MACHUPICCHU & CUSCO

With Machupicchu Birding. We are going to visit and show you some of the locals and endemic Birds like the White-capped Dipper, White-Winged Black-Tyrant, Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant, Inca Wren, Cusco Brush-Finch, Masked Fruiteater, Oleaginous. Hemispingus, Inca Wren, Parodis Hemispingus, Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan, Cusco Brush-Finch, Tri-colored Brush-Finch,

MOURNING SIERRA-FINCH

Yellow- scarfed Tanager, Silver-backed Tanager, Crowned Chat-Tyrant, Andean Cock-of-the Rock, Ocellated Piculed, Highland Motmot, White-eared Solitaire, Andean Solitaire, Sclater`s Tyrannulet, Masked Trogon, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, Capped Conebill, Green-and-White Hummingbird, Torrent Duck, Mitred Parakeed, Yungas Pygmy-Owl, White-bellied Hummingbird, Variable Antshrike.

BLACK-CHESTED BUZZARD-EAGLE

DAY 1
Arrive in Lima, transfer to hotel.
Overnight at Casa Andina Miraflores***

DAY 2
Visit the Pantanos de Villa marshes. Birds we will be looking for in this typical coastal marshes are Peruvian Thickknee, Ducks, Great Grebe, Gray-hooded Gull, Many-colored Rush-tyrant, Wren-like Rushbird, etc. Overnight at Casa Andina Miraflores***

COCK OF THE ROCK

DAY 3
Fly to Cuzco first thing in the morning and transfer by bus to the hotel in the town of Ollantaytambo. At a lower elevation than Cuzco, we will barely feel the elevation and will begin to acclimatize while doing some easy birding in the Valley. Good birds to find are Giant Hummingbird, Green-tailed Hummingbird, Green-tailed Trainbearer, etc. Overnight at Pakaritampu Hotel ***

YELLOW-BILLED PINTAIL

DAY 4
Bus trip to Abra Málaga, 45 Km from the Village of Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, dry forest, mountain scrub forest, we can fine birds like White Tufted Sunbeam, Creamy-crested Spinetail, Chesnut – Breasted Mountain finch, Royal Cinclodes, Tit like Dacnis, White-tufted Sunbeam, Great Sapphirewing, Giant Hummingbird, and White-bellied Hummingbird.etc. Coming back to Ollantaytambo to catch our late Train to Aguas Calientes, transfer to hotel.
Overnight at Hanaqpacha INN ***

KORICANCHA SUN TEMPLE

DAY 5
Visit the famous Machu Picchu ruins with birding on the walk up to the Puerta del Sol. Here we will try to get the endemic Cuzco Brush-Finch and Inca Wren, and other specialties like the Tricolored Brush-Finch and Masket Fruiteater. Birding along the trail tracks. The Sclater’s Flycatcher and the Inca Wren are probably our target birds, but we will have plenty of activity with Tanager flocks. In the afternoon, we will return to Cuzco by train.
Overnight at Andes de America hotel ***

ANDEAN CONDOR

DAY 6
Morning visit to the Huacarpay lakes in Cuzco. And birding around the Saccsayhuaman ruins. The afternoon will be left free for a city tour, Shopping, or relaxing. Overnight at Andes de America hotel *** or similar

WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR

DAY 7
After breakfast we go to the airport where we will take a flight to Lima, Birding at Lomas de Lachay Common: Coastal Miner (endemic), Mountain Parakeet, Andean Swift,Purple-collared Woodstar, Thick-billed Miner, Least Seedsnipe, Oasis Hummingbird, Grayish

YELLOW-WINGED BLACKBIRD

Miner, Grassland Yellow Finch, Raimondi`s Yellow-Finch. Black-chested Buzzard Eagle.

Uncommon: Collared Warbling-Finch, Cactus Canastero, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, Masked Yellow-throated, Dull-colored Grassquit, and Peruvian Sheartail.
Spend the night at Casa Andina Miraflores***

DAY 8
Transfer to the airport for international flight.

CUSCO FESTIVITY