Central Peru for Endemics
- DAY 1: Birding to Santa Eulalia - Marcapomacochas
Early start drive to Santa Eulalia Valley and Milloq bogs. We will start birding from Santa Eulalia area up to the mountains till 4,000 mt where we will stay overnight.
Some Species: Dark-winged Miner, Olivaceous Thornbill, White-bellied Cinclodes, Junin Canastero, Black-breasted Hillstar, Mountain Caracara, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Andean Flicker, Slender-billed Miner, Plain-breasted Earthcreeper, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Streak-throated Canastero, Puna, Cinereous, White-fronted and Ochre-naped Ground Tyrants, Black Siskin, Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, White-winged Diuca-Finch, Plain-colored Seedeater, Bright-rumped Yellow Finch, Rufous-breasted Warbling-finch, Mourning Sierra Finch, Giant Hummingbirds, Bronze-tailed Comet, Black-necked Woodpecker, Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Canyon Canastero, Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch, Bare-faced and Black-winged Ground-Doves, White-collared and Andean Swifts, Peruvian Sheartail, Streaked Tit-Spinetail, Pied-crested and Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrants, White-browed Chat-Tyrant, Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant, Spot-billed Ground Tyrant, White-capped Dipper, Peruvian Sierra-Finch, Collared Warbling-Finch, Band-tailed Seedeater, Greenish Yellow Finch, Andean Condor.
- DAY 2: Morning birding and drive to Junin
Morning birding for some missing species and then we will start our birding drive to Junin and if time permits we will do birding nearby for some extra species. Night and Dinner in Hotel
- DAY 3: Junin Grebe search - Drive to Huanuco
Morning birding around the Junin marsh and mountains searching for some species. Then we will do our boat trip for two hours around. And After all Junin specialties, we will start our drive to Huanuco. Dinner and Night in Hotel
Some Species: Ornate Tinamou, Common Miner (E), Black Siskin, Junin Rail (E), White-tufted Grebe, Puna Teal, Yellow-billed Pintail, Andean Duck, Puna Ibis, Andean Gull, Common Moorhen, Andean Avocet (rare), Wren-like Rushbird, Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant, Plumbeous Rail, Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant, Andean Negrito, Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch, Dark-winged Miner (E), Cordilleran Canastero, Junin Canastero (E), Andean Flicker, Black-breasted Hillstart(E)
- DAY 4: Birding Carpish-Paty Trail
Early drive (about 40 minutes) to get to the Carpish tunnel where we will start our birding day along the humid cloud forest for the rest of the day. Then we will back to our place. Dinner and night in a hotel
Some Species: Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant (E), Inca Flycatcher (E), Peruvian Wren (E), White-rumped Hawk, Golden-browed Chat-Tyrant, Chestnut Antpitta, Bay Antpitta, Trilling Tapaculo, Rufous-vented Tapaculo (E), Masked Fruiteater (E), Green-and-Black Fruiteater, Peruvian Tyrannulet, Grass-green Tanager, Brown-flanked Tanager (E), Black-capped Hemispingus, Yellow-scarfed Tanager (E), Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager and many others
- DAY 5: Birding Bosque Unchoq
Early drive to Cochabamba village which is the entrance for our birding day. Here we will spend the rest of the day searching for our main target and unique species found along the Bosque as a mixture of chusquea bamboo and cloud forest. We will have a chance to find several bird mixed-species flocks during the day. Then we will back late afternoon to Huanuco. Dinner and night in a Hotel
Some Species: Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager (E), Bay-vented Cotinga (E), Pardusco, Brown-flanked Tanager (E), Barons Spinetail (E), Black-crested Tit-Tyrant, Coppery Metaltail, Rufous-browed Hemispingus (E), NeblinaTapaculo (E), Line-fronted Canastero, White-banded Tyrannulet, Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrants, Large-footed Tapaculo, White-chinned Thistletail, Many-striped Canastero, Barred Fruiteater, White-throated Tyrannulet, Red-rumped Bush Tyrant, Paramo Pipit, Blue-backed Conebill, and many others
DAY 6: Birding & Back to Lima
Early birding for any missing specie and them there is an option to get domestic flight to Lima or we can back driving all the way to Lima.