Included meals: B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
1st Day (L/D)
This morning we will pick you up at your hotel in Guatemala city or Antigua, and proceed to Lake Atitlán (2 hrs.). Enjoy beautiful views over the lake from the panoramic road. From Atitlán our microbus will bring us to Los Tarrales (1 hour). The afternoon we will have for a birding excursion in the surroundings of the Tarrales Eco-lodge. Dinner and overnight at Tarrales Eco-lodge.
2nd Day (B/L/D)
Early morning excursion in the lower montane humid forest of Los Tarrales, home to the Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis). Breakfast in the forest. For Lunch we will be back at Tarrales Eco-lodge. After a 'siesta', guided coffee tour. Dinner and overnight at Tarrales Eco-lodge.
3rd Day (B/L/D)
Early morning birding in a shade coffee plantation. Breakfast on the way. After lunch at Tarrales Eco-lodge guided tour in the plantations of ornamentals. Dinner and overnight at Tarrales Eco-lodge.
4th Day (B)
After breakfast in the Tarrales Eco-lodge we will proceed to Monterrico on the Pacific coast. After 1 hour and a half we will reach the coastal mangrove swamps. We will continue our way by boat through the mangroves. Reaching Monterrico beach after about 20 min we will check-in the hotel. After lunch free time to relax at the beach. Dinner and overnight in Monterrico.
5th Day (B)
Early morning boat tour to the reed swamps, wintering and foraging area of thousands of water birds. Breakfast on the boat. In the late morning we will be back at the beach. Enjoy 'siesta' during the hottest hours of the day. In the afternoon we will visit the Conservation Center from San Carlos University, where efforts are made towards the conservation of sea turtles and iguanas populations in the region. Dinner and overnight in Monterrico.
6th Day (B)
Early morning boat tour to the mangrove swamps. The mangrove belt in Monterrico is about 3 km wide. Breakfast in the boat. Lunch back in Monterrico. The afternoon is free for the beach. Dinner and overnight in Monterrico.
7th Day (B)
The morning is free to enjoy the ocean in Monterrico. After lunch in Monterrico we will drive to your hotel in Guatemala city or Antigua. Good-by dinner.
