Adding extra days before arriving at the Lodge at Pico Bonito on our Adding extra days before arriving at the Lodge at Pico Bonito on our
Leader: John Yerger
Cost of our Honduras: The Lod ge at Pico Bonito tour includes all meals and accommodations, all entra nce fees, and all transportation beginning and ending in San Pedro Sula—$269 5 .
Cost of the Honduras: Highlands & Copán Ruins pre-tour inc ludes all meals and accommodations, all entrance fees, and all transportati on beginning and ending in Tegucigalpa and ending in San Pedro Sula— $2395.
Photo: Spectacled Owl
Photo by: John Yerger
Adding extra days before arriving at the Lodg
e at Pico Bonito on our Highlands & Copán Ruins pre-tour allows us to add up to 200 species to the entire Honduras experienc
e! We’ll begin at a simple but comfortable inn near the entrance of La Tigr
a National Park. Relatively easy, open trails make for a great birding expe
rience here, as does access to bromeliad-laden cloud forest and pine-oak wo
odland. Resplendent Quetzal, for example, is quite likely to grace us with
its presence at the expansive La Tigra, the first national park established
in Honduras. Singing Quail, Wine-throated Hummingbird, Azure-crowned Hummi
ngbird, Bushy-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Mockingbird and Ruddy-capped Nigh
tingale-Thrush are just a few other possibilities. It’s amazing to think al
l of this natural splendor lies only 30 minutes from our arrival airport in
the capital city of Tegucigalpa! We’ll spend our next two nights at the Pa
nacam Lodge, shrouded in lush cloud forest. In the Panacam lowlands, we‘ll
seek Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow and the black velvet Passerini’s Tanager, wit
h its intensely scarlet rump. Birding near Lake Yojoa, bordered by the impr
essively steep mountains of Cerro Azul National Park, may produce the seldo
m seen Keel-billed and Tody Motmots, the most occult members of their tribe
. Black-crested Coquette and Spectacled Foliage-Gleaner are two other chari
smatic species we’ll seek. After absorbing a panoply of color at Panacam, w
e proceed onward to the equally bird-soaked region around the famous Mayan
ruins at Copán. Occupied for more than two thousand years, from 5th to 9th
centuries A.D., Copán was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdo
m. Images of the Scarlet Macaw are carved into stone throughout the complex
, and efforts are underway to reintroduce this breathtaking species into th
e area. Featuring a well-preserved acropolis, ballcourt, hieroglyphic stair
way, and impressive portrait stelae, a tour of this Mayan site will provide
a foundation to understanding both the avifauna and the human culture of p
resent-day Honduras.
Leader: John Yerger
Cost of our Honduras: The Lodge at Pico Bonito< /strong>&n bsp;tour includes all meals and accommodations, all entrance fees, and all transportation beginning and ending in San Pedro Sula—$2695.
Photo: Spectacled Owl
Photo by: John Yerge
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