A birding shore excursion within the Pacific slopes
This easy birding shore excursion begins from Puerto Quetzal to Finca La Gracia, a private nature reserve in the Guatemalan Pacific Slope. (1:20 hr approximately)
This former coffee plantation is in the center of the tropical wet forest. It shows some diverse scenery: second-growth forest, rubber tree plantation, sugar cane, pineapple, and cattle areas inhabited by 182 bird species.
This selection of environments offers exceptional opportunities to discover an attractive mixture of bird species, some of them restricted to the northern central American Pacific coast, like the White-bellied Chachalaca, Blue-tailed Hummingbird, Yellow-naped Parrot, Guatemalan tyrannulet, or Rufous-naped Wren.
This property provides an excellent chance to delight in a bird-watching excursion in Guatemala; a well-connected hiking trail system will take you through the woods and open spots to a fantastic encounter with exotic birds.
The property's proximity to Puerto Quetzal dock and straightforward accessibility make it a perfect spot for shore excursions and tours in Guatemala.
Book This Tour
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GT: (502) 7832 2742
US: (305) 395 3935
DEPARTURE / RETURN LOCATION
- Availability: All Year Round
- Tour Duration: One Day
- You Will Visit: La Gracia Nature Reserve
INCLUDED
- Round trip Private transportation
- Entrance Fee to La Gracia Nature Reserve
- Break & Lunch
- Purified water
- Bird watching specialist tour guide (English- Spanish speaking)
NOT INCLUDED
- Tips
- Expenses not mentioned in your itinerary
Birdwatch with limited time.
Flexibility is the key!
Do not worry, take a note that Birdwatching Guatemala is a tailor made birding company that offers birding excursions, starting from the most significant travel destinations, so let us know where you are, and your requirements, we can customize a personal birding trip for you
Some Species that you can spot in our birding shore trip are:
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis erythrothorax)
- Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis)
- Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
- Tody Motmot (Hylomanes momotula)
- Lesson’s Motmot (Momotus lessonii)
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
- White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons)
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa)
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
- Rufous-capped Warbler (Chestnut-capped) (Basileuterus rufifrons)
- Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Great Black Hawk (Great Black Hawk)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
- Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus)
- Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
- Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis)
- Pacific Parakeet (Psittacara strenuus)
- Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis)
- Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Morelet’s Seedeater(Sporophila morelleti/torqueola)
- Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
- Grayish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens)
- Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
- And among other.
Packing Ideas – What to bring?
- Small backpack
- Binoculars
- Camera
- Mosquito repellent
- Sun cream
- Hiking shoes
- Raincoat
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