Budget birding Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic (1 Viewer)

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Rgallardy

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2016

• #1

Hi all,

For anyone interested my wife and I just finished a quick 12 day independent trip to the Caribbean. The trip was a huge success and we were able to find all of the island specific endemics as well as a number of other Caribbean endemics.

Trip Report:
https://budgetbirders.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/caribbean-trip-report1.pdf

http://buddgetbirders.com

Ross

 

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Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Apr 5, 2016

• #2

Absoloutely mindcurdling

 

foresttwitcher

Virtually unknown member

• Apr 5, 2016

• #3

Larry Sweetland said:

Absoloutely mindcurdling

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Yes indeed, made me knackered just reading it!

 

ovenbird43

Well-known member

• Apr 6, 2016

• #4

Nice trip and a great success, I'm a bit jealous, I had considered adding another island to my own trip to the DR but was put off by the need to fly between islands via Florida, and at any rate decided on a short trip... may have missed it but was your flight from San Juan to Punta Cana direct?

 

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Rgallardy

Well-known member

• Apr 6, 2016

• #5

Yes, the flight from San Juan to Punta Cana was direct. Jet Blue has a few flights between the two airports that are very cheap (I think ours was $67 per person). The flight from Jamaica to Puerto Rico was a bit more tricky though. That one involved going through FL which was a bit annoying and a lot more expensive.

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Apr 6, 2016

• #6

Just read it through properly. You are legends. :clap: It show's what's still possible to do at a cost more can afford.

 

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Rgallardy

Well-known member

• Apr 7, 2016

• #7

Larry Sweetland said:

Just read it through properly. You are legends. :clap: It show's what's still possible to do at a cost more can afford.

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Thanks! I hope our report (and blog) encourages more people to try independent budget birding trips. There's plenty of general bird information online, but not too often do people really explain directions to specific spots or note where exactly they saw a specific species. The goal of our reports is to help inspire others to share specific information from their travels so that people with tighter budgets can have the same experience as those on pricey bird tours!