Arrival to Quito, transfer to Zayant Ecolodge, 15 minutes from the airport.  If time allows a bit of afternoon bird photography in the garden.  Vermillion Flycatcher and Western Emerald are usually around.  Zayant Ecolodge

A bit of morning bird photography in the garden at Zaysant then transfer to Guango Lodge.  Guango is excellent for multi-flash hummingbird photography.  Afternoon multi-flash photography.  Guango Lodge

We will do a lot of multi-flash photography today.  Chestnut-breasted and Buff-tailed Coronets as well as Tourmaline Sunangels are the most common species but many others are around including Sword-billed Hummingbird and Long-tailed Sylph.  Walks along the river often yield Torrent Duck and White-capped Dipper.  Guango Lodge

This morning you will have the option of going up to a high altitude location to find the Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe or you can do more hummingbird multi-flash photography at the lodge.  We will then check out and head to Rio Quijose Lodge.  This is the best location in Ecuador to photograph the amazing Sunbittern.  Rio Quijose Lodge

We will spend the full day photographing at Rio Quijose.  We will do multi-flash hummingbird photography.  Some of the species at the lodge include Booted Rackettail (golden booted race), Violet-fronted Brilliant, Green-backed Hillstar and Long-tailed Sylph.  Rio Quijose Lodge

Cock-of-the-Rock can usually be found near the lodge.  The lodge also has fruit feeders which attract birds such as Golden-eared Tanager and Red-headed Barbet.  Then we will check out and head back over the Andes to our next lodge Sachatamia where we will arrive in the late afternoon.  Sachatamia

We will spend the full day at Sachatamia today.  There is a morning blind which attracts woodcreepers, trogons and other insectivores to feed on moths.  Then we will do multi-flash hummingbird photography, up to 15 species are possible here usually with good numbers of Booted Rackettail and Violet-tailed Sylph.  Sachatamia Lodge

Today we will visit Birdwatcher’s House.  This is the best location to photograph the amazing Plate-billed Mountain Toucan.  There are reflecting pools here which make for amazing images for the toucan as well as several tanager species.  We return to Sachatamia Lodge in the late afternoon.

We will have another full day at Sachatamia Lodge with the blind, multi-flash photography and photography of birds at the fruit feeders where many tanagers are possible.  Sachatamia Lodge

Morning photography at Sachatamia followed by check out and visit Alambi Lodge.  There are some different hummers including a couple hermit species at the active feeders there, then we will continue on to our next lodge:  Piripe Lodge

We will spend the full day at Mashpi Amaguso Reserve.  The fruit feeders there attract some different species including Glistening-green and Moss-backed Tanagers as well as Golden-collared Honeycreeper.  We may run into Black Solitare and Rosy-faced Parrot, two rarities.  Piripe Lodge

We will do a bit of photography around the lodge in the morning then transfer to Zuroloma Reserve for multi-flash hummingbird photography.  This is the best location for Sword-billed Hummingbird.  Other interesting hummers there include Shining Sunbeam and Great Sapphirewing among others.  Then we go to our lodge, San Jorge de Quito. 

We will visit Zuroloma to photograph three species of Antpitta in the morning, then do multi-flash photography as well as photography at the fruit feeders where the stunning Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager often feeds.  Then in the late afternoon we will transfer to our next lodge: Zaysant Ecolodge.

Today will be a special day as we will visit the Antisana Reserve.  At this high elevation reserve we will photograph Ecuadorian Hillstar and very likely Andean Condor as well as other scare birds like Black-faced Ibis.  The reserve is good for raptors.  In the afternoon we will return to Zaysant Lodge. 

Transfer to the airport for your return trip home or start the Amazon Extension.