Day 1  Cajamarca

Airport pick up service in Cajamarca and night in Cajamarca beautiful Hacienda. 

Day 2  Cajamarca: Great Spinetail

Early Morning we were going to San Marcos that  is a reliable spot for the extremely localized Great Spinetail. Returning to Cajamarca and if  the time permit we will visit in the afternoon the site for Grey-bellied Comet. Hotel in Cajamarca. (B, BL)

Day 3-  Celendin

From the pass after Celendin you will have a spectacular view of your day`s birding rout. Your main reward here might de the rare endemic Rufous-brested Warbling-finch, Andean Parakeet, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Jelski`s Char- Tyrant, Gray-winged Inca-Finch and others. Hotel in Celendin. (B, BL, D)

Day 4-  Leymebamba

Early morning we were going to Leymebamba, a day with many special -endemic or near endemic- birds. First we go to Hacienda  Limon where we can find Grey-winged Inca-Finch and Chestnut-backed Thornbird. Afterwards we descend into the Marañon Valley and near Balsas at the bottom we will search Marañon Thrush, Peruvian Pigean and Yellow.faced Parrotlet. Rufous-backed Inca-Finch and Black-necked Woodpecker are other endemics, that are rather easy to find. Hotel in Leymebamba. (B, BL, D)

Day 5 Barro Negro

Above the town of Leimebamba there is a small remnant patch of forest which at first glance looks unpromising for birds but there is a surprisingly interesting selection of birds to be found here not least of which are the endemic Russet-mantled Softtail and Coppery Metaltail. Other interesting hummers here are Rainbow Starfronlet, Purple-throated Sunangel and Sword-billed Hummingbird. Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Buff-bellied Tanager, Golden-rumped Euphonia and many others are possible. Dinner and night in the Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge.  (B, BL, D)

Day 6  Lodge Marvelous Spatuletail  Choctamal Huiquilla Forest

Early start with birding around Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge. There are 328 varieties of hummingbirds found only in the Americas, and less than 20 venture into the United States. The world’s most spectacular and mysterious one is the Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) with less than 1000 estimated in existence, and can be seen daily at this lodge.  Near the lodge you can look for more birds in Choctamal:  Nothoprocta sp.  (Tinamou),  Penelope ortoni (Guan), Columba fasciata albilinea (Band-tailed Pigeon), Leptotila sp. (Dove), Cathartes aura (Turkey vulture), Coragyps atratus (Black vulture),  Buteo albicaudatus (White-tailed hawk) ,Falco sparverius (Common kestrel),  Glaucidium brasilianum (Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl), Chordeiles sp. (Nighthawk),  Colibri coruscans   (Sparkling Violetear),.  Dinner in the Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge.  (B, BL, D)

Day 7  Pomacochas

Early Transfer to Pomacochas & La Florida located at the 326 Km between Chiclayo and Tarapoto, vultures, herons are divisible on the way to Pomacochas.  The rest of the afternoon if time allows we will be looking for the famous Marvelous Spatuletail around the area and other birds like Black Crested Warbler, Andean Lapwing, Grassland yellow-finch, Silver-backed and Blue-capped Tanagers, flowerpiercers, and Green-throated, Smoke-colored Pewee, Purple-throated Sunangel, Three-striped and Russet-crowned Warblers, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Smoke-colored Pewee, Sierran Elaenia, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Streak-necked Flycatcher among others.   Night in Pomacochas (B, BL, D)

Day 8 Moyobamba

Early Ride to Moyobamba, the Orchid capital of Peru, located at 850 Km. On the way to Moyobamba we will stop in the Yacumama complex to see some animals from the region, and a nice typical lunch in a jungle setting restaurant.  Night in Moyobamba, Puerto Mirador hotel that has a lot of vegetation and we can observe some tropical birds, flowers, etc. from this hotel strategically located in the shores of the Mayo River.   (B, L) 

Day 9 Tarapoto

We will go on the road towards Yurimaguas into the lower Amazon rainforest to see the Plumbeous Euphonia, Northern-Slaty-Antshrike, Swalow-tailed Kite, Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Pavonine Quetzal. The rare Dotted Tanager can be seen here. White-necked Jacobin, Painted Parakeet,Ocellated Woodcreeper, Green Honeycrepper, Scale-backed Antbird, Striolated Puffbird, Collared Trogon, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Gilded Barbet,Blue Ground-Dove, Golden-collared Toucanet, Speckled Chachalaca.  Return to hotel for the afternoon flight to Lima.  (B, L)

RATES:

2 paxes: US$ 2,355 p.p
4 paxes or more: US$ 2,009 p.p

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities                                                                                 
  
• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)

Day 1 Chiclayo – Chachapoyas

Airport pick up service in Chiclayo and private transportation to Chachapoyas.  We will see beautiful panoramas on our trip to the unspoiled city of Chachapoyas.  Night in beautiful Colonial Mansion, 3 star hostel.  (BL)

Day 2  Karajia-Pinchourco–Chachapoyas

We will go to the sarcophagus of Karajia perched on a cliff.  From there we will  see more sarcophagus higher on a sheer cliff than any building you have ever seen. Night in Colonial Mansion in Chachapoyas (B, L)

 DAY 3  Chachapoyas-Inca Trail Levanto – Choctamal

Inca Trail to Chachapoyas (3 hours downhill), lunch in Chachapoyas and night in our Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge located in the road to Kuelap, where you can observe hummingbirds and variety of orchids. (B, L,D)

DAY 4  Fortress Kuelap

We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known as "the Machu Picchu of the North". Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 3 levels of walls, and is the largest stone structure in the Americas.  Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Overnight in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge.  (B, L, D)

DAY 5 Choctamal-Revash-Leymebamba

On the way to Leymebamba we will see the Revash Ruins. The mausoleums resemble small housing and conglomerates of the same ones, forming miniature "villages". For this circumstance and for their emplacement in stacks, Revash's funeral houses show a curious similarity with the cliff-houses of Colorado. Night in Leymebamba. (B,BL)

Day 6  Leymebamba – Tajopampa

Interesting horseback or trek to Tajopampa (5 hours), we will pass the Centro Mallqui Museum and continue our trip through a variety of panoramas, cross rivers, bridges up the river canyon with towering cliffs on each side.  After a picnic by the river we continue to La Petaca that afternoon and spend the night our rustic lodge in Tajopampa. (B, BL, D)

Day 7  Tajopampa - Leymebamba

Today is the exploration day of all the ruins nearby.  We will see the city of Boveda with round buildings on top of a mountain.  We will also see the famous Diablo Huasi on a steep cliff with its variety of mausoleums with skeletons, mummies and burial cloth hanging from the tombs. Horseback to Leymebamba to spend the night. (B, BL)

Day 8  Leymebamba- Museum Centro Mallqui – Choctamal

Now we get to see Peru's brand new Centro Mallqui Museum that the Austrians donated for this unique 1998 discovery at Lake of the Condors (you have seen on the Discovery Channel). The 219 mummies are here along with many artifacts. We will spend the night in Colonial Mansion in Chachapoyas. (B, L)

Day 9 Chachapoyas – Gocta – Chachapoyas

Private transportation to within  two hours hike to El Mirador where you can observe the Gocta waterfall.   During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, toucans, birds, flowers, monkeys and other species from the region.   Night in Colonial Mansion in Chachapoyas (B,L)

Day 10 Chachapoyas – Chiclayo

Transfer to airport of Chiclayo for your evening flight to Lima.  (B, BL)

RATES:

2 paxes: US$ 1,703 p.p
4 paxes or more: US$ 1,445 p.p

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities                                                                                 
  
• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)
  

Day 1  Lima – Chiclayo

Airport pick up in Chiclayo.  Chiclayo is Peru’s fourth largest city located in desert coast where the climate is warm and sunny almost all year. We will visit Private Reserve of Chaparri seeking out the specialties such as White-winged Guans, Tumbes Tyrants, White-headed Brush-Finches, Scarlet-backed Woodpecker and other endemics of the Tumbesian region.  Night in Gran Hotel Chiclayo.  (BL)

Day 2 Chiclayo – Olmos

Batan Grande or Pomac Historical Sanctuary, early transfer to Reserve of Batan Grande these dense old mesquite have been declared archaeological and ecological sanctuary. This beautiful birding site is 13,400 hectares, the biggest forest on the Peruvian Coast.  Several species are found here as the Peruvian Plantcutter, Necklaced Spinetail, Rufous Flycatcher, Coastal Miner, Supercilliaried Wren, Black-faced ibis,Savvana Hawk, Pearl Kite,  Aplomado Falcon, Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, Shot-tailed Woodstar, Sacarlet-backed Woodpecker, Streak-headed  Woodcreeper, Pacific Hornero, Necklaced Spinetail, and others… we will continue birding and probably find Gray and Gold Warbler, Sooty-capped Flycatcher, Gray and White Tyrannulet, Tumbre Tyrant (endemic), Sooty-capped Flycatcher among others.  Night in a local hotel.  (B,BL, D)

Day 3 Olmos

Olmos is well known for the relatively recent re-discovery of the White-winged Guan, first discovered en the 1870s and not seen again for 100 years. This extremely range-restricted guan has been found now in several valleys.  We have all day to explore the canyons and likely we will see Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner, Elegant Crescentchest, White-headed Brush-finch, Henna-hooded Foliage-glea, White-winged, Tumbes Hummingbird (endemic) Red-masked Parakeet, plumbeous-backed Thursh, Cinereous Finchs (endemic),  White-Winged Guan.  Transfer to the city of Olmos where we will spend the night in a local hostel.  (B,BL,D)

Day 4 Olmos – Jaen

Today we will continue to Jaen, after passing Abra Porculla although not in the dry forest region, this more humid montane area is not far away and has some very interesting birds that add to the Olmos birds. We will stop in different key locations to observe the local endemics.  Birds that we may see are: Yellow-bellied and Black and White Seedeaters, Andean Tinamou, Black-cowled Saltator, Elegant Crescentchest, White-winged and Bay Crowned Brush-Finch’s Chapman’s Antshrike, , Rufous-necked and Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaners, Andean Tinamou, Peruvian Slaty-Antshrike, Spot-throated Hummingbird and Chinchipe Spinetail, Gray-chinned Hermit, Ecuadorean Piculet, Rufous-necked Foliage Gleaner, …  in the afternoon we will bird near the Monastery, located just outside Jaen.  Night in Jaen hotel (B, BL, D)

Day 5 Jaen – Choctamal

Early start to look for Little Inca Finch and several Maranon endemics. Later continue on to Choctamal and night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge.(B, L, D)

Day 6  Choctamal Huiquilla Forest

Early start with birding around Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge. There are 328 varieties of hummingbirds found only in the Americas, and less than 20 venture into the United States. The world’s most spectacular and mysterious one is the Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) with less than 1000 estimated in existence, and can be seen daily at this lodge.  Near the lodge you can look for more birds in Choctamal:  Timamiformes, Tinamidae, Nothoprocta sp. “perdiz” Tinamou, Galliforme, Cracidae, Penelope ortoni “sachahuashpa”, ”pava de monte”  Guan Columbiformes, Columbidae, Columba fasciata albilinea “Torcaza”  Band-tailed Pigeon Leptotila sp. Dove, Ciconiformes, Cathartidae, Cathartes aura “gallinazo cabeza roja” Turkey vultur, Coragyps atratus “shuca”, “gallinazo cabeza negra”  Black vulture,  Falconiformes, Accipitridae, Buteo albicaudatus “Gavilan” White-tailed hawk, Falconidae, Falco sparverius “Cernicalo” Common kestrel, Strigiformes Strigidae Glaucidium brasilianum “Talacua” Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgidae, Chordeiles sp. Nighthawk, Micropodiformes, Trochilidae, Colibri coruscans   Sparkling Violetear,.  Dinner in the Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail lodge (B, BL, D)

 Day 7 Choctamal –Pomacochas

Transfer to Pomacochas & La Florida located at the 326 Km between Chiclayo and Tarapoto, vultures, herons are divisible on the way to Pomacochas.  The rest of the afternoon if time allows we will be looking for the famous Marvelous Spatuletail around the area and other birds like Black Crested Warbler, Andean Lapwing, Grassland yellow-finch, Silver-backed and Blue-capped Tanagers, flowerpiercers, and Green-throated, Smoke-colored Pewee, Purple-throated Sunangel, Three-striped and Russet-crowned Warblers, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Smoke-colored Pewee, Sierran Elaenia, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Streak-necked Flycatcher among others.   Night  in Pomacochas (B, BL, D)

Day 8 Abra Patricia

We will continue our exploration in the main points around Abra Patricia, this part can be muddy, make sure to bring your boots.  Over 400 species has been recorded in Abra Patricia among them:  Owl & Owlets, Toucan, Tiranidos , Guans, Royal Sunangel,  Tapaculo, the little-known Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, Bar-winged Wood-Wren, Chestnut-breasted Coronet and Long-tailed Sylph, flycatchers, vireos and warblers, the little-known Ochre-fronted Antpitta, endemic Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, Bar-winged Wood-Wren and the splendid White-capped Tanager, the little-known Ochre-fronted.  Night in Pomacochas. (B, L, D) 

Day 9 Moyobamba

Ride to Moyobamba, the Orchid capital of Peru, located at 850 Km. On the way to Moyobamba we will stop in the Yacumama complex to see some animals from the region, and a nice typical lunch in a jungle setting restaurant.  We will see Aburria aburri, Ara militaris, Touit stictoptera, Phaethornis koepckeae, Campylopterus villaviscensio, Heliodoxa gularis, Heliangelus regalis, Zimmerius villarejoi, Hemitriccus rufi gularis y Henicorhina leucoptera. Night in Moyobamba, Puerto Mirador hotel that has a lot of vegetation and we can observe some tropical birds, flowers, etc. from this hotel strategically located in the shores of the Mayo River.   (B, L) 

Day 10 Tarapoto

We will go on the road towards Yurimaguas into the lower Amazon rainforest to see the Plumbeous Euphonia, Northern-Slaty-Antshrike, Swalow-tailed Kite, Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Pavonine Quetzal. The rare Dotted Tanager can be seen here. White-necked Jacobin, Painted Parakeet,Ocellated Woodcreeper, Green Honeycrepper, Scale-backed Antbird, Striolated Puffbird, Collared Trogon, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Gilded Barbet,Blue Ground-Dove, Golden-collared Toucanet, Speckled Chachalaca.  Return to Tarapoto for the afternoon flight to Lima.  (B, L)

RATES:

2 paxes: US$ 2,881 p. p
4 paxes or more: US$ 2,186 p. p

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities                                                                                 
  
• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)

 

This special Peru birding tour will take you to unexplored newly accessible locations.  Most birding tours take you to the southern tourist Mecca near Cuzco, or to Ecuador, but neither offers our world’s most extreme endemic zones.  It stands to reason that Peru’s tropical northern cross-section would offer more and better varieties despite not having a promotion budget to hype these.  This trip will start in the desert coast of Lambayeque, across the high Andes, and end in the incredible jungle of Tarapoto.  We will visit the most important places that Valqui mentions in his book.  Peru has more bird varieties than N. America and Europe combined.  This program contains the best accommodations offered in the area.

Day 1  Chiclayo

Airport pick up in Chiclayo.  Chiclayo is Peru’s fourth largest city located in desert coast where the climate is warm and sunny almost all year. We will visit Private Reserve of Chaparri seeking out the specialties such as White-winged Guans, Tumbes Tyrants, White-headed Brush-Finches, Scarlet-backed Woodpecker and other endemics of the Tumbesian region.  Night in Gran Hotel Chiclayo.  (BL)

Day 2 Chiclayo – Olmos

Early transfer to Reserve of Batan Grande these dense old mesquite have been declared archaeological and ecological sanctuary. This beautiful birding site is 13,400 hectares, the biggest forest on the Peruvian Coast.  Several species are found here as the Peruvian Plantcutter, Necklaced Spinetail, Rufous Flycatcher, Coastal Miner, Supercilliaried Wren, Black-faced ibis,Savvana Hawk, Pearl Kite,  Aplomado Falcon, Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, Shot-tailed Woodstar, Sacarlet-backed Woodpecker, Streak-headed  Woodcreeper, Pacific Hornero, Necklaced Spinetail, and others… we will continue birding and probably find Gray and Gold Warbler, Sooty-capped Flycatcher, Gray and White Tyrannulet, Tumbre Tyrant (endemic), Sooty-capped Flycatcher among others. Night in a local hotel.  (B, L, D)

Day 3 Olmos

Olmos is well known for the relatively recent re-discovery of the White-winged Guan, first discovered en the 1870s and not seen again for 100 years. This extremely range-restricted guan has been found now in several valleys.  We have all day to explore the canyons and likely we will see Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner, Elegant Crescentchest, White-headed Brush-finch, Henna-hooded Foliage-glea, White-winged, Tumbes Hummingbird (endemic) Red-masked Parakeet, plumbeous-backed Thursh, Cinereous Finchs (endemic),  White-Winged Guan.  Transfer to the city of Olmos where we will spend the night in a local hostel.  (B,BL,D)

Day 4 Olmos – Jaen

Today we will continue to Jaen, after passing Abra Porculla although not in the dry forest region, this more humid montane area is not far away and has some very interesting birds that add to the Olmos birds. We will stop in different key locations to observe the local endemics.  Birds that we may see are: Yellow-bellied and Black and White Seedeaters, Andean Tinamou, Black-cowled Saltator, Elegant Crescentchest, White-winged and Bay Crowned Brush-Finch’s Chapman’s Antshrike, , Rufous-necked and Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaners, Andean Tinamou, Peruvian Slaty-Antshrike, Spot-throated Hummingbird and Chinchipe Spinetail, Gray-chinned Hermit, Ecuadorean Piculet, Rufous-necked Foliage Gleaner. In the afternoon we will bird near the Monastery, located just outside Jaen.  Night in Jaen hotel.  (B, BL, D)

Day 5 Jaen – Choctamal

Early start to look for Little Inca Finch and several Maranon endemics. Later continue on to Choctamal and night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge. (B,BL, D) 

Day 6  Choctamal Huiquilla Forest

Early start with birding around Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge. There are 328 varieties of hummingbirds found only in the Americas, and less than 20 venture into the United States. The world’s most spectacular and mysterious one is the Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) with less than 1000 estimated in existence, and can be seen daily at this lodge.  Near the lodge you can look for more birds in Choctamal:  Timamiformes, Tinamidae, Nothoprocta sp. “perdiz” Tinamou, Galliforme, Cracidae, Penelope ortoni “sachahuashpa”, ”pava de monte”  Guan Columbiformes, Columbidae, Columba fasciata albilinea “Torcaza”  Band-tailed Pigeon Leptotila sp. Dove, Ciconiformes, Cathartidae, Cathartes aura “gallinazo cabeza roja” Turkey vultur, Coragyps atratus “shuca”, “gallinazo cabeza negra”  Black vulture,  Falconiformes, Accipitridae, Buteo albicaudatus “Gavilan” White-tailed hawk, Falconidae, Falco sparverius “Cernicalo” Common kestrel, Strigiformes Strigidae Glaucidium brasilianum “Talacua” Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgidae, Chordeiles sp. Nighthawk, Micropodiformes, Trochilidae, Colibri coruscans   Sparkling Violetear,.  Night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge..  (B, BL, D) 

Day 7 Choctamal – Kuelap – Choctamal forest

Today you will be free to explore the surroundings of the lodge in the morning at your own pace.   After lunch we will head to the ancient Fortress Kuelap located only at 40 minutes from the Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge.  Birds around this fortress are: Aglaeactis cupripennis  Shining Sunbeam, Chlorostilbon sp. Emerald, Thalurania sp. Woodnymph, Chalybura sp. Plumeleteer, Psittaciformes, Psittacidae, Aratinga wagleri  scarlet-fronted parakeet, Piciformes, Picidae, Piculus sp. Woodpecker, Passeriformes,  Tyrannidae,  Contopus virens, Eastern Wood-Pewee Myarchus tuberculifer  Dusky-capped Flycatcher,  Todirostrum cinereum common tody-flycatcher,  Hirundinidae,  Notiochelidon cyanoleuca “golondrina” Blue-and-white Swallow Turdidae,  Turdus fuscater Great Thrush,  Turdus sp  Trush,  Troglodytidae,  Troglodytes aedon  House wren,  Icteridae,  Cacicus sp. Cacique,  Vireonidae,  Vireo olivaceus  Red-eyed Vireo,  Fringilidae,  Dendroica sp. Warbler,  Vermivora sp. “reinita” Warbler,  Pheucticus chrysopeplus Yellow Grosbeak,  Emberizidae,  Zonotrichia capensis  Rufous-collared Sparrow,  Certhiidae,  Donacobius atricapillus Black-capped Donacobius among others.  Night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge (B, L, D) 

 Day 8 Choctamal –Pomacochas

Transfer to Pomacochas & La Florida located at the 326 Km between Chiclayo and Tarapoto, vultures, herons are divisible on the way to Pomacochas , check into the Pomacochas hotel.  The rest of the afternoon if time allows we will be looking for the famous Marvelous Spatuletail around the area and other birds like Black Crested Warbler, Andean Lapwing, Grassland yellow-finch, Silver-backed and Blue-capped Tanagers, flowerpiercers, and Green-throated, Smoke-colored Pewee, Purple-throated Sunangel, Three-striped and Russet-crowned Warblers, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Smoke-colored Pewee, Sierran Elaenia, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Streak-necked Flycatcher among others.  Night in Pomacochas. (B, BL, D)

Day 9 Abra Patricia

We will continue our exploration in the main points around Abra Patricia, this part can be muddy, make sure to bring your boots.  Over 400 species has been recorded in Abra Patricia among them:  Owl & Owlets, Toucan, Tiranidos , Guans, Royal Sunangel,  Tapaculo, the little-known Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, Bar-winged Wood-Wren, Chestnut-breasted Coronet and Long-tailed Sylph, flycatchers, vireos and warblers, the little-known Ochre-fronted Antpitta, endemic Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, Bar-winged Wood-Wren and the splendid White-capped Tanager, the little-known Ochre-fronted.  Night in Moyobamba, Puerto Mirador hotel that has a lot of vegetation and we can observe some tropical birds, flowers, etc. from this hotel strategically located in the shores of the Mayo River.  . (B, L) 

Day 10  Tingana Reserve

All day to explore the reserve and birds along our river cruise where we may see:  Herons, Kite, Woodpecker,  Buff-thrioated, Woodcreeper, and Silvered Antbird, Sender-billed Kite, and the five species of kingfishers, Horned Screamer and Limpkin, Agami Heron, Boat-billed Heron, White-banded Swallow, Variable seedeate and others Night in Moyobamba, Puerto Mirador hotel that has a lot of vegetation and we can observe some tropical birds, flowers, etc. from this hotel strategically located in the shores of the Mayo River. (B, BL) 

Day 11  Morro de la Calzada

Today we will go to Morro de la Calzada, an isolated mountain that is located in the west side of the city.  Morro de la Calzada is a local small reserve where we can observe some birds like:  White-throated,  Pavonine Quetzals hum, Fiery-capped Manakins buzz, Blackish Pewee, Gould’s Jewelfront , Golden-collared and Chestnut-tipped Toucanets , Black and Scale-backed Antbirds, White-lored Tyrannulet, several flycatchers, Scale-breasted and Red-stained Woodpeckers, honeycreepers, dacnises, euphonias, tanagers and saltators,  Striolated Puffbird, Amazonian White-tailed and Collared Trogons,  Eastern Woodhaunter, Gilded Barbet (split from Black-spotted), Tawny-throated Leaftosser, Rufous-winged Antwren,  Ocellated Woodcreeper among other species.  This afternoon we will bathe in natural thermal pools.  Night in Puerto Puerto Palmeras.  (B, L).

Day 12 Tarapoto

We will go on the road towards Yurimaguas into the lower Amazon rainforest to see the Plumbeous Euphonia, Northern-Slaty-Antshrike, Swalow-tailed Kite, Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Pavonine Quetzal. The rare Dotted Tanager can be seen here. White-necked Jacobin, Painted Parakeet,Ocellated Woodcreeper, Green Honeycrepper, Scale-backed Antbird, Striolated Puffbird, Collared Trogon, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Gilded Barbet,Blue Ground-Dove, Golden-collared Toucanet, Speckled Chachalaca.  Return to Tarapoto for the afternoon flight to Lima.  (B, L)

RATES:

2 paxes: US$ 3,299  p. p
4  paxes or more: US$ 2,502 p. p

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities                                                                                 
  
• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)