Cusco Birding Tour in Peru
Cusco Birdwatching tour is a short birdwatching program in Cusco that gives you the opportunity to look for some of the most important Cusco birds and Cusco endemic birds, plus combines this with the most popular cultural destinations like Cusco City, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
If your idea is to visit one of the most important destinations in the world, but you are also a bird lover, this is the opportunity to find the balance and thus enjoy the two most important treasures of the Incas ... their culture and respect for nature.
Alternative Tour Name: Cusco Birdwatching Tour
We will start our Cusco Birdwatching tour at 05:30 hrs picking you up from your hotel in the city of Cusco and we will go 30 km south of the city to Huacarpay Wetlands. Upon our arrival to Huacarpay Wetlands we will go to the different strategic points during the next three hours to spot as many Cusco birds and Cusco endemic birds as possible. We may see Rusty-Fronted Canastero (Asthenes ottonis) and Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonimpha nobilis) Ending our Cusco Birdwatching tour, we will start the return from Huacarpay Wetlands to the city of Cusco. Approximate arrival time to Cusco at 10:00 am
After lunch (lunch is not included) we will start our walking tour at 15:00 hrs with the pick-up from your hotel or restaurant and then we will walking through the city center, where we will visit two important buildings such as the Cathedral of Cusco and the imposing Temple of the Sun also known in Quechua as the "Qoricancha".
At 06:30 pm our pisco tasting will start. More than just a Pisco tasting, this will be a journey into the realm of Peru's national liquor, we will taste different Pisco varieties and with our friendly bartender we will learn to make Pisco sour and chilcano of pisco.
Huacarpay wetland birds : Spotted Sanpiper, Yellow-winged Blackbird, White-bellied Hummingbird, Yellow-billed Tit-tyrant, Tufted Tit-tyrant, Yellow billed pintail, Speckled Teal, Great Egret, Rusty-Fronted Canastero (E), Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Baird's Sandpiper, Bearded Mountaineer (E),
Our Cusco birdwatching tour will start by picking you up from your hotel at 5:30 am to go in a private vehicle to “El Bacon del Diablo”. This amazing place, special for watching Cusco birds, is located next to Sacsaywaman archeological site, like 20 minutes from Cusco City. Upon arrival to Balcon del Diablo we are going to start the exploring in 2 kilometers around looking for the Cusco birds and specially the Cusco endemic birds. Ending our Cusco birdwatching morning at 9:00 am approximately, we will bring you to your hotel for breakfast
At 10:00 am we will go to Ollantaytambo town by one section of the Sacred Valley. Arriving to Ollantaytambo town we will visit the archeological site and after this we will have our lunch (Lunch not included). After the lunch we will explore the area looking for the Bearded Mountaineer (E) and other Cusco birds.
In the afternoon, walking transfer to Ollantaytambo train station to board our train that will bring us to Aguas Calientes town. Overnight at Aguas Calientes town (accomodation is not included)
Cusco birds at Balcon del Diablo: Chestnut-breasted Mountain- Finch (E) , Creamy-creasted Spinetail (E) , Bearded Mountaineer (E) , Rusty-fronted Canastero (E) and white-tufted Sunbeam (E) as well as other interesting birds.
We will start our Machu Picchu Birdwatching Tour at 5:30 am with a peaceful walk towards the Ruinas bridge. Once we get there, we will explore the area in order to look for Machu Picchu birds like woodpeckers, tanagers, flycatchers, hummingbirds, but especially we will look for the Machu Picchu endemic birds known as Masked Fruiteater, Green-and-White Hummingbird and Inca Flycatcher and other incredible Machu Picchu birds like Andean Motmot, Green Jay and Cook of the Rock. According to the time, we will continue on the way to Mandor cascades. The landscape is flat and it will give us the chance to look for other Machu Picchu birds.
At appropriate time we will return to Aguas Calientes town to have our lunch (Lunch is not included)
At 1:00 pm with our guide, we will catch the bus to go uphill to the Machu Picchu citadel to begin the one-hour and half tour of this magical place. In some areas of Machu Picchu citadel (On the bamboo patches) you will have the opportunity to find other Machu Picchu endemic bird known as Inca wren
At indicated time (30 minutes before your train schedule) you will board, on your own and with the assistance of the staff of the railway company, the train to go back to the train station of Poroy or Ollantaytambo. Upon arrival our staff will be waiting outside the station with a board with your name to transfer you to your hotel in the city of Cusco.
Machu Picchu Key species (Citadel, Mandor waterfalls and Ruinas bridge):Torrent Duck, Black and Chestnut Eagle, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Band-billed Owl, Chestnut-collared and White-tipped Swiffs, Green Hermit, Speckled Hummingbird, Long-tailed Sylph, Buff-thighed puffleg, Collared Inca, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Booted Racket-tail, White-bellied Woodstar, Green-and-White Hummingbird (E), Masked Trogon, Andean Motmot, Black-streaked Puffbird, Versicolored Barbet, Blue-banded Toucanet, Ocellated Piculet, Streak-necked and Inca, Masked Fruiteater (E) and Inca Wren (E), as well as other interesting birds.
According your flight schedule we will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the airport of Cusco.
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