Bogota Birding and Colombia Wildlife Tours

I had a wonderful birding trip with my guide, Leon Sanchez, and excellent driver, Sebastian. My Andean Endemics trip was January 17th to 24th, 2023 and during that time we had great birding every day and I ended up with a trip list of 183 species (including 29 hummingbirds), which was a very nice total considering we were targeting a series of range-limited endemics. Leon was an excellent guide (great, in particular, at birding by ear) and we saw almost every target bird we sought including Noble Snipe, Bogota Rail, Green-bearded Helmetcrest, Colombian Chachalaca, Cundinamarca Antpitta, Whooping Motmot, and Barred Puffbird as well as a variety of antbirds, antshrikes, tanagers, woodcreepers and members of other typical Neotropical groups. Leon went to great pains to make sure the trip went really smoothly and he was a pleasure to bird and hang out with. There was a fair bit of time spent in heavy traffic, which was unavoidable since we were largely based out of Bogota, but Sebastian handled the driving wonderfully - nothing ever ruffled him. Of the places we visited, I especially enjoyed the time we spent at Finca Los Cactos, where our hosts Marta and Alain were utterly charming , and the time spent at Chingaza, which is fabulous paramo habitat. All in all it was a great trip -- the birding was stellar and the logistics were handled seamlessly (thanks Daira!).

Bogota Birding and Colombia Wildlife Tours is really professional. Oswaldo knows and explains a lot. He has a lot of experience and pacience. I went with him to Los Llanos and he was an excellent guide. His knowledge about birds and mammals is excellent. I really want to recommend this company! They give a lot of recommendations and know the unique places. And they give quick responses! Let´s plan your birding and wildlife trip with Bogota Birding and Colombia Wildlife Tours!

We had two amazing days with our guide Leon Sanchez and driver Alex Prada. They showed us basically every difficult Bird species in both Sumapaz NP and and Chicaque nature reserve. Wonderful days with true Colombian food and wildlife!

I did the Guasca Bosque Guajira Nature Reserve Tour in December 2022 and it was amazing. The guide Oswaldo gave a lot of explanations and was very thoughtful about finding the birds I was interested in finding in advance. As highlights, we saw a black-billed toucan, waited hiding and camouflaged for 3 hours until the arrival of the super rare and endemicbrown-breasted parakeets which we admired feeding their offspring in a social care ritual where the whole flock is on the lookout and participates in feeding the juveniles in a tree hole, took amazing hummingbird pictres by a feeder and finally searched for an hour (and eventually found) a male golden-headed quetzal.The communication is easy, the explanations are thorough and Oswaldo seems to know every single one of the 2000 birds in Colombia. A great tour which I greatly recommend!

This was a great tour with excellent guides who went beyond expectations to find birds and get me and the other tour participants on them. Be prepared that in the tropics birds can frequently be very difficult to see, and it is best to read up on the birds if possible before the trip. Will definitely do another trip with Bogota Birding at some point.

I had a great day of birding with Oswaldo of Bogota Birding on June 30, 2023. It was unfortunate that our main destination for the day, Tabacal Lagoons, was closed on short notice for an unscheduled event. But thanks to Oswaldo's knowledge and experience we made the best of it, and from the nearby area as well as three other birding locations, I managed to see 86 species including 10 lifers. Many birders would have seen many more lifers, but I have previously birded several times before in Ecuador and Venezuela. I also got many great photos that day. I shared my eBird checklist from La Florida with Oswaldo already.I would definitely consider booking a birding trip with Bogota Birding the next time I come to Colombia.

Oswaldo and Miguel were wonderful guides; we saw wonderful birds, ate delicious foods and experienced Mitu in a respectful way! This is my second trip with Bogota Birding and I plan to return to Colombia with this tour group for a third trip!

Went to Paramuno birdwatching path at Monserrate hill to learn about hummingbirds with Oswaldo. It was such a memorable experience. They know so much and are such committed and brilliant guides.

El humedal es perfecto para hacer avistamientos de aves, además que es hogar de miles de animales. Allí se respira aire puro y tranquilidad. A medio día se puede ir a comer porqué hay mesas y sillas, sin embargo, la recomendación es no echarle de comer a los animales.

I travelled to Los Llanos (Casanare) region with Bogota Birding and the experience was incredible. I was blown away with the diversity of birds (given I wasn't an avid birder). The highlights were the spectacular scenery and the mammals we spotted, especially the giant anteater we saw on the last night. Oswaldo and his team took incredible care of our group and I would not hesitate to travel with Bogota Birding again.