Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

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.

Kunjungi Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

Activities

Panduan Perjalanan di Nanegalito

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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

Lembah Mindo

Berinteraksi dengan alam dan jelajahi aktivitas outdoor di Lembah Mindo selama perjalanan Anda di Mindo. Saat Anda berada di area ini, berjalan-jalanlah di hutan.

Cagar Alam Geobotanik Pululahua

Jelajahi aktivitas outdoor menarik Cagar Alam Geobotanik Pululahua, ruang terbuka hijau di Quito. Anda dapat menikmati restoran saat berada di area ini.

Cagar Alam Hutan Awan Maquipucuna

Jelajahi aktivitas outdoor di Cagar Alam Hutan Awan Maquipucuna, ruang terbuka hijau yang indah di Nanegalito. Saat Anda berada di area ini, berjalan-jalanlah di hutan.

Konservasi Hutan Maquipucuna Cloud

Jelajahi aktivitas outdoor menarik Konservasi Hutan Maquipucuna Cloud, ruang terbuka hijau di Mindo. Jalan-jalan di hutan hujan atau jelajahi air terjun area ini.

Tulipe Archaeological Site-Museum

Anda dapat meluangkan waktu sore hari mengunjungi pameran di Tulipe Archaeological Site-Museum selama perjalanan Anda ke Gualea.

Chiquilpe

Berinteraksi dengan alam dan jelajahi aktivitas outdoor di Chiquilpe selama perjalanan Anda di Nono. Saat Anda berada di area ini, berjalan-jalanlah di taman.

Opsi Penginapan Terbaik Dekat Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

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

Le Parc Hotel, Beyond Stars

República de El Salvador Quito Quito

Mashpi Lodge

Mashpi Village Pacto Pichincha

JW Marriott Quito

Avenida Orellana 1172 Y Avenida Amazonas Quito Pichincha

Hacienda Rumiloma

Obispo Diaz de la Madrid s/n Quito Pichincha

Hotel Tiwintza Internacional

Av. Río Amazonas Quito Pichincha

ibis Quito

Avenida Diego De Almagro E8 19 Quito

Hotel Finlandia

Finlandia 35-129 & Suecia St. Quito Pichincha

Lihat total 1.159 properti di Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

Harga per malam terendah yang ditemukan dalam 24 jam terakhir berdasarkan pencarian 1 malam untuk 2 tamu dewasa. Harga dan ketersediaan dapat berubah sewaktu-waktu. Ketentuan tambahan dapat berlaku.