Lodges - El Dorado and Cerulea Days 14 to 19

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We spent about 5 days visiting two other Pro Aves lodges in Colombia - El Dorado and Cerulea. At El Dorado we were met by a lovely English couple - Roger and Annie who are looking after the lodge until late spring next year. We spent a couple of days exploring the walking trails around the reserve, spotting tarantulas, frogs, owls and other important birds along the way. From one side of the lodge you see the snow capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada, from the other you see the Caribbean coast line.

The second lodge we visited was 2 flights and a long jeep ride away in Satander near a town called Bucamaranga (well 4/5 hours away) but was equally spectacular and again, we spent some time exploring the forest and trails around the reserve.

Once we left the Cerulea lodge we were intending on heading to a place called San Gill but the road was covered in a land slide meaning we couldn't get through so we stopped for a night in a place called Giron on the outskirts of Bucamaranga.

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Photos

Snow capped peaks
Snow capped peaks

Tarantula in our room
It was about the size of an open hand

Looking down to San Vincente
From the Cerulea Lodge

Coffee drying
Under the roof of the lodge