Santa Eulalia, Milloq Bog

Santa Eulalia, Milloq Bog

  • 2 Days 1 Night

Peru Birding Tours provides the chance for birding along Santa Eulalia Canyon, Milloq Bogs, Andean Lakes, small Polylepis forest patch. The birding starts from 700 m along the arid mountains at Santa Eulalia and get up to around 4,800 m at the pic. The scenery of the area is a spectacular landscape overview. There are several species only found along this valley and mountains.

This tour is mainly driving with several stops for our targets species such as Great Inca-finch, Black Metaltail, Black-necked Woodpecker, Bronze-tailed Comet, White-cheeked Continga, Rufous-bellied Brush-finch, White-bellied Cinclodes all Peruvian Endemics but for sure we will find several other species!

DAY 1: Santa Eulalia-Milloq Bog - Marcapomacochas

We will pick you up from your hotel around 4:00 am and start our drive up to Santa Eulalia entrance for about 2 hours and get some breakfast and then we will start our birding up the mountains along the canyon searching for all our target species. As soon as we get about high in the mountains we will have a chance for Andean Condor. The habitat will change according the altitud first some arid mountains, small rivers, mountains forest patches, small Polylepis forest along, andean bogs, andean lakes. We will have a picnic lunch to increase our time birding on the way to the place to stay. Dinner and night in Small Hotel at Pomacochas town.

DAY 2: Milloq Bog - Ticlio - Lima

Breakfast and we will start our birding drive searching for some missing species at 4,200 m high where we need to walk slowly and try to get some target species: White-bellied Cinclodes, Puna Snipe, Canasteros, Seedsnipe, Plover. Then we will start to drive back along the main central pave highway to Lima. We usually arrive around 7:00 pm around all depends how much time will spend along the birding area.

Target Species: Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch, Bronze-tailed Comet, Black-necked Woodpecker, Striated Earthcreeper, Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Canyon Canastero and Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch, Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, Andean Condor, Great Inca-Finch, Bare-faced Ground-Dove, Andean Swift,  Peruvian Sheartail, Purple-collared Woodstar, Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant, Yellow-billed Tit-tyrant, White-browed Chat-Tyrant, White-capped Dipper, Chiguanco Thrush, Cinereous Conebill, Blue-capped Tanager, Mourning Sierra-Finch, Band-tailed Seedeater, Golden-bellied Saltator, Striated Earthcreeper, White-winged Diuca-Finch, Peruvian Sierra Finch, Diademed Plover, White-bellied Cinclodes (E), Andean Goose, Andean Condor, Puna Snipe, Giant Coot, Andean Hillstar, Mountain Caracara, Andean Flicker, Dorbignys Chat-Tyrant and many more.

TOUR TIME 2 Days
GROUPE SIZE From 2 to 10 People
TOUR DATES Book at any Time, fixed and custom dates 
PRICE PER PERSON  USD 450.00 per people
TOUR PACE & WALKING Easy with some high altitud areas
EASY OF BIRDING Easy walking with long drive and high altitud in the andes
PHOTOGRAPHIC CHANCE Excellent
INCLUDE Private transportation, hotel, 2 breakfast, 2 lunch, 1 dinner, driver and birding guide
NOT INCLUDE International/domestic flights,hotel, extra activities