Southeastern PERU

A Web Page by Roy J. Beckemeyer

Last Updated 31 October 2001

Recounting a trip made by Pat and Roy Beckemeyer to Cusco, Machu Picchu, and the Cloud Forest and Amazonian Lowland Forest of southeastern Peru in November, 2000.  

(Trip made with Jan and Roger Boyd of Baldwin City, Kansas, and David Pantle of Canon City, Colorado, all of us members of the Kansas Ornithological Society.)

Sights:

• Cusco and vicinity
• Machu Picchu
• Cloud Forest
• Amazonian Forest

Photo at right:  Buying rubber boots at village of Pillcopata.  We paid S./25.00 (25 soles, at 3.45 soles per dollar - about $7 and change) per pair.  We didn't need anything but regular hiking boots while in the cloud forest, but the rubber boots came in handy in the Amazonian lowland forests around Amazonia Lodge (500 m elevation). Photo by David Pantle of Canon City, Colorado, one of our traveling companions.

 

Insects:

• Lepidoptera: Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3
• Odonata  
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • List of Odonata for the Trip
• Other Insects

Photo at right:  Male White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird at Amazonia Lodge.  Photo by Roy Beckemeyer, taken with 400 mm f5.6 telephoto with flash.

Other Animals:

• Mammals
• Amphibians
• Birds

Miscellaneous:                     

• Itinerary                                       

Photo at right: Our boots get christened on the trail (from the boat landing on the Alto Rio Madre de Dios) to Amazonia Lodge.  Photo by David Pantle.

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