Ecuador Nature Tours

31/12/2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎆 2026!!!

We wish you a year full of happiness, health, travels and many birds & lifers!!!

Thank you to all our clients and friends for traveling with us ECUADOR NATURE TOURS in 2025.
We look forward to organize and guide birding trips for you again.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏🏽

Sincerely,
Nelson, Edith, Meghan & Heather

09/01/2025

24/12/2023

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎁 to all my family specially my wife Edy Miranda and my two beautiful daughters Meghan & Heather, my mom Rocio Jaramillo, my dad Nestor Apolo and sister Sonia Rocio Apolo and my two nephews Joshua & Liam as her husband Carlos Escola and to all my colleagues, friends and clients from all over the world.

From Ecuador Nature Tours we want to send you the best wishes during this holiday.

God bless you all!

17/07/2023

🌳🐦✨ Embracing Hope for Mashpi Amagusa Reserve ✨🐦🌳

Friends and followers, I'm Nelson Apolo, a National Tour Guide specializing in Bird Watching. Today, I want to share a message of hope and gratitude.

Meet Doris Villalba and Sergio Basantes, a young couple from our local community. Their dedication to conservation has created the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve—a haven of unique biodiversity in Ecuador's Choco Andino Biosphere.

Visiting this enchanting reserve unveils rare treasures like the Moss-backed Tanager, Choco Vireo, Black Solitaire, and Glistening-green Tanager. These species showcase the richness of the Chocó Biogeographical Region.

The Mashpi-Amagusa Reserve also uplifts local communities, offering job opportunities and contributing to our country's development.

I thank all who support this campaign. Your trust and support empower us to share the wonders of our country and fight for nature's value in sustaining humanity.

Let's remember that harming our planet and its resources ultimately harms ourselves. Together, we can make a difference.

Join us in supporting Mashpi Amagusa Reserve. Your donation matters. 🌍💚

https://gofund.me/0ced1452

We can do it! We can preserve 62 hectares of primary forest wi… Reserva Mashpi Amagusa needs your support for Secure the Future of the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve

10/04/2023

Jocotoco Antpitta

One of the most well known Antpittas in Ecuador and the world 🌎 among birders, the main reason why the .jocotoco got established to protect the gem 💎 and many other highly endangered species and their habitats.

Tapichalaca Reserve, Valladolid - EC

ECUADOR 🇪🇨 AWAITS YOU!

Ecuador Nature Tours
We organize and lead birding, bird photography and natural history tours in Ecuador 🇪🇨.
Don’t hesitate to contact us for details and questions about tours in this paradise.

Nelson Apolo
Naturalist & Bird Guide

Edith Miranda
Logistics

31/08/2022

Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl

This cute little owl is endemic to the Choco Bioregion between Ecuador 🇪🇨 and Colombia 🇨🇴.

Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Nanegalito -EC

ECUADOR 🇪🇨 AWAITS YOU!

Ecuador Nature Tours
We organize and lead birding, bird photography and natural history tours in Ecuador 🇪🇨.
Don’t hesitate to contact us for details and questions about tours in this paradise.

Nelson Apolo
Naturalist & Bird Guide

Edith Miranda
Logistics

21/04/2022

Violet-headed Hummingbird

This smart hummingbird has a wide distribution from Honduras 🇭🇳 to Bolivia 🇧🇴. In Ecuador is only found on the Eastern Foothills of the Andes.

Copalinga Lodge, Zamora - EC

ECUADOR 🇪🇨 AWAITS YOU!

Ecuador Nature Tours
We organize and lead birding, birdphotography and natural history tours in Ecuador 🇪🇨.
Don't hesitate to contact us for details and questions about tours in this paradise.

Nelson Apolo
Naturalist & Bird Guide

Edith Miranda
Logistics

20/04/2022

Crimson-rumped Toucanet

This emerald green toucan is found from the NW of Venezuela to SW of Ecuador where inhabits humid tropical forest from foothills to highlands.

Refugio Paz de Las Aves, EC

ECUADOR 🇪🇨 AWAITS YOU!

Ecuador Nature Tours
We organize and lead birding, birdphotography and natural history tours in Ecuador 🇪🇨.
Don't hesitate to contact us for details and questions about tours in this beautiful paradise.

Nelson Apolo
Naturalist & Bird Guide

Edith Miranda
Logistics