Kike Calvo leads “The Birders Documentary” photo expedition, February 4-16, 2020. The tour follows the route taken by the film crew and bird experts during the filming of “The Birders” documentary, along the Northern Colombia Birding Trail. The tour begins in the city of Barranquilla and ends in the city of Bogota. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is the highest coastal mountain in the world and one of the most important endemism centers in the world, with 22 species of birds restricted to it. Join us on a search for many of these endemics including Santa Marta Screech-owl, Antpitta, Mountain-tanager, Tapaculo, Foliage-gleaner, Brush-finch, Parakeet, Sabrewing, Bush-tyrant, Seedeater, Warbler, and a plethora more.

Bird the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, home to more than a quarter of the country’s endemic species.

Visit the dry forests of the mythical Guajira peninsula in Northern Colombia in search of Vermilion Cardinal, Scarlet Ibis, and Tocuyo Sparrow.

Bird the remote Perija mountain range, which has only recently opened up to birders and considered to be the holy grail of birding in Colombia.

Other trip dates include:

January 21-February 1, 2021

January 21-February 1, 2022

January 21-February 1, 2023

For more information and to reserve your spot, click here.