Arrive in Bogotá, met and transferred to your accommodation. Bogotá combines a striking Andean capital with birding on its doorstep.
Páramo or wetland birding near the capital.
Transfer to Río Claro Nature Reserve. Rainforest birding and the oilbird cave. Trails for antbirds and tanagers, then the marble river.
Trails for antbirds and tanagers, then the marble river. A full day in the Magdalena-valley forest. Río Claro's clear river over white marble, ringed by rainforest, is one of Colombia's loveliest reserves.
A full day in the Magdalena-valley forest.
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 Santa Marta Mountains. Bird the El Dorado road for Santa Marta endemics. Cloud-forest birding for parakeets and antpittas.
Cloud-forest birding for parakeets and antpittas. A full day among the world's richest endemics. No continental region on earth holds more endemic birds than the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Transfer to Leticia (Amazon). River safaris for dolphins and a canopy walkway. Rainforest trails and night safaris for Amazon wildlife.
Rainforest trails and night safaris for Amazon wildlife. A full day of river and forest wildlife. At Leticia, the Amazon brings together three countries and some of the river's most accessible wildlife.
Transfer to Llanos. A savannah safari for anteaters, capybaras and caiman. Open-plains wildlife and vast birdlife.
Open-plains wildlife and vast birdlife. Day and night safaris on the llanos ranch. The Llanos rival the Pantanal for open-country wildlife — anteaters, anacondas and skies full of birds.
Day and night safaris on the llanos ranch. Big mammals and birds across the flooded plains.
A final morning in Llanos — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
Drier months — good city weather and birding.
A second drier window.
A landmark heritage hotel in a 1940s mansion, Bogotá's most characterful luxury stay.
The classic birders' lodge at the foot of the Montezuma road, perfectly placed for the Chocó.
The famous birding lodge high in the Santa Marta cloud forest, amid the endemics.
A design ecolodge on the Amazon upstream of Leticia, blending art, culture and wildlife.
A working llanos ranch lodge, the base for the plains wildlife safaris.
A polished French-styled hotel in the smart Zona Rosa.
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