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Day 1

Flight Lima to Puerto Maldonado – Tambapata Clay Lick

We will pick up at Puerto Maldonado airport after your flight from Lima to Puerto Maldonado(rainforest)city and we will be driving the Interoceanica highway for about 48 km, then enter to a dirt road by middle of the forest for approximately 18 km to the bank of the Tambopata River. The lodge is located near the main Check Point Malinowski of the Tambopata National Reserve.

The driving is 1,3 hours then we take a boat for 15 minutes to the lodge.

You will arrive at the Tambopata Inn Lodge for the afternoon.

Lunch at the lodge

There is a Tower 50mts to climb and nigh walk for the rest of the afternoon & night time activities.

Elevation: 180mts / 576ft

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Tambopata Inn lodge (L,D)

Day 2

Macaw Clay lick Chuncho – then Boat trip to Los Amigos Biological Station.

We wake up very  early, at 4:30, to leave at 5:00 a.m. our destination, the world’s largest Macaw clay lick, a trip of approximately 35 minutes boat trip, on the way we will have the incredible opportunity to see Capybaras, which are the largest rodents in the world, tapirs,  and you can even see the South American feline, the Jaguar, many of our customers (35%) have seen this beautiful cat  and they have photographic evidence of these encounters with these  mammals.

Once arrived to the Macaw clay lick we will have a chance to see hundreds of parrots of different species who come to eat clay on the wall adjacent to the River. We will accommodate us in our chairs to wait to begin one of the most beautiful natural shows of the birds in the world. Species of large macaws the most colorful of America, Red and Green, Blue and Yellow and the Scarlet’s Macaws gather to eat clay needed in their daily diet to eliminate toxins. Parrots such as the Blue headed, Orange cheeked Parrot, White-eyed, Dusky-headed Parakeet, among others come every day to same place for  the same purpose.

After this morning activity we will return to the lodge and leave to Laberinto mining town 30 minutes driving to take a boat upstream the Madre de Dios River for 3.5 hours along the river we pass and see local communities of miners and Indigenous before to we arrive to the Station, we will have lunch on the boat as we travel by boat.

So, we will explore the trails in the afternoon at the various trails nearby the Station to look for monkeys.

There are 11 species of Monkeys record here .

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

Macaw clay lick from Tambopata National Reserve

Day 3

Los Amigos Biological Station full day activities

We will explore the trail to Los Amigos River hiking to a Mirador then we will make a long loop back to the Station over the Terra Firme and Flood Plain Forest.

Lunch at the Station

In the afternoon we have the chance to explore Poza Don Pedro (seasonal flooded Palm Forest and small oxbow lake) this is place has seen the 5 mts Anaconda inhabitant of this wetland.

Los Amigos River

We will be to observe the Sunset over Madre de Dios River

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

Day 4

Los Amigos full activities

This morning to explore the trails around the Terra Firme Forest and viewing points over the Madre de Dios River so we have the chance to find the 11 species of Monkeys and many more species of birds around the trails.

The Emperor Tamarin

The Bolivian Red Howler Monkeys

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

Day 5

Los Amigos full activities

Early in the morning we hike in the floodplain forest to visit the Cocha lobo Oxbow Lake for the Giant River Otter and Black Caimans inhabitants of the Oxbow Lake.

The afternoon we explore trails and night time hike to look for amphibians and reptiles.

Oxbow Lake Lobo

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

Day 06

Los Amigos station to Puerto Maldonado airport

We leave the Station after breakfast toward Laberinto by boat (3 hours downstream) then we drive (40 minutes by car) Puerto Maldonado city toward airport to flight Puerto Maldonado to Lima in the afternoon.

Lunch at the city of Puerto Maldonado according to the flight time

We arrange to the pick up at the airport and transfer to the hotel in Lima.

DAY 1

Arrive to Lima airport, transfer airport to the Hotel in Miraflores

A day to rest according the time you arrive at Lima airport.

Overnight at Miraflores Casa Andina Select

DAY 2

Lima city tour (Main Plaza, Catedral, Church of San Francisco Catacombs and the Gold Museum.

In the morning time to rest so you can have time to explore Miraflores area so in the afternoon it should be on the tour.

Overnight at Miraflores Casa Andina Select

DAY 3

Transfer to Callao port for the Palomino Island tour

This is a morning tour around the Palomino Island for 2,30 hours with a group so we can see the Humboldt Pingui, Peruvian Booby, Red-legged Cormorant and the See Lions, this is part of the wildlife along the Coast so we have the chance to swing with the See Lion.

In the afternoon flight to Cusco city then we transfer you to the Urubamba town a lower elevation than Cusco city.

In Cusco we drive to the Sacred Valley over the mountains, we stop for landscape views.

Meals: B, Box Lunch or Lunch at local restaurant

Overnight at Andean Wings Urubamba

HUMBOLDT PENGUIN

DAY 4

Explore the Sacred Valley, Pisac Inca site, Maras (Salt Mines), Moray agricultural Inca site.

Lunch on the way

Meals: B, Lunch

Overnight at Andean Wings Urubamba

MORAY

Day 5

Visit the Ollantaytambo Inca site then on the way we will visit the Ensifera camp a Hummingbird feeder at the Sacred Valley. Pass(3318mts/18380ft) and Birding around this area.

Urubamba we will visit the Local Chicha (Andean bar) Corn beer and visit the

Lunch at the local restaurant in the Sacred Valley

Meals: B, Lunch

Overnight at Tunapa Lodge at Ollantaytambo 2700mts/8640ft

SHINNING SUNBEAN

DAY 6

Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu town (Aguas Calientes)

We take the train to Machupicchu in the morning (1:30 hours) then we get to the hotel so lunch in town Aguas Calientes, so after we will be on the bus at the Inca ruins.

In the afternoon we have the guided tour at Machupicchu Inca citadel

Meals: B, Lunch at Aguas Calientes

Overnight at Casa Andina Machupicchu 2000mts/6400ft

MACHUPICCHU

DAY 7

Machupicchu Inca citadel second visit day in the morning or explore the Mariposario down at aguas calientes.

This is the morning activity so we come back for lunch after spending time and exploring the gardens and hummingbird at the Butterfly house.

Lunch at Aguas Calientes

Machupicchu or Aguas Calientes town so in the midafternoon we leave by train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytmbo town.

In mid afternnon

Ollantaytambo town to Cusco city

We drive from Ollantaytambo to Cusco on the way we will visit the local Community of Chinchero to get to know the Weaving and textiles producing and visit the Piuray lake for Andean birds

Meals: B, Lunch at Aguas Calientes

Overnight at Andean Wings Cusco 3300mts/ 10560ft

DAY 8

Explore the town so City tour and the nearby inca ruins like Sacsayhuman, Qenqo, Pucapucara, Tambomachay.

In the afternoon we can explore San Blas, main market of San Pedro (local product) and enjoy the meals at the restaurant

Lunch in town

Meals: B, Lunch at Cusco city

Overnight at Andean Wings hotel 3300mts/10560ft.

ROCK OF 12 ANGLES

DAY 9

Flight Cusco to Puerto Maldonado town

We will arrive around time for Lunch to the city of Puerto Maldonado so in the afternoon we will visit the old Oxbow Lake Yacumama near the town by car.

In the lake we take a small canoe so we have the chances to find many species of Birds like Red-belied Macaws and herons and the Black Caimans. This

Meals: B, Lunch, Dinner

Overnight at Cabaña Quinta hotel Puerto Maldonado

DAY 10

Early in the morning we will take a boat to the Cachuela Clay Lick (many parrot species gather together and small Macaws every morning) after we will return to the hotel for breakfast

Then we drive to La Filadelfia river port to Tambopata Inn Lodge for the Macaw Clay Lick.

In the afternoon we will explore trails and night time activities.

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Tambopata Inn lodge

DAY 11

Macaw Clay lick visit then we explore the trails and canopy tower

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Tambopata Inn lodge

Macaw Clay Lick – Tambopata River

DAY 12

Tambopata Inn Lodge to Sandoval Lake Lodge

We leave the lodge after a second time visit of the Chuncho Clay Lick to La Florida by boat / car.

So, we continue we will be at Puerto Maldonado town and Tambopata river in our journey Sandoval lake.

This afternoon we will take a boat around the Lake

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Sandoval Lake lodge

This morning we have the chance to visit as second time the Macaw clay lick

DAY 13

Sandoval Lake explore

This morning to explore the lake by paddle a boat then the trails around the Terra Firme forest and viewing points over the Oxbow Lake so we have the chance to find 6 species of Monkeys and the family of Giant River Otters and many more species of birds around the trails/ Lake.

All Meals included at the lodge

Overnight at Sandoval Lake Lodge 180mts / 580ft

AGAMI HERON

DAY 14

Sandoval Lake Lodge to Puerto Maldonado city then Flight to Lima

Early in the morning we cross the lake and hike to the main river Madre de Dios in our way to Puerto Maldonado city

We arrange to the pick up at the airport and transfer to the hotel in Lima.

Day 1

Lima- Tarapoto – Waqanki lodge

After arrived to Tarapoto we will head to Waqanki Lodge and spend part of the afternoon photographing around the garden.

Overnight: Waqanki lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Day 2 

Waqanki Lodge full day

This is a well-known lodge on the northern route (2821.52 feet), there are many species of birds and a good number of hummingbirds, including the   Rufous-crested Coquette and other species such as,White-necked Jacobin,Brown Violetear,Gray-breasted Sabrewing,Many-spotted Hummingbird,Golden-tailed Sapphire,Sapphire-spangled Emerald,black throated hermit.Great-billed Hermit,Black-throated Mango,Long-billed Starthroat,Blue-tailed Emerald,Violet-headed Hummingbird,

Fork-tailed Woodnymph,White-chinned Sapphire,black throated hermit,amethyst woodstar, Buff-tailed Sicklebill,black eared fairy,fork tailed woodnymph.

Meals: B, L, D.

Moyobamba town

Overnight: Waqanky lodge

Day 3

Wakanky – Arena Blanca lodge

This is a new lodge located at the foothills, some species here are wire crested thorntail, blue fronted lancebill, sometimes black throated brilliant, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, brown violeteared, blue tailed emerald, rufous crested coquette, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, rufous throated sapphire(not specific seasons), green fronted lancebill, Long-billed Starthroat, Violet-headed Hummingbird.

They also have an observatory for rufous breasted woodquial, little and cinereous tinamou, orange billed sparrow.

He is working on an observatory for other birds such as the black bellied tanager and other species.

Overnight: Arena Blanca Lodge

Day 4

Arena Blanca full day

We will spend time aroud the garden then visit Llanteria where we can find some species like ecuatorian piedtail and some times napo sabrewing .

Then this lodge allows to visist Altonieva reserve where we can photograph greenish pufflegg,royal sunangel and some other hummers .

Overnight: Arena Blanca Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Royal Sunangel

Day 5 .

Arena Blanca Lodge to Owlet Lodge

We will leave to the lodge early heading to Aquas Verdes (1 hour driving) , This place, also known as the Arena Blanca Reserve, has several birds and of course hummingbirds such as Wire-crested Thorntail,Gray-breasted Sabrewing,Golden-tailed Sapphire,Sapphire-spangled Emerald,brown violeteared,blue tailed emerald,rufous crested coquette, Fork-tailed Woodnymph,black throated brilliant(not specific seasons),rufous throated sapphire(not specific seasons)blue fronted lancebill,green fronted lancebill, Long-billed Starthroat, Reddish Hermit, Violet-headed Hummingbird,green hermit,

After we will ascending the Alto Mayo valley, in our journeys we will stop at different elevations for photo opportunities, this is in our way to Owlet Lodge.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Day 6

  Owlet Lodge  Full day

This lodge has several points where hummingbirds are very active, one of the favorites is in front of the dining room where you can work to get good images, here the elevation is different, it is the upper part of the cloud forest and we have species like,Lesser Violetear,Speckled Hummingbird,Emerald-bellied Puffleg,Bronzy Inca

Collared Inca,Chestnut-breasted Coronet,Fawn-breasted Brilliant,White-bellied Woodstar,sword billed hummingbird, Amethyst-throated Sunangel, Violet-fronted Brilliant,brown violetear,long tailed sylph.

Also this day we can take the opportunity to visit Huembo to see the endemic hummingbird Marvelous spatuletail that is an hour from the lodge and other birds around.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2000mts/ 6400ft

Marvellous spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis)

Day 7

Owlet Lodge to Tarapoto.

Today we will use part of the morning to see some species between Owlet lodge and Huembo if we need it before heading towards Tarapoto also looking for more species of birds.

• Elevation: Tarapoto 360mts / 1150ft

Overnight: Tarapoto hotel

Day 8

Tarapoto to Bella Vista toward Flor de CAFÉ – Scarlet Banded  Barbet.

In the morning we drive along a paved road for 2 hours to Bella Vista a farming area of rise. Here we take a bumpy road uphill, passing through the corn and Coffee plantations run by local farmers so along the route we stop at different Birding spots so we will get there for lunch time at the local family hostel, this is the Scarlet-banded Barbet location.

After lunch we will be birding for the Barbet, as well as Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater, Cerulean-capped Manakin and many more birds, this is our first try for the main target species at the cloud forest 1400mts / 4500ft elevation so it has patches of pristine forest and coffee plantations. The trail is uphill and pass a beautiful forest where there are a lot of birds mixed flocks species of birds among them the Scarlet-banded Barbet.

We will have dinner then if we want to go for nocturnal bird there is a chance for Vermiculated Screech Owl in the evening.

• Meals: B,L,D
• Elevation: Flor de café 1600mts / 5120ft
• Overnight: Flor de Café family Hostal

DAY 9 

Flor de Café Full Day.

Today we have a full day at the Barbet and Cordillera Azul Antbird area. As the day begins early in the morning, we leave to the main trails to look main targets here the Scarlet-banded Barbet, Scarlet-breasted and Fiery-throated Fruiteaters, Foothill Schiffornis, Short-tailed Antthrush, this is a place for many colourful Tanagers as well, Jet and Blue-rumped Manakin.

In the Afternoon we head to the main trails for the Cordillera Azul Antbird a newly discovered Antbird so our local guide will take us to the main territories where they are found.

• Dinner at the family Hostal.
• Meals: B,L,D
• Elevation: Flor de café 1600mts / 5120ft
• Overnight: Flor de Café family Hostal

Scarlet-banded Barbet

DAY 10

Flor de Café to Tarapoto city- Lima.

This morning we have another opportunity to find the Barbet around the community Flor de Café if we had not seen or the specialties of this area, then we will star heading back to Tarapoto city in our way down we will be birding and stop at various habitats for bird.

Day 1 

Lima – Tarapoto

After a flight from the coast to the north for about 50 minutes, you will arrive at the city of Tarapoto located at the foot of the mountain (1148 feet), then we will visit 2 places to observe and photograph hummingbirds, we will find species such as,

Gould’s Jewelfront,white bearded hermit,pale tailed barbthroat,Gray-breasted Sabrewing,fork tailed woodnymph,golden tailed sapphire, White-necked Jacobin,Koepcke’s Hermit,Blue-fronted Lancebill,Black belliedThorntail (not specific seasons), Sparkling Violetear,Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Long-billed Starthroat,Amethyst Woodstar, Many-spotted Hummingbird,blue tailed emerald.

Over night in Tarapoto.

Meals: B, L, D.

Goulds jewelfront

Day 2

Tarapoto – Waqanki lodge

Before going to the next lodge we will spend part of the morning in these picalore observatories, perhaps with different light, and after 3 hours by car we will arrive at Wakanki Lodge.

Overnight: Waqanki lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Day 3 

Waqanki Lodge full day

This is a well-known lodge on the northern route (2821.52 feet), there are many species of birds and a good number of hummingbirds, including the   Rufous-crested Coquette and other species such as,White-necked Jacobin,Brown Violetear,Gray-breasted Sabrewing,Many-spotted Hummingbird,Golden-tailed Sapphire,Sapphire-spangled Emerald,black throated hermit.Great-billed Hermit,Black-throated Mango,Long-billed Starthroat,Blue-tailed Emerald,Violet-headed Hummingbird,

Fork-tailed Woodnymph,White-chinned Sapphire,black throated hermit,amethyst woodstar, Buff-tailed Sicklebill,black eared fairy,fork tailed woodnymph.

Meals: B, L, D.

Moyobamba town

Day 4

Wakanky – Arena Blanca lodge

This is a new lodge located at the foothills, some species here are wire crested thorntail, blue fronted lancebill, sometimes black throated brilliant, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, brown violeteared, blue tailed emerald, rufous crested coquette, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, rufous throated sapphire(not specific seasons), green fronted lancebill, Long-billed Starthroat, Violet-headed Hummingbird.

They also have an observatory for rufous breasted woodquial, little and cinereous tinamou, orange billed sparrow.

He is working on an observatory for other birds such as the black bellied tanager and other species.

Overnight: Arena Blanca lodge

Day 5 

Arena Blanca Lodge to Owlet Lodge

We will leave to the lodge early heading to Aquas Verdes (1 hour driving) , This place, also known as the Arena Blanca Reserve, has several birds and of course hummingbirds such as Wire-crested Thorntail,Gray-breasted Sabrewing,Golden-tailed Sapphire,Sapphire-spangled Emerald,brown violeteared,blue tailed emerald,rufous crested coquette, Fork-tailed Woodnymph,black throated brilliant(not specific seasons),rufous throated sapphire(not specific seasons)blue fronted lancebill,green fronted lancebill, Long-billed Starthroat, Reddish Hermit, Violet-headed Hummingbird,green hermit,

After we will ascending the Alto Mayo valley, in our journeys we will stop at different elevations for photo opportunities, this is in our way to Owlet Lodge.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Wire crested thorntail

Day 6,  Owlet Lodge full day.

This lodge has several points where hummingbirds are very active, one of the favorites is in front of the dining room where you can work to get good images, here the elevation is different, it is the upper part of the cloud forest and we have species like,Lesser Violetear,Speckled Hummingbird,Emerald-bellied Puffleg,Bronzy Inca

Collared Inca,Chestnut-breasted Coronet,Fawn-breasted Brilliant,White-bellied Woodstar,sword billed hummingbird, Amethyst-throated Sunangel, Violet-fronted Brilliant,brown violetear,long tailed sylph,

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Emerald bellied puffleg

Day 7,  Owlet Lodge full day activities

Today we will visit the Alto Nieva Reserve very close to the lodge where we will photograph species such as,Royal sunalgel,grennish puffleg

Lesser Violetear,Speckled Hummingbird,Long-tailed Sylph,Greenish Puffleg

Bronzy Inca,Chestnut-breasted Coronet,Peruvian Racket-tail,Rufous-vented Whitetip,Fawn-breasted Brilliant,Violet-fronted Brilliant,White-bellied Woodstar,many spotted hummingbird.

Then we can visit another place not far away called Llanteria where it has similar species but we can find an interesting species the Ecuadorian piedtail also Napo sabrewing (not specific season),green hermit,gray chinned hermit,white tipped scycklebill,violet fronted brilliant.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Royal Sunangel

Day 8

Owlet Lodge to Huembo Lodge

Today we are going to go to one of the few places where we are going to photograph this endemic hummingbird the Marvelous Spatuletail at the Huembo Interpretation Center.

Overnight: hotel

Meals: B, L, D.

Huembo 2000mts / 6400ft

Day 9

  Huembo Full day

The main hummingbird is undoubtedly the Marvelous spatuletail but there are also other species that will keep us busy during the day and these species are also interesting,Sparkling Violetear,Lesser Violetear,Speckled Hummingbird

Bronzy Inca,Chestnut-breasted Coronet,Violet-fronted Brilliant,White-bellied Hummingbird,little woodstar,black tailed trainbeared,purple throated sunangel,Andean emerald,rufous capped thornbill,white bellied woodstar,brown violetear.

Overnight: Huembo Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Huembo 2000mts/ 6400ft

Marvellous spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis)

Day 10

Huembo Town to Jaen town and Lima

Today after breakfast we will return to the city of Jaen or Tarapoto to return to Lima after obtaining good images during the trip.

The end of the trip.

DAY 1.

LIMA- CUSCO CITY- SACRED VALLEY- OLLANTAYTAMBO TOWN

(9160 ft)

Arriving from Lima to  Cusco airport we will go to the Sacred Valley this will take like 2 hours driving, the hotel we will use has the endemic bearded mountaneer in  flowers, from there we will be very close to Ensifera Camp or Sanctuary of Hummingbirds .

Overnight: Pakaritampu hotel.

DAY 2 

SANTUARY OF HUMMINGBIRDS FULL DAY

Today we will spend the day is this place which is only 35 minutes from the hotel.

Species: giant hummingbird, green and white hummingbirds, black tailed trainbearer, tiryan metaltail, sparkling violetear ,shinning sunbeam, sword billed hummingbird ,white tufted sunbeam ( in season),white bellied woodstar and some other species.

They have a nice garden where we can make some good photos.

Overnight: Pakaritampu hotel

DAY 3.

OLLANTAYTAMBO- WAYQUECHA BIOLOGICAL STATION

( 9846 ft)

After the breakfast we have another opportunity to take advantage of the hotel garden or return to the Santuary of hummingbirds  to get more images.

Then we head towards the town of Paucartambo for 3 hours and go up towards the Manu road to reach the Wayquecha station.

Wayquecha has hummingbird feeders and the species we have are goulds inca( sub species of the collared inca ),amethyst throated sunangel, Tyrian metaltail, shining sunbeam,violet throated starfronlet ,long tailed sylph and some other species and also they have feeders for other birds such as hooded mountain tanager,black faced brush finch, blue capped tanager.

In the morning some birds take a bath in a small place where the birds have places to perch and the species that visit it are golden collared tanager,scarlet bellied mountain tanager,hooded mountain tanager,grass green tanager,black thorated,moustached and masked flower piercing,blue capped tanager,rufous breated chat tyrant,rust and yellew tanager and some other birds.

Overnight: Wayquecha Biological Station

DAY 4.

WAYQUECHA TO COCK OF THE ROC LODGE

(4921 ft)

After breakfast we will go to another lodge but  before arriving there ,we can stop at one of the new places where they have hummingbird feeders and tanager feeders and the species that visit them are versicolored barbet, spotted tanager, saffron crowned tanager, yellow bellied tanager, golden naped tanager, blue gray tanager, silver beaked tanager, orange bellied euphonia ,palm tanager and some others.

And the idea is also to see the Andean cock of the rock lek, this is a subspecies from southern Peru, spend the afternoon there after arriving at the lodge.

Overnight : Cock of the Rock Lodge

DAY 5

COCK OF THE ROCK LOGDE FULL DAY

(1591 ft)

Today we can have some like seeing some species in the bird feeders of the lodge such as golden eared tanager and other cloudy forest hummingbirds, some very similar to those of northern Peru.

In the afternoon we can go up to this new place where the activity of tanagers is very good.

Day 6

COCK OF THE ROCK LODGE FULL DAY

Another day to be able to use the garden and the hummingbird and bird feeders at the lodge or try again for the new place for tanagers and hummingbirds which is very good.

DAY 7

COCK OF THE ROCK LODGE – MANU BIOLODGE( VILLA CARMEN BIOLOGICAL STATION)

After breakfast we will head to this new lodge  located at the foot of the mountain, they have bird feeders where you can see species such as blue throated piping guan, spix guan, purplish jay, violet jay, red capped cardinal, russet backed orioles, they are hoatzils leaving there easy to take photos as well.

And they also have hummingbird feeders to see some species of that area.

DAY 8 

MANU BIOLODGE FULL DAY.

Today we will visit the place called Pico de Hoz about 20 minutes from the lodge, they have platforms to see for example, Amazonian antpitta, rusfous sided crakes, tinamous like Black capped, Cinereous, Little and the pecoral sparrow.

In the case of hummingbirds, they have many species similar to Tarapoto in northern Peru and the one that stands out is the white browed hermit, white bearded hermit, Pale tailed barbthroat.

DAY 9.

MANU BIOLOGDE FULL DAY.

After breakfast we will visit another place where there are some foothills and rainforest birds such as yellow bellied, blue necked, silver beaked, turquoise tanagers, yellow bellied, blue dacnis, purple honeycreeper, green honey creepers, lemon thorated barbet and some hummingbirds similar to the other place but they are species like buff tailed scyclebill, rufous crested coquette, blue fronted lancebill, koepckes hemits are easy to see here.

DAY 10

MANU BIOLODGE – CUSCO

Today we will head back to Cusco and stop in the places we were photographing before , it is another great opportunity to get more images

Day 1   

Arrive to Lima city,transfer airport to the hotel in Miraflores

A day to rest according the time you arrive at Lima airport.

Overnight at Miraflores Casa Andina Select  

Day 2

Lima city tour Main Plaza, Catedral, Church of San Francisco Cataboms and the Gold Museum.

In the morning to can have time to explore Miraflores area so in the afternoon it should be the tour.

Overnight at Miraflores Casa Andina Select

 Day 3

Transfer Hotel to the Paracas Bay

This can be by car or bus (4 hours driving Panamericana highway) in the morning so you can have the afternoon to explore the Oasis Huacachina and the sand dunes.

Overnight at Paracas San Agustin Paracas

Day 4

We leave for the morning tour to the Ballestas island

(2 hours tour) then we visit the Paracas National reserve,

We have lunch at the local restaurant around the port so this is full day tour

Overnight at Paracas San Agustin 

GUANAY CORMORANT

Day 5

Transfer Hotel to the airport in Lima, flight Lima to Cusco.

We drive back to lima along the Panaramerican highway so we fly in the afternoon to Cusco.

In Cusco we drive to the Sacred Valley over the mountains stops for landscape views and birding so we pass by Chinchero Inca site and a demonstration of Textiles

Lunch on route

Overnight at Amaru Valley hotel – Urubamba 2900mts/9280ft

SACRED VALLEY

Day 6

Explore the Sacred Valley, Pisac Inca site, Maras

(Salt Mines), Moray agricultural Inca site.

While visiting the Incas site we can birding along the Urubamba River and Pisac

Overnight at Amaru Valley Hotel – Urubamba

Day 7

Visit the Ollantaytambo Inca site then Abra Malaga

so on the way we will visit the Ensifera camp a Hummingbird feeder at the Sacred Valley. Pass(3318mts/18380ft) and Birding around this area.

Box lunch,

Overnight at Tunapa Lodge at Ollantaytambo 2700mts/8640ft

Day 8

Urubamba relaxing day and enjoy the local cuisine  at Urubamba

This can be a day to spend at the Urubamba so the next day we can go to the Machupicchu

Overnight at Tunapa Lodge at Ollantaytambo 2700mts/8640ft

Day 9

Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu town (Aguas Calientes)

We take the train to Machupicchu in the morning (1:30 hours) then we get to the hotel so lunch in town

In the afternoon we have the guided tour at Machupicchu Inca citadel

This can be a day to spend at the Urubamba so the next day we can go to the Machupicchu

Overnight at Sanctuary Hotel 2400mts/7680ft

MACHUPICCHU

Day 10

Machupicchu town second visit to Waynapicchu mountains

This is the morning activity so after lunch we return to Ollantaytmbo town then we leave to Cusco city.

Lunch at Aguas Calientes

Overnight at Sanctuary Hotel 2400mts/7680ft

MACHUPICCHU TEMPLE OF THE THREE WINDOWS

Day 11

Machupicchu town

if there is time to visit the Mariposario at Aguas Calientes, in the the morning activity so after lunch we return to Ollantaytmbo town then we leave to Cusco city.

Lunch at Aguas Calientes

Overnight at Andean Wings hotel

Day 12

Explore the town so City tour and the nearby inca ruins

like Sacsayhuman, Qenqo, Pucapucara, Tambomachay.

The afteronn we can explore San Blas, main market of San Pedro (local product) and enjoy the meals at the restaurant

Lunch in town

Overnight at Andean Wings hotel

Day 13

Pisac transfer then Ayahuasca session

Today we drive to Pisac for the Ayahuasca session with Alberto Manqueriapa at the Puma Center

Lunch at Pisac,

This is going to be confirmed as part of a group!!

Overnight at Templo Ceremonial Utunku Pisac

Day 14

Flight Cusco to Puerto Maldonado town

Then we head to La Florida to Tambopata Inn Lodge for the Macaw Clay Lick.

Overnight at Tambopata Inn Lodge

MACAW CLAY LICK

Day 15

 Macaw Clay lick visit then we explore the trails and canopy tower

Overnight at Tambopata Inn lodge

BLUE AND YELLOW MACAWS

Day 16

We leave the lodge to Laberinto port

At the Madre de Dios River for a collective boat upstream (3.5 hours) to Los Amigos Biological station

We arrangement the pick up at the airport and transfer to the hotel in Lima

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

Day 17 

 This morning to explore the trails

Around the terra firme forest and viewing points over the Los Amigos River so we have the chance to find 11 species of Monkeys

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

HOATZIN

Day 18

Early in the morning we hike in the floodplain forest

To visit the Cocha lobo Oxbow Lake.

The afternoon we explore trails

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

RED HOWLER MONKEY

Day 19

This morning to explore the Terra firme forest trails.

Full day activities birding and looking for Monkeys

Overnight at Los Amigos Biological Station 250mts / 800ft

Day 20   

Los Amigos station to Lima city.

We leave the lodge to Laberinto then to (40 minutes) Puerto Maldonado city toward airport to flight Lima to Puerto Maldonado

We arrange to the pick up at the airport and transfer to the hotel in Lima

Overnight at Casa Andina Select Hotel Miraflores

Day 21

International flight so transfer Hotel to the Airport

End of the trip

Day 1: Cusco to Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

Our overland journey begins at 3,400m (11,150 ft) with an early departure from the highland city of Cusco. Today’s destination is the lush cloud forest region where the Andes meet the Amazon basin. Our first stop is Huacarpay, a mountain wetland habitat, with numerous bird species such as the endemic Bearded Mountaineer, Rusty-fronted Canastero as well as non-endemic flycatchers, coots, teals, egrets, hummingbirds, raptors, and seedeaters. Between the Cusco Valley and the Paucartambo valley we’ll stop to look for two more endemic birds, the colorful Chesnut- breasted Mountain Finch and the Creamy-crested Spinetail. We will reach a maximum altitude of 3,900m (12,790ft) before we start down through forested cliffs, waterfalls and gorges. Some of the stops along the way include mountain villages, a hilltop necropolis with chullpas (pre-Inca burial chambers), and numerous opportunities to spot ground tyrants and miners. The ridge top of Ajanaco marks our final high point in the Andes. On a clear day, we’ll see a breathtaking panorama of cloud forest and mountains giving way to the lowland Amazonian rainforest far below us.

After a picnic lunch we descend through the rapidly changing habitat characteristic of the tropical Andes. We move through grassland, stunted trees and elfin forest with mixed-species flocks of mountain tanagers, metaltails, tyrannulets, flower piercers and tapaculos. Next is the cloud forest with giant ferns, monster begonias, countless orchids and bromeliads. There’s a good chance we’ll see the Inca Flycatcher (endemic) and more mixed-species flocks of tanagers, fruiteaters, quetzals, the Solitary and Black-and-Chesnut eagles.

As dusk arrives on Manu Road we may see one of the most rare and unique birds in the world – the Lyre-tailed Nightjar.

Overnight: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

Elevation: 1400mts / 4480ft

Overnight: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

Day 2: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

After an early morning bird walk and breakfast we’ll drive to El Mirador (Union Lookout) to look for mixed-species flocks of Blue-necked Tanagers, Paradise Tanagers, Bush Tanagers, Slaty-capped Flycatchers, Slate-throated red stars, Olive-backed and Mountain woodcreepers, Mountain Foliage Gleaners, Blue-banded and Chesnut-tipped toucanets, Crimson-bellied and Golden Olive woodpeckers, and Highland Motmots. El Mirador is a great place to spot raptors as well.

Back to the lodge for lunch and time to enjoy the garden, home to at least six species of hummingbirds, the Booted Racket-tail, and Wire-crested Thorntail.

We’ll set aside some time to visit a lek in the cloud forest to observe the Cock-of-the-Rock, the national bird of Peru. We’ll get a chance to watch the colorful males dance to attract the females.

Overnight: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge.

Day 3: Cock-of-The-Rock – Cusco city

After breakfast, we’ll be back to the Manu road (Asfalt road), we continue our bird watching. The landscape will change as we climb and move through the cloud and elfin forests. We’ll have a good chance to see Mountain Tanagers, Chat Tyrants, and Elaenias. We’ll have a box lunch along the way as we move through the magical landscape toward Cusco. The trip ends when we drop you back at your hotel in Cusco.

Day 1 Lima – Tarapoto

This morning we fly from the Coast to the North of the country  for about 50 minutes, you will arrive at the city of Tarapoto located at the foothills (1148 feet), then we will visit 2 locations for Birding and Photography of hummingbirds, we will find species like:

Gould’s Jewelfront, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Golden-tailed Sapphire, White-necked Jacobin, Koepcke’s Hermit, Blue-fronted Lancebill, Black bellied Thorntail (not specific season), Sparkling Violetear, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Long-billed Starthroat, Amethyst Woodstar, Many-spotted Hummingbird and Blue-tailed Emerald.

Over night in Tarapoto.

Meals: B, L, D.

Day 2  Tarapoto – Waqanki lodge

After and early breakfast we will explore and spend part of the morning in those Hummingbird feeders locations near Tarapoto Birding and Photography, as light conditions it will favor us then we travel 3 hours by car so we will arrive at Wakanki Lodge.

The rest of the afternoon we will explore and get familiar with the grounds and hummingbird feeders.

Overnight: Waqanki lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Day 3  Waqanki Lodge full day

This is a well-known lodge on the Northern Birding Route (2821.52 feet), there are many species of birds and a good number of hummingbirds, including the   Rufous-crested Coquette and other species like: White-necked Jacobin, Brown Violetear, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Many-spotted Hummingbird, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Great-billed Hermit,Black-throated Mango, Long-billed Starthroat, Blue-tailed Emerald,Violet-headed Hummingbird,

Fork-tailed Woodnymph, White-chinned Sapphire, Black-throated Hermit, Amethyst Woodstar, Buff-tailed Sicklebill, Black-eared Fairy, Fork-tailed Woodnymph.

Overnight: Waqanki lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Moyobamba town

Day 4 Waqanki to Owlet Lodge

We will leave the lodge early heading to Aquas Verdes (1 hour driving), This place is also known as the Arena Blanca Reserve, it has several species of birds and of course hummingbirds such as Wire-crested Thorntail, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Brown Violeteared, Blue-tailed Emerald, Rufous-crested Coquette, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Black-throated Brilliant(not specific season), Rufous-throated Sapphire(not specific season) Blue-fronted Lancebill, Green-fronted Lancebill, Long-billed Starthroat, Reddish Hermit, Violet-headed Hummingbird, Green Hermit,

After birding and photography we will be ascending the Alto Mayo valley, in our journey we will stop at different elevations for photo opportunities, during our trip on the way to the Owlet Lodge.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Day 5  Owlet Lodge full day.

This lodge has several points where hummingbirds are very active, one of the favorites once it is in front of the dining room where you can work to get good images, this is a different climate and elevation, it is the upper part of the cloud forest and we have species like: Lesser Violetear, Speckled Hummingbird, Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Bronzy Inca, Collared Inca, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Fawn-breasted Brilliant,White-bellied Woodstar, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Amethyst-throated Sunangel, , Brown Violetear, Long-tailed Sylph.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Day 6  Owlet Lodge full day activities

Today we will visit the Alto Nieva Reserve very close to the lodge where we will photograph species like: Royal Sunalgel, Lesser Violetear, Speckled Hummingbird, Long-tailed Sylph, Greenish Puffleg, Bronzy Inca, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Rufous-booted  Racket-tailed, Rufous-vented Whitetip, Fawn-breasted Brilliant,Violet-fronted Brilliant,White-bellied Woodstar, Many-spotted Hummingbird.

Then we can visit another place not far away called Llanteria where it has similar species but we can find an interesting species like: Ecuadorian Piedtail also Napo Sabrewing (not specific season), Green Hermit, Gray-chinned Hermit, White-tipped Sicklebill, Violet fronted Brilliant.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Day 7 Owlet Lodge to Huembo Lodge

Today we drive toward Pomacochas villages uphill getting to see the faming areas over the Mountains as well as pristine patches of Cloud forest then Huembo where we will find and work to photograph  the spectacular specie of Endemic Hummingbird  Marvelous Spatuletail at the Huembo Interpretation Center.

Overnight: Huembo Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Huembo 2000mts / 6400ft

Day 8  Huembo Full day

The main hummingbird is undoubtedly the Marvelous Spatuletail but there are beautiful species hummingbirds that they will keep us busy during the day so these species are very cooperative and interesting to photograph as Sparkling Violetear, Lesser Violetear, Speckled Hummingbird, Bronzy Inca, Chestnut-breasted Coronet,Violet-fronted Brilliant,White-bellied Hummingbird, Little Woodstar, Black-tailed Trainbeared, Purple-throated Sunangel, Andean Emerald, Rufous-capped Thornbill, white-bellied Woodstar, Brown Violetear.

Overnight: Huembo Lodge

Meals: B, L, D.

Huembo 2000mts/ 6400ft

Day 9 Huembo – wakanki lodge

Today  we departure after breakfast to return to the city of Jaen or Tarapoto to return to Lima after obtaining good images during the trip.

Overnight: Wakank Lodge

Day 10 wakanki tarapoto- Lima

Flight back to Lima in the afternoon.

End of the trip

Day 1: Cusco to Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

Our overland journey begins at 3,400m (11,150 ft) with an early departure from the highland city of Cusco. Today’s destination is the lush cloud forest region where the Andes meet the Amazon basin. Our first stop is Huacarpay, a mountain wetland habitat, with numerous bird species such as the endemic Bearded Mountaineer, Rusty-fronted Canastero as well as non-endemic flycatchers, coots, teals, egrets, hummingbirds, raptors, and seedeaters. Between the Cusco Valley and the Paucartambo valley we’ll stop to look for two more endemic birds, the colorful Chesnut-breasted Mountain Finch and the Creamy-crested Spinetail. We will reach a maximum altitude of 3,900m (12,790ft) before we start down through forested cliffs, waterfalls and gorges. Some of the stops along the way include mountain villages, a hilltop necropolis with Chullpas (pre-Inca burial chambers), and numerous opportunities to spot ground tyrants and miners. The ridge top of Acjanaco marks our final high point in the Andes. On a clear day, we’ll see a breathtaking panorama of cloud forest and mountains giving way to the lowland Amazonian rainforest far below us.

After a picnic lunch we descend through the rapidly changing habitat characteristic of the tropical Andes. We move through grassland, stunted trees and elfin forest with mixed-species flocks of mountain tanagers, metaltails, tyrannulets, flower piercers and tapaculos. Next is the cloud forest with giant ferns, monster begonias, countless orchids and bromeliads. There’s a good chance we’ll see the Inca Flycatcher (endemic) and more mixed-species flocks of tanagers, fruiteaters, quetzals, the Solitary and Black-and-Chesnut eagles.

As dusk arrives on Manu Road we may see one of the most rare and unique birds in the world – the Lyre-tailed Nightjar.

Overnight: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

Day 2: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

After an early morning bird walk and breakfast we’ll drive to El Mirador (Union Lookout) to look for mixed-species flocks of Blue-necked Tanagers, Paradise Tanagers, Chlorospingus, Slaty-capped Flycatchers, Slate-throated Redstars, Olive-backed and Mountain Woodcreepers, Mountain Foliage Gleaners, Blue-banded and Chesnut-tipped Toucanets, Crimson-bellied and Golden Olive Woodpeckers, and Highland Motmots. El Mirador is a great place to spot raptors as well.

Back to the lodge for lunch and time to enjoy the garden, home to at least six species of hummingbirds, the Booted Racket-Tail, and Wire-crested Thorntail.

We’ll set aside some time to visit a lek in the cloud forest to observe the Cock-of-the-Rock, the national bird of Peru. We’ll get a chance to watch the colorful males dance to attract the females.

Overnight: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge

Andean Cock of the Rock

Day 3: Cock-of-The-Rock – Manu Biological Station

We’ll have another chance to visit the Cock-of-the-Rock lek before we continue our journey in the cloud forest – through trees, waterfalls, and dramatic ravines – to the Andean foothills and bamboo forest. Here we’ll look for species like the Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner, Red-billed Scythebill, Chesnut-backed Antstrike, Foothill Antwren, White-backed Fire-eye, Yellow- breasted Flycatcher, Stripe-chested Antwren, and Cabanis Spinetail. We’ll also see the Golden-bellied Warbler, Ornate Flycatcher, Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet, rare Peruvian Pietail (Endemic Hummingbird), and Fine-barred Piculet (endemic). In Pillcopata we’ll stop to visit a coca plantation and learn about this plant and its many medicinal uses. Then we drive to the Manu Biological Station a couple of kilometers from Pilcopata town so there are trails and garden to explore the rest of the day

Overnight: Manu Biological Station

Day 4: Manu Biological Station

We’ll spend two days at Manu Biological Station run by Amazon Conservation (Nonprofit Organization) They converted various plantations and citrus, Pineaple, Manioc from the previous owner to experimental agriculture areas and to study the flora and fauna for Biologist, this station boasts a bird list of near 500 species! The lodge is in the transitional zone (1640 feet of elevation) where the last foothills of the Andes begin to flatten out into the lowland Amazon Basin. Butterfly bushes attract numerous hummingbird species including the Rufous-crested Coquette, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Blue-tailed Emerald, Black-eared Fairy, Wire-crested Thorntail, Amethyst Woodstar and the endemic Kopeck’s Hermit.

We will also see birds in floodplain and hill forest habitats. Some of the species we will be looking for include the Black-capped Tinamou, the Strange Hoatzin, Buckley’s Forest Falcon, Wattled Guan, Military Macaw, Blue-headed Macaw, Pheasant Cuckoo, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Chestnut-capped Puffbird, Fine-barred Piculet, Red-billed Scythbill, Dark-breasted Spinetail, Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner, Bamboo Antshrike, Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Amazonian and Thrush-like antpittas, Rusty-belted Tapaculo, Mottle-backed Elaenia, Red-billed Tyrannulet, Johanne’s Tody-tyrant, Yellow-browed Tody-flycatcher, Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher, Ornate Flycatcher, Band-tailed, Fiery-capped and Round-tailed manakins, Golden-bellied (Cusco) Warbler, Black-faced Dacnis and many more. We will go owling for the Mottled Owl, Black-banded Owl, Tawny-bellied Screech Owl along with Great, Long-tailed and Common Potoos.

We continue  in the afternoon to Atalaya’s Mirador from where we see the upper Madre de Dios River  on the way we stop at the local initiative for birds like Hummingbirds at the feeding station (sugary water) so we will be combining the birding in the gardens and sunset time over the Piñi Piñi Mountain range a magical. The upper Madre de Dios river, one of the southernmost tributaries of the Amazon River.

Overnight: Manu Biological Station.

Chestnut fronted Macaw

Day 5: Manu Biological Station to Cusco

After breakfast, we’ll take our vehicle, get back on Manu Road and continue our bird watching. The landscape will change as we climb and move through the cloud and elfin forests. We’ll have a good chance to see Mountain Tanagers, Chat Tyrants, and elaenias. We’ll have a box lunch along the way as we move through the magical landscape toward Cusco. The trip ends when we drop you back at your hotel in Cusco.

Day 1. 

Flight  Lima – Puerto maldonado (Tambopata National Reserve)

Transfer from the airport to the river port Tambopata then we will take a boat down in the Tambopata river a tributary river of Madre de Dios after we will be to reach the left bank of this river to start the hike to the check point Tambopata National Reserve then to a main trail 3km to the Sandoval lake.

We will navigate the lake by boat or catamaran toward the Lodge to enjoy the excursion looking for wildlife before sunset.

This is one of the best places to find Giant River Otters, Red-howler Monkey, Brown Capuchin, Bolivian Squirrel Monkeys, and many water birds like Ringed & Amazon Kingfisher, Hoatzin, Agami Heron, Red-bellied Macaws among many more birds.

Altitude: 180mts / 580ft. Puerto Maldonado city

Overnight: Sandoval Lake Lodge

Meals: B,L,

 Day 2   

Lago Sandoval.

IN the morning after breakfast we take the boat around lake to look for the family of Giant River Otter and many more wildlife like monkeys (6 species of New world Monkeys).

The midmorning we explore the trails then the afternoon we have the change see the return flight of the resident Red-bellied Macaw to the palm trees Mauritia.

In the night we will have a night walk to explore for night time creatures.

Overnight: Sandoval Lake Lodge

Meals: B,L,

Black Caiman

DAY 3

Sandoval lake Lodge to Puerto Maldonado to Collpas Tambopata Inn

We will leave the Sandoval lake to Puerto Maldonado city then by car to La Florida  this is for a short ride by boat at the Tambopata river to the Chuncho Lodge.

In the afternoon we will explore trails and the tower – Canopy so we can find the White-throated Toucan, Curl-crested Aracari, Scarlet & Blue and Yellow Macaw among many more birds.

Overnight: Collpas Tambopata Inn

Meals: B,L,D

Red & Green Macaw

Day 4

Colpa Chuncho

Early in the morning we leave by boat to the hide for the Macaw Clay Lick, this morning we are expecting to see many species of parrot and Macaws to arrive for an early doses of clay as they need  for a vegetarian diet.

Scarlet, Red and Green, Blue and Yellow Macaw, Yellow-crowned, Mealy Parrots, Blue-headed, Orange-cheeked Parrot, White-eyed Parakeets among many more birds.

The rest of the morning to look at the river for Jaguars and Capybaras

The afternoon we explore trails and visit the tower.

Overnight: Collpas Tambopata Inn

Meals: B,L,D

Day 5

Collpas Tambopata Inn to Puerto Maldonado –  Flight Cuzco – Ollantaytambo

In the morning we have a second chance to visit the Macaw Clay Lick.

We will take the midday flight Puerto Maldonado to Cusco then by car to the Sacred Valley.

We will be arriving to the Ollantaytambo town to try for photos at the Hotel gardens

Bearded Mountaineer, Giant Hummingbird, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Black throated Flowerpiercer among others species of birds.

Overnight: Pakaritampu Hotel – Ollantaytambo

Altitude: 3300mts / 10560ft. Cusco city

Altitude: 2700mts / 8640ft. Ollantaytambo town

Meals: B,L,D

Giant Hummingbird

Day 6

Valle Sacrado – Ensifera camp

We will be visiting the Ensifera Camp for the humming feeders and bird feeders in the morning.

Giant Hummingbird, Shinning Sunbeam, Tyrian Metaltail, Sparkling Violetear, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch, Blue and Yellow Tanager.

Lunch at the local restaurant and the afternoon we spend time at the garden of the Hotel.

Overnight: Pakaritampu Hotel – Ollantaytambo

Meals: B,L,D

Bearded Mountaineer

Day 7

 Ollantaymbo – Macchu picchu + Jardin botanico (Mariposario)

In the morning we take the train from Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu town. In Machupicchu town we will be at The Mariposario for photo session in the morning until lunch after we will have the guided tour at the Inca city.

Saffron-crowned, Golden, Silvery Tanagers, Thick-billed Euphonia, Dusky-green, Oropendola, along the river Torrent Ducks and Andean Motmot.

Overnight: Casa Andina Machupicchu

Altitude: 2000mts / 6400ft. Machupicchu town.

Altitude: 2400mts / 7680ft. Machupicchu inca citadel

Meals: B,L,D

Machupicchu Inca City

Day 8

Machupicchu to Cuzco / Lima

We leave Machupicchu in the morning just after a photo session then we will take the train to Ollantaytambo.

Once in Ollantaytambo to we will have lunch on route passing over the mountains and lake views.

We will get in Cusco for late afternoon flight to Lima city.

Overnight: Casa Andina Select Miraflores Hotel.

Altitude: Lima city sea level

Meals: B, L,D

Day 9

Flight Lima to  Tarapoto then Aconabith (Centro de Picalfores)

Early in the morning we fly from Lima to Tarapoto, today we arrive early to visit the Hummingbird garden for photos, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Goulds Jewelfront, Fork-tailed Woodnymph,White-necked Jacobin then we will explore the surroundings of Tarapoto .

Overnight: DM Tarapoto hotel  

Altitude: 356mts / 1140ft. Tarapoto city

Meals: B,L,D

Goulds Jewelfront

Day 10

Tarapoto to Waqanki Lodge

In the morning we have a visit to Ricuricocha for photos Comb Duck, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Hoatzin, Wattled Jacana then we drive to Moyobamba to Waqanki Lodge, on the way we will stop for birds, in Moyobamba – Waqanki Lodge we will visit the Hummingbird feeders and gardens like Rufous-crested Coquette, White-necked Jacobin, Black-breasted Mango, Black-throated Hermit, Paradise Tanager, Black-bellied Tanager, Gartered Trogon.

Overnight: Waqanki Lodge

 Altitude: 860mts / 2752ft. Moyobamba town

Meals: B,L,D

Rufous-crested Coquette

Day 11

Waqanki Lodge, full day birding

We will be having photo session around the garden and near trails.

Overnight: Waqanki Lodge

Meals: B,L,D

Day 12

 Waqanki to Owlet Lodge, full day Birding and photography

We leave early in the morning to Aguas Verdes (Hummingbird Feeders station)  so we have hummingbird feeders and bird feeders for Magpie Tanager, Wire-crested Thorn tail,  Rufous- crested Coquette, Blue-fronted Lancebill, Paradise Tanager, it is good for photo birds then we gradually we will be driving up the route to Llanteria  another local initiative for hummingbirds Booted Racket-tail, Many-spotted Hummingbird, Ecuadorian Piedtail, Green Hermit, Violet-fronted Brilliant.

In the afternoon we will be spending time at the Owlet Lodge gardens and feeders Sword-billed Hummingbird, Collared Inca, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Altitude: 2300mts /7360ft. Abra Patricia

Meals: B,L,D

Wire-crested Thorntail

Day 13

Owlet lodge, full day birding and photography

Today we will be visiting the the Alto Nieva (Observatorio de Picaflores) this is a great place for Hummingbirds Booted Racket-tail, Greenish Puffleg, Long-tailed Sylph, Royal Sunangel, Bronzy Inca unique for this elevation and Antpittas: Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Rusty-tinged Antpitta Endemic species.

In the afternoon we will have a time for the tower nearby the lodge.

Overnight: Owlet Lodge

Meals: B,L,D

Long-tailed Sylph

 Day 14

Owlet lodge to Huembo

We will leave the lodge after a photo session of  Chestnut Antpitta then  we drive to  Pomacochas lake – Huembo Interpretation Center for photos of Silvery, Hepatic Tanager,

This Huembo Interpretaion Center is where we find the Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird coming to the feeders.

Overnight: Huembo Lodge

Altitude: 2060mts / 6590ft. Huembo Interpretation Center

Meals: B,L,D

 Day 15

Owlet lodge to Huembo, full day photography

We will have the day visiting and trying for photos at the hummingbird feeders Marvelous Spatuletail, Purple-throated Sunangel, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Brown &Lesser Violetear, Little &White-bellied Woodstar, Andean Emerald hummingbird and many more birds.

Overnight: Huembo Lodge

Meals: B,L,D

Marvelous Spatuletail

 Day 16

 Huembo to Jaen city, flight to Lima

We drive around 4 hours in the pave road toward Jaen a tropical dry forest location we will be birding along the road so we will take and afternoon flight to Lima city

End of the tour