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★★★★★ Top Tailor-made Birding, Wildlife and Photography Tours & Highly recommended in Trip Advisor!!

About Us

Ecuador Birds Tours consists of the Best Birding & Wildlife Sanctuaries and Private Hidden Gems Reserves surrounded with nature in Ecuador. We are specialized in providing unparallel BIRDWATCHING TOURS, PHOTO BIRDS TOURS, NATURE AND CULTURAL TOURS, that are carefully designed to our birders interests. Our Birding Circuit include regions in the ANDES, EAST & WEST CLOUD FOREST SLOPES, UPPER & LOWER AMAZON BASIN, SOUTHERN ECUADOR, PACIFIC COAST AND GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.

We are a Local Team of Birding Experts that create Top Birding Itineraries from 1 to 30 Days based on your interests. Our Team will be thrilled to provide the best customer service throughout your birding trip in all our lodges. We are proud winners of Trip Advisor Travellers Choice Awards 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 with a 5 Star Customer Satisfaction. 

We offer PRIVATE BIRDING TOURS, Excellent Lodges with Private Birding Reserves, Delicious Meals - yes Vegan, Vegetarian options!, Private Transportation, Exotic Birding Reserves, Feeders, and National Parks, Top Birding Guides, and Superb Customer Service.  

Our Team

Diego Cruz

Founder and Expert Birding Planner

He is an Ecuadorian born in Quito-Ecuador. He studied in the United States at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, and achieved a B.S. in International Business Management and Minor in Chinese Logistics. Furthermore, he has also an Executive MBA in Vrije University Amsterdam and speaks fluent English, Spanish and German. During his early birding career, he guided many birding tours in the North-east and west slopes of Ecuador. With more than 20 years of experience in the field, now, he is in charge of the Planning, Sales, Logistics and Development area of the business. Diego is passionate about Travelling, Birding and Wildlife Photography and painting birds with Acrylics. With his Team of Top Birding Guides, Lodges, Transportation Companies, and Excellence Service, they provide the best birding experience in Ecuador. We are experts in Tailor-made Birding itineraries in Ecuador.

Daniel Cruz

Andes Expert Birding Guide

Daniel is an Ecuadorian Architect and Expert Birding Guide in the Andes and spotting Condors or the Spectacled Bear. He has over 40 years of experience in Tourism and Hospitality, Mountain Climbing and Birding. His passion for nature and conservation, led him to focus his guiding skills in the Andes. Daniel loves hiking, fishing, camping, wildlife photography and planting trees.

Miguel Hipo

Ecuador Birding Guide

Miguel is one of our Top Birding Guides with over 35 years of experience in Birding, he knows all the calls by hear and sound. He guides our birding tours in the North and South of Ecuador. He is passionate about birding photography and reforestation of native plants in his property in Tandayapa Valley.

Jorge Luna

Ecuador Birding Guide

Jorge is one of our Top Birding Guides in Ecuador, with over 20 years of expeience in leading birding groups all over Ecuador, specially in the North and South of Ecuador. He is also an entrepenuer with his family, they are in conservation projects and birding feeders in Tandayapa Valley. His hobbys are painting and construction.

Freddy Perez

Ecuador Birding Guide

Freddy is another Top Birding Guide in Ecuador, expert in the North East and West Slopes of Ecuador. He is passionate about traveling and discovering new birding places. He has over 18 years of experience in Tourism and Birding.

Iris Schriefer

Ecuador Birding Guide

Iris spent the first 23 years of her life near Munich, Germany, before moving to Ecuador as an anthropology student. Enchanted by Ecuador’s landscapes and cultures, she decided to stay and work in tourism. With 20 years as a bird guide in northeastern and western Ecuador, Iris has served both German and English-speaking groups. In her free time, she enjoys family time, traveling, and sharing her knowledge through environmental education programs.

Juan Carlos Figueroa

Ecuador Birding Guide

Juan Carlos is a biologist and birding guide with over 13 years of experience leading birdwatching and wildlife photography tours across Ecuador. He grew up exploring the dry forests and coastal landscapes of western Ecuador, and later moved to the lush cloud forests of the Chocó highlands — an experience that deepened his connection to nature and shaped his passion for Neotropical birds.

He is an avid traveler, photographer, and birder, his favorite species is the iconic Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, a colorful emblem of the Andean cloud forest he once called home.

Marcelo Andy

Ecuador Birding Guide

Marcelo is another Top Birding Guide in Ecuador, expert in all Ecuador specially for our Upper and Lower Amazon Basin Tours to Yasuni National Park. He is passionate about traveling and finding new hides in the amazon. He brings over 30 years of experience in Tourism and Birding.

Roberto Cedeno

Ecuador Birding Guide

Roberto has over 35 years of experience as a professional guide specializing in birds, guiding in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico. He works throughout Ecuador, particularly with groups interested in nature. His hobbies are birds and horses, as well as enjoying time with family and travelling to all the hidden cornes that Ecuador offers—its food, its customs, and its traditions.

Carlos Landazuri

Amazon Local Birding Guide

Carlos is a great local birding guide and its in charge of all our Amazon Operations in Limoncocha Lagoon. He is an expert spotting amazonian birds species and offer private canoes services.

Karina Llamatumbi

24/7 Airport Transfers

Karina is one of our Top Airport Transfers to our Lodge Hacienda Jimenita and surroundings. She is also passionate about traveling within Ecuador and taking clients to nature gems in the country.

Lars Greiner

German Market Specialist

Lars is a German citizen born in Dresden, Germany. His passion for travelling has taken him to many countries around the world, and he has gained experience of different cultures in Latin and South America, South East Asia and Europe. He speaks fluent German, English, French and learning Spanish. He is an expert in organising and coordinating outdoor trips. He combines his passion for nature and outdoor adventures with the existing Ecuadorian network of guides, accommodations and tourism experts to fulfill your wishes for an all-round successful wilderness and holiday experience in the diverse Ecuadorian nature. Lars hobbies include Photography, Carpentry, Gardening and Traveling.

Our Fleet

Transportation Services

Our Fleet of transportation includes SUVs, VAN, or CONTY Buses depending in the size of our groups. We cater routes all over Ecuador, Airport Transfers and Day Tours.