Machu Picchu , Abra Malaga and Manu Tour
8-27th August 2007
Tour Leader:
Frank Lambert
Tour participants:
Steve Meredith, Adrian Hoskins, Robin and Kirsten Leong, Uzelle Williams, Brian Foster, Colin and Anne Horne.
Locations:
Pre-tour extension (Robin, Kirsten, Brian)
8th-11th August
Machu Picchu , Aguas Calientes, both sides of Abra Malaga pass.
Main Tour
12th – 27th August
Huacarpay Lakes, Cusco-Manu Road (Wayquecha Lodge, Manu Paradise Lodge); Alto Madre de Dios River (Pantiacolla Lodge), Madre de Dios River (Manu Amazon Lodge (referred to as Oropendola), Cocha Blanco, Cocha Camungo, Blanquillo clay lick, Puerto Maldonado).
Key Locations for Main Tour:
Huacarapay Lakes 3000m elevation, near Cusco
Huancarani 3780m elevation, on the first part of the Manu Road
Ajanacu (Tres Cruces) 3370m elevation, where the Biosphere Reserve starts on the Manu road at the ecotone of dry grasslands with shrub and cloud forest
Pillahuata 2800 – 2200 m (Wayquecha, tunnels, alder woodlands)(upper Manu road)
Rocotal 2060 – 1900m elevation (weather station and pepper farm: upper Manu road)
Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge 1370m elevation (This general area also known as San Pedro)
Manu Paradise Lodge 1370m elevation (San Pedro)
Pilcopata/Atalaya 650 – 500m elevation (end of Manu road)
Pantiacolla Lodge On the Alto Madre de Dios River; we birded at about 470-520m;
Manu Amazon Lodge (“Oropendola”) on the Madre de Dios River , about 400-430m
Puerto Maldonado We birded locations near town at about 200m
Other Locations:
Puente Ruinas 2000m; the main bridge immediately below the switchback roads to the ruins of Machu Picchu .
Abra Malaga We walked from the pass at 4,250 down to the road some 500m or so below, and birded over the pass along the road down to about 3000m.
Note on the weather. During our trip we unusually experienced two very cold, overcast, windy periods that started with prolonged heavy rain. These weather events, locally called a friaje, reduced our opportunities for viewing canopy birds considerably due to the continuous strong wind and dull sky (so that canopy birds were mostly seen as silhouettes.
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