Length of Tour
6-Days/5-Nights
Brief Itinerary
Day 1 – Arrive Montego Bay / Transfer to Toby’s Resort
Day 2 – Birding Stewart Town
Day 3 – Birding John Crow Mountains
Day 4 – Birding John Crow Mountains / Ecclestown Road
Day 5 – Birding Ecclestown Road
Day 6 – Return Home
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 – Arrive Montego Bay / Transfer to Toby’s Resort
Arrive early afternoon between 1:00pm and 3:00pm.Transfer from Montego Bay airport as everybody arrives and drive to Rocklands Bird Sanctuary, a 25-30min drive.
Red-billed Streamertail and Jamaican Mango are so tame that they might come to a handheld feeder. Yellow-faced and Black-faced Grasquits, Orangequits, Jamaican Woodpecker, Caribbean Doves, Jamican Tody and more will be possible here.
Day 2 – Stewart Town / Hotel Galina Breeze
After breakfast well drive to Stewart Town area. In this area it will be possible to see around 20
endemics! Though our main targets will be Black-billed and Yellow-billed Parrots, any others will be very welcome, as usual, giving us more time birding for difficult endemics.
Day 3 – John Crow Mountains / Hotel Galina Breeze
An early start with packed breakfast will allow us reasonable time at the Hardware Gap area birding for more of Jamaica endemics, such as Jamaican Blackbird, Blue Mountain Vireo and the beautiful Crested Quail Dove. We’ll also seek Chestnut-bellied and Jamaican Lizard Cuckoos and others, while enjoying the beautifully breathtaking landscapes!
We will take a break for a cup of famous Blue Mountain Coffee. Afternoon birding a little further up the road
enjoying more of Jamaica’s bird life.
Day 4 – Galina Breeze Reserve / Bamboo Oasis / Hotel Galina Breeze
This morning is very flexible. If still needed, looking for Crested-quail Dove. If the dove was seen, our plan is to go birding in a property hotel owns and enjoy more views of Jamaican endemics.
At the same property we’ll have a relaxed evening at Bamboo Oasis jumping in the cool river water.
Day 5 – Ecclesdown Road / Hotel Galina Breeze
Today we will drive to the foothills of the John Crow Mountains, to an area called Ecclesdown Road. Ecclesdown Road offers a good number of endemics and one ne of the targets here today is the Black-billed Streamertail. It is endemic to a small area of Jamaica and a bird that we will not encounter anywhere else.
Lunch at local restaurant to try the famous Jamaican jerk pork or chicken.
Day 6 – Return Home
After breakfast we will set off to Montego Bay and your departure flight. Airport drop-off will be about 12:00 noon, so plan flights accordingly.
