Talk in birding circles at the moment is of an amazing sequence of events in the Ecuadorian cloudforests which has seen some of South America's most coveted antpitta species become habituated to morning feasts of fat earthworms hand fed by a dedicated local campesino called Angel Paz at Refugio Paz de las Aves near Mindo. Here, Giant, Yellow-breasted and Moustached Antpittas can all be viewed at point blank range. Angel has trained some of Fundacion Joctotoco's staff in the techniques involved and Jocotoco Antpitta is also now habituated on the Tapichalaca reserve in southern Ecuador. We are delighted to introduce this new 10-day bargain tour for £1,495 with three departure dates for 2008. Visit the tour page for a tour dossier, or drop by our stand at the Birdfair for a chat.
Also new for 2008 will be a re-vamped version of our Peru - Central Andes bargain birding tour for Diademed Sandpiper-plover, Golden-backed Mountain Tanager and a range of other exciting range-restricted birds. This tour will be combinable with the Antpitta tour in Ecuador. Watch this space for details.