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Birding in the Lima Coastal Region, Peru
After birding in a few places in inland Peru, it was time to hit the coast… the capital Lima! I had nine days there, and managed to fit a few day trips in up and down the coastline to visit a few choice nature hotspots. This blog post covers the spots on the map: birding…
Birding in the Colca Valley, Peru
The Colca Valley, and in particular the Colca Canyon, is on the tourist trail in Peru, though it doesn’t quite garner the kind of accolades of say, Macchu Pichu or other well-trodden historical/scenic Peruvian sites. The altitude here is about 3600m, and the region’s main population centre, Chivay, has about 5,000 residents. It’s about 3…
Birding in the Eastern Galapagos, Ecuador
The Galapagos: the crucible for Darwin’s theory of evolution, isolated for millions of years and an equatorial home to a variety of birds and animals found nowhere else… it’s no wonder it’s on many people’s bucket lists of places to visit. We journeyed there in December 2025, taking an 8-day boat cruise on the eastern…
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