With tropical ecologist Dr. Lee Harper!
TRINIDAD & GUYANA
September 19-28, 2008

This great itinerary will start with two nights in Trinidad at the famous Asa Wright Nature Center. Here we will explore this tropical paradise, enjoy the hummingbirds, and look for the famous oil bird in its cave. At sunset we will glory in the spectacle of the scarlet ibis.

We will then fly to tropical Guyana, on the northeast coast of South America, which offers some of the best tropical bird and wildlife viewing in the Americas. We will stay in two remote lodges at interior rainforest and savannah locations where we can look for everything from harpy eagles to giant anteaters. We will see remote Kaieteur Falls, the tallest single drop waterfall in the world.

We will then head for Beganara Resort, reached by river boat from the capital Georgetown. We will travel with Dr. Lee Harper, a veteran of the savannahs and rainforests of South America, an exceptionally affable and well informed tropical ecologist.

$2,995 + air. Limited to 16 participants.

(P.S. Fall is the ideal time to visit this area—it is the dry season, and Trinidad and Guyana are south of the Caribbean hurricane paths.)