A little under 2 hours from Quito, Bellavista is an eco-lodge in Mindo, on a 700-hectare private cloud-forest reserve, which is a paradise for nature lovers and bird watchers.

Cloud forests cloak the steep slopes of the Andes from about 900 to 2,500 m - forests of high biodiversity, with a profusion of little-studied wildlife and plants.

Bellavista is located the southern edge of the Choco/Andean hotspots of biodiversity - that stretches from South-western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador and is part of the Mindo Area of International Importance for Birds.

The reserve has an extensive trail system (10 km of trails) and little-travelled dirt roads where there are always great birds to be seen, be it a good Tanager flock, speciality birds like Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan and Tanager-Finch, or strange calls inviting identification!

As part of your stay at Bellavista, we can arrange specialist birding or naturalist guides and organize all transportation.

The lodge itself consists of 13 rooms set in 4 different buildings. Rooms have lots of light and large windows, which offer maximum views of the forest.

Price Guide:

• 3 nights from £495 pp

Includes:

• 3 nights accommodation with breakfast & dinner
• All taxes
• Return transfers from Quito
• Two half days with specialist bird guide

This is a guide price only, based on travel in low season.

Prices will vary according to availability of airfares on the dates of travel and seasonal hotel and airfare surcharges.

Please ask us for any current special offers.