Arrive in Río Claro Nature Reserve, met and transferred to your accommodation. Río Claro's clear river over white marble, ringed by rainforest, is one of Colombia's loveliest reserves.
Trails for antbirds and tanagers, then the marble river. Rainforest birding and the oilbird cave.
Transfer to Montezuma (Tatamá NP). Bird the Montezuma road through the Chocó cloud forest. Tanager flocks and endemics along the slope.
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.
A full day of cloud-forest birding and photography. Hummingbirds and Chocó specialities on the road.
Transfer to Jardín. The cock-of-the-rock lek and the tanager feeders. Andean birding around the coffee town.
Andean birding around the coffee town. A full day of feeders, leks and reserves. Jardín pairs a cock-of-the-rock lek and dazzling feeders with one of the country's loveliest towns.
A full day of feeders, leks and reserves. Hummingbirds and tanagers from a charming base.
Hummingbirds and tanagers from a charming base.
A final morning in Jardín — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
Drier months — the best trails and birding.
A second drier window.
The classic birders' lodge at the foot of the Montezuma road, perfectly placed for the Chocó.
A comfortable hacienda hotel with valley views just outside Jardín.
An open-sided rainforest lodge above the marble river, immersed in the forest.
Simple rooms within the reserve, steps from the trails and river.
A charming small guesthouse in the coffee town of Jardín.
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