Hummingbird Photography Expedition
6 nights, 3 stops — hummingbirds across the cloud forest and páramo.
Mindo Cloud Forest → Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve → Antisana Ecological Reserve.
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 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.
Where this journey goes
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.
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.