NEW ~ San Jorge de Tandayapa Eco-Lodge has recently opened in 2009. It is located in the lower Tandayapa Valley at San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Sanctuary (Cloud Forest), 50 minutes from San Jorge/Quito, and is part of the Famous Birding Chocó Bird Area of N.W. Ecuador where as many as 500 species live.  Enjoy birding and hiking on pristine trails, observation deck, spectacular views, open air Hummingbird Restaurant with tanager and hummingbird feeders and views, superb birding photography, and a total peaceful and tranquil setting inside the Cloud Forest. The restaurant has gourmet meals with international cuisine, grown from San Jorge’s organic gardens, and some prepared on the grill. The brand new lodge is beautifully designed with capacity is 36 people with accommodations for single/double/triple or quad rooms with a very comfortable queen bed and twins, featuring traditional décor with private baths and hot showers.  While at San Jorge de Tandayapa Eco-Lodge you will find panorama views, wild surroundings, tropical plants/flowers, 40 varieties of orchids and exotic wildlife unique to the cloud forest. San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Sanctuary is for active birders who can walk hiller terrain.  It is a 20 minute walk to reach the lodge from the road, birding along the way.

You may spot up to 26 species of Hummingbirds in feeders during the year, along with Tanager flocks including Grass-green Tanager, White winged Tanager, Golden napped Tanager, Metallic green Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, Cineraous Harrier, Toucan Barbet, Golden headed and Crested Quetzal, Plate Billed Mountain Toucan, Masked Trogon as well as the Wattled Guam, Golden rumped Euphonia Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Andean Cock of the Rock and many more bird species. Birding at San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Sanctuary is for active birders in the hillier terrain of the cloud forest. This is the ultimate birding location in the Chocó area of Ecuador!

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San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Sanctuary	San Jorge de Tandayapa Eco- lodge (Cloud Forest)
Birding at San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Sanctuary	San Jorge Tandayapa Restaurant Cloud Forest Views
NEW San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Eco-Lodge	NEW Tandayapa Valley Ecuador San Jorge Eco-Lodge
Green Crowned Woodnynph - Tandayapa Birding	Fawn breasted Brillant
NEW Tandayapa Lodge Expansion	NEW Tandayapa Lodge Expansion

San Jorge de Tandayapa Lodge and Hummingbird Sanctuary
Climate: Cloud Forest
Altitude: 5120 feet to. 5800 feet / . 1560- 1767 meters o.s.l.
N 00 00.614´ W 78 40.547´

Common Birds to Look For:	Fairly Common Birds to Look For:
Grass green Tanager, Blue winged Mountain Tanager, Andean Cock of the Rock, Beryl Spangled Tanager, Black capped Tanager, Golden naped Tanager, Blue gray Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Tropical Parula, Blue capped Tanager, Lemon rumped Tanager, Metallic green Tanager, Bananaquit, Golden Tanager, Silver throated Tanager, Plate billed Mountain Toucan, Black Phoebe, Smoke colored Pewee, Tropical Kingbird, Social Flycatcher, White capped Dipper, Roadside Hawk, House Wren, Southern rough winged Swallow, Blue and White swallow, Blue black Grassquit, Yellow bellied Seedeater, Blackburnian Warbler, Cinamon Becard, Ecuadorian Thrush and Great Thrush. .	Fawn breasted Tanager, Guira Tanager, Plumbeous Pigeon, Bat falcon, Plain breasted Hawk, White capped Dipper, Dusky Phia, Black and Green Fruiteater, Scaled Fruiteater, Chestnut capped Brush Finch, Golden headed Quetzal and Andean Guan.
Uncommon and Scarce:	Hummingbirds:
Tanager Finch, White winged Tanager, Black and Chestnut Eagle, Crested Eagle, Andean Solitaire, White throated Hawk, Giant Antpitta, Collared Forest Falcon	Violet-tailed Sylph, Brown Inca, Purple-bibbed Whitetip, Green-fronted Lancebill, Western Emerald, Purple-throated Woodstar, Amethyst Woodstar, Collared Inca, Wedge billed Hummingbird, Green Violtear, Andean Emerald, Sparkling Violtear, White tailed Hillstar, Gorgeted Sunangel, Booted Racket Tail, White bellied Woodstar, Buff tailed Coronet, Green crowned Woodnymph, Velvet purple Coronet, Speckled hummingbird and Tawny bellied Hermit.

Toucan Barbet. The Magic Birding Circuit Tandayapa	Golden Headed Quetzal. Birdwatching Tandayapa Valley
Orchidaceae . Tandayapa naturalist tours.	Orchideacea. San Jorge Tandayapa Lodge

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San Jorge offers optional cultural and eco-tours for nature lovers as well as for spouses or companions who wish to enjoy other types activities such visiting Old Colonial Quito, Otavalo Indian Market & surrounding villages; including Galapagos Islands Cruises and Amazon Jungle extension trips, including airfare from Quito.

Ecuador is famously rich in bird life with more than 1,600 species of birds, and 20% of the world's total, 3000 species of orchids, thousands of species of butterflies and moths and a huge amount of native plants. Visitors who want to take full advantage of Ecuador need to gain access to a variety of remote regions, many of them only available through the The Magic Birding and Hiking Circuit.

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