Photo Birding Tour Coast-Northern – South of Perú 16 Days/15 Nights

Day 1   Arrival in Lima and transfer to Hotel

We wait at the airport to take you to your hotel, the time between the airport and the hotel is 40 minutes.

• Overnight: Lima Miraflores Casa Andina
• Lima, sea level

Day 2   Hotel in Miraflores, Pantanos de Villa y Pucusana

This is an early arriving to Lim, so hotel in Miraflores, in the same morning we will head south in the Panamerican highway toward Pucusana artisanal sea port, where we have a boat trip for sea birds.

Lunch in this area, then we will make our way back to Miraflores passing by Pantanos de Villa (Wet Lands).

Some species we may see are  Inka tern ,Peruvian pelican ,Red legged cormorant,Guanay cormorant, Many colored rush tyrant,surf cinclodes,white cheeked pintail,black skimmers,Andean ibis etc.

• Overnight: Lima Miraflores Casa Andina
• Meals: B, L, Dinner in Lima
• Lima, sea level

Inca tern

Day 3   Flight Lima to Tarapoto then visit to Koepckes hermit place.

This morning we will flight from Lima to Tarapoto after we will drive to the Reserve Koepckes where we have hummingbird feeders a 45 minutes distances from Tarapotoc city where we will be spending the rest of the day Birding & Photography at this Hummingbird feeders some species we will see are Goulds jewelfront,Koepckes hermit,blue fronted lancebill,gray breasted sabrewing,blue crowned trogon,white tailed trogon,golden tailed sapphire etc.

Late in the afternoon we will head back to Tarapoto hotel

• Overnight: Tarapoto Hotel Rio Sol
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Tarapoto 356mts

Goulds jewelfront

Day 4  Tarapoto to Waqanki Lodge

Today we will be leaving to Moyobamba town where is Waqanki Lodge so as we are driving 3 hours and birding along the way, the main birding will be in the garden and work in the different species of hummingbirds and other birds from this elevation.

The species we will probably see are oilbirds, Black bellied tanager (no feeders )

Paradise tanager ( no feeders )White chinned sapphire,rufous  crested coquette,white necked jacobin,white tailed trogon,yellow tufted woodpecker,great billed hermit,black throated hermit,amethyst woodstar,gilded barbet etc.

• Overnight: Waqanki Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Moyobamba 860mts

Day 5   Waqanki Lodge full day Birding

Early in the morning we will start the photography session at the Lodge.

The main birding will be around the main hummingbird observatory and work in the different species of hummingbirds and other birds from this elevation.

Black throated mango,even saddle back tamarins are complementary species around the lodge and more of course.

Transfer from the airport to hotel

• Overnight: Hotel in Lima airport
• Meals: B, L. Dinner

Rufous crested coquette

Day 6  Waqanki to Owlet Lodge

We will leave to the lodge early heading to Aquas Verdes (This is a great place for hummingbirds) wire crested thorntail, blue fronted lancebill are some of the highlights and early at the morning we can visit their feeders for species like rufous breasted woodquals, cinereous tinamous and little tinamous, then  we will ascending the Alto Mayo valley, and  stop at different elevations for photo opportunities, this is in our way to Owlet Lodge.

In the afternoon we will spend time at the garden for photography.

• Overnight: Owlet Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Owlet Lodge 2300mts

Paradise tanager

Day 7   Owlet Lodge full day activities

We will star visiting two spots the chestnut antpitta ,green and black fruiteater and rusty tinged antpitta the we will spend the time with some hummingbirds like long tailed sylph, emerald bellied pufflegs, chestnut breasted coronet, collared inca and some other hummingbirds .

Late in the afternnon we have the first opportunity to walk and try to see the endemic long whiskered owlet.

• Overnight: Owlet Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Owlet Lodge 2300mts

Day 8  Owlet Lodge full day activities

Today we will leave the lodge and visit the altonieva reserve whick is a great place for other species of hummers like booted rackettail ,the endemic royal sunangel,greenish pufflegs,white bellied woodstar,bronzy inca,fawn breasted brilliant and the violet fronted brilliant.

• Overnight: Owlet Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Owlet Lodge 2300mts

Long whiskered owlet

Day 9  Owlet Lodge to Huembo Lodge

Today we will drive and stop at  the Pomacochas lake and then get Huembo Lodge,this is the place for the endemic   Marvelous Spatuletail ,little woodstar,white bellied hummingbird,white bellied woodstar, lesser violetear and some other birds like silvery tanager,streaked saltators etc.

• Overnight: Huembo Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Huembo 2000mts

Day 10  Full day activities

This is a full day birding activities photography session.

• Overnight: Huembo Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Huembo 2000mts

Marvelous Spatuletail

Day 11  Huembo Lodge to Waqanki lodge

This is a long day as we are leaving from Huembo to Waqanki lodge.

If the time and the weather allow us we can stop in some places to get some birds before arrive to the lodge.

• Overnight: Waqanki Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Moyobamba 860mts

Day 12  Tarapoto Lima to Cusco city to Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley

We will drive for 3 hours to get Tarapoto and then take the flight to Lima and Cusco then head to the sacred Valley; on the way we will stop at high elevation lake then late afternoon arrive to our. Hotel in Ollantaytambo.

• Overnight: Pakaritampu Hotel
• Meals: B, L,
• Ollantaytambo 2700mts

Sword billed hummingbirds

Day 13  Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu

This morning to we will drive to Ensifera camp for hummingbird feeders where we will find species like giant hummingbird, sparkling violetear,green and white hummingbird, black tailed trainbeared, white bellied woodstar, shinning sunbeam,golden billed saltator, the endemic chestnut breasted mountain finch.

After lunch we will aboard the train  to Aguas Calientes Town – Machupicchu its take 1 hour and half.

For this part we need to take small bags and the rest of your luggage has to be storage at the hotel.

• Overnight: Casa Andina Hotel
• Meals: B, L,

Torrent duck

Day 14  Machupicchu  Exploring the Machupicchu Inca city &  full day birding

This morning we will have a guided tour in the Inca city and enjoy the Inca constructions

Then after lunch have some time to look for torrent ducks in the Urubamba river ,white capped dippers ans some other birds.

• Overnight: Casa Andina Hotel.
• Meals: B, L, D.

Machupicchu

Day 15  Machupicchu and  then Cusco city.

This morning we will have a birding session in the vicinity areas from Aquas Calientes.

Then we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo town in our way to Cusco city.

• Overnight:Cusco
• Meals: B, L,D.

DAY 16 Cusco to Lima

End of the trip