Lodge
Mashpi Lodge
Outside protected areasby Mashpi Lodge (Metropolitan Touring)
A luxury lodge at 950 m inside a private Chocó cloud-forest reserve about three hours northwest of Quito. Naturalist guides lead birding walks, and the reserve has a hummingbird garden, an observation tower, a canopy gondola (the Dragonfly) and a Life Centre with a butterfly farm. Around 400 bird species, 36 of them endemic, are recorded in the reserve.
Details
- Feeding not stated
- Baiting not stated
- No captive animals
- Not on offer
- Hides on site
- Language
- English
- Species nearby
- Hummingbirds, Toucans and Tanagers
Months
- January, open
- February, open
- March, open
- April, open
- May, open
- June, open
- July, open
- August, open
- September, open
- October, open
- November, open
- December, open
Year round or not stated
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Guayaquil time (with summer time where it applies).
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | 06:25– | 17:59– | 12h 7m12 h 7 min | 69° |
| Feb | 06:30– | 18:05– | 12h 7m12 h 7 min | 77° |
| Mar | 06:24– | 18:00– | 12h 6m12 h 6 min | 88° |
| Apr | 06:15– | 17:51– | 12h 7m12 h 7 min | 80° |
| May | 06:12– | 17:47– | 12h 8m12 h 8 min | 71° |
| Jun | 06:16– | 17:50– | 12h 8m12 h 8 min | 67° |
| Jul | 06:21– | 17:56– | 12h 8m12 h 8 min | 69° |
| Aug | 06:20– | 17:55– | 12h 7m12 h 7 min | 76° |
| Sep | 06:11– | 17:47– | 12h 7m12 h 7 min | 87° |
| Oct | 06:01– | 17:37– | 12h 6m12 h 6 min | 81° |
| Nov | 06:00– | 17:35– | 12h 7m12 h 7 min | 71° |
| Dec | 06:11– | 17:44– | 12h 7m12 h 7 min | 67° |