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DAY 1 ARRIVING TO TINGO MARIA
Arrival to the city of Tingo María, transfer and lodging to a
comfortable accommodation, built following the traditional designs of the
area. Immediately later will do a city tour for the main avenues of the city.
Visiting the mirador, where you will be able to take pictures with the
Beautiful Sleeper's silhouette that reflects the mountainous chain of the
National Park Tingo María. Will be made a quickly training of the
collection techniques, installation of traps and preservation of the
butterflies, while we walk for a near stream we will have the possibility to
meet with the first specimens of your trip. Rest at the lodge.
DAY 2 VISITING 750 to 900 msnm
At 8 in the morning we begin the journey from the lodge, in a
four-wheel-traction van for a while , during the itinerary you will be able
to appreciate the National Park Tingo María next to the majestic Huallaga
River, likewise the great diversity of species of wild
flora and the breathtaking landscapes. When arriving, the river up 45-minute
stroll begins. In this place we will camp for the day, meeting different
butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, Morphidae, Heliconidae,
Pieridae among other. The first morpho in appearing ismenelaus
argentiferus (didius), then, the Morpho intermediate
marcus (adonis) that only appreciated from noon to 1 and 45 pm,
meanwhile we will have a parade the whole day of morpho helenor
theodorus (patroclus), Morpho achiles phokylides and Morpho
deidamia diomedes. On the part of the Nymphalidaes is
posible to see the very appreciated Agria claudina lugens.
This area is the richest in diversity of species inside the County.
DAY 3 VISITING +/- 1000 msnm
At 8:00 am in the morning we go for the road toward huanuco city, and
then for a rudimentary trail until the place where begins our adventure of
the walk inside of a beautiful gulch where you will also be able to see many
colorful butterflies of different families. With luck you will be able to
appreciate thePrepona praeneste (red prepona) after you
personally install the special traps to see these coveted butterflies. Also
you found pretty Lycaenidaes (teclas sp.) without
discarding the possibility to see the blue butterflies of the the family
Morphidae like the Morpho menelaus argentiferus (didius), Morpho
helenor theodorus (patroclus), Morpho achiles phokylides, Morpho deidamia
diomedes and the Morpho intermediate marcus (adonis). This place
offers a paradisiac place where you could take a refresh swiming
into its refreshing waters.
Day 04: (2500 msnm)
Early in the morning, at 7:00 o´clock we start a journey of one hour
and a half for the capricious road that unites Tingo Maria with the city of
Huanuco, moving from the 660 msnm until the 2500 msnm and this way to arrive
on time to the cloudy forest that Carpish offers us. This place gives us the
possibility to see colorful butterflies of the family Pieridae and
Riodinidae and also one of the so many beautiful butterflies of
the family Morphidae, such it is the case of the butterfly Morpho
sulkowskyi selenaris. In the same way in the small saline banks
of the streams found pretty Callitheas, Doxocopas, Callicores,among
other Nymphalidaes.
DAY 5 (900 msnm)
Equal to the day before, departure starts early, in a trip of 30
minutes toward the bridge of Imaza, from this place we go on foot for 2 hours
by the imaza stream, from this moment we will have a chance of finding, the
most wonderful morpho and the most difficult of find, the Morpho
rethenor Hellena, whose metallic blue gleams hypnotized us. We
can also there see the Morpho telemachus iphiclus commonly
well-known as butterfly Boa, also you can appreciate the biggest of this
family the commonly call "Cuba" that would come to be the Morpho
cisseis gahua. In the same way they are the rest of Morphos but with
priority to those mentioned. On the part of the Nymphalidaes there
are “the red agria”and “the purple agria”, Agria claudina
lugens and Agria beata respectively.
DAY 06: (440 msnm)
At 6: AM we take the road to Pucallpa city, taking 1 hour with 40
minutes will arrive to a rocky canyon, after a one-hour stroll you
will be able to appreciated the butterfly Morpho rhetenor cacica,
Morpho menelaus argentiferus (didius), Morpho helenor theodorus (patroclus),
Morpho intermediate marcus (adonis), Morpho achiles phokylides, Morpho
deidamia diomedes, and Morpho cisseis
gahua.
DAY 07 TINGO MARIA / LIMA
Returning to Lima. End of our services
ADVISABLE TIME:
First season: Since April until the middle of June
Second season: Since the end of October until the end of December
This trip include:
Ground transportation from Lima to Tingo María and back
from Tingo María to Lima
All Meals during trip outside Lima
Seven nights in a lodge in Tingo maria
Guides
Paper work for permissions required for goverment
Fees for a group collecting permission
Fees for extraction of 200 butterflies
Entrance fees to parks and indian lands
Not included
Meals in Lima
Hotel in Lima
Soft drinks and beers
Airfare from your city to Lima
Airfare from Lima to Huanuco (nearest airport to Tingo maria, in case
you do not want travel by bus from Lima to Tingo)
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