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Bird watching at Muyuna
4 days / 3 nights
From Iquitos, a
three-hour boat ride up the Amazon River near the confluence of the rivers
Ucayali and Marañón, where nature has been preserved in its original form.
There are over 400 bird species near the Muyuna Lodge. Bird watching
around Muyuna Lodge, on the rivers Yanayacu and Tahuayo and on lake
Corrientillo.
• Reception at Iquitos airport or hotel
pick-up in Iquitos.
• Approximately 3-hour boat trip upstream on
the Amazon.
• Arrival at the lodge.
• Lunch.
• Hike in the area to learn about plants that
attract birds. For example, hummingbirds can easily be observed by
Heliconia flowers.
• Dinner.
• Overnight stay at the Muyuna Lodge.
• Early morning hike into the remote
jungle to track the crax globulosa (Crax globulosa). This is threatened
with extinction and can only be found here in Peru.
• Lunch.
• Afternoon cruise along the Yanayacu river to
look for more lowland jungle bird species such as parrots, macaws,
jacanas, kingfishers, herons, granivorous passerines, flycatchers,
antcatchers, tinamus, pigeons, musk ducks, cormorants, among others.
• Dinner.
• After dinner, a night excursion to see and
hear nocturnal birds, e.g. nightjars, night herons, owls, night hawks.
• Overnight stay at the Muyuna Lodge.
• Breakfast.
• After breakfast, if
conditions allow, a longer trip of around six hours to observe other
birds, e.g. guans, hummingbirds, cuckoos, weirbirds, trappiste,
woodpeckers, kotingas, tinamus, pigeons.
• Lunch.
• In the afternoon by
boat on lake Corrientillo to look for local birds such as red-billed
toucan, yellow-ridged toucan, western great egret, herons, kingfishers,
orioles, horned screamer, cormorants, darters, vultures, antbirds,
buzzards, antcatchers, antpittas, tapaculos, barbets, woodpeckers,
hummingbirds.
• Dinner.
• After dinner, a
nocturnal excursion to see and hear nocturnal birds.
• Overnight stay at the
Muyuna Lodge.
• Very early in the
morning visit to the Amazon islands to observe their endemic birds such as
parker's spinetail, white-bellied spinetail, leaden antwren and riverside
tyrant, which live on these islands. The festive parrot can also be found
here, as well as the olive-spotted hummingbird, the little woodpecker, the
red-and-white spinetail, the rare and little-known black-tailed antbird
and the black-and-white antbird. On the other side of the Amazon river
there are completely different bird species. With a bit of luck, pink
dolphins playing around the boat can also be observed during the trip on
the Amazon. On the way back to the lodge, the Victoria Regia, the largest
aquatic plant, can be seen.
• Lunch.
• Speedboat ride to
Iquitos (about 2 hours).
• Transfer to the airport
for the flight to Lima or to the hotel in Iquitos.
Day 1: from Iquitos to Muyuna Lodge
Day 2: Muyuna
Day 3: Muyuna
Day 4: from Muyuna to Iquitos
Included
• Airport transfer
in Iquitos. • Private land and river transportation throughout the
program. • Guided tours in spanish/english. • Accomodation. • Meals at the
lodge and on excursions.
Not included
• Travel to and from Iquitos. • Possibly additional overnight stay in Iquitos. • Alcoholic and bottled beverages. • Tips.
Program extensions
• Travel to and from Iquitos. • Additional nights in Iquitos. • Connection to a round trip «Peru Experience». • Additional programs in other parts of Peru, e.g. Machu Picchu, Cusco, Lima, Lake Titicaca, Colca Valley, Arequipa, Cajamarca, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Manu, Tarapoto, Chachapoyas, Huaraz, Pacaya-Samiria, Paracas, Ica, Nasca.
Note: In order to adapt the various activities to the specific circumstances, as well as for climatic or organizational reasons, changes in the schedule can be made.
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