Hello ,
A few updates to let you know about my talk about Birding and Culture in Peru at Space Coast Audubon Society in about 5 hours after you receive this post.
There will be some 20 minute chapter business before I get started.
Here are the details. Click the meeting link to the correct time in your timezone.
Update Easter tour March 28-April 9
With the less strict flight regulations, visitors from Europe (except the UK) and North America can now arrive to Lima and avoid quarantine. You just have to carry a negative PCR test made less than 72 hours before boarding the flight to Peru and take an antigen test at arrival. We will help you set up
the latter.
So it is a great opportunity to visit Peru for Easter as we are running a pilot trip of our Self-guided Bird Photography tour, but with an accompanying guide so it is also very suitable for traditional birders, at an amazingly good price.
The government have all of a sudden imposed travel restrictions from Easter Thursday to Easter Saturday, so I pushed the program one day having us on the Manu road for those days where these restrictions will not affect us.
I have enclosed a word document with the details of the trip in this email.
The trip starts in Lima on the 28th of March and end on April 9. I encourage you take some Lima days for birding on each end of the trip.
Prices are ridiculously low to fly right now so be sure to check out online sites such as Kayak.com for the best deals. Peru is as safe as elsewhere, as there a lot of COVID policies in place.
Please note, that anyone having been to the UK, South Africa or Brazil the last 14 days is not allowed to arrive to Peru. Connections in said countries are allowed as long as you stay within the international area and the time between connections is less than 16 hours.
Special Offer low season offer. 5 days for $999
If you remember, I sent an offer to guided birding anywhere in Peru for $999 for five days between Jan and March.
Then Peru introduced obligatory quarantine that totally killed anyone's desire to come Peru.
I am reinstating the offer to run throughout March and April. We offer 5 days birding anywhere in Peru for $999 which include transport, guiding, lodging and food.
Flights, entrance fees and lodge surcharges are not included.
Just reply to this email if you are interested in any of these programs, and we set up everything.
There needs to be at least two people signed up for the $999 price. Should you be alone there'd be a $400 surcharge. The moment you sign up for a program we would immediately market your program to try to get a few more people to the group. Max group size is 6 people. It is unlikely under these circumstances we reach a group size of 6.
Grow Your Deposit for a birding tour 2022-2024
In a previous email I sent you a great offer to make your deposit of $1000 for a trip in 2022 to 2024 grow with an annual interest rate of 10%. You can save $400 on a trip 3.5 years from now. Additionally, you lock the price to today's rate.
In just a week I have 12 people signed up! Don't lose out on this offer.
The credit card payment system is not in place yet, but it should be ready sometime next week.
I enclose a pdf how it works.
Confirmed departures May-December looking for additional punters.
More tours for 2022 will be added as people are signing up for the "Grow your bird tour deposit" program above. Check the planned departures on the Kolibri Expeditions calendar and on the 7 Wonders Birding Website.
Do check out these pages frequently, as I am always updating.
May.
10- 12 Coastal birding, a pelagic, and Nazca lines. Over three days exploring the coastal wetlands, lomas, and pelagic, while getting a chance also to fly over the Nazca lines.
The pelagic tour will be from Punta Lomas south of Nazca instead of Paracas. The pelagic birds are described in this program.
We shall allow ample time for photography on this extension without missing any species for those who are listers.
22. Abra Malaga day trip, with focus on hummingbirds such as Scaled Metaltail, Andean Hillstar, and White-tufted Sunbeam
23-27. Manu road. We shall keep a particular focus on Hummingbirds on this departure.
29. Marcapomacocha road. Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, White-bellied Cinclodes, Black-breasted Hillstar, Olivaceous Thornbill, and Dark-winged Miner.
30. Santa Eulalia Canyon. Special focus on hummingbirds such as Peruvian Sheertail, Oasis Hummingbird, Bronze-tailed Comet, Giant Hummingbird, and Black Metaltail.
Also Andean Condor, Great Inca-Finch, Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, Black-necked Woodpecker, Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch and many more.
June.
24-30 NW Peru exploratory expedition. We look for Jocotoco Antpitta and special birds of the Chinguela Ridge between Tabaconas Namballe reserve and Huancabamba and continue via Piura to Tumbes. The cost is $200/day. This trip is not announced on our website, only through this newsletter.
July.
1-5. Tumbes. Looking for all the regional endemic birds of Tumbes. On the last day, you may join for a pelagic.
August
September
October.
November
March 2022.
Cuba in production.
November 2022
Madagascar in production
Thanks for your time. Don't hesitate to ask me anything.
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Kolibri Expeditions
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