http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/ Kolibri Expeditions http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Aug 16, 2010.  Birding Peru for Christmas and New Year?  Rather than stress out all the Christmas shopping craze, why not take a birdwatching holiday to Peru. Here is an extended  tour to North Peru featuring Long-whiskered Owlet and Marvelous Spatuletail for 9 days. Join us!

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Aug 15, 2010.  We have had some great pelagic trips recently and are very pleased with the service of a large open speed boat that gets us out to 30-35 nmiles in a flash. For larger groups we shall use the comfortable larger Catamaran. Upcoming pelagic tours that are confirmed on Sep 9 and 25, Oct 2, Nov 13 and 26. Hope you can join us.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp July 13. 2010. Gunnar just donated $10 to the Satipo road project overcoming procrastination and adult ADD....why don't you as well.  Check Gunnar's Posterous blog here.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp July 12, 2010.  The Peruvian winter is the best time for Lima pelagic with upcoming departures July  19 and 26,  August 9 and September 9 and 25. We hope to get 5 species of albatrosses, 5-6 species of Storm-Petrels, Peruvian Diving Petrel, Cape Petrel, Northern and Southern Giant Petrel, Chilean Skua and Southern Fulmar among the special birds on the these trips. Check our pelagic tour page.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp July 12, 2010.  The Peruvian winter is the best time for Lima pelagic with upcoming departures in July and August. We hope to get 5 species of albatrosses, 5-6 species of Storm-Petrels, Peruvian Diving Petrel, Cape Petrel, Northern and Southern Giant Petrel, Chilean Skua and Southern Fulmar among the special birds on the these trips. Check our pelagic tour page.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp March 16, 2010.  Easter week in Peru? We have 3 cars, 3 drivers and 5 guides ready to go BUT yet no confirmed bookings between March 29-April 4. Here is the deal. 20% discount on any Peru trip on Kolibriexpeditions.com - excluding the internal flights. Manu road is open again by the end of this week.]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp January 31, 2010. The Young birders Satipo road and Carpish trip ($699) is on and will start on the Feb 14 with comfortable night bus to Satipo. UPDATE: The tour is available for older birders at $120/day.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Dec 26, 2009. Kolibri Expeditions have just given away 21 birding tours in Peru during 2010. Six of these go to Bloggers that have been contacted for some time. Since there were not enough bloggers to take on the rest of the Manu/Amarakaeri community tours, we decided to be bold and see whether whether we could give away the trips to just any birder, that would compromise to spread the word about the community projjects we are involved in. The contest developed on Gunnar's blog where it was announced that we should give away tours and the results with the selected winners can be found here. 

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Oct 18. Lima Excursions coming up this week culminates with a 10 day Carpish program. Cheap flights from Miami. On Thursday Oct 22 there is a Pucusana/Puerto Viejo excurson with Humboldt Penguin and Inca Tern. On Friday Oct 23 and also on Oct 24 Lomas de Lachay and Paraiso  featuring Cactus Canastero and possibly Peruvian Tern. On Sunday Oct 25 there is a deep sea pelagic with many highlight birds of the season such as Markham´s Storm-Petrel, RInged Storm-Petrel and Perivian Diving Petrel, as well as Cetaceans such Humpback and even the very rare Pygmy Blue Whale. On Oct 26 we start the 10 day day Carpish/Unchog program. Plenty of space on these trips.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Oct 18 Time to update the news section which has been stagnant since July. You can now subscribe to the news service - short notes on upcoming trips - with an RSS feed. The same feed is also sent to Kolibri Expeditions Facebook page on http://www.facebook.com/KolibriExpeditions. 

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp July 21 Who wants to go to Manu? Free space on upcoming 11 day trip with only 4 people  so far with start on Aug 9 from 2149$ including flights from Lima. Max 3 more spaces. Pelagic on Aug 8. Check out the 11 day program on the Manu Community owned lodges page.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp April 22. Gunnar just published a blogpost: 10 best and cheapest ways to avoid chiggers. As from today, all our clients travelling to the Amazon, will get DEET spray and be supplied with rubber boots to size 10.]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp March 2. Cheap flights from Miami right now. Less than 400 US$. Check programs from March 14 to April 2 in calendar, which includes a Condor watching trip,  an easy Archeology and birding Tumbes-Chiclayo trip featuring pelagic and Chaparri,  a trip to Machu Picchu and Abra Malaga and finally a week at Amigos Research station.  

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Feb 14. November North Peru trips are set and confirmed. There are vacancies. Four programs back to back include Tumbes reserve, mangroves, pelagic, White-winged Guan, Peruvian Plantcutter, Marvelous Spatuletail, Abra Patricia Owlet Lodge, Tarapoto, Leimebamba, trecking for Yellow-browed Toucanet, Grey-breasted Comet, etc. You don't have to do all. Check out the calendar for the dates and click the links for details.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Jan 14. WINTER SALE - continues to the end of the month!!!! All trips in Peru, except Lima trips, have 20% discount on the land part (not the flights) between Jan 2009 untill the end of May 2009, as long as the trip has been booked with a deposit prior to January 31. The only black out period is the Easter week (April 4-12, 2009).]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Dec 15. Carpish Biodiversity workshop in Carpish Jan 10-20. Great for birds and orchids. Your participation is supporting the local community and training local guides. Cost only 1200 US$.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Dec 11. New Blog on this page. Check  http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog Kolibri Expeditions takes action against stolen birding gear importing Vortex quality binoculars.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Oct 27. WINTER SALE!!!! All trips in Peru, except Lima trips, have 20% discount on the land part (not the flights) between November 2008 and May 2009, as long as the trip has been booked with a deposit prior to Dec 31. The only black out period is the Easter week (April 4-12, 2009).

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Oct 21. All of a sudden there is a confirmed German speaking group to Oxapampa, Pozuzo, Villa Rica and Satipo road, ending with Machu Picchu and Abra Malaga and a pelagic. Some 500 species are possible on this 17 day trip starting on Nov 1 in Lima. Also the confirmed Gran Central Peru starting on Oct 25. You may join on Nov 7 for the second part if you like.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Oct 14. Note also that there is a new Colombia itinerary in plan for January a confirmed SE Brazil trip in the end of January and a Venezuela trip during most of February. The Colombia and Venezuela itineraries are being re-written at this point to give more time for endemics.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Oct 14. Finally uploaded new Guyana/Roraima/Surinam itinerary. With the aim to clean the region of the endemics and special birds including Red Siskin. Trip will run in the beginning of March. It is possible for the non hard core to take just the first week in Guyana and add an expedition for Harpy Eagle and Jaguar down one of the rivers with jungle adventurer Duane deFreitas or his son.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Sep 27. New North Peru itineraries featuring Tumbes pelagic and Yellow-browed Toucanet trek. Check it out in the calendar of Nov 23 and Dec 6.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp Sep 26. Megapelagic. Nov 18-22. This shall be the most exciting seabirding for the entire year, both for birds and for cetaceans. See this link.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp August 8. Posted new trip reports for Argentina and Chile on the trip report page from our big trip with Fabrice Schmitt as guide in 2006. There are also a few trips posted in the calendar for later this year. Check them out!

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp August 7. The Amigos program will be running back to back from October and with fixed price from 1 pax. This is a great chance for anyone wanting to try for a big day of a lifetime. We should come close to 300 in our first tries, and probably better and better as these programs evolve.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp July 12. Machu Picchu and Manu for disabled. Finally a trip suitable for the poor walkers. OK, wheel-chair will still be a bit challanging but not impossible...still the trip is mainly designed for a good friend who has a disk-back problem, and needs a stroller to walk. We do have space for 3-4 more people on this trip (but not more!!). Next departure: August 31.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp July 10. Check out our new budget Manu at Community Lodges. Kolibri Expeditions is proud to give support to the communities of the Amarakaeri Communal reserve by devloping birding at the their community lodges in the Manu basin. Great price! Next scheduled departure Aug 16 and Oct 22, but you can be certain there shall be more departures very soon.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp June 19. New pelagic in the North on June 24!
We are looking to develop a pelagic trip in Northern Peru, to be combined with our Tumbes and Northern Peru program. On June 24 we shall do the first test from Punta Sal. Do you need Galapagos Petrel? There are still vacancies! ]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp June 10. Check out our new Amigos program. Outstanding place in the Peruvian rainforest with a 7m Anaconda staked out and a sighting of Tapir on the trails. Good trails, electric light and even internet....(I am updating the web-page right now from Amigos Research Station). In only four days here we had 8 species of monkeys including Emperor Tamarins and Monk Saki monkeys.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp April 20. Dates changed to May 31-June 5 for Pampas del Heath Expedition to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. For the Peru lister! Also scouting of Amigos Research Center June 6-11. Practically all SE Peru lowland specialties can be found here including Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Black-faced Cotinga, Rufous-fronted Ant-thrush and Peruvian Recurvebill, as well as Emperor Tamarin. Join us!

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp April 19. Satipo road and Carpish goes to Mindo started today from Lima. We also invited four members from Carpish to come on this trip, together with 3 community leaders from Satipo road. Donations are still welcome! Check http://www.birdingperu.com/blogs/blog.asp?idblog=11 to see how it works.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp March 30. Price set for Amigos and Heath. 1000 US per trip including two flights regardless of number of punters. Combined 1830 US$. Both trips now uploaded and confirmed in calendar.

]]> http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperukolibri/default_data.asp March 21: Bug in booking function fixed. Now you can use Mozilla Firefox to make your reservation on line.]]>