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By Birdwatching Tours El Salvador

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Free cancellation available
Price is $160 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Includes pick up and drop off at your hotel or Airbnb in San Salvador or Santa Tecla. Will take you to the birding hotspots and will be your birdwatching guide.

    Ecoparque El Espino provides habitat for a diverse avian community, hosting approximately 221 bird species. It´s number sixth hotspot for birdwatching in El Salvador.

    Among the easily observable bird species are the Turquoise-browed Motmot, Lesson´s Motmot, Red-billed Pigeon, Berylline Hummingbird, White-throated Magpie-Jay, Squirrel Cuckoo, Gartered Trogon, Masked Tityra, Black-headed Saltator, Streak-backed Oriole, White-bellied Chachalaca and Collared Aracari.

    El Boqueron National Park, situated atop the dormant San Salvador Volcano at an elevation of 5,905 ft above sea level, features a prominent attraction: a crater measuring 3 miles in diameter and plunging 1,830 ft deep. It´s a good spot for regional endemics such as Bushy-crested Jay, Rufous Sabrewing, Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer and Brown-backed Solitaire.

Activity location

  • Ecoparque El Espino
    • Blvr. Sta. Elena 20
    • San Salvador, El Salvador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ecoparque El Espino
    • Blvr. Sta. Elena 20
    • San Salvador, El Salvador

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El Espino + Boqueron bird tour in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • Opening hours: Sun 5:00am-3:00pm
  • English

San Salvador volcano bird tour: In this birding tour we combine mid-elevation birds at Eco parque El Espino and highland birds at El Boqueron National Park.
Duration: 4 hours
bottled water
Pickup included

Price details
$160.00 x 1 Adult$160.00
Total
Price is $160.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Binoculars and a printed bird guide
  • Inclusions
    All Fees and Taxes
  • Exclusions
    Meals are not included
  • Exclusions
    Meals are not included

Know before you book

    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Ecoparque El Espino

  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Eco Parque El Espino is characterized as an actively managed shaded coffee plantation interspersed with patches of deciduous forest. Located at an elevation ranging from 2642 ft to 3937 ft above sea level (800 m - 1200 m) and spanning across 35 hectares, it provides habitat for a diverse avian community, hosting approximately 221 bird species. It´s ranked as the sixth hotspot for birdwatching in El Salvador. Notable features within the park include small geysers.

Parque Nacional El Boqueron

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
El Boqueron National Park, situated atop the dormant San Salvador Volcano at an elevation of 5,905 feet (1800 meters), features a prominent attraction: a crater measuring five kilometers in diameter and plunging 558 meters deep. With a reported count of 170 bird species, the park is particularly renowned for its highland avian inhabitants.

Location

Activity location

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    Ecoparque El Espino
    • Blvr. Sta. Elena 20
    • San Salvador, El Salvador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Ecoparque El Espino
    • Blvr. Sta. Elena 20
    • San Salvador, El Salvador

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