 c. Jane Henderson |
Day 3 - METROPOLITAN NATURE PARK & Canopy Crane- Panama Canal / Miraflores Locks |
 White-necked Puffbird |
Habitat: Hotel grounds plus Lake & Forest edge
Access: Directly from Hotel
Representative species: Crimson-backed Tanager, Piratic Flycatcher, Keel-billed Toucan, Flame-rumped Tanager, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Blue Dacnis, Chestnut-headed Oropendola, Anhinga, Wattled Jacana, Purple Gallinule, Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Snail Kite, Greater Ani, Lesser Kiskadee, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Gray Hawk, Yellow-headed Caracara.
Afternoon flight to David and transfer to Boquete
Night at FINCA LERIDA LODGE (BLD)
Day 5 – THE HIGHLANDS: FINCA LERIDA |
 Finca Lerida |
Habitat: Western Foothills (Caldera Rd), Lowland Savannas (Querevalo Rd), Highland Humid Forest (La Amistad International Park)
Access: Coaster Bus
Representative Species: (Caldera) Orange-collared Manakin, Long-billed Starthroat, Veraguan Mango, Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, (Querevalo) Northern Jacana, Pearl Kite, Brown-throated Parakeet, Least Grebe, (La Amistad) Flame-throated Warbler, Ruddy Treerunner, Brown-capped Vireo, Silvery-throated Jay, Black-cheeked Warbler.
Night at DOS RIOS HOTEL (BLD)
Habitat: Western Foothills (Lagoon), Orchid Farm w/ birds.
Access: Coaster Bus
Representative Species: (Lagoon) Spectacled Foliage Gleaner, White-winged Tanager, Fiery-billed Aracari, Red-headed Barbet, Green Hermit, (Fca Dracula) Silver-throated Tanager, Magnificent Hummingbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Slaty Finch, Yellow-bellied Siskin.
Lunch is at Cerro Punta.
Afternoon Flight to Panama City and transfer to Cerro Azul.
Night at HOSTAL CASA DE CAMPO (BLD)
Habitat: Eastern Foothills
Representative species: Rufous-winged Tanager, Yellow-eared Toucanet, Green Hermit, Tacarcuna Bush-Tanager, Tawny-faced Gnatwren, Carmiol’s Tanager, Striped-cheeked Woodpecker (E), Spot-crowned Barbet, Black-and-yellow Tanager, Ruddy Woodcreeper, Chestnut-backed Antbird.
Lunch in Cerro Azul. Afternoon transfer to Burbayar Lodge
Night at BURBAYAR LODGE (BLD)
Habitat: Eastern Foothills
Representative species: Black-headed Antthrush, Speckled Antshrike, Bicolored Hawk, Barred Forest-Falcon, Black-crowned Antpitta, Sulphur-rumped Tanager, Slaty-winged Foliage Gleaner, Black-striped Woodcreeper
Lunch at Burbayar. Afternoon transfer to Panama City
Night at COUNTRY INN - PANAMA CANAL (BLD)
Day 10 – Juan Diaz Mangroves, Old Panama Mudflats & |
Southern Lapwing
c. Jane Henderson
Price : US$2,350.00 (double occupancy). Single Supplement US$795.00
a $200 deposit will hold a place and the full price will be due 90 days before the trip begins.
All deposits should be sent to Jane Henderson
The above prices are per person and a 5% service tax must be added to them. The prices include the services and expenses of one birding guide and the land expenses of a Tour Leader traveling with the group in single occupancy basis.
Extensions: we would like to recommend offering the Ultimate Darien Experience. With a minimum of 6 participants the price for this tour is US$1,495.00 per person plus 5% tax including the costs of the tour leader.
Ancon Expeditions of Panama
Ultimate Darien Experience
Ultimate Darien Experience
5 days/4 nights
This morning we are picked up at the hotel by our Ancon Expeditions of Panama Naturalist Guide for the short transfer to Albrook domestic airport where we board a chartered plane to Santa Cruz de Cana, in the heart of Darien National Park and World Biosphere Reserve, where Ancon Expeditions manages a field station. As we fly in we can admire the vast forest cover of Panama’s largest park (1.3 million acres). Cana is located at the foothills of Pirre Mountain, which stands like an island in the most remote area of Panama. Very few places in the world rival Cana in birding potential. From the plane be on the lookout for King Vultures and Macaws. After getting settled at the Field Station we explore the Boca de Cupe Trail and surrounding area.
Specialties here include Blue-and-yellow, Red-and-green, Great Green and Chestnut-fronted Macaws, Black-tipped Cotinga, Swallow Tanager, Red-throated Caracara, Streaked Antwren, Dusky-backed Jacamar, Ornate Hawk-Eagle and others.
Night at CANA FIELD STATION (LD)
Day 2 ~ CANA FIELD STATION & SURROUNDING TRAILS |
 female Great Curassow |
Day 3 ~ PIRRE CLOUD FOREST CAMP
Today we begin our slow-paced 5-hour hike to the Pirre Cloud Forest. At 1,200 meters above sea level, the Pirre Cloud Forest is a good place to look for specialties such as Beautiful Treerunner, Tooth-billed Hummingbird, Slaty Antwren, Tody Motmot, Yellow-eared Toucanet, Rufous-breasted Antthrush, Immaculate Antbird, Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo, Pirre Warbler, Pirre Hummingbird, Pirre Bush Tanager, Greenish Puffleg, Orange-bellied Euphonia. In the afternoon we hike to the top of Pirre Mountain in search of the Golden-headed Quetzal, Gray-and-gold Tanager, Sharpbill, Chlorophonia and several Tanagers among other highland species.
Night at PIRRE CAMP (Screened tents with sleeping mats) (BLD)
After breakfast we will start our descent to the field station with more birding along the way. This afternoon is spent looking for birds around the main camp. Possibilities include Gray-cheeked Nunlet, Spotted Barbtail, Barred Puffbird, Yellow-green Tyrannulet, Jet Antibird, Black-crowned, Fulvous-bellied, Ochre-breasted and Scaled Antpittas, White-fronted Nunbird, Cinereous Becard, Golden-headed Manakin.
Night at CANA FIELD STATION (BLD)
This morning, after some last minute birding from the airstrip, our charter flight takes us back to Albrook Airport in Panama City Panama City. Transfer to our hotel (B)