We will pick you up at your hotel in Santa Marta, Minca, Rodadero, Belo Horizonte or Taganga.
Santa Marta Bird Watching Tour
So if you are a birder or a traveler interested in ornithology, Minca and the El Dorado bird reservation are the perfect places to observe these marvelous feathered beings by a one day birding tour!
Minca is a small town located 30 minutes from Santa Marta on the way to the Sierra Nevada, with a temperate agreeable climate and abundant green vegetation and exotic birds and insects all around. As there are a lot of rivers, waterfalls and natural basins in the area, you will observe different birds in the morning and the afternoon hours...
The El Dorado bird reservation is situated 1.5 hours from Minca, and there twitchers may find endemic species of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta and other well- known exotic birds like the colibri. From there you can also see the majestic mountains and the cities of Barranquilla and Santa Marta...
This tour includes:
- Transportation by air- conditioned Toyota Land Cruiser
- Bilingual professional tourist guide
- Visit and entrance fee of the mentioned places
This bird-watching tour starts in Santa Marta or in Minca, and you will visit Pozos Azules, the blue fountains, in the early morning hours, and then you’ll have lunch in Minca, where you also can buy organic coffee and a complete guide of the birds of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta and Colombia.
In the afternoon you will visit the El Dorado bird reserve of the Pro Aves Foundation to experience the 20 endemic species of the Sierra Nevada, where you also can enjoy a great view... Then, we start to descend again and go back to let you at your place in Minca or the city of Santa Marta.
If you prefer to stay one night in the El Dorado bird- reserve, please have a look on our bird-watching-tour special package of 3 nights birding in Minca- Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta.
| Tour | From |
| City Tour in Santa Marta | USD 75 |
| Tayrona Park | USD 115 |
| Pueblito | USD 100 |
| Transportation Tayrona Park Santa Marta - Cartagena - Santa Marta | USD 130 |
| Tayronaka and Buritaca - Culture and Beach | USD 125 |
| La Guajira- Cabo de la Vela | USD 500 |
| Canyon of Valencia - Buritaca | USD 77.50 |
| Taganga- Playa Grande | USD 115 |
| Tour Package: Tayrona Beach and Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in one day! | USD 120 |
| La Guajira - Alta Guajira | USD 1,500 |
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