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The Mighty Andes Birding Tour
offered by supplier M14458 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 1
- 9
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 12
people
Destination(s):
Venezuela
Specialty Categories:
Ecotourism
Birdwatching
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 250 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 3000 US Dollar (USD)
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In the Andean region we find well over 350 bird species. Species include: the famous Rupicula Peruvian, the Speckled Teal, Black-chested Buzzard Eagle, Brown-bellied Swallow, the Ochre-browed Thistletail, the Andean Tit-spinetail, the Streak-backed Canasteros, the Bar-winged Cinclodes, the Streak-throated Bush Tyrant, the famous Humboldt Trail and La Azulita Road. In this area we can also find some the spectacular hummingbirds such as the Sword-billed Hummingbird and Bearded Helmetcrest. Other bird species include the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, the Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, the Crested and Golden-headed Quetzals, the Saffron-crowned Tanager, the Andean Guan, the chat tyrants, the Booted Rackettail, the Collared Inca, the Merida Sunangel, the Orange-throated Sunangel, the Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, the Slate-crowned Antpitta, several species of hemispingus, and many others.
In addition, the Andean region offers you, mountains, rivers, and exciting walks through national parks. The scenery here is absolutely breathtaking! The biodiversity is unparallel, more so in the páramo - a high-altitude region with a neotropical ecosystem. The páramo is located between the upper forest line (about 3800 m altitude) and the permanent snow line (about 5000 m). The ecosystem consists of accidented, mostly glacier formed valleys and plains with a large variety of lakes, peat bogs and wet grasslands intermingled with shrublands and forest patches. This neotropical ecosystem hosts about 5000 different plant species where 60% of these species are endemic, adapted to the specific climate characteristics of the place. Vegetation you will get to see in this trip are: tussock grasses, ground rosettes, dwarf shrubs cushion plants and conspicuous giant rosettes such as Espeletia (frilejon) and Puya (in the family Bromeliaceae). The páramo covers 2600 Km2 — 23 per cent — of the state.
We offer a 1, 4, and 9 Day Tour.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Also see tour packages in:
South America
Venezuela
Nature & Wildlife
Ecotourism
Birdwatching
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