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COLOMBIA
Exclusive
Private Tours!

Sunrise Birding, LLC is pleased to offer private
birding tours to Colombia for individuals or
groups of up to 7 birders!

Prefer an organized group tour?  Click here>>

Boasting more than 1870 species, Colombia rules the world as the country with the most avian varieties. Sunrise Birding is now offering exclusive, small group tours to this bird-filled country.  Tours are led by the country’s BEST guides and can be fully customized for endemics, specialties, and target species and budget to luxury accommodation. The safest and best birding areas are accessible and available to visit through this program including the Central Andes, Western Andes, Eastern Andes, Magdalena Valley, Pacific Choco lowlands, the Eastern Llanos, Amazonia, the Caribbean lowlands, and the famed Santa Marta Mountains.

IS IT SAFE?

Colombia ’s avian richness has long been known but concerns about access and safety have kept birders away. Not so any more. Persistent efforts by the government and military to make the country safe have been highly successful in opening up this wonderful country for travel. Birders are literally flocking to Colombia to see the wealth of birds there.

Sunrise Birding has been carefully following the developments in Colombia and we spent seven weeks on three tours in 2009 to explore birding opportunities and confirm the security of the birding areas and the locations of the birds.   Our 2010 tour was a great success and we look forward to visiting Colombia again and again!
Click these links to see the trip summaries:

WHY SUNRISE BIRDING?

  • KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, CONNECTIONS With a strong knowledge of the country and connections with its ornithological community and guides, we have verified, detailed information about bird locations and the best approach to finding them.
  • LOCAL, IN-COUNTRY GUIDES
    While many companies send in their own guides, we use in-country guides who are out in the field daily finding new sights and previously unknown birding areas and constantly monitoring the security of all of the birding areas.
  • CONSERVATION
    Our tours support important conservation efforts in Colombia by visiting not only ProAves Reserves but several other important municipal and private areas.
  • BIRDING THE RIGHT PLACES!
    Many companies have jumped on the band-wagon offering tours of Colombia mostly opting for the widely advertised reserves and lodges.  We’ve found that these are not necessarily the best birding areas (they are just the most publicized).

Now is the time to experience this birding paradise
on your own exclusive birding tour.

Santa Marta Antpitta.  A Colombian endemic.  Photo by Steve Bird.
To download the complete information about the program,
click the pdf links below:
Complete program (pdf, 1.6 mb)
Tour planning sheet (pdf, 20 kb)

PLANNING YOUR TOUR
The links below provide information and descriptions of the birding areas and some of the species that can be expected in each area. Tours can be arranged to include any or all areas, just let us know your preferences.

What does it cost? 
Sample itineraries and provisional costs per person
based on double occupancy:

10 days - Central & Western Andes and Magdalena Valley: $3995.00

16 days - Central, Western, & Eastern Andes & Magdalena Valley: $5595.00

24 days - Full Colombia including Santa Marta: $8395.00

Actual costs may vary depending on customization of itinerary,
accommodation, etc. 


Gold-rinted Tanager.  A Colombian Endemic.  Photo by Steve Bird. HOW TO BOOK YOUR
PRIVATE TOUR

This web site contains information that will help you plan your tour.  In addition, you can download the complete brochure for this program. Click here to download the complete brochure (pdf, 1.6 mb)  

There is also a printable planning sheet (pdf) for your convenience. 

When you are ready to arrange your tour, contact us with your preferred dates, number of travelers, and preferences as to locations, species, and accommodation. An initial interview will be arranged to review your preferences . To develop a specific itinerary, a $200 non-refundable deposit is required and can be applied to the final tour price.

Tours are arranged 6 - 12+ months in advance. Please allow plenty of lead time for planning your tour.

Sunrise Birding guides are available to accompany your group in addition to our expert Colombian guides.

If you have questions, ask!  Phone (203) 453-6724 in the US or email gina@sunrisebirding.com

Let Sunrise Birding show you the BEST
birding in the world.
COLOMBIA!
Now open for birding!