to the brasilian border, a small town that is a mixed of mestizos and indigenous but surrounded by several indigenous villages, after geeting to this place we will move in the afternoon to Mituseño bridge, pretty close to the town but a most for birwatching, some of the birds likely to see include Golden-headed Manakin, White-bowed Purpletuft, Helmeted Pygmy-tyrant, Sulphury Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Euphonia, Blackish-gray Antshrike, Amazonian Antshrike, Sungrebe, Red-throated Caracara and there is also chaces for the uncommon Red-fan Parrot.

Puente Lata and the Pueblo Nuevo community

Puente Lata and the Pueblo Nuevo, this will be one of the long drives of the trip that usually takes an hour and twenty minute to get to a bridge called “Puente Lata” that is over a black river named Caño Cukura, this is the place to look for the special stunning and enigmatic Fiery Topaz, a hummingbird exclusive to the amazon jungle and associated to the black rivers, after trying for this hummingbird we head back to Pueblo Nuevo an indigenous community where we will inmerse ourselves in the amazon “terra firme” jungle and will search for great birds as the uncommon Chestnut-crested Antbird, Pygmy Antwren, Pearly, White-shouldered and Cinereous Antshrikes, Yellow-browed, White-faced, White-plumed, White-checked and Black-faced Antbirds, Double-banded Pygmy-tyrant, Musician Wren, Winge-barred Piprites and more, being in this jungle is a most of the amazon experience following skulking birds and searching for secretive understory jewels.

Cerrito Verde

Cerrito Verde, This is another of the great sports for birdwatching around Mitu, some of the birds that we can find are Pale-tailed Barbthroat, Reddish Hermit, Black-eared Fairy, Green-backed Trogon, White-necked Puffbird, Rusty-breasted Nunlet, Great Jacamar, White-throated Toucan, Red-stained Woodpecker, White-crowned manakin and Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock which is an emblematic species that breads to the guianan schield rocky formations.

Ceima Cachivera and Mitu Cachivera

Ceima Cachivera and Mitu Cachivera. Primary and secondary “Terra firme” forest with white sand forest and scrub, in Mitu is easy to do two locations in one day as most of the places are near to the town, in the morning we will be enjoying the birds at Ceima Cachivera; some of the birds to look for in the morning are Blackish Nightjar, White-bearded Hermit, Amazonian Motmot, Black Caracara, Lettered Aracari, Orange-cheecked and Black-headed Parrots, Magpie Tanager, White-bearded and Golden-headed Manakins, some search in the scrub forest could provide views of Orinoco and Lafresnaye’s Piculets.

We will go back to Mitu to have lunch in town and in the afternoon back to the birds and visit another amazing spot called Mitu Cachivera which is a trail that goes along a white sand amazon forest and provide us chances for great birds such as Black Manakin, Scale-breasted Woodpecker, Citron-bellied Attila, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Cherrie’s Antwren, Pompadour Cotinga, Gray-bellied Antbird, White-banded Swallow and more, al lof this in only one day of birding.

Cruce Bocatoma y Urania

Cruce Bocatoma y Urania. During the morning we will be birding at Cruce Bocatoma Trail, some of the birds we can spect include White Hawk, Pavonnine Quetzal, Yellow-billed Jacamar, Scarlet Macaw, Fasciated and Mouse-colored Antshrikes, Spot-backed Antwren, Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin, Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant, Forest Elaenia, Black-headed, Spot-winged and Black-throated Antbirds, Amazonian Trogon, Black-capped Becard, Paradise Tanager plus many more, in the afternoon our birding place will be Cerro Urania, some of the guianan schield hills with different bird possibilities, some of the birds over there include Versicolored Emerald, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Spotted puffbird, Masked, Paradise and Opal-rumped Tanagers, Yellow-crowned Manakin, Gray-crowned Flycatcher, Green Oropendola and Red-shouldered Tanager.

Cruce Bocatoma Trail and Flight to Bogota

Cruce Bocatoma Trail and Flight to Bogota, the last morning in Mitu will be spend to the Cruce Bocatoma Trail, doing this place twice can be as productive as the first time, in the afternoon we move to Bogota.

Fligts to Inirida – Caño Culebra Trail

Fligts to Inirida – Caño Culebra Trail, from Bogota we flight to Inirida our new Amazon location, which is part to the Orinoco river basin but with amazon jungles, the main forest are varzea, riparian and white sand amazon forest, most of the locations are pretty near to the town except for the Mavecure hills, the ground transportation is going to be in tuk-tuks (Motorcycle vehicles of three wheels) at Inirida we will stay at Fuentes del Guainia, the place we stayed all nights in this region, after Lunch by midd afternoon we go birdwatching at Caño Culebra a place where we expect to observe birds as Brown-throated Parakeet, White-fringed Antwren, Black Manakin, White-browed Purpletuft, Fulvous-crested Tanager, burnish-buff Tanager, Wedge-tailed Grassfinch, White-throated Toucan, Gilded Barbet and more, travel back to the Lodge expecting for more good birding the next day.

Comunidad Sabanitas and Curva de Los Pepes

Comunidad Sabanitas and Curva de Los Pepes to the Afternoon – les than thirty minutes from Inirida we are going to find the Sabanitas Community, and indigenous location surrounded by impressive scrub and white sand forest crossed by trails and open areas; great birds to watch here include Azure-naped Jay, Golden-spangled Piculet, Cobalt-winged Parakeet, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Pompadour Cotinga, Yellow-crowned and Wire-tailed Manakins, Chestnut,crowned Becard, Rufous-tailed Flatbill, Opal-rumped and Paradise Tanagers, Short-billed Honeycreeper, Brown Jacamar, Scale-breasted Woodpecker, and great chances to one of the targets of the trip the impressive Capuchinbird that is usually well spotted by our local indigenous guides, the lunch is going to be in the community, according to our needs we play it by ear if stay at the place or move somewhere else for more birds, by the end of the day we go to Curva de Los Pepes, a location in the road and place to look for Black-faced Tanager, White-naped Seedeater, Plain-crested Elaenia and Campina Thrush.

Matraca Trail and Caño Cunuben

Matraca Trail and Caño Cunuben, this and the next day will requiered a boat ride, this in order to get to the varzea forest, a very special enviroment of the Amazon, there is several species exclusive to this unique ecosystem those will be some of our targets: the Orinoco Softtail an endemic and rare species with a pretty small range, other targets here include Varzea Schifornis, Rose-breasted Chat, Long-billed Woodcreeper, Velvet-fronted Grackle, Gray-headed Tanager, Screaming Piha, Wire-tailed Manakin, Silvered Antbird, Speckled Spinetail, Chestnut-capped Puffbird and Ringed Woodpecker, this is one we consider one of the highlights of the trip; we go back to the town for lunch, and get to a near by spot called Caño Cunuben in the afternoon; some of the targets are Crane Hawk, Black-tailed Trogon, Orinoco Piculet, Channel-billed Toucan, Black-headed Parrot, Rusty-backed Spinetail, Golden-bellied Euphonia and more!

Caño La Rompida

Caño La Rompida, In the visit to La Rompida we will ride a boat to get to the trails and if this is durong the rain period we will bird by boat as well, the predominant ecosystem is known as riparian, this to the Guaviare River edges; home for wetland and riparian forest species, the birds to look for are Green-tailed Goldenthroat, the enigmatic Hoatzin, Sungrebe, Slender-billed Kite, White-eared Jacamar, Orinoco Piculet, Black-crested Antshrike, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Fuscous Flycatcher, Black-capped Donacobius, Green Oropendola, Solitary Black Cacique, Red-capped Cardinal, Hooded Tanagers and White-eared Jacamar, perhaps the main target to this locations is the endemic and undescribed Iniridad Antshrike a species of “Thamnophilus” that was fount few years ago. Caño Cajaro just in front of La Rompida it is slighltly different and could provide us views of different species such as Rufous-breasted hermit, Black-fronted Nunbird, Spot-winged Antshrike, Amazonian-streaked Antwren, Yellow-crowned Elaenia and Hauxwell’s Thrush.

Yapacana Trail and Caño Vitina

Yapacana Trail and Caño Vitina, just fifteen minutes from Inirida we reached to one of the predominant environments in the area, the white San Forest, this time to Kenke or also known as the Yapacana Trail, this name comes of a species of bird which is our main target to the place Yapacana Antbird that at the time is one of the most uncommon Orinoco endemics that fortunately is found to this amazing sight, walking the trails we also can enjoy views of Green-tailed Goldenthroat that usually visits the Inirida Flowers, Bronzy Jacamar, Amazonian Antshrike, Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin, Plumbeous Euphonia, Black-faced Tanager and the shy White-naped Seedeater are some of the good ones from this place, in the afternoon our great sight is named Caño Vitina, a small indigenous community with beautiful trails and birds some of those could be American Pygmy Kingfisher, Spangled Cotinga, Yellow-crowned Manakin, Brown-banded and Spotted Puffbirds.

Cerros de Mavecure & El Remanso Community

Cerros de Mavecure & El Remanso Community the highlight during this day will be the Mavecure Hills, those are a group striking and iconic granite rock formations of the Guayanan shield surrounded by the Amazon rain forest and the white sand Amazon forest, some of the birds likely to watch include Black-collared Swallow, Orange-breasted Falcon, Black Manakin and more.

Caño Vitina and Flights to Bogota

Caño Vitina and Flights to Bogota, In the last morning we go back to Caño Vitina to chase missing species and more goodies and will departure according to our flight time.

Chingaza NP & the Hummingbird observatory

Chingaza NP and the Hummingbird observatory, an early start is necessary in order to get on time to the highlands that surround Bogota; which is worth as we will get to a marvelous paramo ecosystem home for incredible bird species such as the endemic Pale-bellied Tapaculo that lives to the grassy bushy vegetation, we also can find Black-chested and Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanagers, Blue-backed Conebill, Golden-crowned Tanager, Plushcap, Crowned and Brown-backed Chat-tyrant, Glossy Flowerpiercer, Glowing Puffleg, Grass Wren, Pale-naped Brushfinch, Rufous-browed Conebill and this is also the place to find the endemic Brown-breasted Parakeet on e of the prettiest species in this land, we will have lunch at La Calera and will visit by the end of the day the Hummingbird observatory which is a place where we easily can see ten species of hummingbirds, some of those to mention are Black-tailed and Green-tailed Trainbearers, Sword-billed Hummingbird that is usually one of the most wanted species form the Andes, Glowing Puffleg, Tyrian Metaltail, Blue-throated Starfrontlet and by the gardens there is some times another endemic the Silvery-throated Spinetail, all of this before head back to Bogota.

Departures

Departures from Bogota international Airport El Dorado BOG.