Cloud Forest Reserve Bellavista

Here we have a very distinctive hummingbird - the Collared Inca. In most lighting they appear all black with a white chest. but if you get them out in some direct light you can make out the blue/violet cap and the green throat.

Make sure you hire a birding guide for your visit to the valley. In addition to locating and identifying the birds, a guide is the only way you'll find this amazing hummingbird garden. It's hidden among some dense vegetation, with the only marker being an overgrown footpath leading from the road.

Yesterday I posted a female Violet-tailed Sylph, and today we have the much showier male. It's a wonder that they can fly with such long tail feathers, but clearly the reproductive advantage outweighs any such inconvenience.

The Tandayapa Valley is a birder's paradise. The rugged slopes of this pristine cloud forest offer a spectacle of exotic birds like few places on earth. The mountain roads themselves are great avenues to hunt out mixed flocks, but for a truly amazing experience you need to visit Tony Nunnery's hummingbird garden at Parador Pacha Quindi.

Tony grew up in the US but has spent the last fifteen years in a small cottage he and his wife built on 70 hectares in the Tandayapa Valley. They have been reforesting the former pasture and have established a phenomenal hummingbird garden right outside their house. The sight and sound of a hundred hummingbirds whizzing about is something you won't soon forget. It also makes for great photo opportunities, so much so that professionals will even shoot here with their shade umbrellas and strobe arrays. I didn't have anything that fancy, and you'd do quite well here with a 200mm lens and large flash.

BTW, I believe that this here is a Speckled Hummingbird.

Here we have a female Violet-tailed Sylph. How do I know it's a female? Because the male has a long blue tail that extends twice his body length.

We spotted this beautiful girl at Tony Nunnery's hummingbird garden in the Tandayapa Valley. I love hummingbirds and always hunt down the best places to see and photograph them, and Tony's garden is world class. Hundreds of hummingbirds from at least a dozen species flitted around us in the short couple of hours that we were there. A place you must visit if you ever find yourself in Ecuador.

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Activities

Reisgids voor Nanegalito

Populaire plekken om te bezoeken

Did the full zip line tour here and it was the best zip lines I’d ever done. There are places where you can’t even see the other end of the line that you’re on as you glide at high speeds, hundreds of feet above the jungle.#Adventure

Mindo-vallei

Word tijdens je vakantie in Mindo één met de natuur en ontdek het prachtige buitenleven in Mindo-vallei. Verken tijdens je vakantie de bossen in de omgeving met een wandeling.

Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua

Wat is er nu beter dan op vakantie lekker genieten van de buitenlucht? Ontdek tijdens je verblijf in Quito de mooie natuur van Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua. Geniet tijdens je bezoek aan de omgeving van de restaurants.

Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve

Kun jij ook zo genieten van de buitenlucht? Tijdens je verblijf in Nanegalito kun je je hart ophalen in de mooie natuur van Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve. Verken tijdens je vakantie de bossen in de omgeving met een wandeling.

Maquipucuna-nevelwoudreservaat

Wat is er nu beter dan op vakantie lekker genieten van de buitenlucht? Ontdek tijdens je verblijf in Mindo de mooie natuur van Maquipucuna-nevelwoudreservaat. Verken het regenwoud met een wandeling of ontdek de watervallen hier.

Museo de Sitio de Tulipe

Tijdens je vakantie in Gualea kun je 's middags de tentoonstellingen in Museo de Sitio de Tulipe bezoeken.

Chiquilpe

Word tijdens je vakantie in Nono één met de natuur en ontdek het prachtige buitenleven in Chiquilpe. Verken de parken met een wandeling wanneer je in de omgeving bent.

Beste hotelaanbiedingen in Cloud Forest Reserve Bellavista

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Las Terrazas De Dana Boutique Lodge

Via a Las Cascadas, Km. 1.2 Mindo Pichincha

Saloya Mindo Life Landscape hotel

W598 V4 Pirca Mindo Pichincha

Mashpi Lodge

Mashpi Village Pacto Pichincha

Le Parc Hotel, Beyond Stars

República de El Salvador Quito Quito

Hacienda Rumiloma

Obispo Diaz de la Madrid s/n Quito Pichincha

JW Marriott Quito

Avenida Orellana 1172 Y Avenida Amazonas Quito Pichincha

Hotel Dann Carlton Quito

Avenida República de El Salvador N34-377 Quito Pichincha

Wyndham Garden Quito

Alemania E5-103 y Republica Av Quito Pichincha

Hotel Tiwintza Internacional

Av. Río Amazonas Quito Pichincha

all 1.158 accommodaties bekijken in Cloud Forest Reserve Bellavista

Laagste prijs per nacht gevonden in de afgelopen 24 uur op basis van een verblijf van 1 nacht voor 2 volwassenen. Prijzen en beschikbaarheid kunnen altijd wijzigen. Mogelijk gelden er extra voorwaarden.

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