Uruguay: rich avian and habitat diversity in a small territory. Enjoy, at a great price, a 15-day small group (6-8 person) trip that includes every national park and the majority of the country’s IBAs (Important Bird Areas). Birding With Me is a woman-owned and operated company. Florencia Ocampo, a biologist, started “Birding With Me” over 10 years ago.
GGBA did this trip with “Birding With Me” in 2023. It was such a hit, we are doing it again! We’ve even made a few improvements to the trip!
This tour is led by fully bilingual Uruguayan birding expert Rafael Tosi. This tour is also designed to show you less-seen Uruguayan lifestyles and food, where you will get a sense of how people live in different parts of the country, and have an opportunity to get to interact with local people.
Uruguay is a small country in the Southern Cone of South America that enjoys a temperate climate very similar to our own. It is approximately 375 miles long both from north to south and from east to west. In spite of this tiny territory, it contains many different environments: the Pampas, the Atlantic Forest, savannas, wetlands, ocean coasts, countless water courses, grasslands, ravines, several hill ranges, palm tree forests, and many others. This richness of landscapes results in a great diversity of bird species that can be seen easily, in a short time and traveling short distances.
The territory is also an important feeding and breeding destination for many migrant species, including in November (Austral Spring) birds on migration to southernmost areas of South America and South American birds coming to nest in Uruguay.
On this tour, you will visit the most important hot spots in the country for birdwatching. Two of the principal 13 destinations on this tour were recently explored by scientists: Rincón de Franquía and Paso del Centurión. These are relatively new protected areas where biologists have only recently begun to research the flora and fauna. Many new bird species have been recorded in these areas in the last few years.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT LODGING
One of the trip destinations, Establecimiento Bichadero (Nov 6-8), has very limited lodging. This means that even Single Occupancy participants may have to share a room. (This was taken into account when Florencia established the single occupancy price.)
Expect to see 250 species of birds on this trip!
PRICING
| # of Participants | Double Occupancy | Single Occupancy |
| 6 | $4,127 | $4,298 |
| 7 | $3,799 | $3,970 |
| 8 | $3,553 | $3,724 |
Deposit: $1,900
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For more information, or to sign up for this trip, contact Dawn Lemoine at travelprogram@goldengatebirds.org. Please do not contact the vendor.