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The Santa Eulalia road goes up from the coast to the west slope of the Andes. It covers a wide range of habitats at different altitudes. Some of the endemic species that can be seen during this tour includes Black-necked Woodpecker, Black Metaltail, Bronze-tailed Comet, Rusty-crowned Tit-spinetail, Rusty-bellied Brush-finch and Great Inca-finch.
The western slopes of the Peruvian Andes have to defined seasons, rainy and dry season. The rainy season goes from December to March and the dry season from April to November. Temperatures along the Santa Eulalia road goes from 6°C (43°F) during the early hours of the day, but they soon increase to 25°C (77°F) before midday.
Dress in layers, a rainproof jacket, fleece jacket and a T-shirt or a long sleeve shirt is a good combination.
Between April and December sunny days are very common. Bring something to cover your head as the UV factor along the Peruvian Andes is very high. Also a sunblock with good UV protection is important.
If you suffer from any medical condition that requires special attention please let us beforehand.
Altitude sickness is usually not a problem in this area since we only reach 7000 ft above sea level.
If you are vegetarian or have any food allergies please let us know so we can include other items in the box lunch
We start the tour at a Willow forest near the lower Santa Eulalia river, this area has proved to be reliable for species like Black-necked Woodpecker, Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, Collared Warbling-finch, Peruvian Sheartail, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Tit-tyrant and Pied-crested Tit-tyrant.
Then we continue the road up to the mountains checking the river for the occasional Torrent Duck and White-capped Dipper. Before reaching the Autisha bridge we start looking for the endemic Great Inca-finch on the bushes along the road. Once we see this species we head to the bridge where Andean Condors are often seen flying high above the mountains. Andean and White-collared Swifts are not uncommon here.
Our last stop is the most rewarding, as species like Giant Hummingbird, Black Metaltail, Sparkling Violet-ear, Bronze-tailed Comet, Rusty-crowned Tit-spinetail, Rusty-bellied Brush-finch and Canyon Canastero are seen.
If you wish to see more high-altitude birds, we recommend this option. Instead of returning to Lima, we will spend the night a local hotel with hot water on the Andes. The following day, early in morning, we’ll be at the lookout to spot Andean Condors soaring from their cliffs. Our past visits to the Polylepis forest have yielded lots of successful sightings of the rare and endemic White-cheeked Cotinga. Other bird species in the area include the Striated Earthcreeper, Stripe-headed Antpitta, Giant Conebill, Tit-like Dacnis, Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant, Torrent Duck, White-capped Dipper, Black Metailtail, and possibly the White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant, which has been spotted here twice. We’ll then proceed over the 4900m pass to the Milloc bog, where we may encounter rare species like the Puna Tinamou, Giant Coot, Gray-breasted and Rufous-bellied Seed-snipes, Puna Snipe, Andean Ibis, as well as our main targets: Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Olivaceous Thornbill, the endemics Black-breasted Hillstar,White-bellied Cinclodes, Dark-winged Miner, and Junin Canastero; among many others. In the afternoon, we’ll return to Lima through the Carretera Central and we will in your hotel for dinner.
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