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Why Peru? It’s the ultimate Birding experience

Peru is the birdiest country in the world. Peru ties Colombia with over 1800 species of birds, more than 85% of which are permanent residents. Peru is second only to Brazil in the number of endemic birds and second only to Indonesia in the number of bird species with restricted geographical ranges. Several rainforest lodges in Peru offer superb birding, each with a list of over 550 species! In 1982 a team of birders in Manu in southeastern Peru established the current world record “big day” when they recorded 331 species while only walking and paddling canoes.

Peru is truly a land of superlatives: From the world’s richest oceanic current, to the world’s highest and most extensive tropical mountains, to the rainforests of the world’s largest river, Peru is a country of unparalleled diversity. With 87 of the world’s 104 climate zones, Peru encompasses both the driest desert and the second wettest locality on the planet.

The time has come to witness Peru’s unrivalled diversity of birds - from exotic hummingbirds (118 species), cotingas (33 species), and antbirds (142 species), to flocks of hundreds of macaws at clay licks, mixed species flocks of over 60 species, and rare endemics like the White-winged Guan and the flightless Junin Grebe.

InkaNatura/GranPeru Bird Tours’ fixed departures are carefully planned to explore the best of Peru’s birding sites. We are committed to fulfilling your birding expectations. First time visitors will find that we have spared no effort to give them the best combination of bird species. Those who have birded Peru before, will find our level of fine-grain knowledge of Peruvian birds to be unparalleled. Thus, we can offer you the best options for expanding your Peruvian bird list with greatest efficiency and comfort.

We recommend the following programs (most of them will be lead by the famous Peruvian ornithologist Thomas Valqui ) :

View Itinerary	Megadiversity Tour - From the Andes to the Manu lowlands (17 days/16 nights)
	From Cusco we 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 time. 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. Read More

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Birding in “Eden” - Manu Wildlife Center (11 days/10 nights)

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 signing 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. Read More

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Southeastern Peru Birding Blowout - Sandoval Lake and Pampas del Heath (12 days/11 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 (Black-faced Cotinga). We then boat up the intimate Heath River to the Heath River Wildlife Center, which offers forest trails, the world’s most accessible macaw and parrot lick (with Peach-fronted Parakeets!), and the very different birds of the pampas grasslands. Read More

View Itinerary	Manu and Tambopata combo (11 days/10 nights)
	Pantanos de Villa marshes near Lima, Manu Wildlife Center and Sandoval Lake Lodge. Highlights include a macaw clay lick, extensive rainforest, rivers, and lakes. Read More

But Peru has much more to offer for those interested in custom designed trips, or in combining birding with archaeology and culture:

   Center of Endemism - Northwestern Peru

   Endemics Fanatics

   tumbesian and maraņon dry deciduous forest and cloud forest:
    a route full of endemics

   Lowland Megadiversity – Iquitos and surroundings

   Kingdom of Contrasts - Central Peru

   For a detailed itinerary, more information, and updates Contact Us.

Read more about Thomas Valqui, The Leader of Gran Peru Birding

If you need more information about birds in peru and birding tours please visit:

	http://www.granperu.com
	http://www.tvalqui.com

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