Low season - 20% discount.

We are giving 20% discount during the low season December-May on the land part of all Peru birding tours in our program during 2009. Here are the conditions

• The trip needs to be booked and deposit paid before Dec 31, 2008.
• 20% applies on tours, not on day trips.
• In tours that include flights or train, and fixed cost entrance fees, the cost of these are subtracted before the 20% discount is applied.
• The only black out period is the Easter week (April 4-12, 2009), but 20% on the days around this period.

KOLIBRI EXPEDITIONS 10 YEARS

We are extending our 10 year anniversary promotion special with 20 percent discount on the land parts on all our central Peru trips this year also for 2009, partly because we want to continue promoting birding in these areas in favor of the local communities we work with in Carpish and Satipo road. Come and see the Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager!

For central Peru the following tours are applicable:

Carpish and Junin Lake 9 or 10 days. Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager and all the other Carpish endemics, Paty trail, the oilbird cave in Tingo Maria and Junin Grebe at wonderful Lake Junin. A great (and very affordable) trip. Departures: Dec 31, 2008

GRAND CENTRAL PERU 25 days 600-700 species possible. This itinerary will give you More Birds than Manu! But much less expensive.

Hummingbirds - Satipo road
14 days. This is a custom made tour top maximise number of hummingbirds on the tour. Having said this it will also give excellent opportunities to see many other birds along the Satipo road and the Yanachaga Chemillen National Park.

Satipo Road and Carpish (18 days)
18 days. Endemic dense and extremely birdy. more than 500 species when combined with Lima excursions. May 17, 2009

Satipo road special 12 days
The extended version of the Satipo road. Get really to know the birds.

Sira mountains.   Sira Tanager and Horned Curassow 11 days.

ALL THESE TRIPS COME WITH 20% DISCOUNT ON THE PRICES ON THE LINKS DURING 2009. You can use the fixed dates or book dates that suits you - private or enablng others to join for a better price. Once your booking is done, it is also easier for others to find your trip, which will make it less expensive, as it will be showing as confirmed in the calendar. Book NOW!!


Upcoming and confirmed birding trips Dec-May, 2009

Apart from the trips listed below as confirmed also note that we run Rio Amigos Research Center back to back every week with departures on Thursdays from Lima. Amigos lies on Madre de Dios river in SE Peru Amazon with habitat and species the same as more famous Manu and Tambopata areas with excellent trail system and very good guides. 

Dec 12. Puerto Viejo and Pucusana featuring Humboldt Penguin, Inca Tern and Peruvian Thickknee.
 
Dec 13. Lomas de Lachay and Paraiso Lagoon. Featuring Cactus Canastero, Thick-billed Miner, Grayish Miner, Chilean Flamingo and maybe Peruvian Tern.

Jan 9. Lomas de Lachay and Paraiso Lagoon. Featuring Cactus Canastero, Thick-billed Miner, Grayish Miner, Chilean Flamingo and maybe Peruvian Tern.

Jan 11. Puerto Viejo and Pucusana featuring Humboldt Penguin, Inca Tern and Peruvian Thickknee.

Jan 12. Day trip to Santa Eulalia Canyon featuring Great Inca-Finch, Condor, Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch and many more.

Jan 28-Feb 8. SE Brazil 12 days. Great new trip and an introduction to SE Brazil. This should be your first Brazil trip. Birding is easy and there is loads of endemics!!

Feb 1-4. North Peru 1. Tumbes and Pelagic.  Pre-tour to the trip below with many Tumbes endemics including Black-and-White Tanager and Ochre-bellied Doves which are easy to find this time of year. The pelagic on Feb 4 shall be very interesting with hopefully documentation of several species not yet officially listed for Peru such as Brown Booby, Galapagos Petrel and many more.

Feb 5-11. North Peru 2. Piura-Tarapoto with Abra Patricia Lodge. Short 7 day trip. Featuring Marvelous Spatuletail and Abra Patricia Lodge.  

Feb 12-13. NOrth Peru 3. Tarapoto extension


March 8-April 1. Guyana, with Roraima hike and Surinam extensions. This is the complete Guyana trip all categories and the full trip should be taken for people that has lots of South America experiences and want to fill holes in their South America list, but it can also be suited as a first visit to South America combining the first week with a more standard birding trip at Dadanawa Ranch and Karanambu. The third week in Surinam is also easy.

April 9-15. Lowland specialities at Los Amigos Research Station. The best birding in SE PERU. Beats Manu and all other lodges! We run this trip every Thursday.

April 15-17. Abra Malaga & Machu Picchu. Three day Abra Malaga and Machu Picchu program coinciding with arrival of flight from Maldonado on April 15 and flight to Lima on pm on April 17.

April 18. Pelagic Pelagic birdwatching from Callao

May 17-June 4. Satipo Road and Carpish (18 days) featuring Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager and community conservation projects. 20% discount on the published price.

Flights: Surprisingly, there are still cheap flights available if you choose the right date. For instance flying from Miami of Fort Lauderdale with LAN, Taca, Copa or Spirit right now, the price is less than 400 US$ in some cases. Sign in on the web-page www.kayak.com where you can chose both alternate days (up to three days before and after a specific date for departure and return) as well as nearby airport. Kayak makes a search on most online booking services. It is very convenient.

Dental & Birding. Get your teeth done in Lima and bird for free! Do you pay too much for dental care? Would you not rather spend that money on a birding holiday? Well, prices of dental care in Lima are only a third or less compared to the US. And Kolibri Expeditions''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s co-owner Elia Gallo is an experienced dentist. Read more here.

Check our Tour Calendar as there are constantly new confirmed trips added, much faster than we can update this page.

Note: If the suggested departures do not fit your schedule, contact us. We can post alternative dates that better suits you - and others can join the dates you have chosen. You may also use this itineraries as template to create your perfect Peru birding holiday. If you prefer hard-core birding or slow pace and good comfortable lodging does not matter to us. We can supply you with an outstanding Peruvian bird watching tour for all pockets regardless of your previous experience of Peruvian or South American birds.

• Birding Iquitos. White sand forest at Alpahuayo-Mishana reserve, Canopy Walkway at Explorama with Nocturnal Curassow and Black-necked Red-Cotinga nearby and Loving Light Amazon Lodge with the newly re-discovered Wattled Curassow. Departure:  
• North Peru. 7 day North Peru core program that include White-winged Guan, Peruvian Plantcutter, Marvelous Spatuletail and the Abra Patricia area. You can make add-ons to extend to full 9-30 days trip. Departure: Dec 31, 2008, February 5 and March 6, 2009. Or anytime on request.
• Ultra-short 9 day North Peru program over two weekends and over Thanksgiving with good lodging and no camping featuring White-winged Guan, Marvelous Spatuletail and Long-whiskered Owlet (with lots of luck). Departures: March 16 (over Easter 2009), Nov 21, 2009 and Nov 20, 2010.
• Satipo road with Carpish and Unchog. We continue to run this very good value trip that produces over 500 species including splendid Golden-backed Tanager, Junin Grebe, Diademeded Sandpiper-Plover and Oilbird. Check-out the new trip report by Roger Ahlman. Joining these trips your are also supporting conservation and sustainable development projects initiated by Kolibri Expeditions. 20% discount this year only. Departures: May 17, 2009.
• Jaguar and Tapir in Manu 12 days - and birds as well. Why are there no trips to search for rain-forest mammals? Well there is now. And we shall find all the birds as well, since the guide is a qualified bird guide. Manu is the best place on earth for Amazonian mammals with good chance to see jaguar - especially if using the game-driving technique on the river. Best months to go July-October. During our May trip 2007 four jaguars where spotted. Departure: July 27, 2009. Contact us.
• Scarlet-banded Barbet. Sep 28, 2009. Already confirmed.
• Birding Central Peru for 100$/day.  More than 700 species. Why pay more? - Why see less? Departures: October 26.
• Sira Tanager and Horned Curassow. Good price and 20% discount during 2008. Rain forest bird trekking with over 220 species (10 days) and some extremely good ones. Departure: Oct 12, Nov 27, 2009.
• Whale watching. Turns out Peru is great for Whales. We have seen many species over the years on our pelagics. We shall do regular whale-watching trips from Lima. Specifically check the Megapelagics which give good coverage also of cetaceans as well as birds.
• New combined South Ecuador and North Peru trip. Departure: Jan 10, 2009.

Southern Circuit. In 2005 we introduced birding on the Southern Peru circuit. This is a slow pace trip that also takes into account archeological sites, splendid scenery, plants, mammals, wine, food, etc along the most popular route of Peru. On this trip you do not have to be an expert bird watcher. In fact you may just have started looking at birds at your feeder back home. On the other hand if you are into seabirds this is the trip for you with several opportunities to do sea watching and a small pelagic where the Humboldt Current comes closest to the Peruvian mainland. Your best character is the desire to learn more. You bring with you an exploring spirit and we will supply the rest. We follow the classic route covering Lima, Paracas, Nazca, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Titicaca Lake, Cusco and Machu Picchu.
A trip report from the 2005 trip can be found here. Departure: July 18, 2009.

Check the latest Peru Birding news on our newspage.
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Some Kolibri Expeditions birding tours are challenging, but very nicely priced. You should be prepared for trips off the beaten track where there is little infrastructure. If you are less adventurous, you should consider our more comfortable tours where our expertise and experience come to their full for the perfect, hassle-free birding holiday (See Marvelous Spatuletail Tours - Spectacular birding and Great Comfort). You find a good summery of our tours and some help to choose just the tour for you on the birding Peru Tours page.

Kolibri Expeditions is based in Lima, Peru. We are pioneers, taking our customers to some of the rarest and hardest to find birds in the country.
We were the first operator to take people to see Orange-throated Tanager, Great Spinetail, Scarlet-banded Barbet, Millpo Tapaculo, Eye-ringed Thistletail, Black-spectacled Brush-Finch, Purple-backed Sunbeam and many others.

We have made several astonishing discoveries since the start of our programs that may represent new species to science.

Trips with Kolibri Expeditions help contribute to the general knowledge of the Peruvian bird fauna. We give economical incentives to start local conservation projects. We take very active part in providing communities with a form of sustainable development through eco-tourism, paying for access to important areas. For example, Bosque Unchog (home of the Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager) and Nuevo Salem (the new locality for Orange-throated Tanager). These fees are used for conserving the habitat, improving access and infrastructure, as well as improving the social reality (schools and health mainly) in the community. Our Eco-tourism involvement is real and genuine - we allocate funds for the NGO INCASPIZA for the conservation of threatened species in Peru.

We offer the most complete Peru program of any operators. We don’t shun to rough it if necessary to get the rare birds. When going rough we still try to make it as comfortable as possible with roomy tents, chairs and tables for out-door meals - and when possible we would use the facilities offered by local schools. Working with the local schools is a good way to impact positively locally. Clients can bring gifts such as pens, pads, cloths, toys as well as other usefull items. There is a good interaction because the kids see that the surrounding forest has a value. Eventually, the school areas will have bird feeders and more permanent places where to stay. Traveling with Kolibri Expeditions is a good way to support this development.

Let us know if you have other ways of helping. Maybe you want to buy a piece of rain forest to settle down or convert into an eco-business. We can help you.

We run any tour regardless of the number of passengers. You can see the price that will be applicable for small group size at the description-page of each tour. If you have a group of more than four people and you don´t mind having more birders added to your tour, you will receive some great discounts. See pricing to learn how this works.

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