Included meals: B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
1st Day
Arrival in Guatemala City. Your guide will meet you at the airport to proceed to your hotel in Guatemala City.
2nd Day (B/L/D)
After breakfast drive to the Los Tarrales nature reserve (2.5 hr). On the way you can enjoy beautiful views at some of Guatemala's volcanoes. Birding in the surroundings of the Tarrales Eco-lodge to look for species like the Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila) and Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota). Lunch, dinner and overnight at Tarrales Eco-lodge.
3rd Day (B/L/D)
Early morning birding on a trail in shade coffee plantation in Los Tarrales, taking boxed breakfast with us. The low canopy of the shade trees allows good views at canopy birds like tanagers and warblers. Here we will find species restricted to the Pacific slope: White-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra), Pacific Parakeet (Aratinga strenua), and Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis). After lunch at Tarrales Eco-lodge you can choose between a coffee tour, or a tour in the plantations of ornamentals and exotic flowers. Birding along the way. Dinner and overnight at Tarrales Eco-lodge.
4th Day (B/L)
Another morning for birding in secondary growth and shade coffee plantation, taking breakfast with us. Some of the birds expected are Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha), White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera), and Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula). At noon we will drive to Tecpán, lunch there. Birding for the endemic Pink-headed Warbler (Ergaticus versicolor). Late afternoon drive to Antigua Guatemala. Overnight in a hotel in Antigua Guatemala.
Day 5 (B)
Early morning birdwatching in a conifer-oak forest, taking boxed breakfast with us. Typical birds of this woodlands in high-altitude are the endemic Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra), Green-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis viridipallens), and Rufous-collared Thrush (Turdus rufitorques). Other highland species to be found here are Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens), Grey Silky-flycatcher (Ptilogonys cinereus), Black-headed Siskin (Carduelis notata), and Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis).
After lunch drive to a pine-oak forest near Guatemala City for highland endemic birds: Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis), Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus), and Bushy-crested Jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus). Drive back to Guatemala City.
Day 6 (B)
After check-out from the hotel, your guide will accompany you the airport.
