Having birded for two days in the Andes and Cloud forest we continued our birding adventure with the excellent Wild Watch Peru by descending into the bamboo and foothill rain forest around Manu Road. We stopped on the road at Conta Chaca as we descended and were pleased to see our first Macaws flying overContinueContinue reading “Manu Road – Part 2 (Rainforest)”
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Manu Road – Part 1 (Andes and Cloud Forest)
Just over 900 bird species have been observed in my home continent of Europe – whilst over 1800 have been observed in the country of Peru (think about that)! One reason for this amazing diversity is the great variation in elevation from sea-level to the High Andes (at over 6,000m). One way to see thisContinueContinue reading “Manu Road – Part 1 (Andes and Cloud Forest)”
The Condors of Colca Canyon
In our journey from Mexico to Rio, we have made it as far as Arequipa. This meant we had the option for a two day side trip to visit the Colca Canyon and hopefully see Andean Condors. This is a bird I have always wanted to see since it is widely recognised as the largestContinueContinue reading “The Condors of Colca Canyon”
Boat trip to Ballestas Islands
So we are continuing our journey through Peru and have reached Paracas on the Pacific Coast. Here we took a two hour boat trip to Las Ballestas. The boat set off from Paracas Pier at 8am and was back by 10am but cost us only 30 soles per person plus port and national park entry.ContinueContinue reading “Boat trip to Ballestas Islands”
Birding from Huaraz, Peru
So this post is going to be a bit different from my usual post. Put simply, there will be no good bird photos in this post as I was primarily hiking in this region so didn’t carry my heavy camera! All the photos in this post were taken with an iPhone. We have just takenContinueContinue reading “Birding from Huaraz, Peru”
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