11 Day Natural History Trip from April 5 – 15 Optional 6-day Post-trip Extension to bird the Caribbean Lowlands
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Expedition Nicaragua 2014 Land of Wildlife, Coffee and Volcanoes 11 Day Natural History Trip from April 5 – 15 Optional 6-day Post-trip Extension to bird the Caribbean Lowlands EcoQuest Travel has been leading trips to Nicaragua for thirteen years and is proud to partner with West Virginia’s Master Naturalist Program on this special ecotourism adventure. Dr. Sheldon Owen, and EcoQuest Travel, invites you to join us as we explore many of the habitats that make Nicaragua such a unique place to visit! Although this will be a natural history trip, we will focus on finding as much of Nicaragua’s spectacular vertebrate life as possible including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians! We will concentrate our efforts in several locations in the Matagalpa highlands and the dry tropical forests of the Pacific Slope. While in the Matagalpa highlands we will stay at Finca Esperanza Verde and El Jaguar, both award-winning shade-coffee plantations and ecolodges. Located in the central highlands of Matagalpa Province, Finca Esperanza Verde straddles an area where both Caribbean slope and Pacific slope fauna come together. Because of this convergence, bird diversity is relatively high and includes large numbers of neotropical migrants. El Jaguar is located at a higher elevation and protects an area of cloud forest. While exploring the dry tropical forests we will stay at the Hotel Alhambra in the old colonial city of Granada and at Montibelli Private Reserve near Managua. We will also offer an incredible post-trip extension to explore the spectacular rainforests of the Caribbean lowlands along the San Juan River. This is a wild and remote area of Nicaragua that offers a chance to see an entirely different suite of animals than we will observe on the main trip. Come with us on this adventure to learn about tropical ecology and help the continuing conservation efforts that are so vital to Nicaragua’s future! ITINERARY Download 401.63 Kb. Share with your friends:
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