Darién Lowland & Harpy Eagle Tour

4 days 3 nights

You will be Birding  the eastern-most unexplored birding hotspot region of Panama and search of the Harpy Eagle. On a low budget !

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ITINERARY

Tour dates:  open to your time frame.

ITINERARY IN BRIEF

Day 1 –  Early departure to Eastern Panamá (5 :00 am) Province marking few stops ( at Least 2) in hot spots areas. Our final destination will be the Torti town.
B,L,D overnight Hotel Avicar in Torti

Day 2 –  After early breakfast we will visit the San Francisco Reserve ( 10 minutes away from Torti). Lunch at the Avicar Hotel and we will start driving towards Darién. Lunch on the road at Meteti Town). After lunch, on the way to Yaviza we'll visit El Salto Road.
Dinner at Yaviza and overnight as well.

Day 3 –  Harpy Eagle Day
Overnight at Yaviza.

Day 4 –  Last day in Darién and a good chance to visit again a Harpy Eagle nest in case we failed to see the Harpy Eagle on Day 3. Otherwise, we 'll start driving back to Panamá stopping on several spots on the road. Arrival to Panamá City approximately at 7 pm.
 

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BIRDING Date Tour is OPEN   00/00/00  -   00/00/00

Starting from  Tocumen Airport/ or Panama City Center... ending at pickup.

Include

English/Spanish bird guide with fieldscope and the latest Panama fieldguide, road transportation, lodging (From DAY 1 to DAY 3), and National Park fees and meals pickup and drop off to your next destination  Tocumen Airport/ or Panama City Cente.   

Not Included in tour price:

BIRD LIST

The list of bird possibilities at the different birding hotspots is:

1st Stop Rio Mono Bayano Lake área
Great Black Hawk
Gray-lined Hawk
Streaked Xenops
White-eared Conebill
Rusty-winged Antwren
Red-rumped Woodpecker, Laughing Falcon

2nd Stop Rio Torti
Little Cuckoo
Amazon, Green and Ringed Kingfisher
Giant Cowbird
Carib Grackle
Pied Water-Tyrant
Striped Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Southern Lapwing
Red-breasted Medowlark

3rd Stop Reserva de San Francisco
King Vulture
White Hawk
Black Hawk-Eagle
Black and White Hawk Eagle
Golden Headed Manakin
Dusky-faced Tanager
Tawny--crowned Greenlel
White-fronted Nunbird
Blue Ground-Dove
Pale-bellied Hermit
Dusky-faced Tanager
Buff-rumped Warbler
White-winged Buecare
One- colored Buecare
Little Tinamou
Northern Royal Flycatcher
Blue Cotinga
Long-tailed Tyrant
Orange-crowned Orioles
Barred Puffbird

4th Stop El Salto Road
Gray-cheeked Nunlet
Black-crowned Tytira
Rufous -tailed Jacamar
Great Jacamar
Golden-Green Woodpecker
Black Antshrike
Double-banded Graytail
White-headed Wren
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Choco Syristes
Red-billed Scythbill
Pied Puffbird
Spot-crowned Barbet
Roadside Hawk

5th Stop PN Darién
Aguila Harpía
Plumbeous Hawk
Scarlet-browed Tanager
Yellow-backed Tanager
Saffron-headed Parrot
Bicolored Hawk
Barred Forest-Falcon
Lemmon-spectacled Tanager
Black-crowned Antpitta
Streak-chested Antpitta
Fasciated Tiger- Heron
Rufous Piha

Returning to Panama City with time we stop in Tanara Chepo
Fork-Tailed Flycatcher
American Pygmy-Kingfisher
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Eastern Meadowlark
Savanna Hawk
White-tailed Kite
Pearl Kite
Whistling Heron         

ABOUT DARIEN 

You will visit the eastern-most unexplored less frequent birding hotspots of Panama! During the bird watching tour you will visit swampy meadows along the Pan-American Highway, great water reservoir, mature secondary forests, lagoons, scrubby and open fields, roadsides, riversides and others.  Private Foundations and Indian Village Reserves. Accompany by professional local bird guides.  At the end of each day the guide will go over the day-bird list with participants and explain next day

TOUR DIFFICULTY
■ Easy... to ■ Moderate... to Hard
FITNESS
Easy to moderate walking is required.
■ Easy... to ■ Moderate... to Hard
 
AREA DESCRIPTION
Birding is done primarily on trails and open and covered canopy areas. Cover of dry and second growth forest as well as the more widespread forest species.
WEATHER
The climate in Central Panama /Canal Zone is usually warm, with mornings in the 70s and afternoons in the 80s. Conditions at midday can be humid and very warm, with temperatures reaching into the lower 90s. Rainstorms may occur at any time of year, but are more likely during the rainy season, which runs from the summer months into early December. Generally, the weather in Darien is humid mild and pleasant, with our activities corresponding to the cooler parts of the day and heightened bird activity.


CLOTHING
Dress for tropical hot humid weather and be ready for rain. Light clothing is recommended: cotton shirts or t-shirts - earth colors preferable � long (preferable) and short pants, poncho, hiking shoes, hat, insect repellent and sun block.
GEAR
Binoculars, scope (optional), field guide, notebook and camera (optional ).
GUIDE BOOK RECOMMENDED
The Birds of Panama, a field guide by George R Angehr and Robert Dean described as the "bible" for Panama and some Costa Rica birds.

     

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