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: birdingContinue reading “Birding in the Lima Coastal Region, Peru”
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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 3Continue reading “Birding in the Colca Valley, Peru”
Birding in the Sacred Valley, Peru
The Sacred Valley of the Incas is somewhere you might travel to because of that rather well-known historical site, Macchu Picchu. There are a bunch of other places worthy of your tourist attention in the valley too. But it also has some really, really good birding. This post covers a few key sites in theContinue reading “Birding in the Sacred Valley, Peru”
Birding at Manu Biolodge, Peru
After the twists and turns of upper Manu Rd, it is a relief to hit some flatter and straighter sections of road as you drop in elevation. This is lower Manu Rd, which keeps going a long way, all the way into the Amazon! Our tour only took us as far as Manu Biological Station,Continue reading “Birding at Manu Biolodge, Peru”
Birding at Upper Manu Rd, Peru
After our five days in Pisac, north-east of Cusco, we embarked on a birding tour of the famous Manu Rd, courtesy of Kolibri Expeditions. We chose the five day tour as a short “taster” taking in three lodges along Manu Rd staying at elevations between 2900m and 600m; there are longer expeditions one can optContinue reading “Birding at Upper Manu Rd, Peru”
Peru-Ecuador-Chile 2025 – The Planning
In which two of the Bird Spots crew undertake an epic four month birding and cultural tour of South America. Goals of the Trip Long-time followers of this website will know that our international birding adventures are usually accompanied by mostly breezy photo-driven summaries with cheeky captions. We’re changing tack now as we embark onContinue reading “Peru-Ecuador-Chile 2025 – The Planning”
Birding in Penang and Singapore, 2025
Where to go for a climate break holiday in the midst of an Australian summer? Probably not Malaysia or Singapore, which are basically hot all year round, being tropically located rather near the equator. And yet two of the fearless Bird Spots crew did just that, jetting into the island of Penang on Malaysia’s westContinue reading “Birding in Penang and Singapore, 2025”
Atherton + Cairns mini-break, Nov 2024
What to do when your birding buddies nick off to southern states for the weekend without you? (How dare they!) Why, make a last minute solo trip to birding paradise, a.k.a. the Atherton Tablelands in north Queensland! The lure of riflebirds, catbirds, robins and many others – with a chance for the odd lifer –Continue reading “Atherton + Cairns mini-break, Nov 2024”
Top End Revisited, Jul 2024
We made a ten day trip made from July 19 to July 28, 2024, mainly visiting nature sites around Darwin and Kakadu National Park, a journey very similar to one we made back in 2021. So we knew what we were getting ourselves in for… rainless – usually cloudless – days, tropical heat, and moreContinue reading “Top End Revisited, Jul 2024”
Birding in the Pacific Northwest, 2024
We were never going to pretend that this leg of our epic Central and North America trip was going to be a comprehensive tour of the Pacific Northwest; that would probably take months to do properly. But we would dabble here and there: fly into Seattle, explore a few parks and places around there, headContinue reading “Birding in the Pacific Northwest, 2024”
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