Day 1 Tarapoto to Bella Vista toward Flor de Café Scarlet-banded Barbet
Meals: B,L,D
Elevation: Tarapoto 360mts / 1150ft
Elevation: Flor de café 1600mts / 5120ft
Overnight: Flor de Café family Hostal
Day 2 Flor de Cafe, full day Birding
Dinner at the family Hostal.
Meals: B,L,D
Elevation: Flor de café 1600mts / 5120ft
Overnight: Flor de Café family Hostal
DAY 3 Flor de Cafe to Tarapoto city
Night at Tarapoto
Meals: B,L,D
Overnight: Cumbaza Hotel
Day 4 Tarapoto to Lima city
End to the Extension Tour
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.
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.
Scarlet-banded Barbet
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.
Late in the afternoon we will r Fiery-throated then we will have a delicious dinner at the traditional restaurant.
This morning at time permit we will do some birding before flying to Lima at the Ricuricocha lagoon then flight to Lima.
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