For avid birdwatchers, Sacha Lodge can provide specialist bird guides, who know the best spots for the hard-to-find species and can easily identify species by both sight and sound. Oscar Tapuy, the local expert who has been at Sacha since 1995, estimates that he spots 60 species per day on average. The guide will lead you through a variety of habitats where mixed flocks are common, and generally begin before sunrise to take full advantage of the morning peak. The guides carry telescopes, and have become dab-hands at taking photos with a camera or phone through the lense! Of the incredible 1,600 bird species registered in Ecuador, 600 have been seen at Sacha Lodge, that’s almost 7percent of the species found in the entire world!