Day 1: Arrive to Cusco – Birding Cusco Surroundings

Welcome to Cusco and transfer to our hotel selected. After all accommodations we will start our birding adventure to south of Cusco to Huacarpay Lake located only 30 minutes. There we will spend some time searching for several Andean species as Anden Gull, Plumbeous Rail, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Puna Teal and many others.  After few hours birding around this amazing place, we will head to the Sacred Valley at San Salvador village to visit (Sacred Garden) for Bearded Mountaineer one of the Peruvian endemic species only found along this valley in Cusco and we will see Giant Hummingbird, Green and black Trainbearers, Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch other Peruvian Endemic specie and several other species. Then we will head to Yanahuara village to visit ensifera camp garden for Green and Black Hummingbird, White-tufted Sunbean both endemic species, Sword-billed Hummingbird, white-bellied hummingbird and many others. Then we will head back to Cusco. Night in Casa Andina Plaza Hotel

Day 2: Birding to Manu Biosphere

After breakfast we will start our drive to Manu Biosphere arriving first to Acjanaco Pass at 3,000 mt where Manu National Park begins. There we will be our start birding along Manu Road where we will do several stops searching for Chiguanco Thrush, Band-tailed Seedeater, Hooded Siskin, Rusty-fronted Canastero (E), Creamy-crested Spinetail (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. Night in CORL or MPL

Day 3: Full day 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 our birding days some private feeders for Hummingbirds & Tanager. Before or after dinner we will try for Rufescent Screech-Owl and Lyre-tailed Nightjar. Night in CORL or MPL

Day 4-5: Birding for Bamboo 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 & Inka Amazonia 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 owls such as Tawny-bellied and Tropical Screech-owls, Black-banded Owl and Pauraque. Nights in Manu Biological Center (Villa Carmen Station)

Day 6: Birding Upper Manu Road up to 3,000 m

Today we will start our birding back 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), Marcapata Spinetail (E) Andean, white-cheeked Solitaries. Night in Wayquecha Station

Day 7: Birding & Back to Cusco

Early start with visit the feeder station for Urubamba, Red and White Antpittas both endemic species near the lodge. Then we will start our drive back to Cusco. If you have domestic flight Lima and connections, we will transfer to Cusco airport in time, but if you stay in Cusco, we will leave you according your preference. End of our service