PO Box 9021, Wilmington, DE 19809, USA
E-mail: font@focusonnature.com
Phone: Toll-free in USA 1-800-721-9986
or 302/529-1876; Fax: 302/529-1085
PO Box 9021, Wilmington, DE 19809, USA
E-mail: font@focusonnature.com
Phone: Toll-free in USA 1-800-721-9986
or 302/529-1876; Fax: 302/529-1085
Central
America Tours
in 2008 & 2009
for Birds,
Butterflies, Mammals,
& other Nature
For 18 years, Focus On Nature Tours has conducted birding & nature tours in Central America. During that time, there have been 27 tours in Costa Rica, 14 in Guatemala, 9 in Panama (5 of them in the Chiriqui highlands), 3 in Honduras, and 2 in Belize. Our Central American tours now scheduled in 2008 & 2009 include those in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panama. Also in 2008, in June, at a time good for teachers and others who could not go south in the winter or spring, a tour is scheduled to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It'll also be a time good for birds! Our Costa Rica Tours are to an assortment of habitats in both the northern & southern parts of the country, usually to places less-populated by people but more so by birds. In 2008, we have a summer tour to Costa Rica, when teachers and others are able to go, who otherwise might not. Our Panama Tours in 2008 will include places in the Canal Basin that are renowned sites for birds & other nature, such as Barro Colorado Island and the Pipeline Road. Our Guatemala Tours include the highlands, where Quetzals and Mayas live today, and the lowlands in the Peten Region, where at Tikal, Mayans lived in the past. At the end of 2008, once again our the annual FONT Holiday Tour will be to Guatemala. You may wish to read an article regarding our previous Dec '06/Jan '07 Guatemala Holiday Tour, that was subsequently in a Washington DC newspaper, having been written by one of the tour participants: JAN '07 GUATEMALA TOUR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE Any you may wish to see a gallery of photos taken during that tour: JAN '07 GUATEMALA TOUR PHOTOS There is a FONT publication available listing the over 900 species of birds that have been found during our Central American tours, noting where and when they have been found, along with information pertaining to subspecies, and local Spanish and Mayan names. Let us know if you'd like a copy. Also listed are Central American mammals & other wildlife, and there's another publication listing butterflies. Links to Itineraries for FONT Central American birding tours follow. As indicated, some of these tours can be done in combination. |
Above:
The Collared Redstart, a dapper bird that due to its tameness is known as
the "Amigo de Hombre", or "The Friend of Man".
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Itineraries in 2008 & 2009 (with prices) (click-on links for tour/date):
(Tour MX-1)
Jun 14-24, '08
MEXICO,
the YUCATAN
A Birding &
Nature Tour
in the land of
Mayas & Motmots
(Tour CR-3)
Jun 24-Jul 6, '08
COSTA RICA
A Birding &
Nature Tour
(in mostly
northern CR)(including
Laguna del Lagarto, Arenal,
Guanacaste, Carara &
the Talamanca Mtns)
tour nearly
filled(Tour PN-4)
Jul 6-14, '08
Central & Eastern
PANAMA
A Birding &
Nature Tour
in the
Canal Basin &
eastern Panama province
& Darien
space available
(Tour GU-2)
Dec 26, '08 -
Jan 5, '09
Festive
GUATEMALA
(Our Annual
Holiday
Birding & Nature
Tour)
In the Highlands,
& Lowlands
including Tikal
(Tour BZ-1)
Feb 19-28, '09
BELIZE
a Birding &
Nature Tour
in the interior &
along the coast
(Tour CR-1)
Feb 28 - Mar 8 '09
Northern
COSTA RICA
a Birding &
Nature Tour
including
a rainforest,
a boat-trip along
a tropical river,
a volcano,
and the
Pacific coast.
(can be combined
with tour CR-2
in southern
COSTA RICA
& western
PANAMA)(Tour CR-2)
Mar 7-16, '09Southern
COSTA RICA
& adjacent Chiriqui
in western PANAMA
a Birding & Nature Tour,
from the
high mountains
to the seacoast,
including the
Osa Peninsula(can be combined
with tour CR-1
in northern
COSTA RICA)(Tour GU-1)
Apr 14-26, '09
GUATEMALA
a birding &
nature tour
in the land of
Mayas & Motmots(A two-part tour,
In the Highlands,
& Lowlands
& including Tikal)
Past Tour Highlights: Belize Costa Rica
Alexander Skutch
Feature
Orange-breasted Falcon,
as seen on Tikal temple,
during 2 FONT tours in Guatemala in 2002,
and then again in 2003, 2004, 2006, & 2007.
(Photograph by Alan Brady.)
Above: The Temples at Tikal in the Peten Jungle,
where we bird during our Guatemala tours.
Below: A drawing of Tikal by Charles Gambill,
following a previous FONT tour there, showing
Ocellated Turkey, Bat Falcon, and Tody Motmot.
(Charles, or "Buddy", who was one of our favorite tour participants,
unfortunately died suddenly during the summer of 2001.
He did a number of line drawings for FONT - in addition to Tikal,
also depicting the Galapagos, the Dominican Republic, and other places
where he traveled with us.)
