Country: Peru

Hotel in El Progreso (TBD)

Hotel in Jaén (TBD)

Hotel in Chiclayo (TBD)

Celendín

A town in the Cajamarca region of northern Peru, Celendín sits above the Marañon Canyon and is the base after the long descent from the Abra Barro Negro high pass, with morning birding for the disjunct Rufous-fronted Thornbird and the near-endemic Fulvous-faced Scrub-Tyrant.

Leymebamba

A higher-elevation town in the Andes of Amazonas region (Peru), Leymebamba sits at the southern end of the canyon route from Abra Patricia and the base for birding the road above town — Chachapoyas Antpitta, Russet-mantled Softtail and Yellow-scarfed Tanager — and a dusk session for Blackish Nightjar and Koepcke's Screech-Owl.

Cocachimba

A tiny village in the Marañon watershed (Amazonas region) reached through the steep-walled Cocahuayco River canyon, Cocachimba is the gateway to the distant Gocta waterfall and, more often, feeders where the Marvelous Spatuletail sometimes shows if it never appeared at Huembo.

El Progreso

The small town closest to Abra Patricia, El Progreso is the base for two of the region's great prizes: the Marvelous Spatuletail feeders at Huembo Hummingbird Center and a forested trail where a local guide now finds the near-mythical Long-whiskered Owlet, alongside Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher.

Northern Peru Endemic Birds: Dry Forests, Cloud Forests and the Marañón Valley

A 14-day birding circuit through northwestern Peru's Tumbesian dry forests, the cloud forests of Abra Patricia, and the Marañon Canyon descent to Cajamarca — White-winged Guan, Marvelous Spatuletail, Long-whiskered Owlet, and the endemic specialities of northern Peru, at an easy pace.

Owlet Lodge Grounds and Hummingbird Feeders

The afternoon at Owlet Lodge combines birding the lodge grounds with watching hummingbird feeders that host Green-fronted Lancebill, Amethyst-throated Sunangel, Greenish Pufflet, Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Mountain Velvetbreast, Sword-billed Hummingbird and Chestnut-breasted Coronet.