POB 2605
Evergreen, CO 80437
phone: 303-317-5411
fax: 303-496-7071
toll free: 877-870-0578
mc@andeanrain.com
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BIRDING TRIPS |
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Andean and Rainforest Expeditions designs custom birding itineraries in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Chile. Below are a few examples of the types of birding experiences we can design. Call us for more information! |
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The Tambopata area, offers birdwatchers an unparallel opportunity to visit one of the most biodiverse rainforests remaining in the world, with over 1,300 species of birds including the rare Harpy Eagle. Your first day will include an overnight stay at Posada Amazonas, a lodge jointly owned by Rainforest Expeditions and the Native Community of Infierno where you will have ample opportunity observe birds while walking the trails and visiting the oxbow lake and canopy tower. On the second day you will take a motorized canoe up the Tambopata river to stay at the rustic but comfortable Tambopata Research Center, the only lodge/research center located within 3.7 million acre Tambopata National Reserve. Among the many bird watching opportunities one of the highlights will be visiting the world's largest known mineral clay lick, where hundreds of parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily to ingest the detoxifying clay. The clay lick is less than 500 meters from Tambopata Research Center. 
This journey is designed for birders and nature lovers who also want to learn more about Peruvian culture and history. Your visit begins outside of Cuzco in the environmentally diverse and culturally rich Sacred Valley of the Incas and the Anta Valley. Your birding adventures will include searching for the Andean Condor in the Abra de Malaga and walking through the cloud forest around Machu Picchu where you might find the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock and numerous species of hummingbirds. After your visit to Machu Picchu, you will stay in Cuzco, the oldest continuously inhabited city in South America, which is a fascinating and colorful paradox of the past and the present. During the second week you will be in one of the most biodiverse rainforests in the world. The Tambopata area, offers birdwatchers an unparalleled opportunity to visit one of the most biodiverse rainforests remaining in the world, with over 1,300 species of birds including the rare Harpy Eagle. You will take a motorized canoe up the Tambopata river to stay at the rustic but comfortable Tambopata Research Center, the only lodge/research center located within 3.7 million acre Tambopata National Reserve. Among the many bird watching opportunities one of the highlights will be visiting the world's largest known mineral clay lick, where hundreds of parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily to ingest the detoxifying clay. The clay lick is less than 500 meters from Tambopata Research Center. 
Bird watch in the Henri Pittier National Park, the most important cloud forest in the Caribbean where over 500 bird species, both endemic and migratory, can be found. Travel to the foothills of the Venezuelan Andes in search of endemic Andean species before departing for Hato Cedral located in the famous llanos of Apure State. Stay three magical days in the 55,000-hectare private ranch, home to more than 250 species of birds, 50 species of mammal including jaguars and 40 species of reptiles including spectacled caimans and anacondas.
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