Day 1: Arrive in Lima - Cusco

This day usually is just to arrive into Lima-Peru and we will pick you up from the airport early or late evening as usually international flights arrive to Peru and transfers to the hotel selected for the tour. Hotel near the airport

Day 2: Humboldt Penguin - Flight to Cusco

Morning birding for some sea birds a long the Pacific coast, Our first stop will be Villa marshes located at 30 minutes south of Lima where is a spectacular reserve for shore birds migrants & residents such us Many-colored Rush-tyrant, wren-like Rushbird, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Great Grebe, Gray, Gray-headed, Belchers, Kelp Gulls, White-cheeked Pintail and several others. After nice few hours birding we will drive again for other 30 minutes south of the reserve to reach a nice fishing town Pucusana for a semi-pelagic trip for humboldt Penguin, Red-legged & Guanay Cormorants, Surf Cinclodes (E), Peruvian Pelican, Inca Tern, Peruvian Booby, Blackish Oystercatcher. Then we will have a very fresh peruvian seafood to celebrate your arrival to Peru & amazing day. After great lunch we will head directly to Lima airport for our domestic flight to Cusco. Night in Cusco Hotel

Day 3: Lake Huacarpay, Sacred Garden, Acjanaco Pass (3,100 mts) to Manu Road (1,400 mts)

Early morning we will go to Huacarpay Lake located at 30 minutes south of Cusco where we will find Anden Gull, Plumbeous Rail, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Puna Teal and many other.  After few hours birding around this amazing place, we will head to San Salvador area to visit (Sacred Garden) for hummingbirds & Tanagers. Then we will start our birding adventure up to the most popular road in Peru Manu Road where we will enjoin a lot of different birds and amazing landscapes starting from 3,300 mt (11,150 ft) to San Pedro area at (1,450 mt). Night in CORL or MPL

Some species that we can see today: Chiguanco Thrush, Andean Lapwing, Band-tailed Seedeater, Hooded Siskin, Andean Flicker, Rusty-fronted Canastero (E), Creamy-crested Spinetail (E), Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Finch (E), Black-throated, Masked, Moustached Flowerpiercers, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Golden-collared Tanager, Grass-green Tanager, Montane Woodcreeper, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Band-tailed Tyrannulet, Capped Conebill, Superciliaried Hemispingus just to mentions some. Before or after dinner we will try for Rufescent Screech-Owl and Lyre-tailed Nightjar.

Day 4: Full days birding Manu Road & Lodge surroundings

Early visit for Andean Cock of the Rock  lek and then we will keep birding along the Manu Road with the chance to find mixed flocks of species as Versicolored Barbet, Beryl-spangled, Saffron-Crown, Golden, Orange-eared, Yellow-throated, Slaty, Golden-naped, Paradise, Blue-necked, Bay-headed, black-goggled Tanager, Yellow-bellied, Green & Gold, Spotted Tanagers, Deep-blue Flowerpiercer, Three-stripe Warbler, Russet-crowned Warbler, Black-faced Brush-finch, Golden-headed, Crested Quetzal, Amazonian Umbrellabird. And Wire-crested Thorntail, Speckled Hummingbird, Violet-headed Hummingbird, Peruvian Piedtail (E), Many-spotted Humminbird, Peruvian Botted Raquetail, Gray-mantled Wren, Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Mountain Foliage-Gleaner, Olive-Backed Woodcreeper, Stripe Threehunter, Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant, Stripe-Chested Antwren, White-backed Fire-Eye, Black-eared Hemispingus, Yellow-breasted Antwren, Yungas Manakin, Yellow-throated, short-billed, common Chlorospingus, Dusky-Green, Russet-Backed, Crested Oropendolas, Rufous-tailed Tyrant, Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Unicolored Antshrike, Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird just to mention some. We will visit also during ou birding days some private birding for hummingbird & Tanager feeders. Before or after dinner we will try for Rufescent Screech-Owl and Lyre-tailed Nightjar. Night in CORL or MPL

Day 5-6: Birding for Amazonian species, hummingbird, Tanager feeder

Early birding along the Manu Road descending to 400 mt for some Amazonian species. There are new birding spots close to the area: Mirador Pico de Oz & Inkamazonia both places have a hummingbird feeder and for tanager species and we are used to visit both places for Rufous-crested Coquette, Golden-tailed Saphire, Saphire-spangled, Blue-tailed Emeralds, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, White-necked Jacobin, Gray-breasted Saphirewing, Brown Violetear, Great-billed, White-bearded, Rufous-breasted, Koepcke’s (E) Hermits and many more. And in the afternoon, we will do some of the trails of the lodge for a bamboo specialist such as Bamboo Antshrike, Striated, Manu, Goeldi’s, White-lined, Antbirds, Rufous-headed Woodpecker, White-cheeked Tody-flycatcher, Black-backed Tody-flycatcher (E) and many more. And we will try to find some Tawny-bellied and Tropical Screech-owls, Black-banded Owl and Pauraque. Nights in Manu Biological Center (Villa Carmen Station)

Day 7-8: Birding Upper Manu Road up to 3,000 m

Today we will have a morning birding for some missing species along the bamboo trail before we leave and start our birding drive up to 3,000 meters where is located our last lodge in Manu Road. This area will provide us to watch: Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Grass-green Mountain-Tanager, Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Barred Becard, Red-crested and Chestnut-crested Cotingas, Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant, Golden-collared Tanager, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Blue-banded Toucanet (E), Red and White Antpitta (E), Marcapata Spinetail (E) Andean, white-cheeked Solitaries. One morning we will Early start with Urubamba Antpitta near the lodge. We will try to search for owls before or after dinner. Nights in Wayquecha Station

Day 9: Birding & Back to Cusco

Early birding and after we will head back to Cusco. Usually we arrive late afternoon. Night in Cusco Hotel

Day 10:Hummingbirds gardens & Train to Machu Picchu Town

After breakfast we will drive 40 minutes south east of Cusco where is located a nice private reserve The Sacred Garden for Bearded Mountaineer one of the peruvian endemic species and several other species found at this particular spot. Then we will keep continuing our birding drive to Yanuhuara at the Sacred valley to visit Ensifera Camp for Sword-billed, Giant, White-bellied, Green and White Hummingbirds, White-tufted and shining Sunbeans just to mentions some of then. After a nice morning we will be transfer to ollantaytambo train station for our trip to Aguas Calientes for about 2 hours. After all accomodations if time permits we will do some birding or just relax. Night in Aguas calientes hotel.

Day 11: Machu Picchu Time!

Early train ride to Aguas calientes around 2 hours and then bus drive for about 20 minutes to reach the Machu Picchu entrance where we will have an unforgettable experience along the Inca site for some hours in the morning. After the amazing time at one of the wonder of the world we will back to teh small town and if time permits we can do some birding before our train back to Ollantaytambo and transfer to Cusco with a stop at Huaypo Lake for some wading species according our time. Night in Cusco Hotel

Day 12: Free day to Explore Cusco - Flight to Lima

Today will a be a free morning options birding or just enjoin cusco city. Then afternoon flight Lima and connections to Home. 

Have an Amazing Birding Holiday in Peru!