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Argentina:
A three-week Birdquest trip in August 2000 with 10 other birders (including 2 leaders) from sites in the Andean provinces of Salta and Jujuy, across the Chaco to the Ibera Marshes and sites in Missiones in the north east where we ended at Iguazu National Park with its fantastic falls. 442 species were recorded personally. B Wetton Ecuador: An independent four week trip in August 1995, including a week at Yuturi on the Napo River in Amazonian forest, sites in the Andes such as Mindo, Tinalandia, Cotopaxi, the Banos-Puyo and Gualaceo-Macas Roads, Pacific coastal sites near Machalilla and to Isla de la Plata and other sites. 401 species of birds and 11 mammals were recorded. B Wetton Peru: Pat and I went with Toucan Tours to SE Peru in August 2003. Toucan Tours run the trip in conjunction with Manu Expeditions. The main tour covered the Mountains and Forests of Manu but we added an extension to visit Machu Picchu and Abra Malaga. Our leader was Huw Lloyd who we found to be excellent. The logistics of the whole tour, including the accommodation and transport were also very good. On the main tour there were only 7 people and there were only 3 of us on the extension. We saw a total of 561 species of birds and heard another 48. It was quite mind-blowing to try to assimilate so many species even though we'd already been to the neo-tropics on four previous occasions. B Wetton |