Itinerary
Abra Malaga birding Itinerary
Day 1: Abra Malaga Pass
Our birding Abra Malaga tour, will start before dawn collecting you from your Cusco hotel at around 4:00am we make a 2-hour drive up to a high pass Abra Malaga at (4,316 m/14,160.1 ft). Near the pass are groves of Polylepis woodland with several globally threatened species such as Royal Cinclodes, Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant and the endemic White-browed Tit-Spinetail.
The walking is quite moderate due to the elevation. Sourrouding the Polylepis forest we may see Andean Goose, Crested Duck, Mountain Caracara, Andean Lapwing, Blue-mantled Thornbill, Andean Flicker, Tawny Tit-Spinetail, Streak-throated Canastero, Line-fronted Canastero, Stripe-headed Antpitta, Puna Tapaculo, Taczanowski´s Ground-Tyrant,
We can also appreciate other species of birds such as: Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant, Giant Conebill and Black Siskin Later in the day we will target other species in the roadside scrub such as the endemics White-tufted Sunbeam, Creamy-crested Spinetail and Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch.
Night in Ollantaytambo. B:L:D.
Day 2: Abra Malaga Carrisales (Cloud forest 2700m)
Early start to drive up the pass and arrive to the upper montane evergreen forest, chusquea bamboo forest, streams and scrubs.
We may see Imperial Snipe, Golden-plumed Pararakeet, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Great Sapphirewing, Violet-throated Starfrontlet, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Scaled Metaltail, Purple-backed Thornbill, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Puna Thistletail the endemic Marcapata Spinetail, Pearled Treerunner, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Rufous Antpitta, Rusty-breasted Antpitta, Undulated Antpitta the endemic Red-and-white Antpitta, Diademed Tapaculo, Trilling Tapaculo.
Also Highland Elaenia, Sierran Elaenia the endemic Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant, Black-throated Tody-Tyrant, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant, Smoky Bush-Tyrant the endemic Inca Wren, Mountain Wren, Great Thrush the endemic Parodi´s Hemispingus, Rufous-chested Tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager, Plushcap, Tit-like Dacnis, Blue-backed Conebill, Moustached Flower-piercer, Stripe-headed Brush-Finch the endemic Cuzco Brush-Finch, Golden-bellied Grosbeak, Mountain Cacique and many more.
In the late afternoon we will drive back to Cusco.B:L.
Inclusions
Birding Abra Malaga includes:
- Briefing 1-2 days before your birding Abra Malaga tour
- Transfer upon arrival from airport in Cusco to your Hotel
- Private tourist bus
- Bird-Specialist guide
- First aid kit
- 1 box Lunch. If you have a dietary request such as vegetarian food please let us know.
- Snacks
What you need to take for this birding tour in Cusco.
- Good Birding- binocular
- Camera with extra batteries, if you like taking pictures take telephoto lens of 400mm
- Repellent with a minimum of 30-40% DEET
- Daypack
- Extra money
- Snacs
- Water bottle
- Sun hat and sunglasses
- Toiletries and hand sanitizer
- Personal medication
- Long-sleeved T-shirt
- Cotton thick socks
- Dark color clothes
Price
Birding abra Málaga price
- 2 people US$300 per person
- 3 people US$250 per person
- 4+ people US$200 per person