FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF "THE BIRDERS DOCUMENTARY"
THE NORTHERN COLOMBIA BIRDING TRAIL THE SANTA MARTA MOUNTAINS, CARIBBEAN COAST AND PERIJA MOUNTAINS
The tour follows the route taken by the film crew and bird experts during the filming of "The Birders" documentary, along the Northern Colombia Birding Trail. The tour begins in the city of Barranquilla and ends in the city of Bogota. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is the highest coastal mountain in the world and one of the most important endemism centers in the world, with 22 species of birds restricted to it. Join us on a search for many of these endemics including Santa Marta Screech-owl, Antpitta, Mountain-tanager, Tapaculo, Foliage-gleaner, Brush-finch, Parakeet, Sabrewing, Bush-tyrant, Seedeater, Warbler, and a plethora more!
This trip will also take us to Isla Salamanca, Tayrona and Los Flamencos National Parks, where birding through mangroves and coastal wetlands, along the ocean and in dry scrub forest should yield species such as the near endemic Buffy Hummingbird, the endemic Chestnut-winged Chachalaca, Russet-throated Puffbird, the near endemic Chestnut Piculet, Bicolored Conebill, Tocuyo Sparrow, and Panama Flycatcher among many others.
The last stop on the tour is the Sierra de Perijá, the Holy Grail for birders interested in Colombia’s birds. This isolated offshoot of the Eastern Andes forms the border with Venezuela and is one of the least explored areas in Colombia.
HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
- Follow the route taken during the filming of "The Birders" documentary.
- Bird the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, home to more than a quarter of the country’s endemics.
- Visit the dry forests of mythical Guajira peninsula in Northern Colombia in search of Vermilion Cardinal, Scarlet Ibis and Tocuyo Sparrow.
- Bird the remote Perija mountain range, which has only recently opened up to birders and considered to be the holy grail of birding in Colombia.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrive in Barranquilla
Day 2: Isla Salamanca NP, Km 4 Wetlands and Minca
Day 3: Minca to El Dorado Lodge
Day 4 and 5: El Dorado Lodge
Day 6: El Dorado Lodge to Tayrona NP
Day 7: Tayrona NP and Tayronaka Reserve
Day 8: Los Flamencos NP to Valledupar
Day 9: Valledupar to Perija Lodge
Day 10: Perija Lodge
Day 11: Perija to Valledupar and flights to Bogota
Day 12: Depart Bogota