FULL DAY BIRDING – HUACARPAY LAKE

Full day Birding. Short trips that are convenient if visiting Cusco. Or before or after another trip to the old Inca Capital.

TIME TOUR

1 Day

TYPE

Bird Watching

PRICE

$ 100

ITINERARY

We pick you up at your hotel in Cusco and we head out south of town with a picnic lunch to Huarcapay lakes. The lake is surrounded by Inca, and pre-Inca ruins amongst which we will be birding.

Here we will see a variety of high Andean waterfowl including Puna, Speckled and Cinnamon Teal, Yellow-billed Pintail, Andean Duck and other wetland associated birds. White-tufted Grebe, Plumbeous Rail and Andean Coot will be here too. Depending on the time of year migrant North American shorebirds (waders) may be present.

We will be specifically on the lookout for Wren-like Rushbird, Many-colored Rush-tyrant, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Puna Ibis and Andean White-winged Negrito.

Birds of Prey we may see include Aplomado Falcon, Cinereous Harrier, Variable Hawk and Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle.

In the arid scrub around the lake we’ll look for the endemic Rufous-fronted Canastero and also Streak-fronted Thornbird. We should find the pretty, endemic Bearded Mountaineer feeding in the tree tobacco (Nicotania sp.) with Giant Hummingbird and Trainbearers. Peruvian, Ash-breasted and Mourning Sierra-Finches will be here with Greenish Yellow-finch and Blue and Yellow Tanager.

In the afternoon we’ll drive back to Cusco and if time permits stop to look for the endemic Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch near the spectacular Inca ruins of Tipon.

IT INCLUDES
  • Birdwatching specialist guide in English and Spanish with telescope.
  • Transportation private bus (Birdwatcher-driver)
  • Water at any time/snack
  • Bird checklist by zones
  • Field Guide Birds of Peru
  • Entrance fee

NOT INCLUDED
  • Soft drinks and beers
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips

RECOMEDATIONS
  • Binoculars
  • Day pack
  • Rain gear
  • Sweater, fleece or light jacket
  • Long pants, long socks and long-sleeved shirts
  • T-shirts/Shorts
  • 1 pair of hiking boots and 1 pair of light shoes or sandals
  • Sunhat, sunglasses, sun block
  • Insect repellent (with at least 35% ‘deet’) and after bite
  • Water bottle
  • passport
  • Money for soft drinks or beers and handicrafts

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1 Day

FULL DAY BIRDING – HUACARPAY LAKE

PER PERSON

100US$

Price from 3 people. valid all year.

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GALLERY FULL DAY BIRDING – HUACARPAY LAKE

SOME FREQUENT QUESTIONS

Yes, it is open the whole year. The best time to visit is from April to November during the dry season. The heavy rainy season is from February to March, when access by both road and air becomes more difficult and when trails in the forest can become flooded.

In Southern Peru there have been reported yellow fever, malaria and leishmaniasis, but so far no tourists who visited Manu have reported getting any tropical diseases. However, there is always a possibility, so we recommend following the instructions of your doctor.

The amount will depend on the time of day, but as in any Amazon region, there will be mosquitoes. We suggest to wear repellent if needed and long-sleeved shirts and long trousers.

It is not a requirement, but one should be able to walk a trail of several kilometres to fully enjoy what Manu has to offer.

Your tour operator will provide drinking water. Some use the bottled water that is brought from the nearest cities and others with filters and / or boiling to purify the water from small springs or the river to make it fit for human consumption. Consult your travel agent for more information.

Tourist sites are located in the tourist and recreational area of the Manu River. In these spaces, each concessionaire has built ecolodge or adequate and comfortable shelters. They offer services like: dining room, bathrooms, showers and some short ways of connection between all the structures. All beds have mosquito nets to prevent mosquito or insect bites. The details of each hostel are diferent.

The National Park is a Protected Natural Area owned and managed by the Peruvian state as part of the national system of protected areas of Peru ((Sistema Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado en el Perú – SINANPE). Its objective is to protect and preserve intact ecosystems, which may contain a High biological and aesthetic diversity and landscape of relevant interest, where activities of indirect use can be done as: research, education, tourism and recreation.

The Biosphere Reserve is a representative ecological area with three self-complementary functions: scientific research, conservation and sustainable development. Today, the Manu Biosphere Reserve is divided into a nuclear zone represented by the territory of the Manu National Park, a buffer zone and a transition zone.

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