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Tatam Bird Photography

Jardin · Montezuma
Duration
9 Days · 8 Nights
The route
Jardin · Montezuma
Style
The Chocó cloud forest for the camera
Best season
December – March · best
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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Andean cock-of-the-rock
At the lek.
Yellow-eared parrot
In the wax-palm forest.
Mountain tanagers
At the feeders.
Red-bellied grackle
A Colombian endemic.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Jardín

Arrive Jardín

The journey begins.

Arrive in Jardín, met and transferred to your accommodation. Jardín pairs a cock-of-the-rock lek and dazzling feeders with one of the country's loveliest towns.

02Jardín

Jardín

A full day in the field.

Andean birding around the coffee town. A full day of feeders, leks and reserves.

03Jardín

Jardín

A full day in the field.

A full day of feeders, leks and reserves. The cock-of-the-rock lek and the tanager feeders.

04Jardín → Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

To Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

On to the next.

Transfer to Montezuma (Tatamá NP). Bird the Montezuma road through the Chocó cloud forest. Tanager flocks and endemics along the slope.

05Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

A full day in the field.

Tanager flocks and endemics along the slope. A full day of cloud-forest birding and photography. Montezuma's climb through the Chocó cloud forest is one of the most bird-rich routes anywhere on earth.

06Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

A full day in the field.

A full day of cloud-forest birding and photography. Hummingbirds and Chocó specialities on the road.

07Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

A full day in the field.

Hummingbirds and Chocó specialities on the road.

08Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

A full day in the field.

Bird the Montezuma road through the Chocó cloud forest.

09Depart Montezuma (Tatamá NP)

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Montezuma (Tatamá NP) — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

December – March

Peak season

Drier months — the best birding and clear coffee-country views.

July – August

Good season

A second drier window.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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