Cuzco Birding Tour
Machu Picchu Birding Tour
The birds-and-ruins itinerary: the Historic Sanctuary's cloud forest, the Urubamba gorge, and the citadel itself.
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Machu Picchu Birding Tour
Machu Picchu is more than Peru's most famous view — the Historic Sanctuary protects a sweep of humid cloud forest along the Urubamba gorge that holds some of Cusco's most wanted birds. Bamboo thickets around Aguas Calientes hide the endemic Inca Wren, fruiting trees pull in the endemic Masked Fruiteater, and the river itself is home to Torrent Ducks and White-capped Dippers, with Andean Cock-of-the-rock leking in the gorge below.
Our 2–3 day itinerary pairs a guided visit to the citadel with unhurried birding along the sanctuary trails and the train corridor — then climbs back over the Abra Málaga pass, where high-elevation Polylepis woodland shelters Royal Cinclodes and White-browed Tit-Spinetail, two of the rarest birds in the Andes.
We are finalising departures for this tour now. Get in touch to be first in line for dates and rates, or ask us to build the birds-and-ruins trip around your travel plans.
What You'll Target
Target species
Species shown in red are Peruvian endemics.
- Inca Wren
- Masked Fruiteater
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock
- Green-and-white Hummingbird
- Torrent Duck
- White-capped Dipper
- Andean Motmot
- Sword-billed Hummingbird
- Collared Inca
- Golden-headed Quetzal
- White-browed Tit-Spinetail
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