PHOTO NORTHERN TOUR 9 Days/8 Nights

Day 1  Lima – Tarapoto

Today we will flight to Tarapoto from Lima and we will drive to visit a lake call Ricuricocha that has a lot birds and one of the birds to see here is the Comb Duck them we will visit another place after driving for 45 minutes where we can find a lot hummers and other birds too.

Species:Goulds jewelfront,Koepckes hermit,blue fronted lancebill,gray breasted sabrewing,blue crowned trogon,white tailed trogon,golden tailed sapphire etc.

• Over night in Tarapoto

Gouls jewelfront

Day 2   Tarapoto – Salto de la Bruja- Waqanki lodge

We will drive to the Salto de la Bruja ( new place for hummingbirds) where we have hummingbird feeders a 45 minutes distances from Tarapoto where we will be spending the rest of the day Birding & Photography at this Hummingbird feeder.

Late in the afternoon we will head back to Waqanki lodge (3 hours driving)

Some extra especies:

• Overnight: Waqanki lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.

Day 3   Waqanki Lodge full day Birding

Early in the morning we wil start the photopgraphy session at the Lodge.

Then 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/ 2750ft

Rufous crested coquette

Day 4   Waqanki to Owlet Lodge

We will leave to the lodge early heading to Aquas Verdes (This is a great place for hummingbirds) then. 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.

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

• Overnight: Owlet Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Owlet Lodge 2300mts/ 7360ft

Booted racket tailed

Day 5   Owlet Lodge full day

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/ 7360ft

Chestnut antpitta

Day 6   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.

Long whiskered owlet

Day 7  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

• Overnight: hotel
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Huembo 2000mts / 6400ft

Day 8   Huembo Full day activities

This is a full day birding activities photography session.

• Overnight: Huembo Lodge
• Meals: B, L, D.
• Huembo 2000mts/ 6400ft

Marvellous spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis)

Day 9  Huembo Town to Jaen town and Lima

Huembo to Jaen Marañon specialties like Little Inca Finch, Marañon Crescentchest, Marañon Spinetail, Chinchipe Spinetail, Northern Slaty Antshrike among many more species, fly in the afternoon to Lima and depart in the for the international flight evening.