April 7th – Arrival at the Cali airport, and transfer to the  Hotel Sonesta, arrival dinner

April 8th – 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

April 9th -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

April 10th – Today we will spend time photographing at the lodge and we will do multiflash of hummingbirds. In the afternoon we will head to Pereira.  Hotel Soratama

April 11th – 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.

April 12th – In the morning we go back to the Anaime and then we continue our journey to our next Lodge in Manizales Lodge: Hotel Quo

April 13th – 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 Hotel Quo

April 14th – 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

April 15th – 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: Hacienda El Bosque

April 16th – 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: Hacienda El Bosque

April 17th – 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 the Rainbow-bearded Thornbill.   Lodging: Termales del Ruiz

April 18th – We will have a full day 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

April 19th – After breakfast we transfer to our next location, Jardin.  This is the best probably the best location in the world to photograph Andean Cock-of-the-Rock as the birds are accustomed to people and display in the city park there.  Even head shots are likely.  This is also a good location to photograph Night Monkey.  Lodging: Jardin de Antioquia

April 20th – We will spend another morning in Jardin with the Cock-of-the-Rocks and other birds then transfer to Medellin and have our final group dinner.  Lodging: Santiago de Arma

April 21st – Transfer to the airport for your return flight home.