Discovering The World of Birds

By Eva Tours Ecuador

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Free cancellation available
2d
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Multiple languages

Overview

Mindo might be the best option for contact with mother nature with a unique biodiversity in a valley of 20000 acres of protected land which is the ¨Mindo Nambillo¨ protected forest. Known for it extreme natural beauty that atracts visitors from all over the world. With some 570 different bird species innumerable amphibians, reptiles and mamal species aswell as a huge variety of orchids and other plants.
This lovely small town and its valley are about 2 hours in bus from Quito at an altitud of 1250 mtrs or 4100 feet with a subtropical climate with temperatures of between 16 and 24c althrough the year.

Our tour is special, because it is a combined tour between amphibians, birds and adventure where they will live unforgettable experiences.

Activity location

ecobotanico Jardin mindo
- San Carlos, Pichincha, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

Hotel Quito
- N27-142 Avenida Gonzalez Suarez
- 170109, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

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Discovering The World of Birds

2d
English

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time: 8:00am

Price details

CA $593.05 x 1 AdultCA $593.05

Total

What's included, what's not

Private transport
Hospedaje 1 night Sisakuna Lodge
Night walk
Tour de Chocolate
Dinner
Breakfast
For birdwatching tours (binoculars, telescope)
All Fees and Taxes

Know before you book

Public transport options are available nearby
Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Quito - Mindo You´ll be picked up from your hotel in Quito by our guide heading North West you´ll pass the famous site of Mitad del Mundo. Driving along you´ll notice the change of mountain forests to the cloud forests of Mindo and its surrounndings. Arriving at Mindo you´ll be led to your hotel and later on there will be a night tour where a variety of frogs, insects and sometimes mamals can be observed, returning there´ll be dinner.

1 stop
Meals: snacks
Accommodation: Sisakuna Lodge

ecobotanico Jardin mindo

2h
Admission ticket included

Start 6h30 pm. Here is the night tour where a variety of frogs, insects and sometimes mamals can be observed, returning there´ll be dinner.

Day 2: Birding Tour and Adventure tour, Leaving the hotel at dawn we´ll be taking the San Lorenzo Route, our guide will carry a birdviewing telescope a birdguide book and you´ll be able to see for example the tercina (swallow tanager), Gavilan Pollero (roadside hawk). Carpintero Guayaquileño (Guayaquil Woodpecker), Barbudo Cabeza Roja (Red Headed Barbet), Chestnut Mandibled Toucan, Tucan del Choco (Choco Toucan), Trogon Enmascarado(Masked Trogon), Quetzal cabecidorado(Golden Headed Quetzal). Arriving we´ll have breakfast and after that we´ll cross the Nambillo river by cable car and following the track down through the cloued forest getting to the waterfalls below from there we´ll get back to the hotel by pick thruck then back to Quito.

2 stops
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Not included

Mindo

4h

Leaving the hotel at dawn we´ll be taking the San Lorenzo Route, our guide will carry a birdviewing telescope a birdguide book and you´ll be able to see for example the tercina (swallow tanager), Gavilan Pollero (roadside hawk). Carpintero Guayaquileño (Guayaquil Woodpecker), Barbudo Cabeza Roja (Red Headed Barbet), Chestnut Mandibled Toucan, Tucan del Choco (Choco Toucan), Trogon Enmascarado(Masked Trogon), Quetzal cabecidorado(Golden Headed Quetzal).

Mindo

1h

They will make their own chocolate. They will share with the guide the entire artisan process from tasting the fruit, toasting, peeling, grinding and tasting the chocolate with different flavours. They will also know and taste the process until obtaining the chocolate bar. Finally, they will taste a delicious fondue with fruit.

Location

Activity location

ecobotanico Jardin mindo
- San Carlos, Pichincha, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

Hotel Quito
- N27-142 Avenida Gonzalez Suarez
- 170109, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

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