Several Choices for Birding Colombia
For More Information or to Register for this Trip, call Charles at 888-203-7464
or directly at 720-320-1974 or by email at info@PIBird.com.
Birding in Colombia
Cauca Valley from Cali to Bogota, Santa Marta and More!
Brief Overview of Each Trip
Black-chinned Mountain
Tanager is one of over 70
tanager species to be seen
on the trip.
For more information
(including an easy to
print itinerary),
contact us at
1-888-203-7464 or by
email at
info@pibird.com.
Cauca Valley 13 Day Itinerary: The Cauca Valley is
one of the important eco-regions in Colombia. The
Western and Central Cordilleras on both flanks of the
valley harbor many species with ranges restricted to the
cloud forests and grassland Páramos of the mountains.
This trip will allow us to look for 20 to 24 Colombian
endemic species.  Most trips find over 350 to 400 species
in 13 days with well-planned itineraries and top South
American guides.  Trip participants will also enjoy 40 to 45
hummingbird species, 40 to 50 tanagers species and
many other excellent birds.  These trips range from
$2,990 to $3,390.  Great guides include Lelis Navarrete
and Alejandro Solano who will assure good communication
and productive birding.  4 to 6 Cauca Valley trips are
offered throughout the year.    Learn more from our
Cauca Valley 13 Day Itinerary website (click
here).

Cauca Valley 14 Day Itinerary:  Most trips find over
370 to 420 species in two weeks with well-planned
itineraries and top South American guides.  This trip builds
off our Cauca Valley trip (described above) by spending
another  full day at Rio Blanco, allowing for additional time
at this species rich location.  21 to 24 Colombia endemics
or near endemics, nearly 40 to 45 hummingbird species
and 40 to 50 tanagers species can be seen on most
trips.    These trips range from $3,290 to $3,590.  Great
guides include Lelis Navarrete and Alejandro Solano who
will assure good communication and productive birding.  4
to 6 trips Cauca Valley trips offered throughout the year.  
Learn more from our Cauca Valley 14 Day Itinerary
website (click here).

Santa Marta:  All of our Cauca Valley trips offer a 6 day
extension to Santa Marta.  The Santa Marta Mountains
are a clear example of bird speciation, resulting from a
long period of isolation.  The green, humid and lush
mountain range is isolated from the rest of the Andes by a
“sea” of dry forest providing the area with the highest bird
endemism in Colombia. Such a birding bonanza is parallel
to the beauty of the sunset of the Caribbean ocean
watched from the comfortable balcony of “El Dorado”
lodge.  These extension trips focus on the Santa Marta
endemics, adding another 20 plus endemics to your
Colombia visit.  Clients going on the Cauca Valley trip and
the Santa Marta extension have always had from 570 to
620 species.  These trips bird the foothills of Santa Marta
(enjoying striking views of coastal areas and then straight
up into the mountains --- only 15 miles apart) and then 4
days and 3 nights at the fantastic El Dorado Lodge.  This
trip is price varies based upon participation, starting at
$1,990 with six participants.  Learn more from our Santa
Marta website (click here).

Other Options for Birding in Colombia:  
  • We also offer extended Santa Marta trips from eight
    to ten days for those keenly interested in endemics
    there and enjoying some of the other 800 bird
    species (nearly 370 species encountered on the
    trip) over a slightly longer and relaxed trip than our
    extension trip.  This trip at ten days was last priced
    at $3,390 for six persons (and is likely slightly more
    now due to exchange rate changes and inflation).
  • We also offer a Bogota Highlands trip.  Several
    smaller groups have shown interested in these less
    expensive Colombian birding trips.  This trip was
    last priced at $1,790 (but is likely higher now).
  • We are also able to offer special extensions to bird
    the Medellin area for those interested in finding the
    newly discovered Yellow-eared Parrot.
  • Please contact Charles Thornton-Kolbe at 720-320-
    1974 to discuss these options and to make special
    arrangements for these trips.
Working together, the Partnership for International Birding
and Neblina Forest International have now provided 14
successful tours for Colombia birders in just the last
several years.  The combined trip of Cauca Valley with a
Santa Marta extension has been very popular with
experienced South American birders, seeing over 600
species in just over 2 weeks and adding over 100 birds to
their life list.  Our key South American Partner, Neblina
Forest International, has been conducting birding tours in
Colombia for over seven years.  Recently, numerous
other bird tour outfits have joined in.  In just over the last
two years, we have been providing 6 to 8 Colombia
birding trips to our clients each year.

Brief overviews of several itineraries for bird watchers are
described below.  Links from these paragraphs provide
more detailed information.  We  also can offer custom
itineraries and trips to any private group and to any
birding and conservation association.
Photo by Lelis Navarrete
Photo by Lelis Drummond
Photo by J. Drummond
Photo by J. Drummond
Photoy byMurray Cooper
Photo by Murray Cooper
Photo by Murray Cooper
Photo by Murray Cooper