Birdwatching at Abra Málaga – Ipal Lodge 2d/1n – Machupicchu,Cusco; Peru
2 days
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Itinerary
Day 1: Cusco or Ollantaytambo - Abra Málaga - Ipal Lodge
Stop At: Ábra Málaga, Ábra de Málaga (4316 m.s.n.m.), Cuzco 08675, Peru
You will be pick up at your hotel in a van at 5:00 am to drive in direction of Abra Málaga, in the route
you will stop in several strategic points in order to see some endemic birds and other most difficult
to observe, living in specific microclimates, like:
Endemic Birds:
- Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch
- White-tufted Sunbean
- Creamy-crested Spinetail
- Rusty fronted Canastero
- Bearded Mountaineer
- White-browed Tit-spinetail
- Royal Cinclodes
- Junín Canastero
More complicated birds to spot
- Puna Thistletail
- Tawny Tit-spinetail
- Giant Conebill
- Blue-mantled Thornbill
- Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant
- Purple back Thornbill
- Olivaceous Thornbill
- Puna Tapaculo
- Black Siskin
- White wing Cinclodes and others
After a full birding day, we set up to Ipal lodge, where wait for you a n accommodations and dinner.
After dinner, you will go to look for some owls near the lodge, like Tropical screech owl, Buff-fronted
owl and others.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Ipal lodge
Day 2: Ipal Lodge – Ollantaytambo - Machupicchu
Stop At: Huayopata, 28B, 08700, Peru
You will wake up early in the morning to prepare our birding equipment and leave to explore
surround the lodge to observe the local birds feeding around the lodge and farming areas. There
are identified more than 60 species of birds which make a very special area to spotting birds, like:
- Green and White Hummingbird (endemic)
- Red-crested Finch
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
- Blue-tailed Emerald
- Bronzy Inca
- White-lined Tanager
- Silvery Tanager
- Blue Dacnis
- Speckled Chachalaca
- Plumbeous Kite
- Barred Antshrike
- Bananaquit
- Palm Tanager
- Blue-black Grassquit, and others.
Finishing our morning birding we will be back to our lodge to have breakfast. After that we aboard
the van to drive in direction to Carrizales route stopping in the Bamboo, cloud and polylepis forests,
to spot some endemic birds and others, like:
Endemic Birds
- Inca wren
- Marcapata spinetail
- Unstreaked tit-tyrant
- Parodi's Hemispingus
- Vilcabamba tapaculo
Other Birds:
- Tit-like Dacnis
- Golden-collared Tanager
- Capped Conebill
- White-browed Conebill
- Masked flowerpiercer
- Ondulated Antpitta
- Red and White Antpitta
- Diademed Tapaculo
- Azara’s spinetail
- Crimson-mantled Woodpiecker
- Masked Trogon
- Sword-billed Hummingbird
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg
- Streaked Tuftedcheek and others.
After our birding day, you will go back to Cusco. In case you take an optional tour to Machupicchu, we
get you to the train station in Ollantaytambo.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
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Day 1: Cusco or Ollantaytambo - Abra Málaga - Ipal Lodge
Stop At: Ábra Málaga, Ábra de Málaga (4316 m.s.n.m.), Cuzco 08675, Peru
You will be pick up at your hotel in a van at 5:00 am to drive in direction of Abra Málaga, in the route
you will stop in several strategic points in order to see some endemic birds and other most difficult
to observe, living in specific microclimates, like:
Endemic Birds:
- Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch
- White-tufted Sunbean
- Creamy-crested Spinetail
- Rusty fronted Canastero
- Bearded Mountaineer
- White-browed Tit-spinetail
- Royal Cinclodes
- Junín Canastero
More complicated birds to spot
- Puna Thistletail
- Tawny Tit-spinetail
- Giant Conebill
- Blue-mantled Thornbill
- Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant
- Purple back Thornbill
- Olivaceous Thornbill
- Puna Tapaculo
- Black Siskin
- White wing Cinclodes and others
After a full birding day, we set up to Ipal lodge, where wait for you a n accommodations and dinner.
After dinner, you will go to look for some owls near the lodge, like Tropical screech owl, Buff-fronted
owl and others.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Ipal lodge
Day 2: Ipal Lodge – Ollantaytambo - Machupicchu
Stop At: Huayopata, 28B, 08700, Peru
You will wake up early in the morning to prepare our birding equipment and leave to explore
surround the lodge to observe the local birds feeding around the lodge and farming areas. There
are identified more than 60 species of birds which make a very special area to spotting birds, like:
- Green and White Hummingbird (endemic)
- Red-crested Finch
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
- Blue-tailed Emerald
- Bronzy Inca
- White-lined Tanager
- Silvery Tanager
- Blue Dacnis
- Speckled Chachalaca
- Plumbeous Kite
- Barred Antshrike
- Bananaquit
- Palm Tanager
- Blue-black Grassquit, and others.
Finishing our morning birding we will be back to our lodge to have breakfast. After that we aboard
the van to drive in direction to Carrizales route stopping in the Bamboo, cloud and polylepis forests,
to spot some endemic birds and others, like:
Endemic Birds
- Inca wren
- Marcapata spinetail
- Unstreaked tit-tyrant
- Parodi's Hemispingus
- Vilcabamba tapaculo
Other Birds:
- Tit-like Dacnis
- Golden-collared Tanager
- Capped Conebill
- White-browed Conebill
- Masked flowerpiercer
- Ondulated Antpitta
- Red and White Antpitta
- Diademed Tapaculo
- Azara’s spinetail
- Crimson-mantled Woodpiecker
- Masked Trogon
- Sword-billed Hummingbird
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg
- Streaked Tuftedcheek and others.
After our birding day, you will go back to Cusco. In case you take an optional tour to Machupicchu, we
get you to the train station in Ollantaytambo.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Included
- 2x Breakfast
- 1x Dinner
- 2x Lunch
- Accommodation included: 1 night
- Mineral water
- snacks
- Entry/Admission - Ábra Málaga
- Entry/Admission - Huayopata
Not included
- Birdwatching equipments
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Tourism
65%
Sport
55%
Cultural
50%
Adrenaline
30%
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