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Abra Malaga - altitude preperation for the Inca Trail. 3 days.

Birdwatching at Abra Malaga while you get accustomed to altitude before hiking the Inca Trail.

Abra Malaga & Machu Picchu

5 days recommended, but shorter variants are possible. Excellent birding in the magic environment of the Incas.

Abra Malaga (1 day) - Day trip from Cusco/Ollantaytambo

Day trip to Abra Malaga to sample some of the best birds of Peru. Trip starts preferably from Ollantaytambo, but if needed be it can also start from Cuzco.

Amazon birding for MUCH LESS

More birds in a lodge under construction for less money!!!

Apurimac endemics

Apurimac is only a stone-throw away from Cusco, yet very few birders bird there. At Bosque Ampay the key birds are Apurimac Spinetail and Apurimac Brush-Finch.

Archeology and birding: Nazca lines and Paracas 2 days

A short excellent trip over 2 days for anyone wanting to experience the Nazca lines combining culture and nature. It can easily be added as a post Cusco trip with flights that arrive in Lima before 2 pm.

Birding at Explorers Inn

Carpish - Biodiversity Workshop

See birds, butterflies and orchids and support local community members to learn to become local natural history guides.

Carpish and Junin Lake 8 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

Carpish and Satipo road. 8 days

Bloggers, Facebook users and non-bloggers come together to raise money for the benefit of the local communities on Satipo road and Carpish. This trip shall be run back to back with the Tambopata - Amazon birding for Less - 8 days.

Chiclayo-Tarapoto Birding Connection 4 days

Connecting Chiclayo with Tarapoto in a fast 4 day trip with highlights such as Peruvian Plantcutter, Rufous Flycatcher, White-winged Guan, two species of Crescentchest, Piura Chat-Tyrant, Long-whiskered Owlet etc.

Cock of the Rock Lodge. Manu road: Short pre-tours

Short pre-tours for Manu road before our 8 days Lowland Manu Community lodges. Wayquecha Field station at 2700m and Cock of the Rock Lodge at 1300m for 2, 3 or 4 days.

Condor watching trips to Santa Eulalia Canyon - only 3 hours from Lima

Daily condor watching trips. This is a short, inexpensive and time efficient alternative for those that had considered to go to Colca Canyon to see condors.

Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra

6 days leaving on day�1 in the evening (1 hour drive from the airport). Russet-bellied Spinetail, Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch and Rufous-eared Brush-Finch.

Cusco to Puerto Maldonado BIrding Overland

Birding the Interoceanica. road between Cusco and Puerto Maldonado. Many of the same species as the more famous Manu road occurs here.

GRAND CENTRAL PERU ON 120 US$/DAY - MORE THAN 700 SPECIES

750�species in 27 days (including pelagic and Lomas de Lachay). This itinerary will give you More Birds! than Manu.�But is dead cheap. Cost is only�120 dollars per day.

GRAND MANU and THE MANU SPLIT - Manu road and Manu Biosphere reserve. 12 or 22 days

Manu road and Manu lowlands have received well worth attention in the past years. Over 1000 species of bird. This is our most complete itinerary.

Hummingbirds - Satipo road

A hummingbird trip on the Satipo road and Chanchamayo areas.

Hummingbirds: Manu and Machu Picchu Budget

Best trip for the person who wants to see as many of SE Peru's Hummingbirds as possible and inlcude a visit to Machu Picchu. We have chosen basic but adequate lodging. At Cock-of-the Rock Lodge we sleep in rooms wall to wall next to the diningroom. It is possible to upgrade to private cabins. 30US per person. Also possible to upgrade the hotel in Aguas Calientes.

Iquitos Specialties White-sand forest, river islands, Canopy Walkway and Wattled Curassow

9 days. This trip concentrates on the birds that are difficult to see elsewhere in the Amazon basin. It is possible to add days for other lodges. One can easily spend up to 3 weeks in the Iquitos area

La Monta�ita

10 days special. Support the conservation project at this locality and see some of the best birds of Peru. Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager and Yellow-browed Toucanet.

Lima days: Daytrip to Santa Eulalia Canyon

A shorter trip concentrating on the endemics of the west slope such as Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch and Great Inca-Finch.

Lima days: Daytrip to Ticlio and Marcopomacocha area

Diademed Sandpiper-Plover and White-bellied Cinclodes

Lima days: El Olivar Park and Pantanos de Villa

Good introduction to the birds of LIma

Lima days: Junin Grebe twitch

Main target: Junin Grebe and birds often missed in the Santa Eulalia Canyon.

LIMA DAYS: La Punta and Pozo Arenillas

Good introduction to the birds in Lima. The trip can be run almost anytime. A short trip to do very close to the airport. Perfect� for a short trip to kill time. Especially good for North American waders, gulls and terns - September-April is the best time�migrating birds, but it is always something to see.

Lima days: Lomas de Lachay and Paraiso Lagoon.

Endemic or near-endemic birds: Cactus Canastero, Thick-billed, Coastal and Grayish Miner and Peruvian Tern. Shorebirds.

Lima Days: Palomino Islets and La Poza Arenilla en La Punta

Visit South American Sealions, Humboldt Penguin and the Palomino guano islands off La Punta, Callao with a good bird guide.

Lima days: Pucusana, Puerto Viejo and Ca�ete valley

One of our Lima favorites.

Lima days: Santa Eulalia valley and Marcopomacocha

This trip can be run almost anytime.

Lima days: Tinajas and Pucusana

Combine the two programs

Lima days: Tinajas valley close to Lima

Endemics Cactus Canastero and Thick-billed and Grayish Miners

Lima Days: Ventanilla Lagoons - a few hours to kill near airport

Great wetland area just north of the airport. Combine with La Punta.

Lowland SE Peru specialties at Los Amigos Research Center

Incredible diversity with good bamboo, varzea and terra firme. Thus you can get all Manu and Tambopata specialists at a very decent price. Departures from Lima on Thursdays. Perfect for someone who only wants a short stay, but it is also a fantastic place to spend a longer session of 14 days.

Machu Picchu - independant one day or two day trip

Machu Picchu in one day and time for birding.

Machu Picchu and Manu for less able walkers

This is a complete rain forest trip for someone that has a hard time walking long stretches or needs some aid to walk like crutches or a stroller. It is not suited for wheelchairs however. We bring stools so you can sit down frequently if you need to.

Machu Picchu and Quillabamba birding

The upper Urubamba area is opening up with a new road that connects to San Francisco and Ayacucho at cuts over Cordillera Vilcabamba at its lowest point. Birding here will be full of surprises. By combining with Machu Picchu going there and Abra Malaga on the way back it shall give a long list of species.

Manu community owned lodges 13 or 15 days - BUDGET!!

Excellent birding! Kolibri Expeditions is promoting birdwatching in community owned lodges. We are principally promoting a 15 day itinerary that makes use of all the lodges. An 11 day program is also presented as an alterantive.

Manu Light - Manu road and lowlands in 14 days.

The concise version of Grand Manu. The pace is faster but you still have chance on all local specialities.

Manu lowland community lodges (8 days) - Fixed departures budget

Special economical promotional trips for bird bloggers and Facebook birders to support the community birding tourism project. Spread the word, please!

Manu mammals and birds - the Jaguar Safari.

A new trip that takes you into Manu proper where you have your best chances of spotting mammals.

Manu road 18 days (11 or 14 days also available)

18 days. Once a month April-December. +500 species.

Manu road- Ultra short (7 days)

Manu road if you only have a week.

Marvelous Spatuletail display tour

Marvelous Spatuletail twitch 5 days

THE Hummingbird of the Hummingbirds. Here is the fast and comfortable way to see it.

North Peru 1: Tumbes and pelagic

A great 4 day pre-trip to our main North Peru 2 program of 7 or 15 days that includes Amotape National Park, the Tumbes mangroves and a Pelagic from Punta Sal.

North Peru 2: Piura-Tarapoto with Abra Patricia Lodge.

This is our new core North Peru program, which features an option of visiting Orange-throated Tanager and White-masked Antbird every other month. We also run it on request. Connect with pre-tour to Tumbes with pelagic (4 days) and extensions in Tarapoto (2 days) and the megadiversity trip back to Cajamarca (9 or 15 days) that explore more trails and makes it possible to look for rare endemic primates and birds, as well as a hike to see Yellow-browed Toucanet.

North Peru 3: Tarapoto days extension (2 days)

After a long trip it is nice to be able to have two easier days to catch up to do some laundry and have time to visit the internet. These two days are placed after our Tumbes-Tarapoto program and prior to the Tarapoto-Trujillo program.

North Peru 4: MEGADIVERSITY TRIP. Tarapoto-Cajamarca 9 or 15 days with trekking

This route can have a different focus apart from birds if the clients request so, such as Orchids, Butterflies, Endemic Primates and Yellow-browed Toucanet and Pale-billed Antpitta for those that do the trek from Leimebamba. The upper Maraon is also home of several Maraon endemics that are difficult elsewhere.

North Peru 4b: Tarapoto-Cajamarca - Extremely short version 4 days.

Focusing on the endemics en route to complement a Chiclayo/Piura-Tarapoto program.

North Peru 5: Purple-backed Sunbeam and Russet-bellied Spinetail extension.

Short, quite rough trip with lots of driving, to get the very rare Purple-backed Sunbeam and Russet-bellied Spinetail.

North Peru 6. Peruvian Martin and Cordillera Blanca Extension

Short extension overland to Lima

North Peru Budget

A short trip that concentrates on seeing the Long-whiskered Owlet. Lodging on this trip will be basic why we can offer a super price and special price for young birders.

NORTH PERU�SOUTHERN ECUADOR with Jocotoco Antpitta and Tumbesia endemics 22 days

Combine the Chinguela ridge with the key species in SOuthern Ecuador and end in Tumbes for the ultimate Tumbesian clean-up trip. Jocotoco Antpitta will be a main target duiring this trip.

Oxapampa, Satipo road and Machu Picchu

A good and comfortable introduction to Peru with Machu Picchu.

Pampas del Heath - Kolibri Expeditions 10 year anniversary

Pampas del Heath presents practically the only savanna habitat in Peru and presents 14 species found nowhere else in Peru. We shall be camping 3 nights at Puerto Juliaca where the best Peruvian Pampas is. White-naped Xenopsaris was recorded as a new species for Peru in 2004

Paracas and Ayacucho

2-4 days depending on program chosen

Pelagic

There are monthly departures. This is a Kolibri Expeditions special. The first regular departures of Pelagics in Peru is organized by us in 2001 we found three new species for Peru!!.

Piedras River - Macaws and Wildlife

A new destination accessible from Puerto Maldonado that can be run throughout the year and with considerbly easier access than Manu with similar birdlife and wildlife. The lodge is very comfortable. It is possible to add days at Tipishca and Iberia for special birds there (more for hard-core birders). For best price minimum 2 people.

Piura-Chiclayo connection

Leisurely open area birding adding some localities which are not visited extensively on other Kolibri Expeditions itineraries such as Manglares de Vice and Puerto Eten. Perfect to add some less intense birding while traveling between Tumbes-Piura-Chiclayo.

Puerto Maldonado - Birding

Puerto Maldonado have some very special birds that can be easily looked for in the vicinity. It is worth to spend a morning before the flight looking for White-throated and Purus Jacamar and savanna birds such as Brazilian Teal and Southern Lapwing. With a full day other localities can be included.

Puerto Maldonado-Cuzco or Puno.

Birding along the transoceanic highway from the lowlands of Puerto Maldonado to the puna of Puno or Cusco with a stop overnight in Mazuko.

Puno department with Sandia and Abra Maruncunca

Very exciting area with many species that arew very difficult even in Bolivia. Green-capped Tanager. Some hiking is needed if one does not want to spend too many hours in the vehicle.

Puno-Arica (Chile)-Arequipa. Pelagics in the South

If you like Pelagics and the Andes this trip is for you. Usually this trip would be run in connection with Puno special, but you may also sign-up only for t

Salaverry Cruise-ship special - Peruvian Plantcutter and Rufous Flycatcher

This day trip will make the most of birding wise of your stop at the port of Salaverry south of Trujillo. The key species to look for that you will not find in Guayaquil or Lima are Peruvian Plantcutter, Rufous Flycatcher, and an undescribed (s)sp of Neclaced Spinetail (without neclace!).
Different cruiships will have different length of stay, so time will limit exactly what will be done this day.

Satipo road - short 7 day tour

Promoting the recent community project at Satipo road we introduce this short trip that contains both excellent cloud forest birding and the endemic specialties that can not be seen on a short Carpish/Unchog trip.

Satipo Road and Carpish (17 days)

17 days. Endemic dense and extremely birdy.�more than�500 species when combined with Lima excursions.

Satipo road birding workshop

Un tour para apoyar las iniciativas de conservaci�n de RainForest Partnership, Kolibri Expeditions y las comunidades de Apaya-Calabaza y San Antonio.

Satipo road special

The extended version of the Satipo road trip run in July 2008

Short North Peru getaway (8 days) featuring White-winged Guan and Marvelous Spatuletail

The perfect trip for those with little time. You only have to take a week off from work. Always Saturday-Sunday. Good hotels and no camping.

South East Peru ENDEMICS. Manu and Machu Picchu 12 days

We recommend to do SE Peru in 22 days for Manu and 4 days for Abra Malaga and Machu Picchu if SE Peru is to be done properly. However, if you want to concentrate on the species you cannot see elsewhere you may strip down the trip to only 12 days, and keep a very high pace. The reason why this is possible is that there are relatively few endemics and specialities in the lowlands apart from the bamboo birds. Since many of the bamboo birds can be gotten near Pilcopata relatively close to the road, it is possible to skip lowland Manu completely and still get most of the special birds.
The other SE Peru species are found in high Andean forests (Abra Malaga), in the cloud forest (Machu Picchu) and in the foothills (on Manu road).

The Biggest Day Amazonian Birding Workshop

A 14 day tour to Explorer's in which include a 9 module workshop to learn Amazonian birdcalls, a lot of time birding with world experts in Amazonian birding, on day 10 you'd aim for personal Big Day record as you will be paired up with an expert leader. There will be max 3 people per leader.

The Highlights of Manu - One Week get-away

Manu with limited time. If this 10 day itinerary is placed to start on Friday or Saturday, it would allow you do to this program with only 6 days off from work.

Tumbes

7 days. Best combined with North Peru as a pre-trip. Restricted range species.