Colombia Bird Photography Tour

  • Photo Tour | April 7-21, 2026
  • Maximum 6 Photographers
  • Photo Tour | October 7-21, 2024 & October 7-21, 2025
  • Amazon Extension | October 21-26, 2024 & October 21-26, 2025
  • Maximum 6 Photographers

Colombia Bird Photography Tour

  • Photo Tour | April 7-21, 2026
  • Maximum 6 Photographers

“Just want to express our appreciation for your assistance and support to arrange what was a wonderful Columbia bird photography tour! Javier did a really nice job as our tour guide and he and Jose worked well together. My favorite experience was capturing the “nearly extinct” Yellow-cheeked Parrot.”

– Don Enns

“The trip to Colombia was fantastic, the Mountain Toucans and the close up Cock-of-the-Rocks which are accustomed to people were exceptional photo opportunities.  Javier was great, thanks for another wonderful trip”

– Barry Roberts

ABOUT COLOMBIA PHOTO TOUR

This photo tour focuses on photographing the amazing birds of Colombia. Colombia has more species of birds than any other country on the planet and many of them are easy to photograph due to numerous lodges and feeding stations.  This tour is particularly rich in Hummingbirds, Tanagers and Antpittas but we will photograph many other birds as well.  The spectacular and endangered Yellow-eared Parrot and the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock are 2 specialty species.  We will do multi-flash hummingbird photography at 4 different locations and stay at 7 different lodges.

  • This tour is particularly rich in Hummingbirds, Tanagers and Antpittas but we will photograph many other birds as well.
  • Photograph two species of Mountain Toucans, Yellow-eared Parrot and Cock-of-the-Rock.
  • We will do multi-flash hummingbird photography at 4 different locations.
  • We will stay at 7 different lodges.

Cost & Logistics

$7,250
Photographer

$6,250
Non-Photographer

$900
Single Supplement

$1,800
Deposit

$800 single supplement includes all meals, lodging, drinking water, transportation within Colombia, guiding, instruction, park fees. It does not include airfare to get to and from Colombia, drinks other than water, tips and items of nature such as phone calls or laundry.

Number of Participants: 6 photographers with maximum of 10 total participants (including nonphotographer spouses and companions).

Itinerary

Arrival at the Rio Negro Airport in Medellin and transfer to the Santiago de Armas hotel (10 minutes).
Full Day Finca Las Margaritas.  In the morning we head to a new reserve north of the city of Medellin in the cloud forest, here we will spend the morning photographing at the banana feeders some species such as Red-bellied Grackle, White-mantled Barbet, Rufous Motmot, Crimson-backed Tanager, Speckled Tanager as well as other birds in the surroundings.  This place also provides very good opportunities to photograph Night Monkeys, which are usually found along the entrance road to the reserve and another mammal that usually comes to feeders is White-fronted Tamarin.  Lodging Terra Biohotel.
Cock of the Rock After breakfast we head to Jardín de Antioquia, this beautiful and  colorful town located in the middle of the Andes is home to the best and most accessible Lek to photograph Cock-of-the-Rock and where we plan to spend the whole afternoon photographing this beautiful cotinga.  Lodging Casa Passiflora.
In the morning we will briefly visit the beautiful town of Jardín to photograph the colorful buildings and after this we continue our way to Manizales to the Tinamú reserve, where we will stay for the next 2 nights.  Lodging Tinamú.
This small reserve located on the outskirts of Manizales is one of the last remnants of forest in the area and has become an oasis for the birds of the area. We will spend the morning photographing the birds of this reserve such as Blue-necked Tanager, Red-crowned Woodpecker, Andean Motmot, Black-throated Mango, White-vented Plumeleteer, among others.  This place has a very good Lek to photograph Golden-collared Manakin and White-whiskered Hermit among other birds in the surroundings such as Spectacled Parrolet.  In the afternoon we will visit another nearby reserve that is usually the best place to photograph Bay-headed Tanager, Red-crowned Woodpecker, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Golden-napped Euphonia, Black-capped Tanager.  Lodging Tinamu.

Full Day Rio Blanco   The Rio Blanco reserve is located in the heart of Manizales and it is from here that the city takes its water for its inhabitants.  We will spend the day photographing the birds of the reserve that has banana feeders, hummingbird feeders and feeding up to 4 different species of Antpittas.  Some of the birds that can be photographed here are Buff-tailed Coronet, Long-tailed Sylph, Collared Inca, Bronzi Inca, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Bicolored Antpitta, Plain-backed Antpitta, Slate-crowned Antpitta.

Usually in the afternoon you can photograph Black-billed Toucan, Southern-emerald Toucan and Andean Motmot coming to eat grapes.  Lodging Hotel Quo.

Full Day Glamping The Color of My Revès   Today we will live an adventure in the middle of the Andes, early in the morning we will take a 4×4 transport for 30 minutes that will take us to this reserve.  Among the birds to be photographed are Black-billed Mountain Toucan, Bicolored Antpitta, Collared Inca, Long-tailed Sylph, Tourmaline Sunangel, Black Collared Jay, Lacrimose Mountain Tanager, Hooded Mountain Tanager, Ocellated Tapaculo, Tourmaline Sunangel, Sword-billed Hummingbird, among others.

Lodging Hotel Quo

Full Day Hacienda El Bosque.  On the way to our next lodge we will visit another of the best places for photography in Manizales. After a traditional breakfast we will start the morning photographing the birds of the reserve at different feeder stations, among the most striking birds are Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan, Equatorial Antpitta, Barred Fruiteater, Hooded Mountain Tanager, Crescent-faced Antpitta, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Andean Guan, Golden-fronted Redstart, Sparkling Violetear, Buff-winged Startfrontlet.  In the afternoon we will do multiflash of Hummingbirds before continuing to our next lodge.  Lodging Termales del Ruiz.

Termales Del Ruiz and PN Los Nevados.  In the morning we will visit the Los Nevados Natural Park in search of one of the endemic hummingbirds of Colombia and most emblematic of Manizales, Buffy Helmetcrest and then return to our lodge in search of another of the most beautiful hummingbirds such as Rainbow-bearded Thornbill.   The rest of the day we will dedicate to photographing the birds of the lodge such as: Shining Sunbean, Great Sapphirewing, Lacrimose Mountain Tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager among others. Lodging Termales del Ruiz.

Yellow Eared Parrot.  After breakfast we head to our next destination where we will try to photograph one of the most beautiful and endangered parrots in Colombia, the Yellow-eared Parrot.  Another place we will visit in Anaime is a hummingbird garden where we will have good opportunities to photograph White-tipped sicklebil, Indigo-capped hummingbird, Tolima Blossomcrown, Sparkling Violetear, Andean Emeral, among others.

Other birds that come to the banana feeder are Andean Motmot, Scrub Tanager, Crimson-backed tanager, Thick-billed Euphonia, Acorn Woodpecker.  Lodge: Urpanes del Bosque.

In the morning we go back to the Anaime and then we continue our journey to our next Lodge Araucana (4.5 hour transfer) Lodge: La Florida Birding Lodge.

Full Day La Florida.  Today we will visit one of the best places to photograph Multicolored Tanager in the famous Km18 sector.In addition to this beautiful and endemic tanager, the place has different feeders to photograph other birds such as Little Tinamu, Chestnut Woo-Quail, Red-headed Barbet, Saffron-crowned Tanager, Golden-napped Tanager, Black capped Tanager, among others.  Lodge: La Florida Birding Lodge.

Doña Dora and Araucana

In the morning, we will visit Doña Dora located in the Chocó forest, here we will have the opportunity to photograph several hummingbirds and birds typical of this type of forest such as: Empress Brilliant, Velvet purple Coronet, White-necked Jacobin, Green thorntail, Purple-bibbed whitetip, Toucan Barbet, Glistening-green Tanager, Rufous-throated tanager, Red-headed Barbet, Spot-crowned Barbet, Green-backed Hillstar, among others.

After lunch we will return to Araucana to photograph the birds of that lodge, some of the most striking birds are Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Lineated Woodpecker, Crimson-backed Tanager, Scrub Tanager, Acorn Woodpecker, Steely-vented Hummingbird, Andean Emerald, Rufous tailed Hummingbird, White-necked Jacobin, Western Emerald, and others.  La Florida Birding Lodge.

Today we will spend time photographing at the lodge and we will do multiflash of hummingbirds. In the afternoon we will head to Cali.  Hotel Sonesta Cali.

Transfer to the airport for your return trip home.
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Jose Avendaño | Nature Photographer

Jose Avendaño is a full time photography and birding tour leader from Cusco, Peru.  In addition to being a very good photographer and excellent birder, Jose is accredited as a cultural guide as well.  Jose is known for his excellent sense of humor.

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Javier Zurita | Nature Photographer

Javier Zurita is a full time nature photographer and tour leader from Quito, Ecuador. Javier has been leading tours in Ecuador and Colombia the past several years. He built the excellent photo blinds at Sachatamia Lodge in Ecuador. He is an excellent photographer who is using flash in innovative ways.

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