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Spectacular greenery of the Cloud Forest provides the backdrop for some master songsters of the bird world, like Spotted Nightingale Thrush, Slate-coloured Solitaire and Brown-backed Solitaire. Our point of exploration during two nights will be the Mario Dary Biotope, a peace of land dedicated to the protection of the Resplendent Quetzal, our national bird.

We will then fly to the north of the country. Imagine Birdwatching in one of the five most important jungles in the world, where the Maya culture reached its cultural, social, political, architectural and financial peak: Tikal National Park, a place inhabited by more than 300 bird species will be our birding spot for four nights!

The biome is a Tropical Humid Forest. Mostly plain and karstic, the land has very poor soil but sustains an exuberant closed forest with good stratification and biodiversity. This area, which represents the meridian extreme of the Campeche Province of Neotropics, has the most abundant fauna of the country. There is a great homogeneity in the physiognomy and structure of this formation. Typical plant associations are Ramonal (Brosinum alicastrum), Escobal (palms of Crysophyla argentea), Sabal (morrisiana) Tintal (Haematoxylum campechanum) and Corozal (palms of Orbygnia cohune).

An endemic group of birds are found here: Ocellated Turkey (a close relative of the Wild Turkey), Yucatan Bobwhite, Yucatan Poorwill, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Yucatan Flycatcher, Yucatan Jay, Northern Cardinal and White-bellied Wren; as well as Parrots, Toucans, Trogons, Antbirds, Tinamous, Raptors and more.

Martsam Tour & Travel and Rainforest Alliance have established an alliance to work with the operator's suppliers in Best Management Practices in Sustainable Tourism Program since May 2,006.