Lima Birding Tours: Marcapomacocha & Ticlio

Few birds in South America are as sought-after as the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover — and the cushion bogs around Marcapomacocha, a few hours above Lima, are the most reliable place on Earth to see one. This is the classic high-puna day trip: a pre-dawn departure from Lima, the Ticlio pass, and a morning working the bogs and glacial lakes at 4,500+ metres.

The supporting cast is nearly as good: the critically endangered White-bellied Cinclodes — arguably Peru's most beautiful furnariid — plus Olivaceous Thornbill hovering over cushion plants, Black-breasted Hillstar, Dark-winged Miner, Junín Canastero, Grey-breasted Seedsnipe and rafts of Giant Coot, with Andean Condor overhead more days than not.

This dedicated day is in final preparation. Until it opens you can see the same puna specialists on day two of our 2-Day Santa Eulalia Birding Tour — or contact us and we'll arrange the Marcapomacocha day privately.