Thanks to a new highway, the fishing port of San Blas is now an easy three hour drive south of Mazatlan in the State of Nayarit. San Blas is well known as a birding destination and boasts a number of different habitats, all within easy reach of the town center. Join local guides and San Blas natives, Armando Santiago and Manuel Lomeli, to visit the birding hotspots of San Blas.

Arriving in San Blas at our hotel we will have lunch and rest before going to experience a wonderful afternoon/evening boat ride in the La Tovara estuary. Our guides will share with you the ecology of this special place including the nesting habits of the Orange-fronted Parrots.  In addition we will be looking out for the Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Boat-billed Heron, Black-and Yellow –crowned Night Herons, White Ibis, Snail Kites, Common and Great Black Hawks, Crane Hawk, Mangrove Cuckoo, Mangrove Warbler, and Mangrove Vireo and of course the Northern Pootoo  among many others.

Our second day will take us to La Bajada and Singayta to look for species in the Tropical Deciduous Forest like the Collared-forest Falcon, Colima Pygmy Owl, Crested Guan, Orange-fronted Parakeet, Mexican Parrotlet and the Lilac-crowned Parrot, Mexican Hermit, Mexican Woodnymph, Citreoline, Mountain and Elegant Trogons, Grey-crowned Woodpecker, Grey-collared Becard, Rose-throated Becard, Gray-breasted Jay,  and the Black-capped Vireo, Golden Vireo, Godman´s Euphonia and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

On our third day we will head up to Cerro San Juan where we have the possibilities of  seeing the Lesser Roadrunner, Mexican Woodnymph, Bumblebee Hummingbird, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Golden Vireo and Audubon`s Oriole.

$540 usd /person/trip. Based on double occupancy