Trip Report:
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Leaders
Lucas Bustamante
Lucas Bustamante is a passionate biologist and environmental photojournalist from Ecuador. For more than a decade, he has documented tropical biodiversity and its interactions with humans. He is a co-founder at Tropical Herping and Savia Fund. Like Greg, Lucas's images have been honored in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice contests.
In addition to leading photography workhops, he has also written several articles and books about conservation, photography, and herpetology. Lucas's photographic work has been featured in National Geographic, Audubon, GEO, Smithsonian, and many other magazines, books, and articles.
Paulo Valerio
Costa Rican born and raised, Paulo Valerio is an ecologist, tourism entrepreneur, and nature photographer. Paulo graduated as a tropical ecologist from the Biology School of the National University. During his graduate studies, he specialized in the development of sampling and research methods for high-flying bats in the rainforest canopy.
Involved with ecotourism since 1992, Paulo has worked as a naturalist guide and field instructor for several companies, has developed and directed field study programs and taught tropical ecology at various universities in Costa Rica and the US.. He is also a nature photographer and birdwatcher. Paulo recently also decided to pursue a long time interest and passion and obtained his PhD in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.
Itinerary
Day 1: Airport
Arrival to Perú. Meet our representative at Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM). and transfer to our hotel right on the airport complex, where Foto Verde Tours’ Greg Basco will be awaiting your arrival. The hotel has free wireless Internet throughout the grounds and in the rooms.
Days 2-3: Jungle
After breakfast, we fly to the Amazon city of Tarapoto. After a quick stop in town to purchase any necessary odds and ends, we arrive to our jungle lodge for lunch and check-in. In the afternoon, we head out for a river boat ride to photograph hoatzin, herons, toucans, and kingfishers.
Days 4-5: Rainforest
Today we spend all of our time on the lodge grounds where we will concentrate on macro photography of some amazing species of frogs such as the Three-striped and Mimic Poison Dart Frogs! We'll help you to get comfortable with flash so that you can take awesome photos of the colorful subjects the Peruvian rainforest offers us.
Days 6-7: Desert
This morning we tak a hike to visit a super photogenic waterfall in the private reserve of our lodge. After lunch, we have time for more macro photography until we adjourn for dinner.
Days 8-9: Downtown
Today we fly from Tarapoto to the city of Arequipa in the country's southwest. Arequipa is the gateway to the Colca Canyon and the best spot we've found to photograph the Andean Condor. We arrive this afternoon to our charming hotel right on the main plaza of Arequipa where we will practice blue hour city photography right from the terrace.
Days 10-11
Today we travel to the Colca Canyon and our beautiful lodge replete with natural hot springs. We visit the nearby town of Maca in the afternoon where we have made contacts that will allow us to photograph local people.
Days 12-13
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