DAY 1. BIRDING PIPELINE ROAD

6:00 am    Pick up at your hotel in Panama City.

Early morning pick up and transfer to Soberania National Park. Pipeline Road is one of Panama’s birding hot spots. Expect to see Slaty-tailed / Black-throated and Violaceous Trogons; Scarlet-rumped Cacique; Blue-crowned / Red-capped and Golden-collared Manakins; Crimson-crested / Cinnamon / Lineated Woodpeckers; Semiplumbeous Hawks, Collared Forest-Falcons; Snail Kites, Jacanas and  Rufescent Tiger-Herons, among varios dozens of species you will be able to watch on a guided full day birding trip.

We will have  box lunches at noon.

2:00 pm    Transfer to Sierra Llorona Lodge

Meals (L-D)

Lodging: Sierra Llorona Lodge

 

 

DAY 2. BIRDING ACHIOTE ROAD

An early start will put us on the way to Achiote Road, on the Caribbean side of Panama.  Achiote is the site of the famous Christmas Bird Count held by the Panama Audubon Society each year, consistently exceeding 340 species in a 24-hour period. This is probably one of the best spots to search for diurnal raptors.

We will cover Achiote,  El Trogon Trail and surroundings,  where you can expect to see the Spot-crowned Barbet, Black Hawk-Eagle, Brown-hooded Parrot, Pied Puffbird, Gray-cheeked Nunlet and White-headed Wren, Rufous-crested Coquette, Black-bellied Wren, Montezuma Oropendola, Fasciated Antshrike, White Hawk, Yellow-rumped Tanager, Red-breasted Blackbird, Gray-headed Kite, Bay Wren,  Olivaceous Flatbill, Chestnut-backed Antbird,   Plumbeous Hawk, Bicolored Antbird, and several species of trogons, like Violaceous Trogon, White-tailed Trogon, and Black-throated Trogon–among others.

Transfer to your hotel in Panama City

Meals (B-L-D)

Lodging: Sierra Llorona Lodge

 

 

 

DAY 3. SIERRA LLORONA

Early morning birding on  Sierra Llorona Lodge, 975 ft above sea level on the Caribbean slope. Here you will find some Foothill Tanagers such as Sulphur-rumped Tanager and Rufous-winged Tanager.  At the Lodge gardens are many hummingbirds, and on their  private trails you will find Syristes, Olive-striped Flycatcher, Olivaceous Flatbills, and more. Sierra Llorona is an excellent place to find  Crested Owl, Mottled Owl, and Black and White Owl. Common and Great Potoo sometimes call right  at the lodge gardens.

Afternoon transfer to your hotel in Panama City.

Meals (B-L)

 

 

 

 

INCLUDES

• Transportation.

• 2 Nights Lodging + breakfast + 10% hotel tax (based on double occupancy)

• Bilingual Birding Guide.

• Entrance fee to places describe on itinerary.

• Meals as describe on itinerary.

• 7% Government  taxes.

 

 

 

DO NOT INCLUDE

• Plane ticket to and from Panama.

• Alcoholic beverages

• Tips at restaurants or other establishments or services.

• Costs of tourist visa-migration or departure airport tax.