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BIRDING IN GARIBALDI PASS



  • WHITE-BELLIED SEEDSNIPE
  • YELLOW-BRIDLED FINCH
  • GREY-FLANKED CINCLODES
  • ANDEAN CONDOR


The Lago Escondido Birding tour has been designed in focus on the High Andes vegetation, several species of birds can be seen. The highlight for is tour is White-bellied Seedsnipe. The box lunch is included. Total number of kilometers for this morning: 110. Duration: 8 hours.


We drive throw the National route N ° 3 to the East. We go out of the city and the landscape changes complete: ranges, valleys, peat bogs, beaver’s dams, forests of high deciduous beech (lengas), low deciduous beech (ñires) and evergreen beech (coihues) will surprise us. In The Garibaldi Pass (430 mts over the sea level), we hike up to passing the timberline. This is the ideal place to search the White-bellied Seedsnipe (habitat: 600 / 900 over see level). 




Birds: Imperial Cormorant, Kelp Goose, Upland Goose, Flightless Steamer-Duck, Flying Steamer-Duck, Crested Duck, Southern Wigeon, Turkey Vulture, Southern Caracara, White-throated Caracara, Chimango Caracara, Magellanic Oystercatcher, White-bellied Seedsnipe, Chilean Skua, Dolphin Gull, South American Tern, Oustalet΄s Cinclodes, Buff-winged Cinclodes, Thorn-tailed Rayadito, Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, White-crested Elaenia, Austral Thrush, Yellow-bridled Finch, Black-chinned Siskin, etc.



INCLUDES:

  • Private transport 
  • Birding Guide (Scope and reference books)
  • Snack and Box lunch


Birding Garibali Pass



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