Birdwatching Tour in Cajas National Park from Cuenca
Overview
Inclusions
- Private transportation
- Bilingual birdwatcher tour guide
- Box lunch
- Bird list of the area
- Binoculars (please ask for these in advance)
- Bottled water
- Pick up (hotels or apartments)
What to expect
In this bird watching tour, participants will be able to record an average of 40 species of birds and will also enjoy the beauty of different ecosystems and landscapes.
Stop At:
• El Cajas National Park, Cuenca 010219 Ecuador
• Polylepis Tours, Cuenca 010101 Ecuador
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- A minimum of 1 adult to book this tour
- Infant seats available
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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This tour allowed me to visit Cajas in the best possible way. I was referred to Edy, my guide for the day, though a mutual friend with the promise of "This man knows his birds, you will get what you want to see.", and to my joy they were 100% right. On the day of the trip, I was picked up on time...
This tour allowed me to visit Cajas in the best possible way. I was referred to Edy, my guide for the day, though a mutual friend with the promise of "This man knows his birds, you will get what you want to see.", and to my joy they were 100% right. On the day of the trip, I was picked up on time and we were birding by 6:40am on the outskirts of Cajas. I had 6 life birds, one of them endemic, in my first hour alone. Edy knew exactly where to go for the species I wanted, and was 100% sure that I saw each and every bird we encountered. On the tour we visited a local restaurant where he introduced me to a local corn and egg dish that I LOVED, and had hot chocolate. He was great at pausing when I wanted to take pictures of the park, and his English is really good as well. I highly recommend this tour to any birder in Cuenca. I will be going back to Edy for my next trip.Cajas has one of the most dramatic and memorable landscapes I’ve ever seen. It looks somewhat like Scotland on the equator. Edison took us to three altitudes, each with different birds. In one morning we saw close to 40 species, including an edemic and near endemic. Edison is a super bird guide, ...
Cajas has one of the most dramatic and memorable landscapes I’ve ever seen. It looks somewhat like Scotland on the equator. Edison took us to three altitudes, each with different birds. In one morning we saw close to 40 species, including an edemic and near endemic. Edison is a super bird guide, but we also appreciated his deep knowledge of the area, especially the flora, which is spectacularly beautiful and interesting. Highly recommended.Fizemos o passeio no parque nacional Cajas com o guia Flavio e foi uma experiência simplesmente fantástica. Gostamos muito de “birdwatching” e ele é um conhecedor do assunto. Sabe o nome das espécimes, onde procurá-los e tem audios dos cantos das aves para chamar os pássaros. Se você não gosta de...
Fizemos o passeio no parque nacional Cajas com o guia Flavio e foi uma experiência simplesmente fantástica. Gostamos muito de “birdwatching” e ele é um conhecedor do assunto. Sabe o nome das espécimes, onde procurá-los e tem audios dos cantos das aves para chamar os pássaros. Se você não gosta de ver pássaros fique tranquilo! O guia conhece as plantas do lugar, a história do parque e os melhores lugares para fotos. Indico o passeio para qualquer tipo de viajante.Exelente vista, en pocas horas vimos gran diversidad de aves y sobre todo picaflores. Este parque es uno de los lugarespreferidos a nivel mundial para el birding y con toda la razón. El guía que fue Edison Juca junto con Ibeth Alarcon nos dirigieron muy bien, con paciencia para que todos podamos ...
Exelente vista, en pocas horas vimos gran diversidad de aves y sobre todo picaflores. Este parque es uno de los lugarespreferidos a nivel mundial para el birding y con toda la razón. El guía que fue Edison Juca junto con Ibeth Alarcon nos dirigieron muy bien, con paciencia para que todos podamos observar cada ave que se presentaba, buscando especies únicas de la zona o especies de baja frecuencia de observación. Su guiada tiene conciencia ambiental, algo que valoro ya que soy Bióloga y también guía de observación de aves en Argentina. Los paisajes que se pueden apreciar en ese parque son increíbles debido a sus lagunas, además fui tratada con mucha amabilidad por el grupo, típico de los ecuatorianos, y tuve la suerte de compartir la salida con Biólogos, Guardaparques y guías de Turismo.For all birdwatchers or wildlife photographers (like me) this is the best option if you travel to southern Ecuador. Edison, the owner of the agency, is not only an excellent guide but also a very good person. I went with some friends to look for endemic birds of the area, he took us to the best...
For all birdwatchers or wildlife photographers (like me) this is the best option if you travel to southern Ecuador. Edison, the owner of the agency, is not only an excellent guide but also a very good person. I went with some friends to look for endemic birds of the area, he took us to the best places where we could take advantage of the natural light having better chances to have good pictures. 100% recommended.A group of four beginning birders were looking for a bird-guide for the Cajas, and Eddy Juca of Polylepsis Tours came strongly recommended. Eddy was organized, pleasant, speaks excellent English, and is a very knowledgeable birding guide. We spent a bit over a half day with him. He picked us up a...
A group of four beginning birders were looking for a bird-guide for the Cajas, and Eddy Juca of Polylepsis Tours came strongly recommended. Eddy was organized, pleasant, speaks excellent English, and is a very knowledgeable birding guide. We spent a bit over a half day with him. He picked us up around 6 am and drove us up to several locations in the Cajas ranging from a lake at 10,000 feet to grasslands and another lake at 13,000 feet. He provided binoculars, had a spotting telescope, and really helped us see the birds he had spotted, using a laser pointer to help guide our eyes to the bird in question. He provided us with a bird list after the tour and a number of excellent photographs including the two included below. We saw and with his help, identified 29 species between 6 am and 1 pm. We finished the trip with a snack at a pleasant restaurant high in the Cajas, and then he dropped us off at our homes. An altogether outstanding outing!