2024 Pricing: $5,990 US Dollars, or £4,720 GBP*

for 15 Days and 14 Nights

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2025 Pricing: $6,190 US Dollars, or £4,870 GBP*

for 15 Days and 14 Nights

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With Machu Picchu Extension:

2024 and 2025 Pricing: $1,690 US Dollars, or £1,330 GBP* for 5 Days and 4 Nights plus

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Inclusions: 

 

• The Tour package includes all lodging, meals*, and access fees to reserves, parks, and other birding sites. 

• Premier Bird Guide: All of our tours use the services of an excellent bird guide, often a well-recognized expert on birding in this area. These Peru trips have an excellent guide in either José Antonio Padilla or Lelis Navarrete.

• Top-Rated Preparation Services: We support your preparation for the trip. We provide information on the birds you will see and all the travel details, including all logistic details (arrival plans, trip itinerary, lodging details, and more), information on entry into Peru information on travel health issues, packing information, and more. Most of our clients comment that our Trip Participation Guide is the best they have ever seen. 

• Transport and Airport Transfers: 

  • Local ground transport is included. This includes a large transport van (and/or jeep as needed) for most of the trip. 

  • For eleven days on the tour, we will have fluvial (boat) transport and this is also included in the tour price. This allows us to effectively bird the Amazon basin part of the tour around Manu Lodge.

  • We also have a driver or guide pick you up at the airport upon arrival, and transfers for internal flights are included, and we arrange for a transfer back to the airport at the end of the trip.  

• Acre for Bird Conservation: As part of our efforts to support bird conservation, we purchase in the name of customers (for each booking) at least one acre (but averaging between three and four acres) of wilderness to support bird conservation. As our trip prices are often 20% (and often better deal) less than our competition, this does not cost you more and it is a great way to support bird conservation around the world.

• Small-Group Pricing: All the prices mentioned above are for tour groups of seven or eight participants.  We will offer reasonable small-group supplements for group sizes of 4 to 6.

• Private and Custom Group Pricing: We are glad to provide pricing for smaller groups (including couples) or custom groups.

 

Possible Additions to Basic Trip Pricing:

 

• With Lelis Navarrete as Lead Guide: Add $250 US Dollars (or £200 GBP) to the basic trip price and $100 US Dollars (or £80 GBP)  to the extension price, for the additional costs of using South America’s top birding guide.  

 

*Pricing Notes and More Details:

 

• US Dollar Pricing:  This tour is priced in US Dollars.

• Pricing in British Pounds: (1) Our 2025 (and late 2024) price estimates are mostly based on US Dollars; so, our GBP/British Pound pricing is based upon an exchange rate of .79 GBP (British Pound) per US Dollar (the exchange rate on March 19, 2024). (2) We will charge you the actual transaction rate here, but please note that we work to minimize transaction costs. Using Transferwise, we usually pay under one-half a percent (and sometimes less) on the actual exchange. (3) Due to costs related to UK travel regulations, our tours booked and paid through BlueTailBirding.com (for the UK and European clients) will cost 200 GBP more. Please contact us anytime with questions here.   

• Bank Fees: Though we work to minimize bank charges with banking in Canada and in the United Kingdom, banks do often charge under 1% for making the exchange.

• Note on Meal Inclusion: Meals include three meals per day during any full day of the trip. The departure day includes the cost of breakfast and lunch.

• Note on Beverage Inclusion: Most of our meals are provided by the lodges, and we follow their practices in providing beverages at meal time. Breakfast usually includes coffee or tea and/or juice (as provided by the lodge), and box lunches include either bottled water or juice. Other beverages served at supper are your choice and are an additional expense that you pay to the restaurant directly. We provide water at the table for supper. We also provide bottled water during the birding day.

• Group Size: Main tour: The price above is for tour groups of seven or eight participants. We are happy to provide pricing for private groups with fewer than seven participants. Machu Picchu Extension: The price above is for tour groups of six to eight participants. We are happy to provide pricing for private groups with fewer than six participants.

 

Others and Optional Costs for Booking the Trip:
 

Single Room Supplement: $640 USD or £500 is the price we charge for the additional cost of anyone not sharing a room with another birder (and/or a spouse). If you want a single room, please let us know. We are often able to find a roommate for those wanting to share a room. For Machu Picchu Extension the single supplement is $280 USD or £220.

Notes on Other Tour Costs: Exclusions:  

• You will need to pay your international flight cost to get from your local airport to Peru. 

• For the main Peru Manu Biosphere tour, you will need to pay for two air tickets. (1) One flight will be from Lima to Cuzco. (2) A second flight will be from Puerto Maldonado to Lima (with a stop in Cuzco. We usually book these tickets from $250 to $350 USD. We will charge you the actual costs here.

• For those doing the Machu Picchu extension, you will also need to pay for your train ticket to Machu Picchu. We usually book these tickets for $150 to $200 USD (or 120 to 160 GBP). We will bill the actual costs.

• Nearly every flight to Peru (but not all) starts with Lima. Extra nights near the Lima airport range from $70 per room to $240 per room. 

• The tour fee does not include taxes/fees for entering or exiting the country, telephone calls, laundry, and other items of a personal nature.

• Tips for birding guides and trip drivers are not included in the tour price.

 

Want More Tour Information or Have Questions about Pricing?

 

Please call Charles (in the USA at 720-320-1974 in Colorado or toll-free at 888-203-7464, ext. 912) or Jennifer (in the UK at +44 7500 185 058, in Suffolk), and/or email info@pibird.com.

 

We are happy to answer any question you may have and/or provide you with trip reports (reports of birds and other wildlife seen on our trips) or more details on trip logistics (from vehicles used to lodging details).

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Like to Book these Trips:

 

Booking by Phone in the USA: Call Charles at the Partnership for International Birding toll-free at 888-203-7464, ext. 912. Charles can also be reached on his cell phone at 720-320-1974.

 

Booking by Phone in the UK: You often reach Leio or Jennifer De Souza in the UK (at Bluetail Birding and the PIB UK Office). Leio can usually be reached at +44 7881 685 779. Call Jennifer at +44 7500 185 058.   

 

Tour Pricing Update Note: These tour prices were updated on April 18, 2024, for all 2025 tour dates.  

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