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Neotropical Birding and Nature Trips

Quito, Ecuador

Santiago Salazar is an English speaking birding guide and naturalist, who began his guiding experience 13 years ago, when he worked at Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve in Northwestern Ecuador. This was his first school in the world of ecotourism. He has worked in environmental education programs, as an assistant and volunteer in scientific research and monitoring of wildlife conservation projects, surveying and mapping nests, as well as banding birds in the Chocó Bioregion and in the Galapagos Islands. He has worked as resident naturalist guide for different reserves and lodges in the Amazon Rainforest. He studied Tourism and Hospitality in 2006 , obtaining his National Tour Guide License. He is currently enrolled in the School of Environmental Sciences at Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja to pursue a degree in Environmental Engineering. His knowledge and his passion for nature, have made him successful in guiding in all the different regions of his beloved country Ecuador.

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