The Amazingly Colorful Toucans of Mindo Ecuador!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

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[@kebinpicard6855]

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[@AlSiguenza]

out of curiosity, did you guys arrange a specific tour out of Quito? or any company you may recommend? Heading in May 2024

[@kevintaylor1928]

Those birds are AMAZING! I'm blown away by their beauty and colors!

[@PlanFree]

Thumbs up given! Birds are cool. Hummingbirds are 😍😍! Thanks for sharing.👍

[@joe-buchberger]

Of all countries in Southamerica, Ecuador is my favourite one

[@AmeliaAndJP]

😊👍🇪🇨

[@kevintaylor1928]

You guys are totally making me fall in love with Ecuador, wow! Thank you for letting us see all those incredibly beautiful birds. I hope I get to see it in person someday soon.

[@anamariaprado2718]

You should go and visit, you will totally fall in love with Ecuador.

[@marcospozo9987]

Lindo reportaje. Sigan brindándonos sus viajes que son muy agradables.

[@2Travelis2Live]

This was absolutely gorgeous. I love seeing those birds. They were incredible. Thank you for this video.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍

[@marytica123]

WOW - you 2 are BRAVE ! That path leading to the Queen Waterfall was a straight drop, if you lost your footing ! Another great adventure !

[@AmeliaAndJP]

It was crazy! I couldn’t stop thinking about Romancing the Stone! 😂

[@susansmithkichwapanikuna9911]

Wow. So many colorful birds. A definite place to visit but be prepared for the mud. I would like to see the hummingbirds too. Hope to see this when I finally get to visit. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@cindyk3076]

Wow, beautiful waterfalls and gorgeous birds, what a video!

[@jossuadamianestevez]

gracais por este video, muy bien logrado. Mindo is stunning!

[@sharoncarrington1474]

Soooo beautiful - all the waterfalls and the gorgeous birds , Especially the Toucans!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you 🥰

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed the birds! They were incredible!

[@sharoncarrington1474]

The waterfalls were incredible too!

[@ivanhoe6145]

That's what I call beauty. Amazing place.

[@edwardmcdonald2566]

That was frick'n AWESOME guys! As a lover of nature that was a special treat. Thanks for sharing your adventure.

[@Jetmab04]

Oh, what a place you just visited 😊 Everything I've seen from Mindo is absolutely stunning and, all these wonderful birds..just wow to everything there - also in Mindo as all other places in Ecuador are. Thanks so much for sharing 🤗

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@mairahernandez6487]

Lovely video! Happy birthday Amelia.🌿🌳🌿🌺🐦🐝🐛🌿🌺

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Gracias! 🥳

[@kebinpicard6855]

Very cool. We are putting this on our go to list

[@Obviousman1]

Me too!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Great!

[@oscarguajala1727]

Excellent video thanks to show the beautifil of the jungle of Ecuador, greetings from London!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bela-sofia34]

You are both actually very brave and sure-footed! Props to you both!

[@vasa1971]

Thank you for the beautiful images..

[@cad5017]

"Romancing the Stone." lol 😆 Love it! ❤️

[@lynfl9814]

I'm a birder; this is birding paradise!

[@wilsonavila3068]

Thanks for shering the best places in Ecuador

[@tomp.8101]

Thank you for this beautiful Video! This Place is on Top of my list for December! Greetings from Vienna 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@kimberlygabaldon3260]

Omigosh How Beautiful!!! I want to go there so badly!

[@diegosuarez4451]

Not a zoo,not a lab, not a theme park.. 100% nature

[@ursulasanabria8813]

What a great video! Thank you for sharing! Definitely a place to visit.

[@lauraswihart4816]

Oh- I loved that zip ride! So beautiful!♥️

[@jalc11]

Thank you for all the wonderful videos of Ecuador. I was born there and never thought I would go back until now that I’ve been following your channel

[@2ndSprings]

Are you kidding me!?! A Romancing the Stone reference?!? You guys are the best! What a movie! Oh, and great video content as always. Keep on keepin' on!

[@whacked00]

Beautiful waterfall and Beautiful birds!

[@rosaarodriguez9968]

You really like walking! I love knowing Ecuador with you... I'm from Ecuador... but end up in USA. My kids are Americans so... I'm stuck in Midwest. Hate the cold... and the heat. Summers now are 100F. No beaches. I miss the beaches.

[@59simonh]

10 out of 10🏆 JP, the camera, editing and storyline is stellar! Very impressive. Amelia..you're a star🥇

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Gracias! 😊

[@jtsdeals]

Awesome video. The colors of those birds were amazing.

[@ericlawson4950]

My wife’s mother had knee replacement surgery in July and we came to help take care of her during her recovery. We were able to do a two day one night excursion to Mindo! We went to the waterfalls, but we had our youngest son(2 1/2years) so we went to the left trail as it was a shorter trek to get to a waterfall

[@chithranair]

Lovely!!! So much natural beauty! Those paths were treacherous and with the rain, waterfalls and a camera to maneuver, JP hats off!! Thanks for sharing this, it was very enjoyable 👏🏼👏🏼🦜

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Gracias!

[@matsrecordcollection]

Wow! What a great forest! Thanks for another great video and glad things are getting back to normal for you.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Us too!

[@nhong18]

Very beautiful toucans!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

They're amazing! Seeing them was a childhood dream come true!

[@francesfarmer736]

Oh my gosh! I love your adventures! The rain forest with the waterfalls and so many species of birds we have in the world, simply amazing……I think I wrote a book report in school about the scarlet tanager, now I’ve seen a few in your videos, and so many different tanager’s ( I want to call them teenagers😄) Thankyou for this video👏👏

[@22madmax13]

The blue ones are my favorite 😍

[@Obviousman1]

Wow so beautiful! I'm loving these nature videos.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍

[@k_and_m8745]

Mindo is great for the amount of things to see and do. I had the chance to zip-line for the first time ever and loved it. Great video of the Touccans. We had a Touccan in our papaya tree around 10:30 in the morning about a month ago which is a rarety. We are west of Mindo and love the variety of birds and lizards.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

It really is! That's cool that you saw a toucan in your papaya tree!

[@GR-ji9fw]

Beautiful! Sam the Toucan and his buddies! Such gorgeous colors. Thanks again as always for sharing, and happy birthday, Amelia!

[@seamusp5991]

Those birds were wonderful!

[@juanalarcon5320]

you guys are really brave I dont think I would venture that way, but kudos to both and showing us how beautiful this place is.

[@jennelson5712]

Amazing guys!!! We’re going to a similar spot soon here in Bolivia 😊

[@vanessaprovost1112]

Plate billed mountain toucan just breathtaking, gorgeous bird ..amazing video as usual 👍♥️

[@AmeliaAndJP]

They are amazing! We were so happy to see them!

[@patriciochuinta6678]

Wow! In Ecuador, there are so many beautiful birds

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Sí! Muchos!

[@stephenhine4312]

Happy birthday 🎂 Amelia. Cool! I’m the kid in heart that loves cable cars! Also the beautiful vegetation (note the common houseplants living naturally). Thank you for sharing. Adding this to my list of things to do on my exploratory trip.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Gracias! 🥳

[@donh5794]

Thanks for showing such outstanding nature. The birds are also amazing. 👍

[@sandrasgotvoice]

Toucan Sam in his natural habitat! lol! Those bird shots are incredible!! You guys are absolutely fearless. I cracked up when JP talked about having to walk in town after walking on the side of a cliff in the rain!! Thank you for sharing your amazing journey.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bernardvog5233]

Awesome birds,the colours just amazing ....great video guys !

[@jclf1]

Lovely video, ¡Gracias!

[@paulcelleri9164]

You guys are awesome 👍 Thank You, for sharing Ecuador's wonder...

[@silvanavelasco1147]

Hermosa experiencia en el Bosque del Chocó Andino Ecuatoriano Las aves preciosas ☺️ ( por si acaso para quien no lo sepa esto es al noorcidente de Pichincha cerca a Quito No es la Amazonia que es al este en el oriente ecuatoriano la selva) 🖐️🙏 Quito

[@elenaleiva6331]

Muy buena aclaración, la Provincia de Pichincha es hermosa tiene bellos lugares turísticos.

[@sinnombre3855]

The only thing more beautiful than those birds is Amelia!! Great video guys!!

[@sherrym2337]

This was my favorite!! So beautiful! Worth getting up before the crack of dawn.

[@christinedailey9254]

WOW! That was a great video, so cool!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Gracias! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ginaagui4375]

Awesome birds😊

[@quito9896]

Beautiful video thank you

[@judykinsman3258]

I didn’t need it but you reminded me why I love you and your videos. This was awesome!! I think I saw a cock of the rock on the sign for the property? That is my favorite bird. Thank you again for taking me along on this beautiful adventure!🦋🌺💕

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍

[@millierendon171]

No touching the water? I don’t think I could walk by without. How cool!!

[@jwebb3337]

Wow! Amazing! I would have been afraid to get on the zipline ride. Y'all are brave!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

It was a little scary! Amelia wouldn’t look up. Her head was down the whole time! 😂

[@sharonclyburn7706]

Beautiful, I can't wait to visit!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

It's an amazing area!

[@knownone3395]

Wow!

[@mariacaballero9091]

our life is similar with my husband a lot of problems and operations, I am a native Ecuadorian I have lived abroad since I was very young, I love your videos they inspire me to make our life more organic taking care of our precious health I hope we meet there, possibly we will be in November

[@mariescott9853]

Fabuloso. What a beautiful place full of amazing birds. Thank you. I enjoyed it so much.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍

[@dianamayfield5615]

Wow! What an adventure!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

We had so much fun!

[@edwarddiaz1130]

You guys never fail to deliver great content

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Gracias! 😊

[@anndrake492]

Wow! I am a birder and I have been hearing about this place for a long time. Awesome birds! Thanks.

[@EvaOwen]

Thanks for sharing! I like seeing virtually (through you) all the places that I never got to in Ecuador!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Great! 😊👍

[@fletchercastoria2338]

Loved this!

[@Brento62]

Nice job y’all Thanks

[@LianeSpicer]

Absolutely beautiful. Gracias!

[@hanslueschen5190]

So cool!...

[@marklucas1898]

Love the video...I had heard about Mindo and its fabulous Hummingbirds....but I never knew that one could so easily trek the forest. I might do that in the future.

[@standinkler5356]

Just incredible, thanks

[@grahamcroucher5251]

Just come back from Mindo, and went birding with Andersson. He was one of the best drivers I experienced in Ecuador, but he needs to hone his birding skills. He misidentified several species which (fortunately I try to photograph as many as possible) which I correctly identified using those photos and my bird book. Sad that I knew more about some of the birds than a local. Anyway, I love your videos and saw a lot of them before my Ecuador trip, which helped me know what to expect. I will be back and will hopefully bird Quayaquil and more of the Amazon basin. Amazing birds!

[@standinkler5356]

Wow, cool

[@raiz91]

Mindo is wonderful, I’ve been there in 2003.

[@susanshaver912]

I am falling more and more in love with Ecuador! I am77 though, with two artificial knees and a new hip. Not sure if I am up to that hike. Sigh, In the past I wouldn't have thought twice. Haha, o'dark thirty! Amazing colors on all of those birds. Did they supply the binoculars?

[@stephaniecampbell6811]

Beautiful! Reminds me a little of the cloud forest in Costa Rica

[@AmeliaAndJP]

So cool!

[@wb7qni]

Thanks for another superb video showing off Ecuador's amazing pájaros. I work for Audubon's Seabird Institute in the Northeast (though am only a mediocre birder) and have hoped to see toucans with my wife in Ecuador for a long time. On prior attempts near Cuenca, heard them but never saw one. This inspires us to keep searching and, eventually, to make the trip to Minda too. Please keep making videos of Ecuador's natural beauty. They will be timeless.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Mindo may be the best birding or at least the most accessible birding location in Ecuador. Highly recommend it 👍

[@jerrygarcia4390]

I arrived in Mindo this afternoon. It’s the first place that I have ever visited where I feel that I was in the film 🎥 Jurassic Park, minus the angry T-Rex 🦖 😊 The town is so tranquil and tiny.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

So cool!

[@bodvargregersen5161]

Amelia and JP, this has to be the best video on Ecuador, and you have had many. Why not ask Metropolitan Touring of Ecuador to sponsor you on a 4 day tour of their Mashpi Lodge in the Mindo region. You will probably have to make a two or three part series to include all the niceties of the lodge and dining experience not to mention all the day and night activities of the lodge. It is a slice of heaven! If that works well, you can ask Metropolitan Touring for a promotional trip on M/V Santa Cruise II of the Galápagos Islands.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Great suggestion! 😊👍

[@ramjet5192]

Beautiful. Hope to move there soon. From Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

[@bimonsolivar8898]

Your videos are so relaxing!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Great! 😊👍

[@dicitalore605]

We do have amazing waterfalls. If you're in Patate (province of Tungurahua) I would definitely go to Cascada Mundug. Or If you're on the road from Baños to Puyo you can go to Cascada Kilo which is right before arriving in Mera. That one has a very short trekk of maybe 10 minutes.

[@seekeroftruth02]

Thanks!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Muchísimas gracias! 🥳

[@BC-hr2of]

🙏🏼

[@Mrbynby]

Cool video and very adventurous. You should start catching the bugs. The elites say we will have to start eating em

[@jalc11]

Your Spanish is getting much better

[@johnking7517]

This was a great video. Loved seeing you guys exploring the country. Thank you so much.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidc1961utube]

Mindo. It's for the birds! You may groan now...

[@AmeliaAndJP]

😂

[@pedroduenas5826]

Your Spanish is really improving! Saludos de California

[@gloriarizo]

I’m amazed at the beauty of the surroundings and the birds, thank you for sharing! I’m retired and my fiancé is planning to retire by April next year, we’re already planning moving to Cuenca right after, you both are awesome and hope to meet with you and other expats very soon! Ecuador is our #1 future destinations! I’m bilingual English/Spanish, my fiancé is already learning some Spanish.

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Great!

[@anamariaprado2718]

You could have done that scene of "Romancing the stone" in that trail!

[@larry1754]

Wonderful video, thank you so much for posting! And JP, I can hardly imagine walking those trails, trying to keep one eye on the camera view screen, the other eye on your next step! You did great, but it sure would have added interest to the video if you had filmed yourself falling down the side into the underbrush! :D

[@AmeliaAndJP]

😂

[@RG-xk7eu]

I always love visiting Mindo. The both of you need to go to Banos and visit the El Pailón del Diablo..huge amazing waterfall with a hanging rope bridge that is pretty high up that crosses the river to add to the adventure! The birds are beautiful in Mindo. For another adventure fly to Iguazu Brazil for the waterfalls there plus a huge bird sanctuary. You walk through the park and your in the middle of hundreds of red and blue Parrots, Macaws, Black Toucans...absolutely amazing. Loved this cable car ride. Did it earlier this year in Mindo. Thanks for the memory! Keep shooting those videos.. and mini? Drone...

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Great suggestions! Thanks!

[@byronjacomo1127]

That was a great video! I appreciate your work, because I'm sure you'd prefer to just enjoy the moment instead of capturing your hike for us. Thanks, again! I felt like I was there with you. :) My parents are from Quito originally and I grew up here in the US. Maybe, I'll make a trip to Ecuador, to see if I'd like to live in my ancestor's land some day. :D I heard you say in one of your videos that you had back surgery and had to re-learn to walk. I was worried that the hike may injure your back, but I see that you're a fearless dare-devil! It's beautiful to see how much you two love each other. I wish you two all happiness that life brings!

[@AmeliaAndJP]

Thanks for your kind words! We love your ancestral home! 👍🇪🇨