Nature and Bird Watching Tour

Nature & Bird Watching Tour

Experience Cuba in this spectacular 12 days bird watching tour with an Ornithologist and Conservationist of Cuban Biodiversity guide Maikel Cañizares Morera, MSc.
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Spend 10 days, 9 nights in Cuba exploring nature and learning about Cuban endemic birds

The avifauna of Cuba include around 400 species, of which 28 are endemics, humans have introduced 10, and 159 are noted as incidental. Two species are known to be extinct, and two others possibly are. Fifteen species are globally threatened.
Cuban birds range from the tiny Bee hummingbird to the smallest bird in the world, to the sizeable magnificent frigate-bird. Around 70% of the birds found in Cuba are migratory, and 28 can be found only in the island including the colorful Cuban trogon which is Cuba's national bird. In Cuba, it is known as the Tocororo because of its call. It’s also home to the world's largest and rarest woodpecker, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Many birds migrate to Cuba during the winter months and are considered common in Cuba during that time, and other species are less frequent during the winter or only stopover on the island during migration.

Havana, Guanahacabibes, Viñales, Ciénaga de Zapata, Trinidad or Banao

Havana

Botanic Garden of Havana: Birds - the firsts Cuban endemics, as the Cuban Green Woodpecker & Cuban Blackbird, also can see several native species
Lunch at El Ranchón del Jardín Botánico de La Habana
Observation of Marine Birds such as Cuban Emerald
Meeting with Dr. Orlando Garrido, One of the Best Cuban Ornithologist and author of Birds of Cuba Fiel Guide
Welcome diner at Paladar
Visit Havana fortress for the 9pm cannon fire

GUANAHACABIBES

Observation of migratory birds
Encounter with Cuban Trogon, Cuban Grassquit, Cuban Green Woodpecker
Lunch at Maria La Gorda
Observation of Giant Kingbird, Bee Hummingbird, Western Spindalis, Cuban Bullfinch, Cuban Parrots birds
Open discussion about the birds seen during the day
Visit Faro de Roncali and Cabo San Antonio (the most occidental point of Cuba)

TRINIDAD

Sendero Las Salinas de Brito
Acuatic birds: Greater Flamingo, Glossy, and White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbills, herons, Brown and White Pelicans, Belted Kingfisher, Peregrine Falcon, and Cuban Black Hawk
In route to Trinidad: Fernandina’s Flicker, Red-shouldered Blackbird, Yellow-headed Warbler, and Cuban Gnatcatcher
Visit Casa de la Trova
Dinner at Paladar with overnight stay in Trinidad
Trinidad City Tour
Observation of forest birds: Cuban Crow; Cuban Bullfinch; Great Lizard-Cuckoo; Smooth-billed Ani, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Western Spindalis and some endemic birds such as Gundlach’s Hawk, Giant Kingbird, and Cuban Trogon
Ecological Reserve Lomas de Banao, Sancti Spíritus: Observation of Cuban Parrots, Cuban Parakeets, Cuban Trogon, Cuban Green Woodpecker and, West Indian Woodpecker, Cuban Pygmy Owl
Lunch at Jarico with overnight at Jarico

BANAO - TUNAS DE ZAZA

Bird watching at Tunas de Zaza
Lunch at Ranchón de Flora y Fauna
Acuatic Bird watching
Tour at Cayo Guillermo: Observation of Bahama Mockingbird, Thick-billed Vireo, Cuban Gnatcatcher, Oriente Warbler, Cuban Pewee, and shorebirds
Tour Cayo Paredón Grande: Observation of Thick-billed Vireo, and Bahama’s mockingbird birds
Overnight at Cayo Guillermo
Visit Cueva de Los Jabalíes and Vereda de Los Márquez: Observation of Zapata Sparrow, Oriente Warbler, Cuban Gnatcatcher; migratory birds such as Key West Quail Dove, Cuban Bullfinch, and bijiritas (warblers)

All Tours include:

Cost: $5,598.00 per person for 12 days, 11 nights
Cost: $4,818.00 per person for 8 days, 7 nights

March 3, 2023 - March 14, 2023
November 15, 2023 - November 22, 2023

!! Dates subject to change upon availability !!
*** A Down Payment of $1,000.00 is required to secure your spot on the tour. Maximum 15 people per tour.

Flight NOT INCLUDED (You can use your miles)

Visa
Transportation
Accommodation Casa Particular with breakfast every day. Some nights you may stay at a hotel.
All meals will be included at private restaurants ( paladars) for the 10 days tour. Three dinners will be included on the 7 or 5 days tour.
One bottle of water every day

*** Alcohol beverages, water, and purchase of souvenirs aren’t included in your package.International Flights to and from Cuba are from Ft. Lauderdale.

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