Birding and Nature Blogs

By Alejandro Pinto A quick map about our road trip, +1644 km! Waiting for the Bogotá Rail Our trip started in Bogotá, the

By Alejandro Pinto DAY 1. A morning in the paramo The Paramo is a unique ecosystem, provide countless environmental including water!

By Daniel Fernando López Martínez The Colombian Andes is home to a diverse range of bird species, many of which are

By Cristian Daza Llanos Orientales Region, in English, the Eastern Plains, is one of the five natural regions of Colombia that

By. Alejandro Pinto 4 friends and keen birds from UK join togheter in this trip: Dave, Richard, Jonathan and Robert and

  For Manakin Nature Tours, one of the great satisfactions is to create connections with our customers, friendships that we will

By Cristian Daza Brazil is a WONDERFUL country, with happy people, beautiful biodiversity, birds, and incomparable natural beauties! This was our

With nearly 2000 avian species and 80 endemics, Colombia is the most bird-rich country on Earth. This megadiversity is due

By Alejandro Pinto 3 and 4 Oct. we spent some days around different areas of Itatiatia NP. this park is the oldest

International Jaguar Day was created to raise awareness about the increasing threats facing the jaguar and the critical conservation efforts

“Manakin Nature Tours, won the Colombia Tourism Award 2022 in the category Tourism that leaves a Legacy, with the project

“Manakin Nature Tours, won the Colombia Tourism Award 2022 in the category Tourism that leaves a Legacy, with the project

Brazil is an incredible country, as the national anthem says, a giant of nature. Brazil occupies almost half of South

By Luis Urueña Recently I met the clearest example of resilience that I have seen in my entire life, and definitely

By Luis Urueña Recientemente conocí el ejemplo de resiliencia más claro que he visto en toda mi vida, y en definitiva

Seeing a full room was a great emotion, after these difficult times with the pandemic, and seeing a team that

This trip was very special, we arrived at the heart of the world to look for one of the rarest

By Alejandro Pinto In many senses, Colombia is diverse or megadiverse, that makes hard to choose where to go on a

The spectacled bear is the only species of bear in South America and one of the most emblematic mammals of

An experienced local birdwatcher in Colombia rediscovered the Santa Marta Sabrewing Campylopterus phainopeplus, a relatively large hummingbird only found in the country’s

Colombia has the most diverse avifauna in the world with more than 1950 species of birds, of which 28 are

Wade and Karen Harris are a Canadian birdwatching couple who live on their 40-acre farm in Ontario. Although Wade says

BirdFair has always been very important to Manakin Nature Tours, since 2012 we have participated in this great bird celebration

The Caribbean region of Colombia is the most northerly continental and marine natural region of the country. It is located

The year 2022 began with a great discovery, a Harpy Eagle's nest. On December 30, 2021 we received the news

Colombia’s forests are a majestic and awe-inspiring gift. They cover more than half of the country, making Colombia home to

Colombia is a natural paradise, one of the countries with more richness in terms of fauna and flora in the

Our second scouting trip started on late April, our main aim was to help in monitoring the nesting site but

Day 1 / 3 - Santa Maria The municipality of Santa María is located on the eastern side of the eastern

A paradise for birders, Colombia has the highest bird species count of any country in the world, with well over

By Alejandro Pinto During the last years I´ve have the pleasure to co-lead trips with great birders and ornithologist, including Steven

By Cristian Daza This tour was very special, in 10 days we traveled to the main places for birdwatching in Bogotá

Before start: I was waiting for the group at the gate of the airport, is usually easy to recognize a

By Daniel López  Paramo, subparamo, Andean Forest (Cloud Forest), Humid Tropical Forest and Dry Forest, that’s the mix of scenarios this

Wild animals and wild plants, in addition to their intrinsic value, contribute to ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural,

By Alejandro Pinto This is my second trip with Terese & James and my third trip with Scott, after our previous

Trip Report by Manuel Espejo This tour was one of the highlights of my birding carrier, guiding Jonathan Newman 25 days

This is a very special and fun birding trip! Over the course of 19 days, we observed 459 birds in

The largest raptor in the Americas and one of the world’s largest eagle species, it can measure as long as

As a birdwatcher, since the beginning, photography has been a hobby for me, it is the perfect opportunity to show

Discovering new areas and birding in amazing places are always part of every birdwatcher's dream! The Amazon rainforest is usually

By. Alejandro Pinto Rule #1. As always please forgive and forget my terrible English! I can imagine there are a lot of

A private trip: Magdalena Medio - RN Cañon del Río Claro, November 2021 Birdwatching in Colombia is always a great experience!

A private trip: classic on the Andes, October 2021 By. Alejandro Pinto This time the mission is enjoy birds on a quick

The Global Big Day is always a wish date by everyone! A moment when the birders around the world get

Colombia is biodiversity! The country is in a privileged geographical location, located just north of the equator, it has a

Con el objetivo de promover el turismo de naturaleza en Costa Rica, después de la paralización sufrida en el sector

In order to position Costa Rica as a international birdwatching tourism destination and through the efforts of Grupo Proimagen -

By. Alejandro Pinto After more than a year of hard times, we are back in the field again, to do what

Sri Lanka's wildlife is highly diverse and has one of the highest rates of biological endemism. Despite its small

We wrote this blog to show how much we love our country! We love you Colombia and we want to

I've never really enjoyed the routine, so I've always been interested in learning new things, practicing different activities and having

I was born in Palestina Huila in 1998, my parents are Marco Antonio Molina and Melida Cruz Beltran, I have

The known living tapirs inhabit southeastern Asia, Central America, and South America (Nowak 1997). Extant tapir diversity and distribution are

Cristian is a 28-year-old country-raised young man who fell in love with birds when he was 8 years old and

 Alejandro Pinto Acabamos de regresar de un viaje de una semana en la vertiente oriental de la cordillera central, en el pueblo

By: Alejandro Pinto As usual: sorry again for all my mistakes in English, but write is still a good way to

Pencil, pen, felt tip or chalk, Draw a Picture of a Bird Day is great fun for everyone. It’s very straightforward: simply draw

We decided to create this MANAKIN EDUCATION FOR ALL Campaign, to help these families to have technological resources to be

By Alejandro Pinto The past Feb 12th I got a call, WWF (World Wildlife Fund), invite me to join a 10

In 1986, "La Hilty", the first bird guide known for Colombia was launched. Since then, its author, Steven Hilty, has

Colombia is a bird's paradise, with over 1963 species recorded, positioning our  country in the top with the greatest biodiversity

Colombia is one of the countries with  more richness in terms of fauna and flora in the world. It is

So, here I am, doing what I love in the place with more birds of the whole wide world!!! I was

This is the first part of an incredible tour focused on endemic and near-endemic birds of Colombia, with at least

We know that we are still in difficult times, but we are gradually resuming our normalcy, so we want to

I started my career in biology at the National University of Colombia. With Manakin Nature Tours, my hobby became in

The Orinoquia is a natural area to the east of Colombia, limited by the Orinoco river basin; it is an

The Pantanal is directly influenced by three important Brazilian biomes: Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. In addition, it is influenced

Colombia is a land of birds, many of this biodiversity is little known, which allows new discoveries of species every