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Detailed Itinerary 

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Day 1- Your adventure starts as you touch down at Cali’s Alfonso Bonilla Aragón

International Airport (CLO). Our team will warmly welcome you and facilitate your transfer to our hotel in Cali. 

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Day 2- Prepare for an array of exceptional photo opportunities, where the Chestnut Wood Quail, the sought after Multicolored Tanager (Endemic), Flame-rumped, Golden, Saffron-crowned, and Golden-naped Tanagers, as well as the Blue-winged Mountain Tanager can be photograph on this day. Green Jay, Colombian Chachalaca (Endemic), Acorn Woodpecker, and the elusive Crimson-rumped Toucanet are also possibilities today.

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Day 3- On this day we start early and drive to the highly biodiverse choco-region to visit one of the local feeders.  Our main targets on this day will be Choco endemics like Toucan Barbet, Glistening green tanager, Velvet purple coronet, Back-chinned Mountain Tanager , Rufous-throated Tanager, among several others species. ​

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Day 4- On this day we will change our location,  in the afternoon we will be photographing the endangered Yellow-eared Parrot, found only in the Andes of Colombia. 

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Day 5- A second opportunity to photograph the beautiful Yellow-eared Parrot and more endemics, including the Tolima Dove. We will complement this day with a session of  hummingbirds in multiflash. Some of the key species on this day will be: Tolima Blossomcrown (endemic), Indigo Capped Hummingbird (Endemic), Andean Emerald, White-vented Plumeleteer &  Amazilia Hummingbird  among many other species! 

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Day 6- We will have one last session of hummingbirds in natural light before making our way to the beautiful city of Manizales.

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Day 7- We will visit a picturesque dairy farm in the Central Andes, where with decades of dedicated conservation efforts by the owners the possibilities are boundless. Crescent-Faced Antpitta, Equatorial Antpitta, Gray-Breasted Mountain Toucan, Hooded Mountain Tanager, Collared Inca, Tourmaline Sunangel, Buff-Winged Starfrontlet, the Mountain Velvetbreast, the Masked Flower piercer, Sparkling Violetear, the iconic Sword-Billed Hummingbird, and more are all possibilities on this day. 

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Day 8- On this day we will visit a private reserve. Among the sought-after subjects are three distinct Antpitta species, the Green-and-Black Fruiteater, along with a performance of hummingbirds and tanagers that adorn this lush landscape.

Day 9- A journey to Jardin! We will arrive in time to experience the awe-inspiring Andean-Cock-of-the-Rock lek. Just minutes from the colorful town of Jardin. Here, the charismatic Cock-of-the-Rock takes centre stage, complemented by appearances from the Andean Motmot and various tanagers drawn to banana feeders.

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Day 10- On this day, we will visit a charming place where we will have one last session before we go to Medellin. Blue-necked Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager, Red-headed Barbet, Andean Motmot are some of the targets. 

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Day 11 - Following breakfast, our driver will take you to the José María Córdova International Airport, Rionegro (MDE), for your international flight home. 

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