Wednesday 25 August, Cusco-Puerto Maldonado
A long but scenic journey going from the dry mountains on the west, over snow peaked Andean mountains and down into the more humid eastern side of the Andes starting with cloud forests then into jungle. The mountain pass was 4700 that is meters so nearly 15000ft a bit bigger then ben nevis! So lots of different habitats with different climates and altitudes
The road is very new and still being built, so sometimes was diverted onto dirt tracks. We set of at 6.30 am and arrived at 7.30pm, covered 270 miles and saw 48 species of birds from the truck. We did stop lots to look as stuff and have breaks.A long but scenic journey going from the dry mountains on the west, over snow peaked Andean mountains and down into the more humid eastern side of the Andes starting with cloud forests then into jungle. The mountain pass was 4700 that is meters so nearly 15000ft a bit bigger then ben nevis! So lots of different habitats with different climates and altitudes
The road is very new and still being built, so sometimes was diverted onto dirt tracks. We set of at 6.30 am and arrived at 7.30pm, covered 270 miles and saw 48 species of birds from the truck. We did stop lots to look as stuff and have breaks.
