I briefly visited the Concepcion area from 18 until 25 November 2000 within the framework of my work. The period of the year is late spring, when most birds are relatively quiet because of breeding activity. Slow, thorough, naturalist-led tours offer clients the opportunity to observe puna birds and wildife of the saline lakes, cushion bogs, tola grasslands, and Polylepis woodlands of the Chilean altiplano. With a focus on the natural history of a slice of the Andes from Arica through the 4 altiplano wilderness areas of northern Chile, Birding Alto Andino is located in Chile near the Peruvian border, in the Aymaran pueblo of Putre about 135 km east of Arica by road. Chile's northernmost group of provinces.
Chile is extremely long.
We will be covering enormous distances but group size is limited to six, so there is a large amount of comfort and you should be able sleep some during during the inevitable night drives. You will be awarded with seabirds and tapaculos. We choose to stay as close to the parks as possible and will be using camping on these occasions. Kolibri Expeditions is based in Lima, Peru. On all trips we go off the beaten track to give you all possible endemics and specialties of the particular area you are in.