Regional travel in Peru – PTW-TAM014-en
Bird watching at Inotawa
6 days / 5 nights – Start: daily
Inotawa is
located near the Tambopata River, in the «La Torre» sector. The
accommodation is built from traditional amazonian materials such as wood,
bamboo and leaf canopy and blends in harmoniously with the surrounding
nature. Medicinal and ornamental plants surround the accommodation with 16
rooms (each including private toilet), dining room, bar and hammock room.
Hiking trails, kayaks, bicycles and other facilities that enable a tourist
service of high quality and safety, combined with social and environmental
responsibility.
• Reception at the airport in Puerto
Maldonado and transfer to the city office. Possibility to buy items that
might be missing, such as batteries, raincoat, etc.
• About an hour's drive by land to Puerto
Nuevo in the municipality of Infierno. On this route, different types of
primeval forest can be observed, traditional planting of bananas and
citrus fruits, grazing areas for livestock.
• The one and a half hour boat trip on the
Tambopata begins in Puerto Nuevo.
• Entry into the buffer zone of the Tambopata
National Reserve and the Bahuaja Sonene National Park. During this trip,
you can get to know the flora on the shore, as well as birds that live
near the water, such as orioles with their hanging nests and herons.
Macaws and toucans can also fly over the path.
• Lunch on the boat.
• Arrive in Inotawa.
• Hike the trails near Inotawa to spot birds
such as the rare Rust-fronted antthrush (Formicarius rufifron),
Plain-brown woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa), White-throated antbird
(Gymnopithys salvini), Black-spotted bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata),
Striped woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus obsoletus), White-lored tyrannulet
(Ornithion inerme) and Slender-footed tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes).
Birds that prefer open spaces can be spotted in clearings, such as the
Black-throated antbird (Myrmeciza atrothorax), Double-collared seedeater
(Sporophila caerulescens) and the Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia
jacarina).
Depending on the season, migratory birds may
be encountered from the north, such as Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus
tyrannus), Dark-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus), Swainson's
flycatcher (Myiarchus swainsoni), Streaked flycatcher (Myiodinastes
maculatus), Double-collared seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens),
White-winged becard (Pachyramphusd polychopterus).
• Dinner.
• Explanatory talk on the activities of the
program.
• Overnight in Inotawa.
• Breakfast.
• Approximately 4-hour boat ride on the
Tambopata river, past the La Torre and Malinowsky checkpoints, to Colpa
Chuncho.
• Lunch on the boat.
• The river here branches into river arms,
forming many islands with secondary forest and wide pebble beaches where
Orinoco gooses and Great cormorants can be seen. While setting up camp
near the parrot lick, a hike in the area in search of signs of mammals
such as wild boar, tapirs and pacas (large rodents).
• Dinner at the camp.
• Conversation with the guide about the next
day's activities.
• Overnight in tent camp.
• At sunrise, a
20-minute hike to the hide where you can observe the different species of
parrots. The parrot lick «Collpa Chuncho» is a 10 m high escarpment on an
arm of the Tambopata river, in which there are veins of clay that are
important for the feeding of parrot birds (macaws, parrots and
budgerigars). Representative of this parrot lick are the Scarlet macaw and
the Military macaw, the largest macaw in Peru.
Each morning these birds
turn up to ingest clay before feeding on the fruits of the forest. This
activity, which lasts between 1 and 3 hours, is organized according to a
certain order: first come the smaller species such as budgerigars and
parrots, and finally the macaws. A very unusual, acoustic and colorful
spectacle.
• Return to camp and
breakfast.
• Boat trip from Collpa
Chuncho to Collpa Colorado.
• Lunch at the camp
opposite to Collpa Colorado.
• Afternoon riverside
hike.
• Dinner and overnight at
camp Collpa Colorado.
• At sunrise, cross
the river by boat to visit the observation point. Hidden in the
vegetation, the hustle and bustle on the collpa can be observed. «Colpa
Colorado» is the largest parrot lick in the world and the only one in the
Tambopata area where the Blue-headed macaw can be seen. The veins of clay
necessary for the feeding of the parrot birds are located in the steep
slope with red earth.
• Return to camp and
breakfast.
• Return to Inotawa by
boat.
• Dinner and overnight in
Inotawa.
• Breakfast.
• A 15-minute boat ride and a 40-minute walk
along jungle paths from Inotawa is a water surface characteristic of the
peruvian amazon region, the «Tres Chimbadas » lake. Cross the lake on a
traditional catamaran to see lakeside birds such as Least grebe
(Tachybaptus dominicus), Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), Osprey (Pandion
haliaetus), Pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis), and Little
cuckoo (Coccycua minuta), Black-capped donacobius (Donacabius atricapilla)
and Hoatzines that prefer lake and river banks and forest edges. You can
also see herons and kingfishers, various reptiles and mammals and, above
all, the much sought-after giant otter. A giant otter family, which is
often seen, has its home here.
• Return to Inotawa and lunch.
• In the afternoon hike in the bamboo forest.
Here you can see, among others: Peruvian recurvebill (Simoxenops
ucayalae), which can open the bamboo stalks with its beak shaped like a
chisel, Manu antbird (Cercomacra manu), which specializes exclusively in
this habitat. This is one of two spots where the Rufous-headed woodpecker
(Celeus spectabilis) has been sighted. Other bird species that prefer the
bamboo forest are Bamboo antshrike (Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae),
White-lined antbird (Myrmoborus lophotes), White-cheeked tody-tyrant
(Poecilotriccus albifacies) and Flammulated bamboo-tyrant (Hemitriccus
flammulatus). Migratory birds such as Eastern wood-pewee (Contopus virens)
and Yellow-green vireo (Vireo flavoviridis) can also be found here.
• Dinner and overnight in Inotawa.
• Breakfast.
• Return to the office in
Puerto Maldonado and then transfer to the airport for the flight to Lima
or Cusco.
Day 1: Arrival in Puerto Maldonado, transfer to the lodge
Day 2: Collpa Chuncho
Day 3: Collpa Chuncho and Collpa
Colorado
Day 4: Collpa Colorado
Day 5: Tres Chimbadas lake and bamboo forest
Day 6: Inotawa to Puerto Maldonado
Included
• Airport transfer
in Puerto Maldonado. • Private land and water
transportation throughout the program. • Accomodation. • Meals at the lodge and
at the camp.
Not included
• Flight to and from Puerto Maldonado. • Possibly additional overnight stay in Puerto Maldonado. • Alcoholic and bottled beverages. • Tips.
Program extensions
• Flight to and from Puerto Maldonado. • 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, Iquitos, 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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