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.

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Activities

Rejseguide til Nanegalito

Populære steder at besøge

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

Mindo Dal

Bliv ét med naturen, og udforsk de naturskønne omgivelser i Mindo Dal på din rejse til Mindo. Stedet er kendt for sine skove, som du kan opleve, mens du er i området.

Pululahua Geobotanisk Reservat

Gå på opdagelse i Pululahua Geobotanisk Reservat, som er et skønt, grønt område i Quito. Nyd udvalget af udsøgte spisesteder, mens du er i området.

Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve

Udforsk de grønne omgivelser ved Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve i Nanegalito. Stedet er kendt for sine skove, som du kan opleve, mens du er i området.

Maquipucuna-skyskovreservatet

Gå på opdagelse i Maquipucuna-skyskovreservatet, som er et skønt, grønt område i Mindo. Gå på opdagelse i området, som er kendt for sine regnskove samt vandfaldene.

Tulipe Arkæologisk Museum

Brug en eftermiddag på at nærstudere udstillingerne i Tulipe Arkæologisk Museum under dit ophold i Gualea.

Chiquilpe

Bliv ét med naturen, og udforsk de naturskønne omgivelser i Chiquilpe på din rejse til Nono. Hvis du alligevel er i områdets, kan du besøge det, som stedet er populært for, nemlig sine parker.

Bedste hoteltilbud i Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

Casa Divina Eco Lodge

1.2 km Via a la Cascada Nambillo Mindo Pichincha

Saloya Mindo Life Landscape hotel

W598 V4 Pirca Mindo Pichincha

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 Dann Carlton Quito

Avenida República de El Salvador N34-377 Quito Pichincha

Hotel Tiwintza Internacional

Av. Río Amazonas Quito Pichincha

ibis Quito

Avenida Diego De Almagro E8 19 Quito

Se alle 1.156 overnatningssteder i Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

Den laveste pris pr. nat baseret på 2 voksne for 1 nat, som er fundet inden for de seneste 24 timer. Priser og tilgængelighed kan ændres uden varsel. Yderligere vilkår kan gælde.