Arrival at the international airport in Lima and transfer to a nearby hotel. Overnight in Lima.

We leave our hotel and return to the airport for our morning flight to Arequipa. Condors are our quest for the next two days and once out of the city we'll be stopping for birding. In the Puna zone we'll be on the look out for Dark-winged Canastero and White-throated Sierra Finch. We'll stop at any lakes we pass as these often have some passage shorebirds at the edges as well as Chilean Flamingos, Crested Ducks and Speckled Teals. In the damper areas of the Puna there should be some Andean Geese and Puna Ibis and Aplomado Falcon is always a possibility here too as is the Diademed Sandpiper Plover. Eventually we will arrive at Colca Lodge or similar where we'll spend the night. B:L:D

Early start, to be in place at Colca Canyon to watch the Andean Condors rise from their roost. As the morning sun comes up and warms the air the condors take to the skies. At times these huge birds pass close to the observers waiting at the edge of this deep canyon and photo opportunities are unbelievable here! Peregrine Falcon, Puna Hawk, American Kestrels and Aplomado Falcon can also be seen here. Once this spectacle has finished we'll make our way back to Arequipa birding as we go loooking for a variety of Sierra Finches Ground -Tyrants and Ovenbirds.. Overnight in the city. B:L:D

This morning we drive to the extensive Ite wetlands.A stop along the way should provide us with Slender-billed Finch and we'll be alert for Peruvian Thicknes's These man made pools are an important resting spot for hundreds of migrant birds and depending on the time of year we may see different birds. We have regularly seen here include Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, Grassland Yellow Finch, Wren-like Rushbird, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Least Bittern, Plumbeous rail and more. After lunch we head for Tacna and onto the border with Chile, crossing into this long, thin country for the night at our selected hotel on th coast. Flocks of gulls and terns are right in front of the hotel as well as shorebirds and cormorants including an impressive Grey Gull roost by, along with Band-tailed Gulls, and Inca and Elegant Terns. Night in Tacna

A full mornings pelagic trip out of Arica. Sailing out into the Humboldt Current allows us to see sub-antarctic seabirds and warm water Petrels depending on the time of year. This 6 hour excursion gives us an opportunity at any of the following depending on the time of year: Waved, Salvin’s, Buller’s Gray-headed and Black-browed Albatross, Antarctic Giant Petrel, Southern Fulmar, Cape Petrel, White-chinned Petrel, Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwater, Wilson’s, White-vented, Wedge-rumped, Buller’s Shearwater Band-rumped, Sooty, Markham’s and Ringed Storm Petrels, VCook's Petrel, Chilean Skua, Swallow-tailed Gull and Peruvian Diving Petrel. Inshore species include 3 species of Cormorants, Inca and South American Terns, Peruvian and Blue-footed Booby’s, Peruvian Pelican and Humboldt Penguin. After lunch we'll visit a private hummingbird reserve in the Azapa Valley for close ups of Oasis, Amazillia, Pruvian Sheartail and others and then continue with stopos to Putre maybe looking for Grayish Miner along the way. Night in Putre

We'll leave and drive early to the Park The park is a place of outstanding natural beauty. The towering snow-capped volcanoes of Pomerape and Parinacota soar to over 6300 metres and reflect perfectly in the deep blue waters of Chungara and Cotocotani Lakes. This is our venue today and Lake Chungara with its hordes of birds including Silvery Grebe, Puna Teal and Giant Coot. Other birds here are Puna Rhea, Andean and Puna (James's) Flamingos, Puna Plover, Andean Flicker, White-winged Cinclodes, Black Siskin, Puna Tinamou, Puna Ibis, Andean Goose, Mountain Caracara, Andean Lapwing, Puna Plover, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Andean Avocet, Andean Gull, Andean Flicker, Puna Miner, Puna and White-fronted Ground-Tyrants, Andean Negrito, the impressive White-winged Diuca-Finch and White-throated Sierra-Finch. We'll be looking for Flamingoes and with luck we'll be able to approach within range to identify three species here: Chilean, Andean and Puna. Night in Putre.

A full day at Lauca. Around Putre we’ll be looking for Bare-faced Ground-Dove, White-throated Earthcreeper, Andean Hillstar, Greenish Yellow-Finch, Straight-billed Earthcreeper, Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant, White-browed Chat-Tyrant, Black-throated Flowerpiercer, Canyon and Dark-winged Canasteros, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Bar-winged and White-winged Cinclodes, Streaked Tit-Spinetail, D’Orbigny’s and White-browed Chat-Tyrants, Chiguanco Thrush, Black-throated Flower-piercer,, Golden-billed Saltator, Black-hooded and Ash-breasted Sierra-Finches, Greenish Yellow-Finch and Band-tailed Seedeater, also maybe Ornate Tinamou. We will be on the lookout for the scarce Tamarugo Conebill. I the late aftewrnoon we'l drive to Codpa and our hotel.

This morning we'll leave early and be in the Atacama desert, one of the driest regions on earth, flow several rivers. Although only small rivers carrying melt-water down from the Andes, their well-cultivated flood plains form a rich oasis in this harsh environment. Our most important target species will be the spectacular and very localized Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant and a trio of hummingbirds; the sturdy Oasis Hummingbird, the entertaining Peruvian Sheartail and the diminutive Chilean Woodstar (one of Chile’s rarest and most threatened birds, whose world population is now believed to number no more than 200). We will also have our first chance for the rare Tamarugo Conebill, and we shall also be searching for the impressive Peruvian Thick-knee, Pacific Dove (split from White-winged), Croaking Ground-Dove, Groove-billed Ani, Burrowing Owl, Andean Swift, White-crested Elaenia (the form here is sometimes split as Peruvian Elaenia), Vermilion Flycatcher, the local race of Bran-coloured Flycatcher (a strong candidate for a future split), Cinereous Conebill, Chestnut-throated Seedeater, Blue-black Grassquit, Slender-billed Finch and Peruvian Meadowlark Later, heading back to Arica we'll continue across the border and back into Peru nd the vening flight to Lima. Overnight here and next day flights home or join the Manu tour.