The date's been finalized. Now I'd like some people to join me. In fact, if we get more than five people to sign up, the price goes way down...to right around a thousand bucks ($1090) which is really crazily affordable for eight days of potential great birds. Here are the details:
Departure Date: December 12th, 2010 from Lima
Eight Days at Carpish and Satipo Road area.
Accomodations: Basic but manageable
Target Birds: Golden-Backed Mountain-Tanager, Owls and Nightjars, too many other birds to mention (I list only MY targets, read trip details for more)!
Price includes: Food, lodging, guides, comfy bus to Satipo, and most importantly a donation to the communities to build on the ecotourism infrastructure.
Trip details and signup form are at The Kolibri Expeditions Page and I hope others can sign up to get that rate to a lower level and make it a fun, friendly group!
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A Couple Hours at the Forest Park Waterhole
2 hours ago
Hi! Very excited for you about your upcoming Peru trip! I went on the same one in October and it was AMAZING!!! The Satipo Road is fantastic, Carpish is lovely, and Unchog is PURE MAGIC! The Golden-backed Mountain Tanagers posed for photos in a tree right next to us - what gorgeous birds! We saw a herd of wild Vicuynas (Very cool!) up near Lake Junin, as well as lots of Chilean Flamingos and the Junin (Flightless) Grebe! There were also lots of semi-wild Llamas and Alpacas - are baby Alpacas ever cute! Our blog host, Joel, is just back from the Amazon - hopefully he'll post his photos soon. I am still planning on doing a Trip Report. I want to help Gunnar promote this area! It's a bit of an arduous trip, a true adventure, but I can't imagine a more economical trip for the birds you get to see. It's all pretty remote. We didn't see a single other other "Gringo" until the last night in Huanuco - one tourist taking photos in the main square. If your trip isn't full, maybe this will help generate some more interest! Have an amazing time - I look forward to reading your blog! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteDeanna Campbell, Calgary, Alberta, Canada