Colombia - Multicoloured Tanager Tour

This was a fantastic bird watching tour which gave you a real insight into the vast and beautiful country including the scenery, people, culture, the wildlife and the amazing birds. Our tour took us to several different places and accommodation all slightly different and always offering a new experience. Our guide Juan was local and was extremely knowledgeable of the wonderful bird life. It was a small group who got on really well and Juan made us all feel special and we could not fault how well he looked after each one of us. It was an experience we will not forget and we hope to visit new parts of Colombia again in the future.

A fantastic tour of this interesting country visiting a wide range of habitats and seeing some wonderful birds thanks to the skill and expertise of the knowledgeable guides. Naturetrek always deliver a great wildlife trip.

Visited a number of sites and spent long days walking on trails and roads. The tour was very successful in terms of our goal, which was finding a wide variety of Colombian birds - and in spending time in a variety of tropical mountain environments, particularly tropical rainforests. Our guide, Juan Manuel Cardona, was really excellent: he was very skilled at locating local species of birds and (importantly) making sure everyone saw every bird. He was also quite knowledgeable about the other flora and fauna. Accommodations were very good, as was food. I think at the end we were all quite pleased with the trip. My partner and I were both really glad that we took this tour. From start to finish, very helpful. The tour was well planned. My partner and I were particularly impressed by the help we received from Naturetrek in dealing with a specific difficult situation that we encountered: it turned out that our travel insurance did not cover one part of the trip itinerary; the company made alternative and very satisfactory arrangements for us. We will likely use this Naturetrek again.

Naturetrek have wealth of experience organising wildlife holidays overseas. The arrangements for this trip were faultless. I have travelled with Naturetrek many times; this holiday was well up to their usual standards.

It was truly excellent! Everything was well organised and all the logistics and accommodation worked like a dream. The tour organisers and bird guides were all first rate and the tour leader, Andrea Beltran, was a really gifted 'people person' who combined birding ID skills and tour leadership with the ability to infuse the whole group with enthusiasm and a confidence that any challenges would be immediately addressed.

Very recently back from a most enjoyable trip... to Colombia. Everything about the tour ran smoothly, our guide and driver were helpful, polite, presentable and knowledgeable, and the accommodation was fine. A little basic sometimes, but clean, very well located and we always felt safe. We got to see some great birds, and Alejandro was very good at getting everyone on the birds quickly. lastly, we found Colombia a most efficient and pleasant country to visit and - as always with a Naturetrek tour - we felt well looked after. We have made almost twenty trips with Naturetrek - I believe that speaks for itself!!

Exciting!? And so it was! From the snow-capped mountains with wispy volcanic plumes to Finca Lolita - a marvellous abode overlooking Cali. The owners so welcoming. Absolutely loads of birds. Enjoyed the "road trip" feel of this tour.

The group which I was a part of was very good. All made sure we saw all the birds together. The leader was superb. His knowledge was excellent in finding birds.

This, our latest trip with Naturetrek was, I felt, perfectly balanced between trail birding and photographing birds round the various feeding stations. Alejandro was a brilliant leader with a wide range of knowledge who looked after us perfectly.

Alejandro was a first rate leader who was very knowledgeable about the birds, plants and cultural aspects of Colombia. It was wonderful to see the various species of Antpittas so closely and the array of feeders at Alejandria was amazing.

The guide was excellent and his conscientiousness and knowledge were exemplary. Certainly we saw a wide variety of birds which were a delight to behold in their display of stunning colours. Once again, the guide was excellent here in trying to ensure that each member of the party was able to enjoy as many of the birds which we saw, as possible. It was he who made the holiday for me, the success which it was.

A very enjoyable tour with superb birds, a good itinerary which worked well with no real problems, good guides, and excellent company in the participants. The group gelled well, very important to making a successful and enjoyable trip. Scenery was fantastic, especially the trip up to Nevado del Ruiz.

Everything went to plan. All was exactly as Andy (Tucker) described it. Colombia is beautiful, friendly, hospitable and untouched by foreign tourists.

The tour leaders were very helpful and the tanagers were fantastic. I had a thoroughly enjoyable holiday with lots of new birds. I can't think of anything that would improve it.

Andrea was an exemplary trip leader. Highly organised and attentive; a very good birder; and with excellent skills in dealing with people. It was a great tour and a good group: everyone keen, engaged and working hard to find stuff.