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TARGET BIRDING PLACES PERU MACHUPICCHU-ABRA MALAGA-SORAYPAMPA
- Tour Type
- Recommended Ages
Welcome to all ages visitators
- Duration of the tour
3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS
- Group size
From 1 to 15 people
Tour Details
General Information
Trip date: from April to December
Place where the tour begins: Cusco
Place where the tour end: Cusco
Note Regarding single supplements
Single occupancy can be arranged, based on room availability and at an extra cost of US $ … per night.
Trip Grade: Gentle Hikes
You should prepare for certain travel factors in Peru, A few of the most important are elevation.
elevation of Cusco – Peru is approximately 3,399 meters or 11,152 feet above sea level, we need to be prepared to change our clothes during the trip, because we will change elevations and climes.
Insurance
We strongly advise that your travel insurance policies include medical assistance and evacuation we believe that it is ‘better to be safe than sorry!’ Should you decline to do so, we must state that we will in no way accept responsibility for expenses incurred should you require medical attention/evacuation while on holiday with us.
Accommodations
It is our policy to use the best available accommodation in each location. All hotels and lodges we use are government approved registered with the Tourism organism of Peru.
Temperature April
Average Temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius
| Cusco | 10°C | 50°F |
| Cloud Forest Cusco | 22 °C | 71°F |
| Soraypampa Road | 21°C-26°C | 69°F-78°F |
| Malaga Hight pass | 0°C-15°C | 32°F-59°F |
Clothing
This trip departs in April which is generally a dry and cool time of the year but you may encounter light rain or damp condition. Evenings may be cool and you will certainly have many early mornings starts so will need some warm layers. The key to being comfortable is to adopt a system of several layers rather than one item of bulky warm clothing. Sun hats are an essential item, with a wide brim and something to protect your neck. Temperatures can drop very quickly in the evening and early morning and at altitude and you may again need to put on a number of layers.
Clothing Checklist
- Walking boots for hiking
- Comfortable shoes for camp
- Waterproof jacket best made with breathable, waterproof
- Fabric Waterproof over-trousers best made with breathable waterproof fabric.
- Lightweight down jacket for colder evenings / mornings or in case of cold snap trekking trousers.
- T-shirt / underskirts.
- Long sleeved shirts to prevent sunburn on your arms and keep airborne biting insect at day, thermal underwear.
- You may like to chance into this in the evening or have it to sleep in micro-fleece: warm, jacket, thick, sock, etc.
- Sun hat whit adequate protection for your neck smart/casual clothes for air travel
Equipment and Accesories
- Small day pack
- Sunglasses and retainers, if you wear glasses.
- Bring a spare pair headlamp or
- Bring spare batteries
- Anti-bacterial hand gel, very useful for washing hands when no water is available
Electricity
The standard voltage in Peru is 220-240 volts. Most American appliances (except hairdryers) now have built-in convert- ers, so you only need to worry about bringing adapters. You will often find two pin sockets in bathrooms (type C). In most other rooms’ sockets are generally the round-three pin variety (type D). To be safe, take a universal travel adaptor.
Brief Itinerary
Day 01.- Cusco-Machupicchu-Ollantaytambo
Day 02.- Ollantaytambo-Malaga Hightpass-Ollantaytambo
Day 03.- Ollantaytambo-Soraypampa Road-Cusco
Itinerary
DAY 01
CUSCO-MACHU PICCHU-OLLANTAYTAMBO
We travel by car from Cusco (3500m) to Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, which is one and a half hour from Cusco and over 700 meter lower than Cusco in the Andes. From here, we take the train to Aguas Calientes, the village beneath Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is one of the new seven wonders that is why we have thought to start showing you our millennial culture by here, and as soon as we arrive, we go up to the famous Inca citadel by bus. Our guide will take us on a walk around our Inca legacy and enlighten us with what is known of its Incan history.
Outside of the Machu Picchu citadel, we look for the representative endemic bird of this part of Peru, the Inca Wren. It is an elusive inhabitant of dense bamboo bushes. In the afternoon, we bird along the rail train track and the area near the river in the hope of seeing some nice tanagers like; Saffron-crowned Tanager, Silvery Tanager, Ocellated Piculet, Masked Fruiteater (endemic), White-bellied Hummingbird, Green and white Hummingbird (endemic), Slate-throated Redstar, Streaked Xenops, Torrent Duck White-capped Dipper. Etc. In the late afternoon, we go back by train to Ollantaytambo to have hotel there.
OLLANTAYTAMBO-ABRA MALAGA-OLLANTAYTAMBO
We start early from Ollantaytambo and head for the Polylepis forest at Abra Malaga with its special inhabitants like the endangered Royal Cinclodes, White-wing Cinclodes, Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant and the White-browed Tit-Spinetail (endemic). We will also look for the Stripe-headed Antpitta that lives at a higher elevation than all other antpittas, while these are sometimes elusive, there are many other birds to see as well, including Tawny Tit-Spinetail, Puna Tapaculo, Blue-mantled Thornbill and Giant Conebill. If time allows, we drive over the pass, and witness a complete change of habitat when entering the high cloud forest. Here we hope to encounter some good mixed flocks, compounds for: Parodi's Hemispingus, Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant, White-browed Conebill, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Tit-like Dacnis and many others. Undulated Antpittas are frequently heard calling, but are very hard to see, as are Diademed Tapaculos. Hummingbirds to look for Saphire-vented Puffleg, Scaled Metaltail (uncommon and rectricted to the south of Perú), Rufous-capped Thornbill, Purple-backed Thornbill and Sword-billed Hummingbird. In the later afternoon, we return to our hotel in Ollantaytambo. On the way, we visit a place called "Peña Ruins". This is the stakeout for the endemic White-tufted Sunbeam. Also, Creamy-crested Spinetail, Rusty-fronted Canastero, Black-backed Grosbeak and, with luck, Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch are possible here. Late afternoon returns to Ollantaytambo to hotel.
DAY 02
DAY 03
OLLANTAYTAMBO-MOLLEPATA ROAD-CUSCO
This is our last day early in the morning, we will travel to Mollepata; This valley has species that inhabit both dry forests and humid high-Andean valleys and is inhabited by two outstanding species that are named after a region where they were initially studied. Apurimac Spinetail, Apurimac Brush-finch.
We will have great chances to observe the following endemic species: Creamy Crested Spinetail, Vilcabamba Tapaculo, White-tufted Sunbeam, Creamy-breasted Canastero (pale tailed). Among the other bird species of today are: Tufted Tit-tyrant, Purple-backed Thornbill, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, White-banded Tyrannulet, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Bar-bellied Woodpecker, D’orbigny´s Chat-tyrant, Red-crested Cotinga, Creamy-winged Cinclode, Tit-like Dacnis, Andean Condor, Mountain Caracara, Variable Hawk and many others.
We will be back in Cusco in the late afternoon, to have a hotel.
What's Included
What does it include?
Licensed birding Tour guide
All activities mentioned in the itinerary.
All accommodation is based on sharing a twin room.
All meals.
Tea/coffee and snacks.
Bottled water throughout the trip
Ground Transportation.
All entrance fees.
What is not included?
Travel Insurance (essential)
Laundry, phone calls and alcoholic drinks.
Personal Expenses.
Charges incurred because of circumstances beyond our control
Gratuities.
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