Birding in the Western Andes and the Pacific Lowlands with Mapalina Birding Trails and Rioja Trails.
Mapalina Birding Trails in partnership with Rioja Travel would like to extend an invitation to come visit Cali, located in the Cauca Valley bordering the western cordillera of the Andes Mountains. The area has much to offer; amazing bird diversity, food, great people and culture. Mapalina is a non-profit organization that hpes to coserve the cloud forests of the Andes by empowering the local community. A fundamental step in conservation is knowledge of the biological resources in the area, and second to that, especially in the Colombia cloud forest, is community involvement in protecting resources. Mapalina trains local youths to become birding guides and in turn realize the potentials of protecting the cloud forest they live in. Thus, it is our top priority to promote conservation, environmental education, and responsible ecotourism that benefits the local communities and habitats of the area.
