Los Amigos Birding Lodge
Parque Nacional Manu, Peru
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Located five hours by road and river northwest of Puerto Maldonado, or a two-day boat trip from our Villa Carmen lodge, Los Amigos is situated where the Los Amigos and Madre de Dios Rivers converge.
Adjacent to the Los Amigos Conservation Concession, with world-famous Manu National Park to the west, Los Amigos is part of a watershed that includes millions of acres of protected wilderness in southeastern Peru. The landscape is a mosaic of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including palm swamps, bamboo thickets, oxbow lakes, and various types of flooded and non-flooded forests. Wildlife is abundant, including 12 globally threatened species and abundant Amazonian fauna including giant otters, harpy eagles, spider monkeys and jaguars, with over 550 birds on the bird list. The area also contains 11 species of primates. By way of comparison, all of Costa Rica holds only four.
Los Amigos is our most remote location and features 7 cabins with basic accommodations: comfortable beds (your choice of single or double) with mosquito nets, private bathroom, luggage and clothes rack, a deck with hammock or lounge chairs, and 24-hour solar powered electricity. The dining hall has a lounge area for reviewing bird lists at the end of the day.
Meals include local, fresh Peruvian cooking with ingredients from the kitchen garden. If you have special meal requirements (vegetarian, gluten free, etc.) please inform the reservation staff prior to your arrival at the lodge. Given the location of the lodge, it may be difficult to accommodate all dietary preferences and the variety of food may be limited.
The best time to visit our three lodges is May through November. At Los Amigos, mean annual temperature is 73° F, with the daytime temperature generally in the high 80s. There are occasional “friajes” or cold fronts that bring cooler temperatures June and July. The rainy season is roughly December through March. During the rainy season, expect drenching rains.
Get ready for some serious birding, with species such as Pavonine Quetzal, Rufous-fronted Antthrush, and the Pale-winged Trumpeter. A whopping 308 birds were logged here at the 2015 Global Big Day!
Los Amigos Birding Lodge
Accommodation
Single Rooms
Double RoomsDormitory
Cabins
Facilities
Private Facilities 24hr – Electricity Solar Generator Hot & Cold Water Fans Mosquito Nets Wifi Non Smoking
Naturalist / Guide
Resident GuideGuide can be arrangedGuided WalksNight Walks / Drives Boat Trips Near National Park / Reserve (less than 50km)Near Stream or RiverNear Pond or Lake Sightings Book / BoardChecklists
Trails
Nearby TrailsWithin accommodation grounds or up to 1 mile away
Food
Restaurant / DiningBreakfastLunchDinner Bar
Species List - English
- Pavonine Quetzal 1km
- Collared Puffbird 2-10km
- Amazonian Umbrellabird 2-10km
- Purus Jacamar 2-10km
- Hairy-crested Antbird 1km
- Manu Antbird 1km
- Orinoco Goose 2-10km
- Pale-winged Trumpeter 1km
- Rufous-breasted Piculet 2-10km
- Black-capped Tinamou 1km
- Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo 1km
- Hoatzin 2-10km
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher 1km
- Starred Wood Quail 1km
- Black-faced Cotinga 1km
- Yellow-billed Nunbird 1km
- Gilded Barbet 1km
- Bamboo Antshrike 1km
- Johannes’s Tody-Tyrant 1km
- Bartlett’s Tinamou 1km
- Chestnut-winged Hookbill 1km
- Goeld’s Antbird 1km
- Semicollared Puffbird 1km
- Emperor Tamarin 1km
- Buckley’s Forest Falcon 1km
- Rusty-belted Tapaculo 1km
- Black-banded Crake 1km
- Scarlet-hooded Barbet 1km
- Red-bellied Titi Monkey 1km
- Chestnut-capped Puffbird 1km
Species List - Scientific
- Pharomachrus pavoninus 1km
- Bucco capensis 2-10km
- Cephalopterus ornatus 2-10km
- Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus 2-10km
- Rhegmatorhina melanosticta 1km
- Cercomacra manu 1km
- Neochen jubata 2-10km
- Psophia leucoptera 1km
- Picumnus rufiventris 2-10km
- Crypturellus atrocapillus 1km
- Neomorphus geoffroyi 1km
- Opisthocomus hoazin 2-10km
- Chloroceryle inda 1km
- Odontophorus stellatu 1km
- Conioptilon mcilhennyi 1km
- Monasa flavirostris 1km
- Capito auratus 1km
- Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae 1km
- Hemitriccus iohannis 1km
- Crypturellus bartletti 1km
- Ancistrops strigilatus 1km
- Akletos goeldii 1km
- Malacoptila semicincta 1km
- Saguinus imperator 1km
- Micrastur buckleyi 1km
- Liosceles thoracicus 1km
- Laterallus fasciatus 1km
- Eubucco tucinkae 1km
- Plecturocebus moloch 1km
- Bucco macrodactylus 1km
