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.

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.