Multi-Day Tours

A waterfall in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas on a Sabes Aves jungle birding trip

Base your birding trip on one of our tours below, and we can help you adjust it according to your schedule and specific interests.

See a complete list of the locations we visit alongside the target species for each:

⏳Duration Variable

🌐Languages English, Spanish, Dutch

📈 Difficulty - Variable as required

💲Price - Starting at 1590 USD

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Bearded Screech-Owl on branch – nocturnal bird species seen during Chiapas night birding trip

A Rose-bellied Bunting bird perches on a branch in La Sepultura Reserve in Chiapas

A Horned Guan with a red horn sits in a forest near the Tacana Volcano on a Sabes Aves birding tour

A Banded Wren with black and white banding on its flanks sits on a log in Sumidero Canyon

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Hawk-eagle Tour
San Cristobal - Sumidero Canyon - El Ocote
3 days

Coast to Volcano Tour
San Cristobal - Acacoyagua - Tacaná
4 days

Montebello Lakes Tour
Comitan - Montebello Lakes
3 days

We begin in one of the last great high-elevation wetlands of Chiapas, in Comitán. A great place to see waterbirds such as the shy Pie-billed Grebe, Sora, Virginia Rail and the Grass Wren.

We then move to Chinkultic, a Mayan archeological site which offers a wide variety of birds and great views of the basin.

For the remainder of the trip we explore Montebello National Park by land and water. Here, multiple shy and uncommon cloud-forest dwellers can be spotted such as the Resplendent Quetzal, Azure-hooded Jay, Highland Guan, Blue-throated Motmot, Green-throated Mountain-gem among many woodcreepers, wrens, jays and tanagers.

Before the end of our trip we make one last stop at the Mayan ruins of Tenam Puente, where we will look for the Slender Sheartail, Red-breasted Chat, Belted Flycatcher and the Blue-and-white Mockingbird.

If you want to see abundance of birds regardless of the season then this is your best option. During this trip we will transition from thick and bushy vegetation to the tropical rainforest of the bioreserve El Ocote. This route has spectacular high viewpoints.

Among the many species are the Mexican endemics including the Nava's Wren, Flammulated Flycatcher, and Red-breasted Chat. Plus impressive tropical species, such as the Black hawk-eagle, Ornate Hawk-eagle and even the Lovely Cotinga. We will stay with the guardians of this forest who will take good care of us with local cuisine and a comfortable lodge.

This route goes through the protected nature reserve of the Tacaná volcano which is the highest peak of Chiapas (4,090 m.a.s.l.). It consists of pine-oak forest with some remnants of mountainous cloud forest, one of the last refuges for birds that are native to Chiapas and Guatemala such as Pink-headed Warbler, Resplendent Quetzal, Horned Guan, Rufous Sabrewing and Azure-rumped Tanager. During our visit we will be camping in a Mame community, the native people who live at the base of the volcano.

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Valente Gonzalez
Chiapas Birding Guide

Chiapas birding guide Valente Gonzalez smiling to the camera in front of a jungle background

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Our expert birding guides can help design a tailor-made trip:

Travel on the exact dates that suit you;
Bird in your style - fast-paced, a more relaxed birding trip, or a mix;
Customize based on your personal interests: photography, culture, plants, hiking, and more;
Go to the locations that most pique your interests;
Target the bird species that you most want to see