Birding Tour

We had the pleasure of doing a night walk with Marcelo and then an early morning bird watching walk with his brother Irman. Their experience and ability are amazing! They can spot a bird or animal from huge distances and know the names and calls of each one. Both were extremely helpful and kind and offered us lots of other suggestions for our trip when we asked. We saw many species of birds, and all got amazing photos some with our own cameras and some through their telescope. They loaned us good binoculars for both walls and flashlights for the night walk. Marcelo did say that they have a hard time getting good binoculars and flashlights in Ecuador and he is willing to trade or buy items like this from his clients so consider this if you are coming from somewhere where this equipment is easy to obtain. My husband and I and our two young adult children really enjoyed both of these tours and highly recommend them!

Marcelo was a great guide. We saw so many birds including the rare quetzal and several types of toucans. He had an incredible ability to locate the birds by their call. He came equipped with binoculars for us (much better than our own) and had a high powered telescope which he used to zoom right in on the birds. He was also very knowledgeable about the local floral growing in the Mindo cloud forest. We would never have had a chance to see these beautiful birds on our own. Highly recommend. Such a worthwhile way to spend three hours on a morning in Mindo! We are not good Spanish speakers but Marcelo’s English is great!

La excursión fue una experiencia increíble. Vimos tucanes, loros, el Cock of the Rock y mucho más. Marcelo es un guía increíblemente bueno y realmente sabe lo que hace. Muchas gracias!!