DAY 0: Travel to Iquitos, Peru.

DAY 1: Before breakfast birding on the Iquitos waterfront - this is excellent for a number of river habitat species that we don't often see in more pristine habitats. Mid-morning departure downriver by pamacari riverboat. We will make several stops (while the larger boat continues onward) to bird early successional river island habitats - about 45 bird species are specialists on these habitats, and are not found in tall primary forest or away from the rivers.. Late PM arrival at the Madre Selva Biological Field Station after passing through the narrow and bird-rich Zapatilla channel - evening birding.

DAY 2: Birding on forest trails and clearings at the field station. Night walk in the rainforest to look for night birds and other animals.

DAY 3: Early AM birding by skiff on the Rio Orosa, followed by exploration by boat and/or foot of flooded forest areas, floodplain lakes, and swamps. Visit to native community in the early PM. Late PM birding and night trip by boat on the Rio Orosa to look for nightjars, potoos, owls, caimans, frogs, and other animals.

DAY 4: Early AM birding at field station, followed by boat trip through the Sacarita Channel to Arambassa Creek and the Yanashi floating meadows and Amazon River islands to look for island specialties. Night hike in the forest optional.

DAY 5: Early departure upriver to the Paucarillo Forest Reserve - a number of species that have never been recorded at Madre Selva occur at this more isolated reserve. Return to Madre Selva in the evening or after nightfall.

DAY 6: Return to Iquitos in the mid-afternoon. Remainder of the day free for shopping, relaxing, or more birding. Farewell dinner on waterfront.

DAY 7: Departure from Iquitos to the USA or other destination.

For a detailed itinerary of the next scheduled birding trip, visit the Document Center. Extensions for a second week in the Amazon or in the Peruvian highlands are always possible, and excellent birding can take place on any of our expeditions, not just the “birding” expeditions! We are also always happy to make arrangements for private birding expeditions.

For a bird checklist from the sites that we visit, and for results of Christmas Bird Counts from December 1997 to the present, visit the Project Amazonas website.