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17-day Southern Peru: Tambopata Premium- Amazon Rainforest and Macaw Clay LickThe Amazon rainforest holds the highest diversity of animals and plants on earth and, of course, the rate of avifauna is also high. The Tambopata-Candamo national reserve and the Bahuaja-Sonene national parks protect one of the largest and untouched amazon forests of the world. As an indication of the tremendous diversity of the area, the scientists found 33 different species of ants in a single tree, 595 species of birds have been recorded around the famous Explorers-Inn lodge that owns 110 hectares of land. The largest known macaw clay lick of the world is located along the Tambopata River where every morning, birders and parrot lovers enjoy a colourful wildlife show with six species of macaws producing huge flocks flying above them. The area is the last refuge of several endangered species of animals like the Giant River Otters, Tapirs, and Jaguars but also of the Harpy Eagle, Rufuos-fronted Annthrush, Rufuos-headed Woodpecker, Pale-winged Trumpeters, White-cheeked Tody-Tyrant, Razor-billed Curassow and Crested Owl. Birding Ecotours invites you to join our new Tambopata Premium itinerary to take you to visit five different lodges located along the Tambopata and Madre de Dios River in order to see as many birds as possible. Your private leader’s ex-alumni of the Explorers-Inn will make the effort to show you the birds and wildlife too. We will visit the Explorers-Inn lodge, the 45 meters high canopy tower of Posada Amazonas, the macaw clay lick near Tambopata Research Center and finally the varzea forest of Eco-Amazonia where afterwards, to see more birds including the Black-faced Cotinga, the participants will be able to bathe in the swimming pool in the middle of the jungle. DETAILED ITINERARY 01. Day Arrival in Lima international airport. You will be met by the Birding Ecotours staff and transferred to the hotel. Overnight in Lima. 02. Day We will fly to the amazon town of Puerto Maldonado, which is the gateway of the famous Tambopata-Candamo national reserve. Once in town, we will be transferred to our air-conditioned hotel and afterwards we will explore the surroundings along the Cusco road where we will look for an interesting set of open grassland species like White-browed and Red-breasted Blackbirds, Pale-eyed Blackbird, South American Snipe, and White-tailed Kite. The secondary growth habitat along the cattle ranches may provide Black-faced Tanager, Double-collared Seedeater, Barred Antshrike, Plumbeous Kite, Saffron Finch, Streaked Flycatcher, Blue-grey and Palm Tanagers, Rusty-margined Flycatcher, Scaled Pigeon, Yellow-browed Sparrow and Lesser-headed Vulture. Later, we will return to town. Overnight Hotel Cabaña Quinta. 03. Day This morning we will explore the road towards the amazon local community of Infierno. The road passes between the Tambopata River and a long stretch of ranches and farms, providing a good set of secondary growth species such as Orange-backed Troupial, Plain-crowned Spinetail, Great Antshrike, Variable Seedeater, Sulphury Flycatcher, Fork-tailed Palm-Swift, Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch, and Smooth-billed Ani. We will try for the localized Purus Jacamar and, if we are lucky, we may find the elusive Point-tailed Palmcreeper. About midday, we will take our boat sailing along the Tambopata River to reach our next base, the Posada Amazonas amazon lodge. We will go immediately to the trails to look for species such as Dusky-throated Antshrike, Ruddy Spinetail, White-bellied Parrot, Scarlet and Red-and-green Macaws, Yellow-billed Nunbird, Cinammon-throated Woodcreeper, Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Violaceous Jay, Black-fronted Nunbird and Fork-tailed Woodnymph. Overnight in Posada Amazonas. 04. Day We will have a predawn start to look for the diminutive Amazonian Pygmy-Owl. We will take our boat to the other side of the river to visit the bamboo trails system. On the river, we may see Sand-colored Nighthawks and Ladder-tailed Nightjars. Once on the trails, we will look for probably the best set of amazon bird’s species of Southeast Peru: the famous bamboo specialists. We will increase all our efforts to find the elusive Peruvian Recurvebill, Rufuos-headed Woodpecker, the endemic White-cheeked Tody-Tyrant, Bamboo Antshrike, White-lined Antbird, Brown-rumped Foliage-Gleaner, Rufuos-capped Nunlet, and, if we are lucky, we may see the Pavonine Cuckoo. Other birds include Rusty-crowned Tody-Tyrant, Plain-winged Antshrike, Flammulated Bamboo-Tyrant, Laughing Falcon, Bat Falcon, Drab Water-Tyrant and more. Overnight in Posada Amazonas. 05 Day This morning we will visit the 45 meters high canopy tower to have an excellent view of the canopy birds such as Curl-crested Aracari, Brown-mandible Aracari, Spangled Cotinga, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Swainson Flycatcher, Black-faced Dacnis, Green-and-gold Tanager, Purple Honeycreeper and Green Honeycreeper. We will focus on the sky to look for raptors like Double-toothed Kite, Gray-headed Kite and even the rare Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle and Harpy Eagle may be seen from the tower. Later, we will still bird along the trails of the lodge to look for Band-tailed and Round-tailed Manakins, Amazonian White-tailed Trogon, Rufuos, Blue-crowned and Broad-billed Motmots, Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon, Black-capped Parakeet and more. Overnight in Posada Amazonas. 06.Day Today we will sail upstream along the Tambopata River to the Tambopata Research Center in the treeline of the Bahuaja-Sonene national park. This is one of the last and untouched amazon rainforests on earth where no humans live and wildlife remains in peace without contact with humans. From the boat ride we should see Great Black-Hawk, Hook-billed Kite, Cocoi Heron, Yellow-billed and Amazon Tern, Amazon Kingfisher and the Orinoco Goose. We will arrive to TRC and go immediately to the trails to look for the Razor-billed Curassow, White-throated Jacamar, Rufuos-fronted Antthrush and Rufuos-breasted Piculet. Overnight in TRC. 07. Day We will have another predawn start to visit the largest known macaw clay lick of the world where we will wait to see hundreds of parrots and macaws that come daily to ingest the precious clay every morning. We will see White-bellied, Blue-headed, Yellow-crowned, Mealy, Orange-cheeked Parrots, White-eyed and Dusky-headed Parakeets but the stars of the day would be the gorgeous Blue-and-yellow, Scarlet, Red-and-green, Chestnut-fronted, Red-bellied and even Blue-headed Macaws. We will focus on looking for the Amazonian and Dusky-billed Parrotlet. Later, we will continue walking along the trails. Overnight in TRC. 08. Day Today we will sail along the river downstream to stay at the new amazon lodge Refugio Amazonas. We willl see our first Pavonine Quetzal along the trails of this lodge. 09-11. Day We will visit the famous Explorers-Inn lodge. This place was the first lodge built in the area where the late Ted Parker, among others top birders, made the first ornithological exploration in the early 80’s. This area holds a bird list of 595 species recorded around 110 hectares, which is still a world record. During the next three days we will look along the trails for the Pale-winged Trumpeter, Musician Wren, Nightingale Wren, Pavonine Cuckoo, Large-headed Flatbill, Striolated Puffbird, Chestnut-winged Hookbill, Great Potoo, Sungrebe, Horned Screamer, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Hoatzin, Sunbittern, Black-faced and Rufuos-capped Antthrush, and many more. 12-15. Day We will return to Puerto Maldonado to take another boat to sail on the Madre de Dios River, one of the most important Amazon River tributaries. We will reach the rustic and charming Eco-Amazonia lodge. This area is much different to those along the Tambopata River and we will focus on the varzea and floodplain forest species like the restricted-range and semi-endemic Black-faced Cotinga. We will also try for the White-eyed Atilla, Varzea Mourner, Silvered Antbird, Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant and Dot-backed Antbird. We will look for the Cuviers Toucan, Wattled Jacana, Pale-vented Pigeon, Long-billed Woodcreeper, Point-tailed Palmcreeper, Green Ibis, Black-collared Hawk, Purus Jacamar, Chestnut-capped Puffbird, Yellow-tufted Woodpecker, Straight-billed Woodcreeper, Hauxwell Thrush, Festive Coquette, Blue-crowned Trogon, Plum-throated Cotinga, Pale-winged Trumpeter, Musician Wren, Rufuos-fronted Annthrush and even the Harpy Eagle have been seen in the area. 16. Day After breakfast, and a last birding around the clearing we will return to town to take our flight to Lima. We will have dinner in a nice restaurant for our final checklist session. Overnight in Lima. 17. Day Transfer to the Airport. Flight Out Tour Facts We stay at three-star hotels in Lima at or near the airport in order to get our early flight to Puerto Maldonado. We have one night at the amazon town of Puerto Maldonado in an air-conditioned hotel. We will stay at five different lodges in order to see as many birds as possible. We may see 19 species of parrots and 6 species of owls during this trip. The chances to see wildlife are very high during the trip with possible sightings of Giant River Otters, Black Spider and Red-howler Monkeys, White-lipped Peccaries, Black Caiman and Capybaras. Even rare animals like the Tapir and the Jaguar have been recorded during the boat rides to TRC but the chances are very low. All accommodation is in a private room, with private bathroom at the lodges. The highlights of the lodges Posada Amazonas: 45 meters canopy tower, good terra-firme forest and bamboo specialists. Tambopata Research Center (TRC) : the large known macaw clay lick of the world, good terra-firme forest inside the national park. Explorers-Inn Lodge: Excellent variety of type of forest. An oxbow lake with a family of Giant River Otters. Refugio Amazonas: New lodge built between Explorers-Inn and TRC. Eco-Amazonia: The only lodge along the Madre de Dios River that we will visit. Excellent varzea forest with several swamps and canopy platforms. This lodge has a swimming pool. The distance between Explorers-Inn and TRC consists of a six hours river trip. To minimize the time on the river on the return trip from TRC, we will stay one night at the Refugio Amazonas lodge. Food is served in the lodges. We will have three meals per day Menu style.
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Itinerary: Duration: 17 days Limit: 4-6 Date: TBA Start: Lima End: Lima Price: on request Price_Includes: Local flight tickets Local airport taxes Meals Accommodation: Hotel in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, Stay at 5 lodges All transfers from airport-hotel-airport Entrance fees Guiding fees & local guide All transport while on tour: All river and land transportation Price_Excludes: International flights Personal Insurance Alcoholic Beverages, soda and others drinks at the lodges Dinner the first night in Lima Gratuities Laundry Service Internet and phone access Personal expenses such as gifts
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