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Special program

“BIRDWATCHERS’  PARADISE”

NATIONAL RESERVE PACAYA SAMIRIA  & ALLPAHUAYO MISHANA
(850 DIFFERENT ESPECIES)

Programs 7 days / 6 nights

Day 1: Lima - Iquitos-lodge

Reception at the airport by our guide. Transfer by road to the locality of nauta, the first population founded by the spaniards on the shore of the marañón river. The trip lasts approximately 1.30h with a route of 90 km (55.miles) totally asphalted. In nauta the psal boats will be boarded to begin  the program with a visit to the birht of the amazon river in the confluence of the  ucayali and marañon rivers, the only place where it’s possible to appreciate the amazon in all its greatness on the peruvian side. From a tower of 100 feet of height, guests will be able to take the best photographs and videos from the immense river. We will observe herons, birds of prey and borders birds on the shores. We’ll have the opportunity to see the black skimmer. After this visit, we will return to the shelter, located on the borders of the marañon river. Reception and lunch. After a recovering rest, we will walk through footpaths on the surroundings of the shelter and will go up to the viewpoint, ideal place to observe birds in the tree’s canopies. An excellent opportunity to see the paradise tanager, hoodedtanager opal-cowned manager, masked crimson tanager, pen--throated cotinga, to several species of flycatchers. We’ll have the opportunity of see parrots like the canary-winged parakeet, short-tailed parrot and with luck, guacamayos. Supper and chat about the activities of the following day. Night in the shelter.

Days 2, 3, 4:  Pacaya Samiria - Varina National Reserve

At dawn, after breakfast, we will board and sail across the marañón river to explore during the following days, the Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria (rnps), and we’ll enter trough the basin of the yanayacu river. This zone has been recently opened for tourism and is extremely rich in birds, (there are 467 different species properly catalogued), flora and fauna. It will also be possible to be observed pink and gray dolphins, turtles, different species from primates, sluggish bears etc. Besides the birds, we will observe diverse types of kingfishers, like the amazon, ringed-green rufous kingfisher, and the spectacular amnerican pygmyl kingfisher, wattled jacanas and anhingas. We will see the tanagers, aracari chesnut-eared, woodpecker crimson-crested, cotinga spangled, lemon-throated barbet, jacamar white-eared, donacobius black-cappet. We will sail through lagoons and hidden rivers in the wilderness, and will walk across open footpaths in the forest in search of the horned screamer, black collared hawk, jabiru storks, woodstorks, roseate spoonbill, piedlapwing and many more at noon, we will have a frugal cold lunch, composed of sandwiches, fresh fruit, and fruit juices, that we will eat in the shade of the great trees of forest.  In the evening, we will continue with the search of birds like the endemic one, black tailed antbird, black necked network cotinga, gray cheeked nunlet, lettered and ivori-billed aracaris, bar-breastedpiculet, black bushbird rofous capped, antthrush, tropical gnatcatcher and the yellow billed jacamar among others. During the route we will visit the native community of yarina to know the life style of the inhabitants of the river basin of the amazon. We’ll camp for the night. The accommodations will be in tents. At night, we will walk across the forest, in search of owls and nocturnal birds, or fish in the rivers and look for black caymans, depending on the wishes of the guests. On day 4 after breakfast, we will begin the return to the shelter. Lunch. Free afternoon to rest. Supper and chat to analyze the results of the trip and information on the activities of the following day

Day 5, 6: Lodge- Reserve Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana-Iquitos

At dawn, and after breakfast, we will embark for the locality of Nauta. There, a vehicle will be waiting for us, and will drive us to the national reserve Allpahuallo Mishana located 12.5 miles from the city of Iquitos.  During two days, we will explore the reserve looking for birds, some of them new for science, and of species different from those of the rnps as these are the ancient antwren, mishana tyralunnet, allpahuayo antbird and northern-chesnut tailed antbird, in addition to other species like the gray-legged tinamou (nov-sea), rufous potoo, cinnamon-crested spadebill, pompadour cotinga and the cinnamon tyrant-manakin, among others. Cold lunches composed of sandwiches, fresh fruits and fruit juices will be served in the forest. We’ll spend the nights in the city of iquitos lodging in the victoria regia hotel****. Supper and chat about the activities of the day. The rest of the night, it’s free.

Day 7: Iquitos-Allpahuallo-Mishana

At daybreak we will return to the reserve nacional allpahuayo-mishana continuing with the observation of birds until dawn. We will return to the city of Iquitos and will make a small city tour. During the route we will appreciate among other places, the “plaza de armas”, the iron house, the district of Belén, the Itaya river, visit to the stores of native craftsman’s etc.  Lunch, rest and transfer to the airport to take the flight back to Lima.

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