Handcrafted birding & nature tours across the American Tropics
Our destinations
Explore the countries we visit:
From the rainforests of Costa Rica and the Andes of Ecuador and Colombia to the biological crossroads of Panama, each destination offers its own mix of habitats, birdlife, landscapes, and local character.
Explore the countries where we work and discover the regions, species, and experiences that make each one distinct.
Following you cna find the different countries we visit and some sample itineraries for each destination.
Choose a destination to begin exploring:
Costa Rica
One of the world’s most accessible birding destinations—with big diversity packed into a small footprint.
Costa Rica is home to over 940 bird species, including regional endemics, colorful tanagers, and iconic species like Resplendent Quetzal, Keel-billed Toucan, and Scarlet Macaw.
With excellent lodges, short travel distances, and high bird density, it’s an ideal destination for first-time Neotropical birders and seasoned travelers alike.
We’ve operated tours here since the beginning, and it remains our base of operations—home turf we know in depth, season by season, trail by trail. Whether your focus is life-list building, family-friendly nature, or targeted conservation efforts, Costa Rica delivers—often with easier logistics, greater species density, and a guiding infrastructure that makes everything flow smoothly. For many travelers, it’s not just their first Neotropical destination—it becomes their favorite!
Resplendent Quetzal
Costa Rica
Browse our sample tours in Costa Rica:
A well-paced, multi-day birding route through Costa Rica’s most diverse and accessible regions—from lush Caribbean foothills to Pacific lowlands and cloud forests.
Snowcap
Northern Costa Rica offers an incredible blend of Caribbean lowlands, volcanic slopes, and rich wetlands. This route is designed to showcase not just biodiversity, but the role that local communities, protected areas, and conservation organizations play in sustaining it.
Nicaraguan Seed-Finch
This 12-day birding tour explores the avian and ecological diversity of southern Costa Rica. From highland cloud forests in the Talamanca Mountains to the rainforests and mangroves of the Osa Peninsula, the route provides excellent opportunities to observe a wide range of species—including several Costa Rica endemics.
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
This thoughtfully paced itinerary is designed for both birders and photographers seeking rewarding encounters with Costa Rica’s extraordinary birdlife.
Brown Pelican
This engaging, conservation-focused itinerary combines Costa Rica’s rich biodiversity with a variety of hands-on outdoor experiences.
Ideal for active travelers and students, the tour includes rainforest hikes,
river rafting, volcanic hot springs, ziplining, and cultural exchanges with farming and Indigenous communities.
Eyelash Pit-Viper
Ecuador
A megadiverse hotspot in a compact, easy-to-navigate country. Ecuador boasts over 1,650 bird species across a staggering range of habitats—from Chocó rainforest to Andean páramo and Amazonian lowlands. Its well-developed lodge network and short travel distances make it possible to sample multiple bioregions in a single itinerary without sacrificing field time.
From antpittas and hummingbird feeders to canopy towers and Amazon oxbow lakes, Ecuador offers immersive, close-range experiences that appeal to both listers and general naturalists. Our itineraries focus on key regions and conservation-linked reserves.
Jocotoco Antpitta
Ecuador
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan
Ecuador
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Northern Ecuador:
Avian Wonders from Cloud Forest to Páramo
Northern Ecuador offers a condensed yet remarkably diverse birding experience—stretching from misty cloud forests to the windswept páramo. This route explores both slopes of the Andes, uncovering a series of highly productive reserves and lodges that support local conservation.
Ecuadorian Hillstar
Southern Ecuador Birding Tour:
The land of the endemics
Explore one of Ecuador’s most biologically rich and least-traveled regions, where cloud forests, dry woodlands, and high-elevation páramo harbor an extraordinary concentration of endemics.
Long-wattled Umbrellabird
Colombia
The richest bird country on Earth—with landscapes as varied as its species list.
Colombia hosts nearly 2,000 bird species, including a long list of endemics and regional specialties found nowhere else. Its diversity comes from its extreme geography: three Andean cordilleras, both Pacific and Caribbean coasts, Amazonian lowlands, and isolated mountain ranges like the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Our itineraries are built to balance high species counts with comfortable travel, emphasizing well-run reserves and local conservation partners. We focus on the Central and Western Andes, where access and infrastructure support safe, rewarding birding.
Buffy Helmetcrest
Colombia
Multicolored Tanager
Colombia
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Birding Across the coffee axis
Colombia is home to more bird species than any other country on Earth, making it an essential destination for birders. With its dramatic topography—spanning three Andean cordilleras, Chocó rainforest, inter-Andean valleys, páramo, and tropical dry forest
Chestnut Wood-Quail
Panama
A biological crossroads of the Americas—where northern and southern birdlife converge.
Panama offers over 1,000 bird species within a compact, accessible landscape. Its position at the narrowest point of Central America means you can explore Pacific and Caribbean slopes, lowland rainforests, and cloud forests in a single itinerary. From the famed Pipeline Road to the Chiriquí Highlands, our tours focus on high-yield birding with strong logistics.
We work with local conservation partners and experienced guides to connect birders with both well-known hotspots and lesser-known regional specialties.
Gray-cheeked Nunlet
Panama
Golden-headed Manakin
Panama
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A Crossroads of Birds, Forests, and Flyways
Straddling two continents, Panama offers a uniquely rich birding experience shaped by its tropical forests, diverse elevations, and the legendary Panama Canal corridor.
Harpy Eagle