Chile
Birding Day Tours from Santiago
Central Chile's endemics and the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover — wetland, matorral, high cordillera and Pacific coast, all within a few hours of Santiago.
Photo © Jean Paul Perret
Santiago day tours
Five short routes, five different habitats
The same format as our Lima day trips: expert-guided, small-group departures from your Santiago hotel, each targeting a distinct habitat — from Batuco’s reed beds and the endemic-rich matorral of La Campana to the high Andes of the Yeso Valley, home of the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, and the Humboldt Current seabirds of the Pacific coast.
ChileLaguna de Batuco
Santiago's premier wetland, 45 minutes from the city — Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Wren-like Rushbird, three coot species, grebes and Black-necked Swan on an easy half-day.
easy fitness
ChileLa Campana & Olmué
The Mediterranean sclerophyll forest of La Campana, 90 minutes northwest of Santiago — the site for central Chile's endemics: Moustached Turca, White-throated and Dusky Tapaculos, Chilean Tinamou.
moderate fitness
ChileFarellones & Valle Nevado
The Andean cordillera above Santiago in 90 minutes — rocky high-altitude birding for the near-endemic Crag Chilia, White-sided Hillstar, Scale-throated Earthcreeper and Andean Condor.
moderate fitness
ChileEl Yeso & Cajón del Maipo
The high-Andean bogs of the Yeso Valley — the world's most reliable site for the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, with Grey-breasted Seedsnipe, Torrent Duck and Andean Condor.
moderate fitness
ChileCentral Coast: Concón & Quintay
The Pacific coast at Concón and Quintay — the Aconcagua estuary and rocky seabird headlands for Humboldt Penguin, Peruvian Diving-Petrel, Inca Tern and Seaside Cinclodes.
moderate fitness