Birding and Landscape | Guatemala Shore Excursion
Birdwatching Shore Trip from Puerto Quetzal Guatemala
This effortless birding shore excursion starts from Puerto quetzal towards Finca La Gracia, a private nature reserve nestled in the Guatemalan Pacific Slope. (1:20 hour Approximately).
This former coffee plantation is located in the middle of the tropical wet forest. It shows a set of different landscapes: second-growth forest, rubber tree plantation, sugar cane, pineapple, and cattle fields that inhabits 182 bird species.
- Highlights: Birding Tour – La Gracia Reserve
- Activities: Birdwatching & Nature
- Difficulty: Easy
- Holiday Type: Day Tour
- You will visit: La Gracia Reserve
- Trip Style: Couples – Small Groups – Families – Lonely Traveler
- Comfort level: Standard
- Transportation: Minibus
- Length: 1 Day
- Physical demand: Trip may include activities like walks
- Group size: Minimum 1 – Maximum 20
- Departure / Return Location: Puerto Quetzal
Included
- Transportation from Puerto Quetzal. (Round trip)
- All port fees
- Birding Tour
- Lunch and Soft Drink
- Entrance Fees
- Bilingual Professional Tour Guide
Not Included
- Gratuity
- Other services not mentioned
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Birding and Landscape Itinerary
Departure Time: Based on your cruise ship arrival
After arrival, you will meet our tour guide and driver, that will take you to La Gracia reserve for a birding experience.
This variety of habitats provides excellent opportunities to find a beautiful blend of bird species, some of them restricted to the northern central American pacific coast, like the White-bellied Chachalaca, Blue-tailed Hummingbird, Yellow-naped Parrot, Guatemalan Tyrannulet or Rufous-naped Wren.
This property offers an excellent opportunity to enjoy a birding excursion in Guatemala. A well-connected trails system will take you through the forest and open areas to have a fantastic encounter with colorful tropical birds.
The proximity to Puerto Quetzal port call and easy access make this property an ideal destination for shore trips and excursions in Guatemala.
Some of the birds that you can spot during our shore excursion at Finca La Gracia are:
Rufous-breasted Spinetail, Long-tailed Manakin, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Tody Motmot, Lesson’s Motmot, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, White-fronted Parrot, Barred Antshrike, Masked Tityra, White-throated Magpie-Jay, Long-billed Gnatwren, Rufous-and-white Wren, White-breasted Wood-Wren, Yellow-billed Cacique, Rufous-capped Warbler (Chestnut-capped), Yellow-winged Tanager, Squirrel Cuckoo, White-collared Swift, Great Black Hawk, Roadside Hawk, Gray Hawk, Gartered Trogon, Turquoise-browed Motmot, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Orange-fronted Parakeet, Pacific Parakeet, Spot-breasted Oriole, Altamira Oriole, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Morelet’s Seedeater, Black-headed Saltator, Grayish Saltator, and Collared Aracari among other
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