This tour, devoted almost entirely to birding riches of the eastern Andes highlands, puts you right in the heart of some of the most biodiverse habitats these areas have to offer while staying in comfort and enjoying excellent food at Guango and San Isidro Lodges. As you wind through the Andes – rising and falling in elevation – you will be overwhelmed with how much the scenery and the birds change altitudinally, from the dry central valley scrub and the high treeless paramo, to the lush cloud-forests of the temperate and subtropical life-zones. Hummingbird feeders that swarm with an array of dazzling species, colorful mountain-tanagers and even a couple of antpittas, are all strengths of this east-slope sampler. So many birds are possible, but how about Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Andean Condor, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Mountain Avocetbill, White-bellied Antpitta, White-capped Tanager, and even a mystery species of owl at San Isidro right from the porch? This route also affords good opportunities to observe Spectacled Bear and Mountain Tapir.