Northern Peru Hummingbirds & Endemics

Lima to Tarapoto Flight and Foothill Transfer

Travel from the origin to the destination described in this service block using the confirmed Peru route. The transfer remains separate so timing, vehicle or service, luggage, and safety details can be confirmed independently.

Transfer to Tarapoto Hotel

Travel from the origin to the destination described in this service block using the confirmed Peru route. The transfer remains separate so timing, vehicle or service, luggage, and safety details can be confirmed independently.

Dinner

Breakfast

Cordillera Escalera Foothill Birding

From Tarapoto we explore Cordillera Escalera, working foothill forest, roadside edges, and selected birding spots for hummingbirds, tanagers, manakins, and Koepcke's Hermit. It is a warm, active day and a useful contrast to the higher Alto Mayo sites.

Lunch

Cordillera Escalera to Tarapoto Return Transfer

Travel from the origin to the destination described in this service block using the confirmed Peru route. The transfer remains separate so timing, vehicle or service, luggage, and safety details can be confirmed independently.

Dinner

Breakfast

Tarapoto to Moyobamba Transfer

Travel from the origin to the destination described in this service block using the confirmed Peru route. The transfer remains separate so timing, vehicle or service, luggage, and safety details can be confirmed independently.

Waqanki Garden Hummingbird Session

At Waqanki we work the gardens, feeders, and nearby forest edge for hummingbirds, tanagers, butterflies, and orchids. Rufous-crested Coquette and other foothill species can make this a very productive and comfortable photography block.

Dinner

Breakfast

Waqanki Garden Hummingbird Session

At Waqanki we work the gardens, feeders, and nearby forest edge for hummingbirds, tanagers, butterflies, and orchids. Rufous-crested Coquette and other foothill species can make this a very productive and comfortable photography block.

Lunch

Waqanki Lodge Afternoon Trails

Walk the garden and forest-edge trails around Waqanki Lodge after the feeder session, keeping the pace open for birds moving away from the prepared perches.

Dinner

Breakfast

Moyobamba to Owlet Lodge Transfer

Travel from the origin to the destination described in this service block using the confirmed Peru route. The transfer remains separate so timing, vehicle or service, luggage, and safety details can be confirmed independently.

Huembo Marvelous Spatuletail Session

An afternoon watching the hummingbird feeders across from Huembo Hummingbird Center, where the spectacular Marvelous Spatuletail has been the regular headline visitor, joined by Sparkling Violetear, Chestnut-breasted Coronet and Little Woodstar on the flowers.

Dinner

Long-whiskered Owlet Night Search

A guided session on the forested trail outside El Progreso where local knowledge now greatly improves the odds of the near-mythical Long-whiskered Owlet, rarely seen for years; the same site is good for Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher.

Breakfast

Long-whiskered Owlet Night Search

A guided session on the forested trail outside El Progreso where local knowledge now greatly improves the odds of the near-mythical Long-whiskered Owlet, rarely seen for years; the same site is good for Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher.

Lunch

Alto Mayo Antpitta and Forest Hike

We use the forest trails and private reserve areas near Owlet Lodge for antpittas, wood-quail, and understory birds. The rhythm is slower than feeder photography, with more listening, short waits, and careful movement through humid montane forest.

Dinner

Breakfast

Owlet Lodge to Huembo Transfer

Travel from the origin to the destination described in this service block using the confirmed Peru route. The transfer remains separate so timing, vehicle or service, luggage, and safety details can be confirmed independently.

Huembo Marvelous Spatuletail Session

An afternoon watching the hummingbird feeders across from Huembo Hummingbird Center, where the spectacular Marvelous Spatuletail has been the regular headline visitor, joined by Sparkling Violetear, Chestnut-breasted Coronet and Little Woodstar on the flowers.

Dinner

Breakfast

Huembo Marvelous Spatuletail Session

An afternoon watching the hummingbird feeders across from Huembo Hummingbird Center, where the spectacular Marvelous Spatuletail has been the regular headline visitor, joined by Sparkling Violetear, Chestnut-breasted Coronet and Little Woodstar on the flowers.

Lunch

Huembo Morning Feeder and Antpitta Option

A morning at Huembo gives us another chance to work hummingbirds in softer light and, when conditions and local access allow, look for species such as Pale-billed Antpitta nearby. It is a useful final northern Peru block before the return to Tarapoto.

Dinner

Breakfast

Huembo Morning Feeder and Antpitta Option

A morning at Huembo gives us another chance to work hummingbirds in softer light and, when conditions and local access allow, look for species such as Pale-billed Antpitta nearby. It is a useful final northern Peru block before the return to Tarapoto.

Transfer Huembo –> Tarapoto

Travel from the origin to the destination described in this service block using the confirmed Peru route. The transfer remains separate so timing, vehicle or service, luggage, and safety details can be confirmed independently.