Birdwatching Special Program

11 Days / 10 Nights

11 days in the Amazonian allow a placid observation of the birds, in its natural habitat.

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Detailed Itinerary

1st day: ... - LIMA

Receipt at Lima airport and transfer to the selected hotel. The rest of the day is free for to go shopping or others personal activities. Accommodation.

2nd day: LIMA - CITY TOUR

City Tour. Private service. An outstanding tour will take us to the ancient and the modern sides of this charming city. In the ancient or traditional side we will appreciate: the Main Square, the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the City Hall, Desamparados train station and the old streets with their moorish style mansions built in vicerroyal times. We will also visit the Church of San Francisco with its convent, the colonial art museum, cloisters and catacombs. etc. The tour will continue to the most traditional residential and commercial areas of the city: San Isidro and Miraflores with its Central Park. We will finish the tour with a spectacular view of Pacific Ocean and Miraflores beaches. We will go later to Gold Museum, a private collection owned by Mr. Manuel Mujica Gallo. The exhibition includes gold pieces of Pre-Inca cultures, specially Mochica, Chimu and Nazca. Return to the hotel. Accomodation.
Meals included: Breakfast.

3rd day: LIMA- IQUITOS CITY

Upon arrival in Iquitos, you will be met and transferred to the Hotel Dorado Plaza, located in the center of Iquitos. For early arrivals there will be time to walk to the banks of the Amazon to see your first Amazonian birds. Overnight in Dorado Plaza
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

4th day: IQUITOS LODGE

After breakfast a short bus ride takes you to the boat docks. A voyage down the Amazon (80 KM/50 mi/1½ hrs) takes you to Explorama Lodge where you will have your first exposure to Amazonian forest birds as you search the camp grounds for the Black-fronted Nunbird and the Thrush-like Wren. Near the stream where the "La Tahuampa" Bar is located you will likely see habituated Sun Bittern. Scarlet and Blue and Gold Macaws, some of which have been coming to the feeding station near the dining room for the Lodge's 40 year existence. After lunch you will hike along the "Lake Trail" looking for varzea (flood plain) specialists like the Silvered Antbird and Pale-legged Hornero. Overnight Explorama Lodge.
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

5th day: LODGE

Before sunrise, take an early morning walk on the Bushmaster Trail in terra firma forest where the highest diversity of tree species of any location in the world has been discovered. With luck, a mixed flock of birds feeding over an army ant column will be found. At times these flocks have over 40 species of birds. After breakfast, you will return by same way for to observe Golden-headed and Bearded Manakins on their display leks. During the afternoon, there will be an open boat trip on the Amazon looking for river edge species like the Black-collared Hawk, Capped Heron and three species of Kingfishers. We will also search for both pink and gray freshwater river dolphins commonly found where tributaries of the river meet. Overnight Explorama Lodge.
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:

• Transfer airport/ hotel / airport.

• All air, land and river transportation during all tour.

• Official Tourism Guide, trekks, pink dolphins, birds.

• 11 days in Lima and Iquitos.

• 10 nights of lodging with breakfast.

• All baggage handling and hotel taxes included.

• 08 lunches, 08 dinners.. These holidays are led by native Amazonian Naturalist Guides and feature Birdwatching from the Spectacular Amazon Canopy Walkway, the longest walkway of its type in the world. Other habitats that will be visited range from the Amazon River edge to interior black water lakes and from pastures and small open fields to environments deep within the Primary Rainforest. Each program begins upon arrival in Iquitos on any Saturday, on any airline flight, all year long!

SUGGESTED LIST TO THE PASSENGER :
Hat or cap, light cotton clothes, raincoat, running shoes or rubber boots, Bug repellent, sun block, swimsuit, etc.

IMPORTANT : The programs are subject to changes according to the arrival and departure schedule of flights *. Climatological conditions * Room availability at the hotels* Minimum number of passengers.

6th day: LODGE

After breakfast, you will board an Explorama boat for a trip on the Amazon and Napo Rivers (80 KM/50 mi/1½ hrs) to ExplorNapo Lodge. The trails in the 250,000-acre reserve surrounding ExplorNapo are innumerable and offer an opportunity for birdwatching in almost every rainforest habitat. This is the best location in the world to see rarities like Nocturnal Currasow and the Black-necked Red Cotinga. This evening you will enjoy an open boat ride in search of caiman and frogs while listening to the night sounds and, if it is a clear night, viewing the overwhelming number of stars of the Southern sky. Overnight ExplorNapo Lodge.
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

7th day: LODGE

Early morning birding. Morning excursion in open boat and hiking to a black water oxbow lake formed when water from the Napo River became separated from the main flow of the river. These lakes are often covered with giant Victoria Regia water lilies and sometimes offer a glimpse of the elusive Hoatzin bird. Afternoon boating excursion along one of the Napo tributaries spotting for sloth, birding and having a try at fishing for piranha. Overnight ExplorNapo Lodge.
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

8th day: LODGE

Early morning birding walk. Morning hike to Amazon Conservatory Field Station, and the Canopy Walkway, a suspended bridge spanning 500 meters (one-third of a mile), connected by tree platforms and reaching a height of over 35 meters (115 feet) above the ground. Here there is time to observe a part of the rainforest rarely seen by man. Afternoon excursion along the Medicinal and Useful Plants Trail where your guide will explain the uses of many of the rainforest plants. In the late afternoon you will be up at canopy level when the birds return to roost and to watch the sunset from the treetops. After dark there is the opportunity to rediscover the canopy dwellers at night. Overnight Acts Field Station.
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

9th day: LODGE

Departure to the Canopy Walkway in time to welcome the day from high in the treetops, an unforgettable natural history experience, as mixed species flocks form and their morning chorus begins. Motmots, woodcreepers, antbirds, flycatchers, barbets, toucans and even Red-Throated Caracara add to the cacophony. After breakfast you hike out to the Sucusari Stream and board the boat to Ceiba Tops (120 KM/75 miles/2¼ hrs) where private air conditioned rooms and hot water showers gently ease your way back to civilization. After lunch, you will visit islands that were formed at different times by the meandering Amazon River forming unique habitats where some species of birds spend their entire lives. Returning to Ceiba Tops you will travel close to the shore where both gray and pink dolphins are often seen, and, with luck, there will be a colorful sunset on the Amazon River. Overnight Ceiba Tops
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

10th day: LODGE -IQUITOS - LIMA

Early morning birdwatching on a short walk to the huge Ceiba Tree for which the lodge is named. Depending on your departure flight from Iquitos, there may be time for an open boat ride on the channels of the Amazon in front of Ceiba Tops before lunch.
Transfer to Iquitos for to hope your flight. Accomodation.
Meals included : Breakfast, Lunch, dinner

11th day: LIMA…

At the hour indicated, transfer at the airport to take the departure flight.
Meals included: Breakfast.

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