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Are you ready to travel to one of the most mega-diverse area of the planet?
The tour starts in the sacred valley near Cusco (here the Inca ruins of Pisac)
where we may find this beautiful and endemic Bearded Mountaineer
from there we will drive to the Acjanaco pass, surrounded by Elfin Forest and entrance gate of the Manu NP
Flocks of tanagers, including the lovely Golden-collared Tanager, are common in the upper part of the Manu road
We will drive down the East slope of the Andes, through extensive pristine Cloud Forest
home of the sparkling Crested Quetzal!
We bird our way down the humid slope with many stops at different elevations.
it will take us a week to reach the foothill of the Andes
Then, we will trade our bus for a boat and follow our trip along the Madre de Dios river
Sailing on the wild river is always a great opportunity to find skimmers, plovers, herons, parrots, etc
and there is even a chance to spot a jaguar! Can you see it?
During the whole trip, we will use the best possible lodges, here Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge at 4,500 feet (1,400 meters) elevation
The gardens of these lodges always offer amazing birding passibilities, and most of them have feeders
But you may just relax a bit at the lodge during the hot hours of the day, like these two Large-headed Capuchins
or bird from your room if you prefer!
During the trip we will spend a morning at an Andean Cock-of-the-rock lek
and another morning in front of a clay-lik attracting hundreds of parrots, including these Red-and-green Macaws
We will visit some pristine oxbow lakes
home of the Horned Screamer
the very secretive Agami Heron
and the sometimes curious Giant Otter
One morning we will enjoy sunrise from a canopy platfrom, surrounded by toucans and tanagers
and other days, we may find a Crested Owl during one of our night walks!
Birding the tropical forest is like being a kid in a candy store!
eventually finding a Black-tailed Trogon near the canopy
or a Band-tailed Manakin in the understorey
or a Banded Antbird on the forest floor!
we may also spot a group of Red Howlers, that for sure we will hear dayly in the lowlands
or find a fancy Gladiator Tree Frog (Boana sp)
or be distracted by one of the 4,000 species of beautiful butterflies found in the Manu NP, here a Tigerwing (Methona confusa)
So, ready to travel to one of the most beautiful, diverse and pristine part of the World?!