Villa Marshes, Pucusana
The cold water of the Pacific Ocean brought by the Humboldt Current makes its water rich in plankton which supports a rich variety of fish and marine animals as well as birds who feed on the fish. Fish and its byproducts are an important source of economic activity on the coast and an important part of food resource for the local population. Thanks to the Humboldt Current also known as the Peruvian Current the waters adjacent to the Peruvian coast is one the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet.
Peru pacific is rich oceanic waters feed huge colonies of seabirds, and the visit to Pucusana provide the opportunity to see the incredible mass of birds that breed on the offshore cliffs and island. The coastal wetlands in Pantanos de Villa (Villa Marshes) concentrate huge numbers of breeding and migratory waterbirds.
- Lima- Villa Marshes- Pucusana Bay
We will pick you up from your hotel in the morning for our birding time around Villa Marshes ( Pantanos de Villa), we will stay searching for several species aroun the natural reserve. Then we will drive for other 30 minutes south to Pucusana bay for our semi-pelagic boat trip for one hour around. Then we will back to Pucusana bay for our exquisit seafood lunch. Then we will start our way back to Lima but if time permits we can drive a bit further for other 20 minutes south for some extra coastal species and then back directly to Lima and leave you at your hotel.
Birds for Pantanos de Villa: Great Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Little Blue Heron, White-cheeked Pintail, Plumbeous Rail, Wren-like Rushbird, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Yellowish Pipit, Peruvian Meadowlark, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Andean Coot, Peruvian Thick Knee, Pectoral Sandpiper, Burrowing Owl, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Black Skimmer, Puna Ibis, Cinnamon Teal, Franklins Gull, Gray-hooded Gull, Gray Gull among others.
Birds around Pucusana: Guanay and Red-legged Cormorants as well as Peruvian Boobies, Inca Tern, Blackish Oystercatcher, Peruvian Pelican, Gray Gull, Sur Cinclodes, Humboldt Penguin and south american Sea lions.
If we do San Andres there is a chance to find: Oasis Hummingbird, Amazillia Hummingbird, Collared Warbling-finch, Streak Saltator, Pacific Parrotlet, Cinerous Conebill, Parrot-billed seedeater, Drab seedeater, chestnut-throated Seedeater, Pied-crested Tit-tyrant among others. We usually finish around 4 pm in the afternoon.
| GROUP SIZE | From 2 to 10 People | |
| TOUR DATES | Book at any time, fixed and custom dates | |
| PRICE PER PERSON | USD 300.00 | |
| TOUR PACE & WALKING | Easy | |
| EASY OF BIRDING | Easy | |
| PHOTOGRAPHIC CHANCE | Excellent | |
| INCLUDE | Private land and boat transportation, lunch, birding guide | |
| NOT INCLUDE | International/domestic flights,hotel, extra activities |