After a rewarding birding trip to El Dorado Reserve, we headed back to Minca for the night hoping to see some Military Macaws the next morning.  There were no others to share the jeep so we had to pay the $80 ourselves but there is no other way to get down the mountain unless you want to walk!

We only had one night before our flight to Medellin.  We got a late start on the return trip as the jeep was still in use by other people who had been picked up at the airport and were checking in.  I didn’t mind though as the late departure enabled us to see a beautiful female Masked Trogon fairly close up!

We finally hit the road with another driver and met up with the other car headed up the mountain and I came up with the idea of a car swap so each driver could end up back at his station.  I was a bit envious of the young couple who had a great adventure in store but then again so did we elsewhere in Colombia!

Although we arrived at our lodge well after dark, I did get some pics of the small town of Minca the next day (and a few from passing through on the way up).