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Ecuador - Hummingbirds Adventure (Relaxed)

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Ecuador - Hummingbirds Adventure (Relaxed) 2027

20 Jun 2027 - 03 Jul 2027 (14 days)

USD6,295 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Lev Frid

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Tour Price (Per person): USD6,295 (GBP4,801 * EUR5,529 * AUD8,948)

Single Supplement: USD780 (GBP595 * EUR685 * AUD1,109)

Ecuador - Hummingbirds Adventure (Relaxed) 2028

02 Feb 2028 - 15 Feb 2028 (14 days)

USD6,500 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: James Wade Lee

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Tour Price (Per person): USD6,500 (GBP4,958 * EUR5,709 * AUD9,239)

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated, and dates may change*

Ecuador - Hummingbirds Adventure (Relaxed) 2029

15 Feb 2029 - 28 Feb 2029 (14 days)

USD6,900 SPACES AVAILABLE

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Tour Leader: Robert Wilcox

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Tour Price (Per person): USD6,900 (GBP5,263 * EUR6,060 * AUD9,808)

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Ecuador sits at the crossroads of an extraordinary range of habitats, from windswept Andean páramo to lush cloudforest and lowland rainforest, packing remarkable biodiversity into a compact and easily accessible area. Its small size, excellent infrastructure, and spectacular scenery make it one of the world’s premier birding destinations.

This tour is unapologetically focused on one of its greatest treasures: hummingbirds. Across a carefully selected network of sites, we encounter an astonishing diversity of these jewels, from the impossibly long-billed Sword-billed Hummingbird and shimmering Great Sapphirewing of the high Andes, to dazzling cloudforest species such as Violet-tailed Sylph, Empress Brilliant, and White-booted Racket-tail, and foothill stunners including Gould’s Jewelfront and Wire-crested Thorntail.

With extended time at some of the finest feeder setups in the Neotropics, we enjoy repeated, close-range views of dozens of species, offering exceptional opportunities to study behaviour, appreciate subtle identification features, and capture unforgettable photographic moments.

Top Birds

Ecuadorian, White-tailed & Green-backed Hillstars; Black-tailed Trainbearer; Great Sapphirewing; Purple-backed, Black-mantled, Blue-mantled, Purple-mantled & Rainbow-bearded Thornbills; Shining Sunbeam; Giant, Speckled, Many-spotted, Violet-headed & Sword-billed Hummingbirds; Collared & Bronzy Incas; Long-tailed & Violet-tailed Sylphs; Tourmaline Sunangel; Chestnut-breasted, Velvet-purple & Buff-tailed Coronets; Mountain Avocetbill; Tyrian & Viridian Metaltails; White-bellied, Purple-throated & Gorgeted Woodstars; Glowing, Sapphire-vented, Black-breasted, Hoary & Golden-breasted Pufflegs; Great Sapphirewing; Violet-fronted, Black-throated, Empress, Green-crowned & Fawn-breasted Brilliants; White-booted & Peruvian Racket-tails; Geoffrey’s Wedgebill; Brown Violetear; Bronzy & Brown Incas; Green & Sparkling Violetears; Gould’s Jewelfront; Golden-tailed Sapphire; Napo Sabrewing; Rufous-vented & Purple-bibbed Whitetips; Golden-tailed Sapphire; Blue-fronted Lancebill; Wire-crested & Green Thorntails; Fork-tailed & Crowned Woodnymphs; Green & White-whiskered Hermits; Ecuadorian Piedtail; White-tipped Sicklebill; Buff-winged Starfrontlet; White-necked Jacobin; Andean Emerald.

Top Mammals

White-tailed Deer; Andean Fox; Mountain Tapir (rare); Spectacled Bear (rare); Olingito; Tayra; White-fronted Capuchin.

Habitats Covered

paramo grasslands and highland lakes, temperate tree line forest & polylepis, temperate cloud-forest, upper and lower subtropical cloud-forest, subtropical cloud-forest, tropical foothill forest

Expected Climate

chilly at high elevations but pleasant in the subtropics

Max Group Size

8 with 1 Rockjumper leader & local birding leader

Tour Pace & Walking

UNDEMANDING: This tour is ideal for birders and wildlife enthusiasts of all experience levels. It’s suitable for most mobility levels and offers a relaxed pace, ensuring an enjoyable experience for everyone.

Undemanding. Suitable for all birding / wildlife interest levels. Our Relaxed series of tours are designed to focus on having an enjoyable holiday with a bird and wildlife focus. Where possible; we have reduced or removed long drives, single night stays and poor/rustic accommodation. We have also sought to reduce or remove difficult hikes, narrow/muddy trails and otherwise oppressive environmental conditions. Early starts and night birding are mostly optional, and we will not spend much time searching for difficult and/or skulking species. These tours are not suitable for hardcore birders and listers, or dedicated photographers.

Accommodation

Comfortable

Ease of Birding

Mostly undemanding. Birding is primarily at lodge feeders & trails, roadside or in parks/preserves.

Photographic Opportunities

Good to very good, numerous feeders.

What our clients say about us

Dušan Brinkhuizen
JR, Ecuador 2022

The tour was excellent in all regards. And just as expected. The lodges excellent. The food as well and abundant. And of course the birds. Diverse and beautiful. And Ecuador has done such a wonderful job in attracting the birds, from hummingbirds to tanagers and even antpittas.

xTuomas Seimola
SR & PT, Ecuador 2022

This was our first birding tour and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The support from the tour leader, the ground staff, hotel, boat and lodge staff, local guides and families was exceptional. In particular we'd like to express our appreciation to Tuomas whose local and bird knowledge, combined with people skills made this a really memorable trip.

Dušan Brinkhuizen
RO, Ecuador 2018

In the Rockjumper tradition, Dušan Brinkhuizen went above and beyond the call of duty to make sure the serious birders in our group found our birds. This included several later night expeditions into the forest for owls and other nocturnal critters. Dušan managed to handle everyone with great patience and skill. A very kind man, dedicated advocate for the environment, a master birder.

Dušan Brinkhuizen
CR - Ecuador 2019

I have just finished a very successful snipe day with Dusan. I got all three species I was after, which was a result of some excellent guiding by Dušan Brinkhuizen. I cannot commend him highly enough. He can fill you in on the detail but looking for an Andean Snipe in the rain and cold wind at 4300m takes some effort!  I will certainly need my rest day tomorrow.

Dušan Brinkhuizen
ES & JS, Ecuador 2018

Dušan Brinkhuizen is a wonderfully skilled birder and he readily shares his enthusiasm for birds and their environments. He is also skilled in Spanish and knowledgeable about the country.

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