7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS

Shiripuno Lodge offers an excellent birding experience, in the remote area of the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve; a large number of the species found at Shiripuno are more difficult to find in other birding locations.

Shiripuno Lodge specialties such as Hairy-crested Antbird, Black-faced Hawk, Crested Eagle, Pavonine Quetzal, Spotted Puffbird, Red-and-Green Macaw, Salvin's Curassow, Nocturnal Curassow, Rufous Potoo, Wing-banded Antbird, Rio Suno Antwren, Yasuni Antwren, White-crested Spadebill and others.

DAY 01: Quito-Coca by airplane, from Coca We’ll travel south by small pick-up or by bus to Shiripuno Bridge (approx. 3 hrs). Box Lunch. Then we’ll take the motorized canoe downstream, to reach our campsite. The ride will take approximately 4 hours and birds such as: Blue-and-Yellow Macaws, Scarlet Macaw, White-throated Toucan, Black-capped Donacobious, Orange-backed Troupial, Common Piping Guan, Magpie Tanager and others. Dinner and lodging .

DAY 02: Breakfast. We’ll wander in the primary forest trail net work behind the lodge and look for Army Ants Specialist such as Lunulated Antbird, White-plumed Antbird, Sooty Antbird; and give some visits to the different territories of the rare Wing-banded Antbird, Undulated Antshrike, Pearly Antshrike, Yellow-billed Jacamar; there will be time to observe Striped Manakin, Golden-headed Manakin. Lunch. In the afternoon: Visit to the Oxbow Lake. Search for the White-lored Antpitta, Long-billed Woodcreeper, Green-and-rufous Kingfisher, Chestnut-headed Crake. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 03: Breakfast. We’ll walk to the Mirador View will give us species from the canopy such as Brown Jacamar, Yellow-billed Nunbird, Yellow-bellied Tanager, Purple Honeycreeper, Spangled Cotinga, Black-tailed Tityra, Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher, Paradise Tanager and others. Along this trail, mixed flocks with Red-billed Scythebill, Rufous-tailed Antwren, Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper; There are territories of Coraya Wren, Ochre-striped Antpitta, Ash-throated Gnateater, Cinnamon Neopipo, Yellow-browed Antbird. Lekking site of Blue-backed Manakin, White-crowned Manakin.

DAY 04: Breakfast. Our next birding trail will be “El Misterioso Trail” a good birding trail with a lot of mixed flock with Yasuni Antwren, Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Rio Suno Antwren, Ruddy Foliage-gleaner; territories for Thrush-like Antpitta, Ringed Antpitta, Banded Antbird, and others, it will keep us busy the entire day as we add more species to our list. Lunch in the forest.

DAY 05: Breakfast. Birding along “Skucth Trail” and try for the Salvin's Curassow, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Spotted Puffbird, Black-necked Cotinga, Grayish Mourner, Long-winged Antwren and others. Lunch in the lodge. In the afternoon check for some of the vicinity species we have missed.

DAY 06: Breakfast and birding along the river to get to the El Saladero trail and it leads to the forest clay lick, where sometimes there is a chance to find the Scarlet Macaw, Orange-cheeked Parrot, Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet. Lunch in the Forest.

DAY 07: After breakfast navigation to the Huaorani Community of Neoneno, where you will have the opportunity to learn about their traditions and customs. Lunch. And then we continue navigation upstream to the bridge where we will take the bus back to Coca (arrival at 16:30 approx.).