From Samaipata or from downtown Santa Cruz to Refugio Volcanes and back to Samaipata or downtown Santa Cruz . Refugio Los Volcanes is located in the southern part of Amboró National Park , between La Angostura and Bermejo . From the city of Santa Cruz takes roughly one and a half hours drive on paved road along the old way to Cochabamba and half hour on dirt road. From Samaipata takes 1 hour on paved road plus half an hour dirt road. Tucked away in a deep valley, the 282 hectares from Los Volcanes offer spectacular views of sandstone rock cliffs as well as the subtropical forests which surround the Sanctuary. World renowned ornithologists such as Ridgeley, Tudor and others have visited Los Volcanes on several opportunities – their bird lists register more than 200 species- and the local botanist Dr. Roberto Vásquez has identified more than 100 species of orchids and bromeliads. The Infrastructure of colonial style lodge, counts with spacious lawn and lounging areas with a spectacular view for enjoying your favorite book pr relax in hammocks. It counts with modern bathrooms and hot showers, private to every double room. The meals offered are a combination of international, national and vegetarian dishes, and very early breakfast is offered for birders until request. There are also 15 km of different trails offering opportunities to spot birds from a variety of habitat types, some suitable for nocturnal exploration as well. If you like it, refresh yourself in the natural pools formed by the waterfalls of the Elvira Creek . Usually you arrive before midday, with enough time for the first birding hike on the upper slopes, guided in your language. After lunch, bird with your guide the humid forest (in your favorite language) and after dinner go with him/her along one of the suitable trails. Next morning you can depart before sunrise for a guided hike, leaving for the end of the day the swim at the natural pools or the relaxation in the hammocks.

Interesting birds in Refugio Volcanes are: Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, King Vultur, Barred Forest-Falcon, Bat Falcon, Ruddy Quail-Dove, Military Macaw, Band-bellied Owl, Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl, Subtropical Pygmy-Owl, Rufous Nightjar, White-tipped Swift, Great-billed Hermit, Booted Racquet-tail, Slender-tailed Woodstar, Black-streaked Puffbird, Chestnut-tipped Toucanet, Ocellated Piculet, Red-billed Scythebill, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Bolivian Recurvebill, Gray-throated Leaftosser, Black-capped Antwren, Short-tailed Antthrush, Slaty Gnateater, MacConnell's Flycatcher, Sclater's Tyrannulet, Euler's Flycatcher, Yungas Manakin, White-necked Thrush, Guira Tanager, Green-throated Tanager, White-winged Tanager, Golden-rumped Euphonia, Dusky-green Oropendola.

We recommend combining this tour with birding-tours to the Cloud-Forest in La Siberia , to the dry Interandean-Valleys near Saipina, birding-tours along streams close to Samaipata or to the Tucuman-Bolivian Forest before Postrervalle. Each one of those tours can be done in 1 or 2 days from Samaipata, being an excellent way to complete a good birding list for the array of ecosystems in the sub-Andean region.