
Inside Rainforest Birding Tour
5 days 4-nights birdwatching tour package.
We will visit Guatemala’s lowlands including two of the best destinations located within the Peten province (Tropical Rainforest) Tikal and Las Guacamayas Station.
- All lodging at mentioned Eco-lodges or similar
- All meals
- All private ground transportation
- Boat transportation at Las Guacamayas Station
- Birdwatching specialized tour guide full time
- Reserve and parks entrance fees
- Taxes
- International Flights
- Tips & Gratuities
- Non specified services
- Alcoholic beverages
Resume
- Day 1: Las Guacamayas Station
- Day 2: El Peru Archaeological Site
- Day 3: Tikal National Park
- Day 4: Tikal National Park
- Day 5: Flores
5:00 am. Leave Flores for a trip of approximately 3 hrs. The whole road proposes great birding opportunity in open areas, secondary forest and ponds.
Arrival to the community of Paso Caballos, here we will board a boat that will carry us through the San Pedro River toward Las Guacamayas Biological Station (aprox.20 minutes). Birding on route.
Arrival, you will be received by the EBG staff and they will give an introduction on the activities of the station, solid waste management, research programs, conservation and social projection. (Approx. 1 hour).
3:00 PM. birding tour around the base station ending at Las Guacamayas lookout.
Dinner and lodging at Las Guacamayas lodge.
Some of the birds that you can spot at this destination are:
Gray-throated Chat, Ocellated Turkey, Vermiculated Screech-Owl, Yucatan Flycatcher, Yucatan Poorwill, Rose-throated Tanager, Black-throated Shrike-Tanager, among others.
Day 2: El Peru Archaeological Site
5:00 am. Time for a coffee (breakfast on route) We will board our boat for a birding tour through the archaeological site El Peru, where we will visit the most important nesting area of the scarlet macaw (Ara Macaw) in Guatemala from February to May.
Nighttime aquatic excursion: Explores the stream Sacluc, our experienced guide accompanies us for the nighttime aquatic tour. With the support of a flashlight, our guide illuminates the nighttime creatures that live here, including the crocodile petenero (Crocodylus moreletii), bats, birds and more.
Lodging at Las Guacamayas Lodge.
Some of the birds that you can spot at this destination are:
Ruddy Crake, Pale-billed Woodpecker, Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Montezuma Oropendola, Blue Bunting, Black-cowled Oriole, Russet-naped Wood-Rail, among others.
Day 3: Tikal National Park
5:00 am. Time for a coffee and birding tour through the biological station
Breakfast
Lunch and transfer from EBG to Tikal National Park
Sunset Birding tour at Tikal National Park
2 nights of lodging inside Tikal National Park
Some of the birds that you can spot at this destination are:
Orange-breasted Falcon, Gray-throated Chat, Ocellated Turkey, Vermiculated Screech-Owl, Yucatan Flycatcher, Yucatan Poorwill, Rose-throated Tanager, Black-throated Shrike-Tanager, Ruddy Crake, Pale-billed Woodpecker, Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Montezuma Oropendola, Blue Bunting, Black-cowled Oriole, Russet-naped Wood-Rail, among others.
Day 4: Tikal National Park
Early birdwatching Tour within Tikal National Park, Tikal is part of the nucleus areas of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, with a high level of conservation activities and research.
The monuments, remnants of the ancient Maya culture located in the middle of luscious jungles, are ideal places for birdwatching where we will find interesting species such as Ocellated turkey, orange-breasted falcon, Yucatan Jay, Black Catbird, Rose-throated Tanager, Great Curassow, White-fronted Parrot; Mealy Parrot, Crested Eagle, ,Slaty-tailed Trogon, Keel-billed Toucan, Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher; White-bellied Wren, Montezuma Oropendola and many hummingbirds among others.
During migratory season flocks of warblers, tanagers and others makes this destination a fantastic tropical paradise.
Dinner and lodging at Tikal Inn.
Day 5: Flores
Morning Birdwatching around the park
Breakfast and lunch at Tikal and afternoon transfer to Flores
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