Antpittas Cloud Forest Endemics
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Mindo Cloud Forest
Arrive in Mindo Cloud Forest, met and transferred to your accommodation. Mindo's feeders bring dozens of hummingbird species within camera range — the essence of Chocó birding.
Mindo Cloud Forest
Cloud-forest birding for Chocó endemics. A full day of feeders, leks and forest trails.
To Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve
Transfer to Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve. Ridge birding for mountain tanagers and toucans. High cloud-forest trails and feeders.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve
High cloud-forest trails and feeders. Bellavista's ridge forest adds the higher-elevation birds that complete a Chocó list.
To Mashpi Reserve
Transfer to Mashpi Reserve. Rainforest trails and canopy towers for Chocó endemics. Birding, frogs and orchids in the lower Chocó.
Mashpi Reserve
Birding, frogs and orchids in the lower Chocó. Mashpi protects one of the most biodiverse and threatened forests on earth, explored from canopy to floor.
To Antisana Ecological Reserve
Transfer to Antisana Ecological Reserve. Watch condors over the high páramo of Antisana. High-Andes birding beneath the volcano.
Antisana Ecological Reserve
High-Andes birding beneath the volcano. Antisana is the surest place within reach of Quito to watch Andean condors ride the wind.
Departure
A final morning in Antisana Ecological Reserve — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
Drier months — the best cloud-forest access.
Good season
Feeders are productive all year.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Bellavista Lodge
The famous dome lodge on the Tandayapa ridge, immersed in high cloud forest.
Mashpi Lodge
A glass-walled luxury lodge deep in the Chocó rainforest, a wildlife landmark.
Hacienda Guachalá
A historic hacienda near the equator, a comfortable base for Antisana.
Sachatamia Lodge
A comfortable cloud-forest lodge with superb hummingbird feeders near Mindo.
Septimo Paraíso
A relaxed forest lodge in its own reserve outside Mindo.
Make it yours.
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