Manu Special Experience

BIRDING CUSCO, MACHU PICCHU AND MANU NATIONAL PARK ROAD 12D/11N

12 days / 11 nightsMADRE DE DIOS8

Price per personFrom USD 3,999

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Zone: Special Experience
Difficulty: Ask us
Languages: English
Group: 8

Description

Day 01: CUSCO - OLLANTAYTAMBO

We pick you up airport and drive to Ollantaytambo with stops in the way for birding in Piuray lagoon and Yanahuara, hummingbird feeders where we can see: Chilean Flamingos, Puna Te

Day 02: OLLANTAYTAMBO - ABRA MALAGA

Today again we will be leaving early by our vehicle to Abra Malaga part of the cloud forest where will look for Endemic species: Inca Wren, Urubamba Antpitta, Marcapata Spenitail,

Day 03: OLLANTAYTAMBO - MACHU PICCHU

Early birding high altitud Polilepys forest: this day again will leave the hotel to Abra Malaga with stops for breakfast and then look for Endemics: Junin Canastero, White Tafted S

Day 04: MACHUPICCHU - AGUAS CALIENTES - OLLANTAYTAMBO - CUSCO

This morning after breakfast we will visit the Machupicchu where spend couple hours there we will be visit sacred place of the Incas where can be observe old Inca town and after wi

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Day 1
Day 01: CUSCO - OLLANTAYTAMBO
We pick you up airport and drive to Ollantaytambo with stops in the way for birding in Piuray lagoon and Yanahuara, hummingbird feeders where we can see: Chilean Flamingos, Puna Teal, Silvery Grebe, White Tufted Grebe, Yellow Billed Pintail, Cinnamon Teal, Yellow Billed Teal, Slate Colored Coot, Andean Lapwing and shorebird and we will continue to Urubamba and we will visit hummingbird feeder where we can see. Giant Hummingbird, Green and White Hummingbird, Black Tailed Trainbearer, Tyrian Metaltail, Shinning Sunbeam, Swork Billed Hummingbird, Great Sapphrire wing, Sparckling Violeater, Black Back grossbeak, Chestnut Breasted Mountain Finch, Blue and Yellow Tanager and many more birds will and night stay at Ollantaytambo hotel.
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Day 2
Day 02: OLLANTAYTAMBO - ABRA MALAGA
Today again we will be leaving early by our vehicle to Abra Malaga part of the cloud forest where will look for Endemic species: Inca Wren, Urubamba Antpitta, Marcapata Spenitail, Parodi´s Hemispingus, Red and White Antpitta, Cuzco Brush Finch, and Unstreak Tit tyrant and we will see more for example. Puna Thistletail, White Browed Conebill, tree stripe Hemispingus, Scarlet Bellied Mountain Finch, Citrinne Warbler, Swork billed Hummingbird, Red Crested Cotinga, Pale Footted Swallow, Blue Backed Conebill, Superciarias Hemispingus, Trilling Tapaculo, Moustached Flowerpiercer, Hooded Mountain Tanager so many more species will be see during day and then in the afternoon will be retorn to Ollantaytambo with same stops in the way and stay Hotel.
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Day 3
Day 03: OLLANTAYTAMBO - MACHU PICCHU
Early birding high altitud Polilepys forest: this day again will leave the hotel to Abra Malaga with stops for breakfast and then look for Endemics: Junin Canastero, White Tafted Sunbeam, Chestnut Breasted Mountain Finch, Creamy Crested Spinetail, and then will be continue the trip up the mountain where will be start walk up the mountain for 30 minutes and then down the mountain to polilepys fores where is Good place to the: Royan Cinclodes, Ash Breasted Tit Tyrant, Tawny Tit Spinetail, White Browed Tit Spinetail, d´Orbines chat Tyrant, Blue Mantled Thornbill, Puna Tapaculo, Red Giant Conebill, Thick Billed Siskin, Stripe Headed Antpitta, Glacier Finch, Boulder Finch, Andean Flicker, Taczanowskis Ground Tyrant and will be observe more specien this area all high altitud of species after will go down all the valley and find our vehicle we will be go eat our lunch and then come down to Ollantaytambo, here we will take the train to Aguas Calientes and stay at the hotel.
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Day 4
Day 04: MACHUPICCHU - AGUAS CALIENTES - OLLANTAYTAMBO - CUSCO
This morning after breakfast we will visit the Machupicchu where spend couple hours there we will be visit sacred place of the Incas where can be observe old Inca town and after will came down to Aguas Calientes where will be have lunch and after will be go to birding where we have chance to see the: Sclater´s Tyrannulet, Mottled Cheeked Tyrannulet, Chestnut Capped Brush Finch, Ocellated Piculet, Blue Necked Tanager, Torred Duck, White Capped Dipper and many more species will see and after this activety will back to Aguas Calientes where will be take train to Ollantaytambo and drive to Cusco stay at hotel.
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Day 5
Day 05: CUSCO - WAYQECHA
Today we will leave with our vehicle to Manu Road with stops in the way for observe the birds: first stop in Huacarpay Lagoon look for: Plumbeous Rail, Many colored Rush Tyrant, Wren like rushbird, Peruvian Sierra Finch, Bearded Mountainer, Yellow Winged Blackbird, rusty Fronted Canastero, bare Faced Ground Dove, Puna Teal, Chilean Flamingo and many other common species will be seen in the area after we will be continue to Paucartambo where we will stop to buy same drinks and others what it is needed after this stop will be continue Manu Road with stops and look for birds where it´s start the cloud forest and Manu National Park great place to see the: Yungas Pygmy Owl, Golden Collared Tanager, Moustached Flowerpiercer, Masked Flowerpiercer, Pearl Tree runner, Puna Thistletail, Tyrian Metaltail, Brown Back chat Tyran and many other species of birds and then will continue to Wayquecha the lodge where will be we have hummingbird and Tanager feeders in the lodge where can be see the: Goudls Inca, Long tailed Sylph, Shinning Sunbeam, Amethyst Throated Sunangel, Cusco Start Fronlet, Tyrian Metaltail, White Bellied Woodstart and in the afternoon we are going roadside birding good place to see the Gray Breasted Mountain Toucan, Barred Fruiteater, Chestnut Crested Cotinga, White banded Tyrannulet, Hooded Mountain Tanager, Scarlet Bellied Mountain Tanager, Azara´s Spinetail, Sierran Elaenia, Black Faced Brush Finch Grass green Tanager and many others we will see after we return to lodge for coffee and we will go out to look for Swallow Tailed Nightjar after we will be backed to lodge for dinner, spend at Wayquecha Lodge.
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Day 06: WAYQECHA - LODGE COCK OF THE ROCK
This morning we will have early breakfast at lodge and then after will be leave with our vehicle to Cock of the rock Lodge drive it two hours but we will spend birding on the way so we will look for mix flock’s species where we can see a lot of species. Gray Breasted Mountain Toucan, Band Tailed Fruiteater, Barred Fruiteater, Marcapata spinetail, Golden Headed Quetzal, Mountain Cacique, Blue Banded Toucanet, Inca Flycatcher, Blue and Black Tanager, Foulvos Wren, Spectacckled Red start, Slaty Backed Chat Tyrant, Montane Woodcreeper, Olive Backed Woodcreeper, Saffron Crowned Tanager, Slaty Tanager, White Throated Tyrannulet, Solitary Eagle, Black and Chestnut Eagle, Streak Tuftedcheek, Versicolored Barbet, Masked Trogon, Yellow throated Tanager, Bolivian Tyrannulet, Golden Olive Woodpecker, Buff tight Pufleg and many more species we will see all morning and then will be continuing to Cock of the rock Lodge for lunch first we can have accommodation rooms, then we take a lunch after will to birding up the road again by our vehicle roadside birding, look for Andean Cock of the Rock, Crested Quetzal, Dusky Green Oropendola, White crowned Tapaculo, Yellow throated Chlorospingus, Common Chlorospingus, Black Faced Brush Finch, Spotted Tanager, Montane Foliage Gleaner, Andean Motmot, Black Eared Hemispingus and after birding we will be waiting until get dark and look for: Rufescent Screech Owl, Lyre tailed Nightjar. and back lodge Dinner stay at CORL.
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Day 7
Day 07: LODGE COCK OF THE ROCK
After early breakfast at the lodge and we will look for hummingbirds in the garden good to see the: Endemic Peruvian Piedtail, and others Violet Fronted Brilliant, Rufous Booted rackettail, Speckled Hummingbird, Wire Crested Thorntail, Many Spotted Hummingbird, Geoffroy´s Daggerbill Fork Tailed Woodnymph, Green Hermit, Sparkling Violetear and others after we will have roadside Birding to look for mix flocks: Tanagers, Flycatchers, Antwrens, Woodcreepers, Andean Cock of the rock, Crested Quetzal, Yungas Manakin, Warblers, Slaty Gnateater, Black Streak Puffbird, Streak Xenops, and we will be observing many of species of birds, we will see during the day in this area, there are many more birds we will see at this great place at this altitud it´s 4889 ft.
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Day 8
Day 08: LODGE COCK OF THE ROCK - BAMBU LODGE
This is an early breakfast to start and then we will be travelling down to the Bambu Lodge with stops where we look for Cinnamon Faced Tyrannulet, Amazonian Umbrella Bird, Olive Finch, Ornate Flycatcher, solitary Eagle, Cuzco Warbler, Rufescent Antshrike, Paradise Tanager, Golden Tanager, Black Back Tody Flycatcher, and later in the day we will arrive to Bambu Lodge for lunch and after we will visit the hummingbird feeders Inka Amazonia it´s 1 hour from Bambu lodge drive 30 minutes where we will be observing hummingbirds and tanagers great place: Rufous Crested Coquette, Blue Fronted Lancebill, Goulds Jewellfront, Koepke´s Hermit, White Bearded Hermit, White Browed Hermit, Golden Tailed Sapphire, Long Billed Starthroat, White Necked Jacobin, Violet Headed Hummingbird, Fork tailed Woodnymph, Buff Tailed Scybill, Many Spotted Hummingbird and Great Billed Hermit so also we have a chance to see the Tanagers like Yellow Bellied Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, Lemon Throated Barbet, Blue Dacnis, Green Honeycreeper, Yellow Bellied Dacnis, Purple Honeycreeper, Palm Tanager and other birds we may see after birding will come to the lodge with stop in the way look other species. Parrots and Red & Green Macaws, and stay at Bambu Lodge.
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Day 09: BAMBU LODGE - DORADO LODGE
This morning we will be leaving very early our car to Pilcopata, Salvacion and Dorado Lodge first we will visit another hummingbird feeders where we will have a chance to see the Amazonian Antpitta Scarlet hooded Barbet, Fine Barred Piculet Rufous sided crake, Magpie Tanager, King Vulture, and Hummingbirds: Rufous Breasted Hermit, Black Throated mango, Sapphire Spangled Emerald, Golden Tailed Sapphire, Gray Breasted Sabrewing, Black Tailed Trogon and many other species it will be seen there and then we will be continuing to Salvación and to Dorado Lodge with birding stops in the way, we will arrive late to the Dorado Lodge, and we get to accommodate at the lodge after we are going to explore the trails to look for same Antbird & Antwrens after this activity we will be back to the lodge dinner and stay at lodge.
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Day 10
Day 10: DORADO LODGE
This early morning we will visit the Parrot and Macaw Clay Lick where we may see Mealy Parrot, Yellow Crowned Parrot, Blue Headed Parrot, Chestnut Fronted Macaw, Red Bellied Macaw, White eyed Parakeet, Dusky Headed Parakeet, Orange Cheeked Parrot, Blue Headed Macaw, Cobalt winged Parakeet, Tui Parakeet and Blue and yellow Macaw, this first morning and after we will visit the trail for birding where we may see the Antbirds & Antwrens, Tanagers, Flycatchers, Toucans, Oropendolas, Nunbirds, Fruitcrows, Tytiras, Cuckoos, Woodcreepers, Woodpeckers, Tyrannulets, Foliage Gleaners, Becars, Hummingbird, Swallows, Herons, Egrets, and many species in Dorado Lodge rainforest birds.
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Day 11
Day 11: DORADO LODGE
This early morning we will visit the Parrot and Macaw Clay Lick where we may see Mealy Parrot, Yellow Crowned Parrot, Blue Headed Parrot, Chestnut Fronted Macaw, Red Bellied Macaw, White eyed Parakeet, Dusky Headed Parakeet, Orange Cheeked Parrot, Blue Headed Macaw, Cobalt winged Parakeet, Tui Parakeet and Blue and yellow Macaw, this first morning and after we will visit the trail for birding where we may see the Antbirds & Antwrens, Tanagers, Flycatchers, Toucans, Oropendolas, Nunbirds, Fruitcrows, Tytiras, Cuckoos, Woodcreepers, Woodpeckers, Tyrannulets, Foliage Gleaners, Becars, Hummingbird, Swallows, Herons, Egrets, and many species in Dorado Lodge rainforest birds.
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Day 12
Day 12: DORADO LODGE - CUSCO
This day will be return to Cusco with some stops on the way to Cusco, it will be a long day and long driving so we will be arriving to Cusco around 5 pm. End of the tour .

Trip details

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Included

✔ Bilingual Official Tour Guide/Naturalist Equipped with: Pro binoculars (not shared) and pro scope to install on observation platforms.
✔ Tourist transportation
✔ Cook
✔ 07 snacks (cereal, sandwich, cookie, fruit).
✔ 07 breakfasts
✔ 07 lunches
✔ 06 nights
✔ First-aid kit A-1
✔ Overnight stays in lodges and bungalows.
✔ Mineral water
✔ Entrance fee to Manu Park
✔ Rubber boots