| HOTEL MOCKING BIRD HILL, PORT ANTONIO, JAMAICA
Jamaica's award-winning environmentally friendly luxury boutique hotel is the perfect Jamaican holiday hideaway tucked away in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, close to Port Antonio and minutes from the beach. At Hotel Mocking Bird Hill guests can also enjoy fine cuisine in the hotel's highly acclaimed restaurant Mille Fleurs.
The rooms at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill are comfortable, elegant, and eco-chic, lovingly appointed with hand crafted bamboo furniture, locally printed fabrics and decorated with original art.
You may find 265 different species of birds with over 20 endemic to Jamaica on a birdwatching vacation in Jamaica. Between the Blue Mountains and Port Antonio you can usually see almost all of the Jamaican endemics. Indeed many can be viewed at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, which is particularly known as one of the best places to see the Black-billed Streamertail. You will discover 40 different birds on the hotel's property alone, of which two are on the endangered list: the Ring- tailed pigeon and the Black-billed Streamertail. A further two are listed on the international rare list, the Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo and the Rufous tailed flycatcher. Local experts can be arranged to accompany you during your birdwatching vacation in Jamaica.
Click here for a list of species sighted at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill.
Email info@hotelmockingbirdhill.com or mockbrd@cwjamaica.com
Skypename: mockingbirdees
Hotel Mocking Bird Hill
P.O. Box 254
Port Antonio, Jamaica
From Europe:
Phone: 001-876-993 7134 or 001-876-993 7267
Fax: 001-876-993-713 3
From the US
Phone: 1-876-993 7134 or 1-876-993 7267
Fax: 1-876-993-713 3
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| GREEN CASTLE ESTATE, ROBINS BAY, ST MARY, JAMAICA
Birding in Jamaica? Come visit the historic 1600 acre Green Castle Estate on Jamaica's north coast. Perfect for birders traveling with non-birders. Rooms are large and comfortable with private baths. All meals are included and menus are personalized to suit guests' preferences. Bird from your veranda (Red-billed Streamertail, Jamaican Mango at the feeders), around the Estate grounds (Jamaican Owl, many other species), or on any of the 20+ miles of forested trails and farm roads.
Our bird list is currently at 122 species, including 21 of the 27 Jamaican endemics. Guests have found 15 endemics within 40 minutes on the Waterfall Trail next to the Estate House! We honestly believe that no other privately owned property on the island can boast of such avian diversity. Birding visitors to Green Castle are able to explore a variety of habitats: mangrove swamp, seacoast, freshwater ponds, 7-acre reservoir, agricultural grasslands, pimento and coconut groves, and mature secondary forest.
We are happy to arrange visits to other birding sites such as Ecclesdown Road or to non-birding attractions on the island.
Please visit our website for more information, a downloadable bird checklist and trail map. Our blog contains recent updates on bird sightings and other happenings.
The property is also accessible to day visitors by prior arrangement.
Contact us by email at angie@gcjamaica.com
Jamaica phone: 876-881-6293
U.S. phone: 612-986-4709
From Europe: 001-612-986-4709 (U.S.) or 001-876-881-6293 (Jamaica)
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| SMALL HOPE BAY LODGE, ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS
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Welcome to Small Hope Bay Lodge , now celebrating their 50th anniversary! Small Hope Bay have been hosting scuba divers, birders, nature lovers, & friends at their out island getaway in the Bahamas. Let Small Hope Bay introduce you to this unique island, from dramatic scuba diving, the best snorkeling sites, world class birding, & more. Unspoiled & virtually undiscovered. Andros Island, Bahamas is a world apart from the crowds. Check out their birding package here.
Small Hope offers self guided nature walks as well as eco tours of the island. Here there are many opportunities to learn and explore the vast forests and species on Andros. Click here for a description of some of the birds that can be seen around Small Hope Bay Lodge.
Randy and Mickey, avid birders from the US, spent a week stalking all the beautiful species of birds that we have on Andros. They were always excited about seeing something new, whether it be a Great Lizard Cuckoo or an osprey. This is what birders loved about SHBL: "The best thing about coming here is that we saw so much but there is so much more to see that we'll have to come back! Everyone was nice, everyone was kind and no one could have a better time than we did. It was like coming home."
Phone: Toll-Free from the U.S. and Canada Direct to Andros: 800-223-6961.
Direct Telephone: 242-368-2014 Direct Fax: 242-368-2015
Mail: Small Hope Bay Lodge P0 Box CB 11817, Nassau BAHAMAS.
P0 Box 21667 Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA 33335-1667
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| ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE AND LODGE, TRINIDAD
Located at 1,200 feet in the mountains of the Northern Range, seven miles north of the town of Arima, the Asa Wright Nature Centre (AWNC) is a world-class natural history destination for students of tropical ecology and is of particular interest to birdwatchers.
A special attraction on the property is a breeding colony of the nocturnal Oilbird, or Guacharo (Steatornis caripensis). Located in Dunston Cave, a beautiful riparian grotto, it is perhaps the most easily accessible colony known for this remarkable species.
The AWNC is a "Not-for-Profit" Trust established in 1967 by a group of naturalists and bird-watchers to protect part of the Arima Valley. Comprising nearly 1,500 acres of mainly forested land in the Arima and Aripo Valleys of the Northern Range, it was one of the first nature centres to be established in the Caribbean.
The Centre's main facilities are located on a former cocoa-coffee-citrus plantation, previously known as the Spring Hill Estate. This estate has now been partly reclaimed by secondary forest, surrounded by impressive rainforest, where some original climax forest on the steeper slopes have a canopy of 100-150 feet. The whole effect is one of being deep in tropical rainforest.
Guests are accommodated in comfortable twin-bedded rooms, each with a private bath. Rooms are also located in the Main Estate House (handicapped accessible) and in nearby cottages scattered throughout the lovely garden-like grounds.
The Centre is open daily from 9am until 5pm for your enjoyment and education. Guided walks with our professional naturalist guides are conducted daily at 10:30am and 1:30pm.
Click here to see the ASA Wright Nature Centre and Lodge
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| VILLA TOSCA IN TOBAGO
Tosca in Tobago, set high on a ridge overlooking Buccoo Reef and the Caribbean sea.
Located next to the Grafton bird sanctuary, Malcolm & Annie Taylors' villa traditionally designed semi-detached villa affords luxury accommodation within the secure Sanctuary Villa estate, close to Mt Irvine Bay and up the hill from the village of Pleasant Prospect, which boasts not only a fine restaurant - the Indigo, but also a bar, a shop, and an all important (but rare) cash point.
The nearest beaches are only five minutes walk away - though the owners’ 4X4 car, which is included in the rental price, is a lazy alternative.
Our Bananaquit
Phone: 020 8749 2619 +(44) 20 8749 2619 or Email Us
Click here to see Villa Tosca
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