- Duration:
- 4 days
- Group Size:
- 1 – 6
- Tour Start:
- Lima
- Tour End:
- Lima
4-day Diademed Sandpiper-Plover and Lima Highlights tour
Details
Dates by request
Per person sharing
$2,850 USD
£2,229 GBP / €2,579 EUR
Single supplement
$195 USD
£152 GBP / €176 EUR
based on 1 participant
Per person sharing
$1,930 USD
£1,509 GBP / €1,746 EUR
Single supplement
$195 USD
£152 GBP / €176 EUR
based on 2 participants
Itinerary
Download Itinerary4-day Diademed Sandpiper-Plover and Lima Highlights Birding Tour
Diademed Sandpiper-Plover is the main target on this trip.
Day 1. Birding Pucusana
We leave Lima and drive south of the city along the coast to the fishing village of Pucusana. Here you will have the chance to see Humboldt Penguin, Inca Tern, Red-legged Cormorant, Guanay Cormorant, the endemic Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes, Peruvian Pelican, Peruvian Booby, and many others. Later you will be transferred to Santa Eulalia in the mountains above Lima for an overnight.
Overnight Santa Eulalia Valley
Perhaps the prettiest tern in the world — Inca Tern.
Day 2. Birding the Santa Eulalia Road
We will explore the Santa Eulalia road, reaching 3500 meters (11,500 feet) above sea level, looking for the endemics Great Inca Finch, Rufous-breasted Warbling Finch, Bronze-tailed Comet, Rusty-bellied Brush Finch, and Black-necked Woodpecker. Other possible species include Canyon Canastero, Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant, Pacific Pygmy Owl, Peruvian Sheartail, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, and, if we are lucky, Andean Condor.
Overnight Santa Eulalia Valley
Day 3. Search for the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
Today we will drive up to 4500 meters (14,700 feet) elevation at the base of the snow-capped mountains, looking for the legendary Diademed Sandpiper-Plover. White-bellied Cinclodes, Olivaceous Thornbill, Black-breasted Hillstar, Giant Coot, Black Siskin, White-winged Diuca Finch, Streak-backed Canastero, and Dark-winged Miner are other species we hope to find. We will come back to Lima for an overnight.
Overnight: Casa Andina Select Miraflores
Day 4. Birding the Lomas de Lachay National Reserve
Our final destination is the Lomas de Lachay National Reserve, located in the desert adjoining the Pacific. Here we will look for the elusive Cactus Canastero, Burrowing Owl, Oasis Hummingbird, Peruvian Thick-knee, Band-tailed Sierra Finch, Peruvian Meadowlark, Coastal Miner, Greyish Miner, Short-tailed Field Tyrant, and the endemic Thick-billed Miner.
After lunch we will come back to Lima, where the tour ends.
We’ll look for Burrowing Owl in Lomas de Lachay National Reserve.
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