Trogon Photo Tours

AMAZON BIRDS AND WILDLIFE PERU

July 17-27, 2022

Photo Tour: This photo tour visits 4 different lodges in the Tambopota Amazon region of Peru.  The biodiversity in the area is amazing.  Some of the highlights include the Chuncho Parrot and Macaw clay lick where 3 large species of Macaw can usually be photographed on the same morning, many primates including the amazing Emperor Tamarin, a lodge which has hummingbird feeders which attract difficult species like the Pale-tailed Barbthroat and the extraordinary Hoatzin.  The jungle lodges on this tour are somewhat basic compared to most of the places we stay.  They were chosen for their proximity to good photo opportunities.  This tour is moderate in terms of physical difficulty.  There is much to photograph right around the lodges but some of the best photo opportunities require some walking.  This tour can be combined with our Machu Picchu trip which runs from July 10-16. Peru Photo Tour.

Tour Leaders and Guides: Ken Archer and Jose Avendano.   Ken and Jose Luis will help you get amazing images.   Ken is an award winning photographer who will help you with instruction.  Jose Luis is a top notch bird photography guide who has been guiding all over Peru for the past 10 years.



Cost: $3,995 with a $500 single supplement.  Cost for a nonphotographer spouse/companion is $3,650.  Deposit to reserve your spot is $1,100 per person.  It includes all meals, lodging, transportation from Puerto Maldonado Peru, guiding, entry fees, drinking water and instruction.  It does not include international flights and/or internal flights to arrive and depart to/from Puerto Maldonado, Peru.  It also does not include other beverages, tips and items of a personal nature such as phone calls laundry etc.   If anyone would like us to arrange hotel on arrival in Lima and flights from Lima or Cusco to Puerto Maldonado we can do so for you. 

July 17th - Morning or mid day arrival to Puerto Maldonado airport, then transfer to Los Amigos Biological Station.  The amazing Emperor Tamarin is easily photographed in the garden here.  

July 18th and 19th - 2 full days of photography at Los Amigos.  This is one of the few places in the Amazon which has hummingbird feeders, some of the hummers they attract are Pale-tailed Barbet, Reddish and White-bearded Hermits and Long-billed Starfrontlet.  There is an oxbow lake nearby which has Hoatzin, Giant Otters and lots of other birds. 

July 20th - Morning photography at the lodge.  Some of the other great birds which can be found here include Pavonine Quetzal, Black-faced Cotinga, White-throated Jacamar and Golden-collared Toucanet.  Afternoon transfer back to Puerto Maldonado.  Evening at Wasai Ecolodge. 

July 21st - Morning photography at an area that has Purus and White-faced Jacamars as well as open areas that have Brazilian Teal, Vermilion Flycatchers and other species.  Then transfer to Chuncho Lodge.   Chuncho Lodge has an area near the lodge where Undulated Tinamou along with Capuchin and Squirrel Monkeys can be photographed often.

July 22nd and 23rd - 2 full days of photography at Chuncho.  Each morning we will take a boat trip to visit the Chuncho Macaw clay lick.  Several species of parrots are here as well as the 3 large macaws, Red and Green, Scarlet and Blue and Gold.  Sometimes all 3 can be photographed at the same time on the lick.  On the boat trips up and down the river many other species will be photographed including Orinoco Goose and White Caiman.  Chuncho Lodge also has a tower where you can get above the canopy and photograph birds.  

July 24th - Morning photography at Chuncho followed by transfer to Tres Chimbadas Lodge.  This lodge is situated right on an oxbow lake where Horned Screamers, Capped Herons, Hoatzin, Kingfishers and many other birds can be photographed.  

July 25th - Full day of photography at Tres Chimbadas including flat bottomed boat trips to photograph the birds and wildlife on the lake.  The trees around the lodge are filled with Oronpendolas, Flycatchers, Cardinals are more.  Squirrel and Howler Monkeys often hang out in the trees around the lodge.

July 26th - Morning photography at Tres Chimbadas followed by afternoon transfer back to Wasai Ecolodge in Puerto Maldonado. 

July 27th - This morning we will go to the best available photography opportunity within close range of Puerto Maldonado.  Sometimes this is a forest (Harpy or Crested) Eagle nest, sometimes it's more parrot photography with a visit to a spot where Blue-headed Macaw often comes down.  Then check out and transfer to the Puerto Maldonado airport for your trip home.  If you need us to book internal flights back to Cusco or Lima and/or hotel rooms there we are happy to do so.