Southern Giant-Petrel
NORTHERN PATAGONIA BIRDING TOUR
Argentina & Chile
14 Days
Best season between October to early March
OVERVIEW
Patagonia is one of the most iconic and famous regions of South America. This large region is known for its wilderness, wide range of habitats, and landscapes. Most of its flora and fauna species are not found anywhere else in world.
This extensive birding tour takes you to the most diverse parts of Patagonia, from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Pacific coast in the west, across scrublands, deserts, steppes, transitional forests, and temperate rainforest. Visiting impressive breeding colonies, looking for endemic, range-restricted, and endangered birds, marveling at breathtaking landscapes, as well as experiencing the local cuisine.
This tour offers excellent chances to see many of the most attractive Patagonian birds, including a particularly high diversity of Rhinocryptids (tapaculos, gallitos and huet-huets), a big part of the Argentina endemic birds, endangered species such as Yellow Cardinal, two species of Rheas, marine birds at both oceans’ coasts, the world’s largest breeding colonies of Magellanic Penguins and Burrowing Parakeets. And many marine and land mammals, such as Southern Right Whale, Southern Elephant Seal, Dusky Dolphin, Guanaco, Patagonian Mara, armadillos and more.
Join us on this unique birding tour to one of the top destinations in South America: Patagonia.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Morning arrival at Trelew airport and transfer to Punta Tombo Natural Reserve. Afternoon transfer to Puerto Madryn with birding stops at Isla Escondida. / Night at a hotel in Puerto Madryn.
Day 2: Morning transfer to Puerto Piramides (in Peninsula Valdes natural reserve) with birding stops along the way. Afternoon birding around Puerto Piramides. / Night at a hotel in Puerto Piramides.
Day 3: Morning birding around Puerto Piramides (optional whale watching boat trip). Afternoon transfer to Las Grutas. / Night at a hotel in Las Grutas.
Day 4: Full day birding around Las Grutas. / Night at a hotel in Las Grutas.
Day 5: Full day birding in the around General Conesa. / Night at a hotel in General Conesa.
Day 6: Early in the morning transfer with some birding stops on the way, birding around El Condor. / Night at a hotel in El Condor.
Day 7: Birding around El Condor, in the afternoon we will take a flight to Bariloche. / Night at a hotel in Bariloche.
Day 8: Transfer to San Martin de los Andes for birding at the Patagonian steppe and marshes. / Night at a hotel in San Martin de los Andes.
Day 9: Full day birding in the Lanin National Park. / Night at a hotel in San Martin de los Andes.
Day 10: Full day birding around San Martin de los Andes. / Night at a hotel in San Martin de los Andes.
Day 11: In the morning a visit to the Chapelco mountain. In the afernoon a transfer with birding stops to Villa la Angostura along a scenic road with seven lakes. / Night at a hotel in Villa la Angostura.
Day 12: In the morning we will cross the border to Chile and a transfer with birding stops to Puerto Varas. / Night at a hotel in Puerto Varas.
Day 13: Full day birding around Puerto Varas. / Night at a hotel in Puerto Varas.
Day 14: Birding around Puerto Varas in the morning and in the afternoon a transfer to Puerto Montt airport. End of the tour.
KEY SPECIES
Lesser Rhea, Greater Rhea, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Brushland Tinamou, Sharp-billed Canastero, Patagonian Canastero, Patagonian Mockingbird, Scale-throated Earthcreeper, Band-tailed Earthcreeper, Chaco Earthcreeper, Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper, Mourning Sierra-Finch, Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch, Common Diuca-Finch, Long-tailed Meadowlark, Chubut (White-headed) Carbonated Sierra-Finch, Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant, Patagonian Yellow-Finch, Sandy Gallito, White-throated Cacholote, Brown Cacholote, Burrowing Parakeets, Cinnamon Warbling-Finch, Crested Gallito, Spot-winged Falconet, Tufted Tit-Spinetail, Lesser Shrike-Tyrant, Ringed Warbling-Finch, White-tipped Plantcutter, White Monjita, Magellanic Woodpecker, Striped Woodpecker, Chilean Flicker, Des Mur’s Wiretail, Thorn-tailed Rayadito, Chucao Tapaculo, Ochre-flanked Tapaculo, Magellanic Tapaculo, Black-throated Huet-huet, White-throated Treerunner, Dark-bellied Cinclodes, Yellow Cardinal, Chilean Hawk, Steamer-Duck, Chilean Skua, Southern Giant Petrel, Magellanic Penguins.
TOUR DETAILS
Group Size: Max 8 + tour guide.
Tour and walking pace: Easy.
Accommodation: Comfortable.
Transportation: Private car/van, plane.
Habitats Covered: Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, Scrublands, Desert, Steppes, Transitional forests, and Temperate Rainforest.
Climate: During this tour we will be going through many different habitats and landscapes, from the warm north-east Patagonia (where we can have temperatures over 30°C) to the cold and windy Patagonian steppe and high Andes (where the temperature can be below 10°C at times in the summer).
Altitude: 0 – 1500 meters above sea level.
Possible extensions:
– Birding around Buenos Aires.
For the detailed itinerary, prices, or if you have questions, please get in touch with us.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Kuntur Nature and Adventure EIRL
Company Address: Av. Industrial Conj. Hab. FOVIPOL. Nr 104 – Santiago – Cusco – Peru
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