BIRDING PUERTO RICO - 8d/7n All-inclusive Bird Tour Package

Arrival, meet & greet (Sunday, but we are flexible if
you need to arrive on a different date; 1 PM pick-up)
A/C transportation with necessary permits.
Certified Interpretive Birder Guide
Double occupancy with room tax; 2 nights at Hotel
Yunque Mar in Luquillo), 1 night in Hatillo, 3 nights at
Parador Villa Parguera and 1 night at Isla Verde.
7 breakfasts, daily picnic style lunch, 7 dinners
On each birding trip: bottled water, local fruit juice
Entrance fees
Minimum of 20 birding spots, including: El Yunque,
Piñones, La Parguera, Maricao, Mayagüez, Guánica,
Caguas, and more
Six full and two half birding days (arrival/departure)
One night owling at El Yunque National Forest, one
night looking for the PR Nightjar
Bird Checklist, complimentary pictures of trip

PROGRAM DETAILS

Hilda Morales
Contact us for price.
(standard price based on a group of 8 PAX
arriving at the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport)
8 people + Local Driver & Birder Guide
8 days / 7 nights
Non-smokers only.
Limited space for luggage.

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INCLUDED IN PROGRAM

Air transportation, airport taxes, tips, travel
insurance
Drinks, gratuities
Alcoholic drinks
Personal spending

NOT INCLUDED IN PROGRAM

Easy to moderate walking or hiking
We will have some long days in the schedule
Expect hot, sometimes humid, climate on the coast;
cooler in the mountains

TRIP SUMMARY

RECOMMENDED READING

Non-smokers only.
Limited space for luggage.
Maps and GPS are not allowed during our birding
trips.

RESTRICTIONS

Prices on scheduled itineraries are
per person, on double occupancy
based on groups of 8 PAX.
Prices could vary depending on
customized travel dates and
availability of services.

Flexible departures; small groups of 8 PAX and
birding leader. Join us, call now and book your trip!

PUERTO RICO´S BIRDS IN
PHOTOGRAPH by Mark Oberle
(includes CD with sounds)
A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF
THE WEST INDIES by Herbert
Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando
Garrido, Allan Keith and Janis
Raffaele
A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF
PUERTO RICO AND THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS by Herbert A.
Raffaele

PRE or POST PROGRAM

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Birds, nature, culture, and regional cuisine.

$2095 8d/7n Wildside, combinado
2250 (2010)
1,250 solo, 27 - 31 enero

$1975 6d/5n Focus - La Parguera,
Maricao, Rincón, Fajardo, $400
deposito
1,975 (2011, 30 enero - 4 feb)

$2075 fieldguides, mismo precio
2010 April 4 - 10

$1290 wingbirds 5fd4n San Juan,
Cambalache, Maricao

eagleeye rd y pr 5d/4n

ventbird 1,495 24 - 28 abril, ext st
domingo

We hope to find our 17 endemic species (including the
Puerto Rican Parrot) plus Antillean/Caribbean specialties
and migratory species (seasonal).
We will have the opportunity to see different habitats around
the Island, from a rain to dry and mangrove forest. A
minimum of 14 birding spots, including additional stops
whenever I hear a bird on the road.
Depends on the season, we will be out at night two or three
times looking for the PR Screech Owl, PR Nightjar, or the
Antillean Nightjar.
Experience culture and local cuisine with a sustainable
tourism approach while exploring the Island with a
personalized trip and a local resident Certified Interpretive
Driver/Guide.

ITINERARY

Day 1 - Arrival, meet & greet. Arrival not later than 2 PM. We will
drive east to our hotel for the next two nights, Hotel Yunque Mar
in Luquillo. We start with an evening birding trip to El Yunque
National Forest looking for some of our first endemics:
Bullfinch, Tanager, and Spindalis, Green Mango. As night
arrives, we will start our nocturnal walk in search of our Screech
Owl, glow in the dark fungi and newborn coquis).

Day 2 - Full day birding trip at El Yunque National Forest for the
following endemics: Tody, Lizard Cuckoo, Oriole,
Woodpecker, Elfin-woods Warbler, Flycatcher, and Emerald.
Optional Sunset Bio-Lagoon Kayak Tour will allow you to
admire another type of glow in the dark, this time, a
microorganism in the water.

Day 3 - Hummingbird Morning! Our goal of the morning will be
the little Antillean Crested Hummingbird, Green-throated Carib,
Antillean Mango, plus the Puerto Rican Emerald. After check-
out we will drive to the North Belt region looking for the Greater
Flamingo, Caribbean Coot, and Tropicbirds (seasonal). Night
on your own. We will stay for one night in Hatillo.

Day 4 - Early morning drive to the Cordillera Central (Central
Mountain Range) in search of the Puerto Rican Parrot.. We will
drive to Parador Villa Parguera where we will stay for three
nights. Evening and night on your own.

Day 5 - Morning trip to the salt flats looking for several species:
shorebirds, Yellow-shouldered Blackbird, Venezuelan Troupial,
Antillean race of the Clapper Rail, and Caribbean Elaenia.
Picnic lunch (fresh pineapples and papaya) on our way to
Laguna Cartagena. Before dinner, we will go on the quest for
the Puerto Rican Nightjar.

Day 6 - In the morning we will look for endemics, and the Bridled
Quail-Dove, at Maricao. Our target of the day is the Elfin Woods
Warbler (in case we missed it at El Yunque). Evening and
night on your own.

Day 7 - After check-out we will go again to Guánica for the
Adelaide´s Warbler and Antillean Euphonia. We will continue
our journey to the South looking for the Plain Pigeon. Overnight
on selected hotel in Isla Verde or San Juan.