Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)?
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating?
Since 2013, Jimenita Birding Lodge
How best to travel to your lodge?
15 minutes from Quito International Airport, 35 minutes from Quito. Easy access, gateway to the Northern – Eastern Slopes.
What kind of services – except for accommodation and food – does your lodge offer to visiting birders?
Private birding tours, photography blinds, hummingbird and tanager feeders, hiking trails, on -site 2hr-3hr birding tour usually in the morning, around 30 species, llama feeding, observation deck, viewing points, pre-Inca archeological tunnel from the 1400’s, museum, historic site.
Golden Grosbeak
What makes your lodge special?
Our lodge is a place where comfort meets nature, only 15 minutes from Quito airport, experience great hospitality, delicious meals, with a registered 126 bird species, in the only natural reserve so close to the airport.
Vermilion Flycatcher
What are the 10 – 20 most interesting birds that your lodge offers good chances to see?
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager
- Rusty Flowerpiercer
- Golden-rumped Euphonia
- Sparkling Violetear
- Western Emerald
- Golden Grosbeak
- Harris’s Hawk
- Tropical Mockingbird
- Saffron Finch
- Black-tailed Trainbearer
- White-bellied Woodstar
Sword-billed Hummingbird
What is the best time to visit your lodge, and why?
All year round. The temperature in the Andes ranges from 10 to 25 celsius, making it special for birding
Masked Flowerpiercer
Is your lodge involved in conservation efforts? If yes, please describe them.
Yes, we have 2 main projects:
- Reforestation of our cliff adjacent to the Rio Churoloma that merges with the Rio Chiche (one of the main ones in Quito). We have already planted 2000 native trees to attract rain, new bird species, and make it a refuge for wildlife.
- Antisana Condor Observatory, we planted in 2025 11,000 plants and trees native to the Andean paramo, to protect the ecosystem and home to the Andean condor and spectacled bear.
Golden-rumped Euphonia
What other suggestions can you give to birders interested in visiting your lodge?
Best place to overnight close to the airport, stay at least 2 days, is not only an airport hotel, as you have many activities onsite. A special place to relax and reconnect with nature.
Rusty Flowerpiercer
Do you have activities for non-birders? If so, please describe.
Llama feeding, hiking trails, archeological trails, wellness area, shaman purification, and cooking classes
Harris’s Hawk
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is interested in staying at your lodge, how can they best contact you?
+593 99 373 2879, email: sales@ecuadorbirdstours.com
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