Birding Central Peru
Bosque Unchog and the Carpish Tunnel
June 2-12, 2028
Register by clicking the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer, cash, check, or money order. This Venture is limited to 10 participants.
Leaders: Simon Thompson & Mark Welford
You can combine this with our Northern Peru trip from May 16-31, 2028
Birds We Hope to See
Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager, Pardusco, Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Leymebamba Antpitta, Masked Fruiteater, Junin Grebe, Junin Rail, Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch, Rusty-bellied Brushfinch, Great Inca-Finch, Bay-vented Cotinga, Coppery Metaltail, Tschudi's and Large-footed Tapaculos, Line-fronted Canastero, Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher, Chachapoyas Antpitta, White-winged Tapaculo, Buff-tailed Sicklebill, Orange-breasted Falcon, Masked Saltator, Giant Conebill, Thick-billed Siskin, Puna Pipit, Cordilleran Canastero, Junín Canaster, Creamy-bellied Antwren, Blackish and Rufous-rumped Antwrens, Buff-fronted Owl, Chestnut-crested Cotinga, Black-breasted Hillstar, Ornate Tinamou, Stripe-backed Canastero, Puna Pipit, Andean Negrito, Andean Avocet, if seasonally present - Chilean flamingos, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, White-bellied Cinclodes, Olivaceous Thornbill, Dark-winged Miner, Slender-billed Miner, Rufous-bellied and Gray-breasted Seedsnipes, Glacier Finch, Bronze-tailed Comet, Black Metaltail, Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Black-necked Woodpecker, Thick-billed Miner, Peruvian Sheartail, Canyon Canastero and Black Siskin.
This awesome tour includes the premier birding route in central Peru that offers high-Andean endemics and cloud forest specialties, focusing on Bosque Unchog (Polylepis/elfin forest) for the Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager and Pardusco, and the Carpish Tunnel/Paty Trail for montane species such as the Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Leymebamba Antpitta and the elusive Masked Fruiteater. We then traverse the Andes to Lake Junín that holds the endemic Junin Grebe and Junin Rail, while Bosque Shollet provides cloud forest birds and the Santa Eulalia Valley hosts arid-scrub species like the Great Inca-Finch.
Cost $4100 per person from Lima, Peru, $600 single supplement. This trip includes all transportation including domestic flights, all admission fees, information packet & bird checklist, and services of one Ventures tour leader and one local guide, all accommodations, and three meals per day (breakfast, lunch/ picnic or box lunch depending upon where we are, and dinner, and snacks and water).
Not included: Alcoholic beverages, gratuities, laundry, and items of a personal nature.
