José Luis was born in Cusco and began his career at the Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja Sonene National Park where he trained as a naturalist and worked as a resident guide. He honed his bird guiding skills in Tambopata National Reserve and Manu National Park training with well-known ornithologists Paul Donahue and Teresa Wood. In the last four years, José Luis has traveled and guided in many of Peru’s most well-known and varied bird habitats and also he has been guiding in Brazil,Bolivia and Colombia.
José Luis specializes in natural history and birding tours but is also a certified culture and history guide. He is extremely knowledgeable about Inca archeology and history .
He is graduated as an Official Tourism Guide with studies in Tourism in Peru.
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