Country : Équateur
Catégories
Journée de San Cristóbal
The pre-breakfast circumnavigation of Kicker Rock's 137 m tuff walls covers frigatebirds, gulls, tropicbirds, boobies, Brown Noddy and storm petrels, with optional spectacular snorkeling among Galapagos Sharks, turtles and eagle rays; Punta Pitt offers kayaking, a large mixed seabird colony, Mangrove Yellow Warblers and the San Cristobal Mockingbird at the point closest to South America.
En savoir plusJournée à Española
The oldest-island trail at Punta Suarez covers fiery Espanola Marine Iguanas, tame sea lions, Blue-footed and Nazca Booby cliffs, Swallow-tailed Gulls, Red-billed Tropicbirds, the Waved Albatross rookery, Galapagos Shearwater, Elliot's Storm Petrel, Espanola Mockingbird, Espanola Cactus Finch and Grey Warbler-Finch; Gardner Bay adds snorkel or kayak sessions with sea lions, mockingbirds, Galapagos Dove and Galapagos Hawk.
En savoir plusJournée à Floreana
The four-hour crossing arrives at dawn; a wet landing on the olivine green-crystal beach and Punta Cormorant lagoon offer flamingos, pintails, whimbrels, herons and noddies, with green turtles and rays on the far beach. Champion Islet's 25-minute dinghy snorkel targets the rare Floreana Mockingbird and Medium Tree Finch; Post Office Bay's letter system, kayak/zodiac islet-and-mangrove exploration and Baroness Lookout (Dark-billed Cuckoo, Galapagos Flycatcher) complete the day.
En savoir plusVol, biosécurité et hauts plateaux de Santa Cruz
The Quito-Baltra flight includes Galápagos Biosecurity Control and Transit Cards, park entrance and quarantine at Seymour Airport, and first ground-finch views. A water taxi reaches Santa Cruz for the Media Luna highlands (Miconia, tree ferns, Galapagos Martin, Galapagos Petrel colony, Galapagos Crake, tree and warbler-finches), El Chato lunch with Western Santa Cruz Giant Tortoises, and a Puerto Ayora finch scan before boarding the Samba.
En savoir plusJournée tampon à l’Hacienda
Hummingbird photography on the hacienda trails, Chiche River Gorge lookouts and a visit to a pre-Inca underground tunnel, with preparations for the cruise.
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Équateur : observation des oiseaux et photographie – Circuit du Chocó à l’Amazonie
Un transect de 18 jours d'ouest en est dans le nord de l'Équateur, des jardins de colibris, affûts et places de parade du Chocó montagnard aux salines, tours de canopée et canaux d'eaux noires de l'Amazonie yasuní, en passant par les condors de l'Antisana et les forêts de nuages du versant oriental.
En savoir plusSortie de la dernière après-midi choisie avec votre guide
After the return during the hottest hours, the final outing is chosen together with the guide, based on what the group most wants to spend more time with: late-day canopy observation from the tower, a terra firme trail, a varzea trail, or a paddle around the lagoon edges and blackwater channels.
En savoir plusExploration des îles de végétation du río Napo
The morning visits one of the most specialized and interesting ecosystems of Amazonia: the vegetation islands of the great rivers — small, independent ecosystems that evolve completely on their own. Depending on their age, height and stage of vegetalization, the islands host very different, specialized species; the group explores several Napo islands of different ages, structures and vegetation cover in search of these specialists.
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