Who are we
And why to choose us
With headquarters in the beautiful mountain town of Jardín, Colombia Birdhouse offers tours on one of the most biodiverse regions in Colombia.
We are happy to meet your every need: from a short walk out of town to see the Andean Cock-of-the-rock Lek, to a half-day drive up the road to Alto de Ventanas, to a four-day journey to the wilds of Chocó and other regions in the country.
Diego Guerrero
Principal bird guide
Diego is a bird and mountain guide in Colombia with 12 years of experience. His passion for birds started in 2008. Thanks to his experience as a climber, Diego was hired to monitor nests of the endangered Yellow-eared Parrot for a repopulation and conservation program led by the ProAves Foundation. After that, and at the age of 16, Diego quickly fell in love with birdwatching and nature in his hometown, Jardín. Diego has also worked as a field assistant for botany and ornithology programs by the Humboldt Institute and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Over the years, Diego has gained extensive expertise in guiding and has recorded 1,214 Colombian bird species in his bird life list. Aside from bird-guiding, Diego is a paramedic graduated from the University of Antioquia, ultramarathon trail runner, cyclist, climber, and coffee enthusiast.
Jardín
A three-hour drive from Medellín, sits at the top of the coffee zone. It is also within the range of many of Colombian great birding locations: Rio Blanco, Las tangaras, and Nevado del Ruiz. The town itself is filled with birds, and on just a morning drive the other day we saw a Yellow-eared Parrot, a Chestnut-crested Cotinga, and a pair of Black-billed Mountain-toucans.