Birding Chile - High Andes Extention and Lauca National Park

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Birding Peru
          for Birders and
           non-Birding partners
          (10 Days)

PERU:

Manu Biosphere
Reserve: South-East
Peru (20 Days)

Cloud Forests
and Mountains of
Manu (13 Days)

Manu Macaw Lick
and Amazonian
Rainforest (11 Days)

Andean Gems of Peru
and Chile (8 Days)

Inca Ruins of Machu
Picchu & Abra
Malaga (7 Days)

Paracas Peninsular and
the High Andes of
Peru (16 Days)

Central Peru: The
High Andes and
Endemics (20 Days)

Central Peru: Lima
          to Huanuco Satipo
          Road and
          Oilbirds (13 Days)

Central Peru: Lima
          to Huanuco Oilbirds,
          Bosque Unchog and
          Huaraz (12 Days)

Tambopata: Candamo
National Park (14 Days)

Iquitos: Amazon and
White Sand
Rainforests (12 Days)

Northern Peru: Tumbes
and Maranon
Endemics (20 Days)

North Peru Endemics
- Chiclayo to
Tarapoto (12 Days)

North Peru Endemics
- Tarapoto to
Cajamarca (10 Days)

Tumbes Reserved
Zone (7 Days)

Tumbes and Iquitos
Endemics (18 Days)

Pelagic Trips off the
Peruvian Coast (1 Day)

White-masked Antbird
and Orange-throated
tanager (17 Days)

BOLIVIA:

Bolivia: Eastern Lowlands,
          Chaco, Cloud Forest
          and Intermontane
          Valleys (16 Days)

Bolivia Highlands
Extension (7 Days)

Bolivia: The Wild
North-East (17 Days)

CHILE:

Chile: Atacama Desert,
          Patagonia, Andes
          and Tierra del
          Fuego (14 Days)

Chile: High Andes
Extention and Lauca
National Park (6 Days)

FALKLAND ISLANDS:

Week on the Falkland
Islands (8 Days)

COLOMBIA:

Colombia: The Andean
Endemics Route
Tour (18 Days)

Colombia: Santa Marta
          Endemics and
           Guajira Peninsular
          Extention (6 Days)

BRAZIL:

South-east - the Atlantic
forests (12 days)

Serra dos Tucanos –
          Atlantic Rainforest
          Endemics of the Serra
          do Mar (8 Days)

Central Brazil -
Cerrado and
Savannas (8 Days)

The Pantanal
and Chapada (5 Days)

Amazonia: Alta
Floresta (9 Days)

Emas National
Park (8 Days)

North-east Brazil
Endemics (21 days)

GUYANA:

Unknown South America
and Guianan shield
specialists (16 Days)

ARGENTINA:

Northwest Argentina -
Biridng the Diversity of
the Andes (13 Days)

Southern Argentina - The
Pampas and Northern
Patagonia (9 Days)

Southern Argentina -
Patagonia and Tierra
del Fuego (8 Days)

Northeast Argentina -
Buenas Aires to
Iguazu (13 Days)

Chile: High Andes Extention and Lauca National Park

Day 1: Arrival in Santiago

Arrival in Santiago or Arica and overnight

Day 2: Santiago to Arica

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Steve Gantlett

To the airport and flight to Arica on the border with Peru. Arrival in Putre around mid-morning and staright out birding. We’ll start in the close by Azapa Valley. Here we’ll be looking for the Oasis Himmingbird, Peruvian Sheartail and specifically the endangered Chilean Woodstar. We should see Burowing Owl, Cinereous Conebill, Chestnut-thraoted Seedeater and the range restricted Slender-billed Finch. A stop on the coast will provide us with some shorebirds and inshore Humboldt currant seabirds. Gray, Band-tailed and Franklin’s gulls will be in evidence as well as Elegant Terns. Continuing on we’ll bird our way to Putre. Possibilities here include Croaking Ground-Dove, Peruvian Meadowlark, Spot-winged Pigeon, Dark-winged Cansatero, Greyish Miner Straight-billed Earthcreeper, Andean Hillstar and Greenish Yellow-Finch. The strange Pacific coastal form of Bran-coloured Flycatcher (“Pacific Flycatcher”) occurs here – surely a future split. Higher still we’ll be on the lookout for Andean Swifts in the valleys and in the arid scrub Andean Hillstar and Greenish Yellow-Finch. Night in Hosteria Las Vicunas in Putre

Day 3: Putre and Lauca

Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant - Ian Merrill

We'll spend the morning in and around Putre, acclimatising to our new environment. Around Putre we’ll be looking for Bare-faced Ground-Dove, White-throated 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. We may search some high altitude bogs for Diademed Sandpiper-Plover here as well in the afternoon. Night in Hosteria Las Vicunas in Putre

Day 4: Lauca National 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. Night in Hosteria Las Vicunas in Putre

Day 5: Putre to Arica

A final morning at Lauca, before heading down to Arica once again. We’ll be looking for species we may have missed. Overnight Hotel in Arica.

Day 6: Arica to Santiago

Morning to look for Peruvian Thicknee and coastal species before midday flight to Santiago and join the main tour

Does not include air Santiago– Arica – Santiago but we will do this on request – the price depends on when we get your full name, deposit and passport numbers – you can check current prices at www.Aerosur.com

Email us about this trip:		birding@manuexpeditions.com
Days in Trip:		6 Days
Rated Skill Level:		Easy
Tour Guides:		Barry Walker, Renzo Zeppilli, Fabrice Schmitt
Price:		$1525.00
Single Supplement:		$150.00
Availability:		Please email before purchase to confirm availability.
Purchase this trip now:		We accept:
Dates 2009:		November 17 - 22
Dates 2010:		November 16 - 21
Dates 2011:		November 15 -21


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