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Why Birding Peru with Kolibri Expeditions?

MORE BIRDS!
An ecotourism experience that fits your time constraints, budget, skills and fitness level. DON’T PAY MORE TO SEE LESS.

Don't pay more to see less. Apart from bird watching holidays in Peru we also organize bird photography and eco-tourism trips to Peru, South America and Worldwide.

Peru bird watching tours can be customized to fit all comfort levels. Our expert guides take into account your birding experience and help you reach a Higher Skill Level.

Fixed departures in our calendar have lower prices. For some tours such as the Manu Road or North Peru there is tiered pricing depending on level of comfort in lodging and the services you choose. This way you can choose a price that fits your budget.

Use the category menu or the calendar to find a trip that suits your needs in content and time frame. Check tour length to find a trip of preferred length of time. For those with very limited time we recommend look at our 5 day tours covering the major birding areas of Peru.

Recently we have started offering trips outside of Peru. Check our short Winter Japan tour for example.

Our clients choose us because:

  • Of our Environment, Conservation and Community commitments.
  • Of our Excellent in the field meal services, which allows more birding time than sit-down meals.
  • We provide free, completely safe treated drinking water and this way avoid plastic disposable bottles. Doing our part to combat plastic pollution in South America where there is lack of recycling and garbage treatment. Furthermore bottled water is a waste of natural resources and energy. Water is filtered and treated with micro pore systems.
  • We involve and train local guides.
  • We have pioneered new birding areas some that have become part of the regular birding circuit today.
  • We have the longest track record of organizing Pelagic Trips in Peru.
  • Our drivers and guides are legendary.
  • We provide birding for everyone; at every level.
  • We provide deluxe trips as well as budget trips. Even self-guided trips, if you want only some of the logistics taken care of. And we provide for every level of comfort and pace. Your requirements are our guideline. We can pair you up with others who are interested in the same type of trip.
  • We love Hard Core Birding - with Big Days, Specific Target species and attempts to reach 500-1000 species.
  • We love Relaxed Birding where nature, birding and culture often are combined.
  • We love Bird Photography trips, helping you to get the best shots.
  • Also other Fauna, rare plant and orchid trips.

  • MORE BIRDS!
    An ecotourism experience that fits your time constraints, budget, skills and fitness level. DON’T PAY MORE TO SEE LESS.

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 Upcoming Trips 2024

Birding Peru Anytime

Every week Mo-Fri throughout the year Kolibri attempts to run three different 5 day tours. They are our most popular programs and perfect for those with little time. You can of course combine them into one longer trip. They are:
Photography friendly Machu Picchu and Cusco endemics - with extreme comfort.
Manu road. Best season and drier mid-April to mid-December - although birding can be very good also in the rainy season between showers.
Northern Peru transect Tarapoto-Jaen or vice versa with Marvelous Spatuletail and Long-whiskered Owlet. Note that the male Spatuletail often lack spatulas in July-Aug.
When you book, we shall enter the dates in the calendar so other people will see that these trips are running these dates and they could book the same date for a better price for everyone.
Having said that, just booking any date yourself or with your partner at the date you prefer will not break the bank. $1000 surcharge for a single person + single supplement. $500 surcharge per person if only two people. $250/person surcharge with three people, and no surcharge with groups of 5 or more.
 
If you don't find a suitable trip, please contact us at kolibriexp@gmail.com
 March 2024 
21 - 22 Lima days: Santa Eulalia valley and Marcopomacocha (Guide(s): Gunnar Engblom)  Overnight trip to Santa Eulalia featuring Great Inca-Finch, Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch, Black-necked Flicker, Bronze-tailed Comet, Peruvian Sheartail, Black-breasted Hillstar, Black Metaltail, Olivaceous Hornbill, Andean Condor, Torrent Duck, White-capped Dipper, White-cheeked Cotinga, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, and many more.
Every Mon-Fri throughout the year we offer our most popular 5 day tours to Machu Picchu, Manu road and North Peru. Click and sign up!
If you don't find a suitable trip, please contact us at kolibriexp@gmail.com
 May 2024 
20 - Mar 24 5 day Manu Road Birding and Photography (Guide(s): Juan Julca)  Our classic Manu road in 5 days. The fastest way to get the most important birds on Manu road and good photography at feeding stations. Can be combined with Machu Picchu and Abra Malaga before and 5 days North Peru with Marvelous Spatuletail afterwards. . 
25 - Mar 29 Marvelous Spatuletail, 40 hummingbirds and Long-whiskered Owlet. (Guide(s): Juan Julca)  Long-whiskered Owlet and Marvelous Spatuletail are the main targets of this short 5 day trip. There are 40 plus hummingbirds to be seen, lots of tanagers, toucans, barbets, oilbird etc that are also seen on this packed short tour. Good lodges with feeders. Before this trip we run Machu Picchu  and the Manu road. Best to fly to Tarapoto the night before to maximise the time.
Every Mon-Fri throughout the year we offer our most popular 5 day tours to Machu Picchu, Manu road and North Peru. Click and sign up!
If you don't find a suitable trip, please contact us at kolibriexp@gmail.com
 June 2024 
1 - 5 Marvelous Spatuletail, 40 hummingbirds and Long-whiskered Owlet. (Guide(s): Juan Julca)  Long-whiskered Owlet and Marvelous Spatuletail are the main targets of this short 5 day trip, that can easily be combined with our 5 day Scarlet-banded Barbet tour Tour starts with a night in Tarapoto on May 31.
2 - 17 PRIVATE GROUP - FULLY BOOKED - Complete Central Peru (Guide(s): Gunnar EngblomJuan Julca)  The complete Central Peru program covers all the endemics en route and several undescribed species including Golden-backed Mountain Tanager, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover and White-cheeked Cotinga. 
16 - 17 Lima days: Santa Eulalia valley and Marcopomacocha (Guide(s): Juan Julca)  Overnight trip to Santa Eulalia featuring Great Inca-Finch, Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch, Black-necked Flicker, Bronze-tailed Comet, Peruvian Sheartail, Black-breasted Hillstar, Black Metaltail, Olivaceous Hornbill, Andean Condor, Torrent Duck, White-capped Dipper, White-cheeked Cotinga, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, and many more.
18 Lima days: Pantanos de Villa, Pucusana, Puerto Viejo, Lomas de Asia and Cañete valley (Guide(s): Juan Julca)  Hard core birding on Lima coast with a very early start to reach Lomas de Asia for Cactus Canastero and other endemic birds. Also Humboldt Penguin, Peruvian Thickknee, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant and Inca Tern of course.
19 - 23 5 day Manu Road Birding and Photography (Guide(s): Alex Durand)  Megadiverse Manu road with hummingbird feeders and fruitfeeders for tanagers in 5 days. Most endemic and special species along the route are also covered. NOTE. This particular departure is very HARD CORE. We will maximise number of species birding also after dark and pre dawn. 

If you like a good short tour before this one we recommend Machu Picchu and Abra Malaga for five days. Ask us for details. kolibriexp@gmail.com
29 - Jul 5 Uganda with Shoebill, Gorilla and chimpanzee (Guide(s): Gunnar Engblom)  We shall repeat the successful 2022 Uganda trip with a new itinerary that works very well for birder/non-birder couples to which we can add an extension of five days for serious birders. Here is the excellent trip report that Ian Reid made for our pilot trip in 2022. Many of the suggested improvements have been implemented in the new itinerary. 
Part 1. Shoebill.
Part 2. Gorilla.
Part 3. Chimpanzees and Green-breasted Pitta.
Every Mon-Fri throughout the year we offer our most popular 5 day tours to Machu Picchu, Manu road and North Peru. Click and sign up!
If you don't find a suitable trip, please contact us at kolibriexp@gmail.com
 July 2024 
6 - 21 FIXED DEPARTURE - Complete Central Peru (Guide(s): Juan Julca)  The complete Central Peru program covers all the endemics en route including Golden-backed Mountain Tanager, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover and White-cheeked Cotinga. Also several new and undescribed species of Tapaculos and Antpittas. 
Every Mon-Fri throughout the year we offer our most popular 5 day tours to Machu Picchu, Manu road and North Peru. Click and sign up!
If you don't find a suitable trip, please contact us at kolibriexp@gmail.com
 August 2024 
6 - 10 5 day Manu Road Birding and Photography   Megadiverse Manu road with hummingbird feeders and fruitfeeders for tanagers in 5 days. Most endemic and special species along the route are also covered. If you like a good short tour before this one we recommend Machu Picchu and Abra Malaga for five days. Ask us for details. kolibriexp@gmail.com
12 Lima days: Pantanos de Villa, Pucusana, Puerto Viejo, Lomas de Asia and Cañete valley (Guide(s): Gunnar EngblomJuan Julca)  A classic Lima birding excursion with desert, coastal marshes and seawatching. Our favorites include Humboldt Penguin, Peruvian Thickknee, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant and Inca Tern.
26 - 30 PRIVATE GROUP - FULLY BOOKED - 5 day Manu Road Birding and Photography (Guide(s): Juan Julca)  Megadiverse Manu road with hummingbird feeders and fruitfeeders for tanagers in 5 days. Most endemic and special species along the route are also covered. 
Every Mon-Fri throughout the year we offer our most popular 5 day tours to Machu Picchu, Manu road and North Peru. Click and sign up!
If you don't find a suitable trip, please contact us at kolibriexp@gmail.com
 September 2024 
14 - 18 Archeology and Birding at Machu Picchu, Cuszco and the Sacred Valley.   The perfect birding trip for a non-birding spouse, or the perfect cultural trip for a birder. Most endemics are covered (at least the pretty ones), while you at the same time will see the most important Inca sites of the Sacred Valley and Cusco, including Machu Picchu of coarse. 
19 - 23 5 day Manu Road Birding and Photography   Megadiverse Manu road with hummingbird feeders and fruitfeeders for tanagers in 5 days. Most endemic and special species along the route are also covered. If you like a good short tour before this one we recommend Archeology and Birding at Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley for five days. Ask us for details. kolibriexp@gmail.com
24 - Oct 11 Complete Manu Birding Tour 18 days (Guide(s): Gunnar EngblomAlex DurandCarlos Altamirano)  Join us for the complete Manu tour. Now with an improved itinerary to get you a chance of all the special birds in SE Peru. Tiered pricing saves you money. Over 500 species is possible to record on this Mega diverse trip. 
Every Mon-Fri throughout the year we offer our most popular 5 day tours to Machu Picchu, Manu road and North Peru. Click and sign up!
If you don't find a suitable trip, please contact us at kolibriexp@gmail.com
 October 2024 
30 - Nov 14 Northern Peru Complete Standard Birding Route in 16 days. (Guide(s): Gunnar EngblomJuan Julca)  Our most complete North Peru trip with Marvelous Spatuletail and all the other endemics and special birds. Check out our tiered pricing for this tour. Something affordable for you, or maybe you want more comfort and you are willing to pay for it. 
Every Mon-Fri throughout the year we offer our most popular 5 day tours to Machu Picchu, Manu road and North Peru. Click and sign up!
 
 

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