Classic Llanos Foothills and Aurora
This tour will bring you to the best places for birding surrounding Bogotá. The place displays a terrific range of habitats from Moorlands at 4000 MSL, to the plains at just 300 MSL. We will visit the area of the Prairie foothills, which is one of the least explored places in Colombia and the territory for the little known Spot-winged Parakeet and many more magnificent birds. Here, the plains, the culture, the Savannah and the life reveals themselves all over the place making every day a possibility of being surprised. You will love staying at Hato La Aurora lodge and living among the wildlife.
Key Species
| Amazonian White-tailed Trogon |
| Andean Cock of the Rock |
| Andean Guan |
| Andean Leaftoser |
| Andean Pygmy-Owl |
| Apolinar´s Marsh Wren |
| Azure Gallinule |
| Back and White Hawk-Eagle |
| Bare-eyed Thrush |
| Bare-faced and Sharp-tailed Ibis |
| Black and chestnut Eagle |
| Black and White Becard |
| Black collared Jay |
| Black faced Tanager |
| Black-faced |
| Blackish Tapaculo |
| Blackpoll and Bay-breasted Warblers |
| Blue and Black-faced Dacnis |
| Blue-fronted Lancebill |
| Blue-rumped Manakin |
| Blue-throated Starfrontlet |
| Bogota Rail |
| Bronze-tailed Thornbill |
| Brown-breasted Parakeet |
| Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager. |
| Buff-necked |
| Chestnut-crowned Gnateater |
| Chestnut-ear Aracari |
| Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner |
| Cinereous Antshrike |
| Cinereous Becard |
| Cobalt-winged Parakeet |
| Coopery-bellied Puffleg |
| Crested Eagle |
| Crested Spinetail |
| Crimson-bellied Woodpecker |
| Crimson-mantled Woodpecker |
| Cundinamarca Antpitta |
| Curve-billed Scythebill |
| Dusky Antbird |
| Dusky Spinetail |
| East Andean Antbird |
| Euler´s Flycatcher |
| Fasciated Antshrike |
| Fulvous shrike-Tanager |
| Gilded Barbet |
| Glittering-throated Emerald |
| Glossy |
| Golden-bellied Starfrontlet |
| Golden-collared Honneycreeper |
| Golden-crowned Tanager |
| Golden-fronted Whitestart |
| Golden-headed and Striped Manakins |
| Golden-tailed Sapphire |
| Great Horned owl |
| Green |
| Green and Black Fruiteater |
| Green-bearded Helmetcrest |
| Green-bellied Hummingbird |
| Grey-breasted Crake |
| Grey-chinned Hermit |
| Grey-fronted Dove |
| Jabiru |
| King Vulture |
| Large-headed Flatbill |
| Lined Antshrike |
| Maguari Stork |
| Marble Wood-Quail |
| Matorral Tapaculo |
| Moustached Brush-Finch |
| Northen Slaty Antshrike |
| Orinoco Goose |
| Pale-headed Jacamar |
| Pale-tailed Barbthroat |
| Purple and Green Honeycreepers |
| Purple Honneycreeper |
| Red-bellied Macaw |
| Red-stained Woodpecker |
| Royal Flycatcher |
| Rufous winged Antwren |
| Rufous-breasted Flycatcher |
| Rufous-crested and Spangled Coquete |
| Russet Antshrike |
| Scarlet |
| Shirke-like Cotinga |
| Short-tailed Antthrush |
| Shrike-like Cotinga |
| Silvery-throated Spinetail |
| Slender-billed Kite |
| Speckled |
| Speckled Chachalaca |
| Speckled Tanager |
| Spotted Nightingale-Thrush |
| Spot-winged Antbird |
| Spot-winged Parrotlet |
| Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet |
| Turquoise |
| Violaceous Quail-Dove |
| Violaceus Jay |
| Violet-fronted Brilliant |
| Violet-headed Hummingbird |
| White |
| White Hawk |
| White-browed Antbird |
| White-chested Puffbird |
| White-chinned Jacamar |
| White-faced Antbird |
| White-streaked Antvireo |
| White-tipped Sickebill |
| White-vented and Golden-bellied Euphonias and Blue-naped Chlorophonias |
| Wire-crested Thorntail |
| Yellow-bellied and Burnished-buff Tanagers |
| Yellow-tufted Woodpecker |
Highlights
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Enjoy the incredible landscapes of the foothills in the Eastern mountain range and the rivers that surround them.
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Conéctese con las ricas expresiones culturales de las comunidades llaneras y déjese deleitar por la música, la danza y la gastronomía.
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Contempla increíbles amaneceres y atardeceres de los Andes Orientales
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Observaremos los hermosos amaneceres y atardeceres en las montañas.
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Vive la mejor experiencia de Safari en los llanos colombianos.
- Destination
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Departure / Return Location
Bogota DC IATA: BOG / Bogota DC IATA: BOG
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Tour Code
This is a fairly standard birding tour with early morning starts and evening finishes to each day. One some days we may take picnic lunches in order to no waste time during the middle of the day or having to leave site. The weather can be unpredictable with rain and sunshine both likely. At higher altitudes it can be chilly. We have an amazing photo opportunity for many species of hummingbirds and other species coming to feeders, we will also be looking for a good number of species that are very rare and seldom seen, but we will be going to areas that hold these sought-after species.
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Included
Accomodation in Double RoomAll 4x4 vehicules or boatsAll domestic flightsAll ground private transportationAll meals B-L-DEntrances to all natural reservesHot drinksPrivate transfer Airport - hotel - aiportProfessional Private Birding GuideProfessional Private DriverSingle room - adicional paySnaks and waterSoda or juice with each mealVegan and Vegetarian menus
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Not Included
Activities not included in the itineraryAlcoholic drinksColombian Event InsuranceExtensions of a trip due to circumstances beyond our controlInternational flights and taxesInternational phone callsLaundry serviceMedical expenses (not covered for evet insurance)Room serviceTips or gratuityToiletries
From our gallery
Day 1. Arrival to Bogotá International Airport / Bogota
Day 2. Bosque Guajira, transfer to Santa Maria / La Esmeralda
Day 3. Cuchilla Negra y Cuchilla Guaneque (Almenara Reserve) / La Esmeralda
Day 4. Chivor Protected Reserve (Route to Cachipay) / La Esmeralda
Day 5. San Luis de Gaceno, transfer Yopal / Yopal
Day 6-8. Hato La Aurora / Juan Solito
Day 9. Hato La Aurora, transfer Yopal / Yopal
Day 10. Birding in Villanueva, La Betulia Farm, transfer to Restrepo / Hacienda Camana
Day 11. Camino Momfortiano / Hacienda Camana
Day 12. Bavaria Forest (Prairie Foothills) / Hacienda Camana
Day 13. Lagos de Menegua / Hacienda Camana
Day 14. Monterrerondo Forest (Eastern Andes) / Bogota
Day 15. International flight home from Bogotá
