Pueblo Nuevo

Introduction

Pueblo Nuevo is a small village situated six hours walk through excellent forest from the main Tumaco - Pasto highway. There is no official accommodation and what there is, is very basic and not for the faint hearted or those who have any kind of phobia of creepy crawlies. However, another alternative is to visit the area for the day and just walk half way to the village, reaching a small stream that crosses the path, and then returning to the road.

Getting there

The only real way of visiting the village is by asking for a guide at the Río Ñambi NR or in the nearby village of Altaquer. The entrance to the walk is not sign posted and is very obscure so finding it yourself is impossible. The entrance starts in a place called La María, but even this isn't marked and bus drivers might not know it.

Birds to look for

Should you decide to visit the area then you will be rewarded with a spectacular array of species. The area is especially easy for Five-coloured Barbet. Other possibilities include Scarlet-browed, Lemon-browed, Blue-whiskered and Scarlet-and-white Tanagers, Buff-throated Saltator, Red-rumped Woodpecker, Choco and Chestnut-mandibled Toucans, Stripe-billed Araçari, Chestnut-headed Oropendola, Purple Honeycreeper, Cinnamon Woodpecker, Purple-crowned Fairy, Chestnut-backed, Bicoloured, Occelated and Spotted Antbirds, Spot-crowned Antvireo and maybe the rare Yellow-green Bush-tanager.

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