Parrots to be seen on this trip
St. Vincent Amazon - Amazona guildingii St. Lucia Amazon - Amazona versicolor Red-necked Amazon - Amazona arausiaca Imperial Amazon - Amazona imperialis Puerto Rican Amazon - Amazona vittata Hispaniolan Amazon - Amazona ventralis Black-billed Amazon - Amazona agilis Yellow-billed Amazon - Amazona collaria Cuban Amazon - Amazona leucocephala - A.l.leucocephala - A.l.caymanensis - A.l hesterna - A.l.bahamensis Hispaniolan Conure - Psittacara chloroptera Olive-throated Conure - Eupsittula nana Cuban Conure - Psittacara euops There are a number of Parrot species that have been introduced to these islands but we will be concentrating on the endemics as listed above. COSTS
Please note these costs are in EUROS Ground price: 9 550 EUR – group size 13-14 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 1 550 EUR -------- Ground price: 10 100 EUR – group size 10 – 12 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 1 550 EUR -------- Ground price: 11 050 EUR – group size 8 – 9 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 1 550 EUR -------- Ground price: 12 750 EUR – group size 6-7 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 2 050 EUR ------- DEPOSIT 1000 EUR -------- Internal flights estimated at: 1 720 EUR to be confirmed at the time of booking International flight estimated at: 1 480 EUR to be confirmed at the time of booking -------- The price includes: ground transport, full board, leader, accommodation, entrance fees for all nature reserves. The price doesn't include: international flights, internal flights, visas (if applicable), travel insurance, alcoholic drinks, beverages and all items of personal nature. EXTENSION TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS
COSTS Please note these costs are in EUROS Ground price: 1 630 EUR – group size 13-14 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 550 EUR ------- Ground price: 1 690 EUR – group size 10 – 12 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 550 EUR -------- Ground price: 1 760 EUR –group size 8 – 9 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 550 EUR -------- Ground price: 1 830 EUR –group size 6-7 participants + 2 leaders Single supplement: 550 EUR -------- Internal flights estimated at: 680 EUR to be confirmed at the time of booking The price includes: ground transport, full board, 2 leaders, accommodation, entrance fees for all nature reserves. The price doesn't include: international flights, Internal flights, visas (if applicable), travel insurance, alcoholic drinks, beverages and all items of personal nature. |
Outline Itinerary
Day 1 (17th January ) – Arrive in St. Vincent at 20.50 pm local time. Overnight in Kingston for 3 nights. Days 2 and 3 (18th and 19th of January) - Watching St. Vincent Amazon, we try to see both color morphs in the wild and visit the conservation project and the aviaries with captive parrots. Days 4 and 5 (20th and 21st of January) Departure from St. Vincent at 14:10. Arrive in St. Lucia at 14:40 local time. Here we will accommodate for two nights. Observing the local amazon and visit the conservation project. Free time and birding around. Days 6 to 8 (22nd, 23rd and 24th of January) Departure from St. Lucia at 16:40. Arrive in Dominica at 17:20. Stay overnight in hotel near Portsmouth for 3 nights. We shall have three full days at in search of the Imperial and the Red-necked amazons at Northern Forest Reserve; on the flanks of Morne Diablotin and Morne Trua Pitton. Visit the conservation projects. If time permits, we will go birding around or have a free time. Option for whaling excursion. Days 9 and 10 (25th and 26th of January) Departure from Dominica at 13:45. Arrive in Puerto Rico at 15:30. Overnight in hotel near Luquillo Forest for two nights. Rest of the day and the next two full days we will be watching the endemic amazon in the wild and visit the reintroduction project. If time permits go birding looking for the 17 endemic birds in Puerto Rico. Days 11 to 13 (27th, 28th and 29th of January) Departure from Puerto Rico at 16:30. Arrive in Dominican Republic at 17:30. Stay overnight in hotel near Barahona for 3 nights. Watching the endemic amazon and the Hispaniola Parakeet and looking for the other 30 endemic birds on the island. Days 14 to 16 (30th, 31st of January and 1st February) Departure from Santo Domingo at 14:00. Arrive in Providenciales island at 14:15. Departure at 15:00. Arrive in Kingston at 16:40. Stay overnight in Green Castle Estate for three nights. Looking for the both Yellow-billed and Black-billed amazons and the other endemics. Day 17 and 18 (2nd and 3rd of February) Departure from Kingston at 09:15am. Arrive in Grand Cayman at 10:20am. Departure at 14:45. Arrive in Cayman Brac at 15:25. Here we will stay for a two nights to enjoy the local subspecies of the Cuban Amazon (the only species with living subspecies). Day 19 and 20 (4th and 5th of February) Departure from Cayman Brac аt 18:40. Arrive in Grand Cayman at 19:20. Here we will stay for a two nights to enjoy the local subspecies of the Cuban Amazon (the only species with living subspecies). Days 21 to 23 (6th. 7th and 8th of February) Departure from Grand Cayman at 13:00. Arrive in Havana, at 14:05 local time. Drive to Zapata peninsula, the Cuban Amazon stronghold, where we stay for three nights. We have 2 full days to enjoy the beautiful Cuban Amazon as well as the Cuban parakeet and many other endemics. Day 24 (9th of February) Transfer to Havana airport and flight back home. After tour extension – flight to the Bahamas and watch the Bahama Amazon. Extension: Day 24 (9th of February) - Departure from Havana at 13:10. Arrive in Nassau at 14:45. Departure at 17:45 and arrive in Marsh Harbour at 17:20. Drive to Great Abaco, where we stay for two nights. Day 25 (10th of February) – We have full day to enjoy the beautiful Bahama parrots. Day 26 (11th of February) - Transfer to Marsh Harbour airport and departure at 07:25am.. Arrive in Nassau at 08:00am. Departure at 11:15am and arrive in Havana at 12:30. Departure from Havana at 23:10. Day 27 (12th of February) – Arrive home. |
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