Mitu, Birding Colombian Amazon
Mitu, Birding Colombian Amazon
A trip to one of the most productive biridng destinations of Colombia, with several birding trails that cover the main ecossystems such as the ¨terra firme¨ forest, Varzea forest and the White sand forest, a lot of the amazon highlights are likely to be seen in its jungles, mainly short driving distances to get to every birding destination, indigenous local guides that recognized all of the sounds in the jungle, a place to watch cotingas, antbirds, tanagers, trogons and more, this is a most to explore the amazon forest.
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Available all year
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Set departures
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2024-Oct-23
2025-Jul-24
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Region
Amazon
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Mitu, Birding Colombian Amazon
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A trip to one of the most productive biridng destinations of Colombia, with several birding trails that cover the main ecossystems such as the ¨terra firme¨ forest, Varzea forest and the White sand forest, a lot of the amazon highlights are likely to be seen in its jungles, mainly short driving distances to get to every birding destination, indigenous local guides that recognized all of the sounds in the jungle, a place to watch cotingas, antbirds, tanagers, trogons and more, this is a most to explore the amazon forest.
Schedule
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Arrival to Bogota international Airport El Dorado BOG
Arrival to Bogota international Airport El Dorado, Luis Carlos Galan Sarmiento, BOG.
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Flight to Mitu, Afternoon in Mituseño
Arrival to Bogota international Airport El Dorado BOG. DAY 2 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.
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Puente Lata & Pueblo Nuevo
Puente Lata and 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 humminbird 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.
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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.
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Ceima Cachivera & 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 locatios in one day as most of the places are near to the town, in the morning we will be enjoying the birdst at Ceima Cachivera; some of the birds to look for in the morning are Blackish Nightjar, White-bearded Hermit, Amamzonian Motmot, Black Caracara, Lettered Aracari, Orange-cheecked and Black-headed Parrot, Magpie Tanager, White-beared 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 bien 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 Good birds such as Black Manakin, Scale-breated Woodpecker, Citron-bellied Attila, Marron-tailed Parakeet, Cherrie’s Antwren, Pompadour Cotinga, Gray-bellied Antbird, White-banded Swallow and more, al lof this in only one day of biridng.
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Cruce Bocatoma & Urania hill
Cruce Bocatoma and Urania hill. 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 Versicolore Emerald, Gray-breasted Sabbrewing, Spotted puffbird, Masked, Paradise and Opal-rumped Tanagers, Yellow-crowned Manakin, Gray-crowned Flycatcher, Green Oropendola and Red-shouldered Tanager.
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Cruce Bocatoma Trail and Flight to Bogota
Cruce Bocatoma Trail and Flight to Bogota, the last mornig 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.
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Departures from Bogota international Airport El Dorado BOG.
Departures from Bogota international Airport El Dorado BOG.
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