| 17
days/16 nights) From the Andes to the Manu lowlands.
Imagine a trip that starts birding in the Machu Picchu ruins.
Later you will descend the famous Manu Road through elfin
and cloud forest to the Amazon lowlands. This route is known
as the finest birding road in the world as no other route
offers 1,000 species in so little space. In the lowlands we
stay at the renowned Manu Wildlife Center, which features
the world’s most visited macaw clay lick, a massive
trail system, and multiple canopy platforms. |
(11
days/10 nights) Manu Wildlife Center. This superb lodge is
the single best birding location in the entire Amazon. It
has a huge trail system (including bamboo!) with a scientifically-designed
grid system of trails that allows you to follow mixed flocks
and hear all singing males. The Center offers a comfy blind
at an enormous parrot and macaw clay lick, two 130-foot-high
(40 m) canopy platforms, mobile platforms at fruiting trees,
and two oxbow lakes. Birding here is birding in Eden. Lots
of birds, very uncomplicated logistics. |
| Sandoval
Lake and Pampas del Heath (11 days/10 nights)
We fly to Puerto Maldonado and bird lake and forest from the
comfort of Sandoval Lake Lodge, the only lodge inside the
Tambopata National Reserve. We then boat up the intimate Heath
River to the Heath River Wildlife Center, which offers forest
trails, the world’s most accessible large macaw and
parrot lick (with Peach-fronted Parakeets!), and the very
different birds of the pampas grasslands. A great combination
of sites and habitats. |
11
days/10 nights) A combination of Manu Wildlife Center and
Sandoval Lake Lodge, two of the lodges with highest standards.
Highlights include macaw clay lick, large rainforest with
an extensive trail grid to follow mixed flocks, a river ride,
and the most beautiful oxbow lake in Peru. |
