British Birdfair - special offers 2010 - valid only to Aug 29
Published: Tue, 08/24/10
Hi
If you happened to be at the British Birdwatching Fair and looked for me you looked in vain. I could not go. In fact, in spite of it surely being a great social event, it seems a bit silly to use as a sales point. The cost to participate is high, when you add up the fees, flight and the material one need to produce. Then conisder the enormous amount of trees used to produce all those broschure and the fuel used to transport both exhibitors - across the globe - as well as visitors. What was that about global warming and the clearcutting of the forests again. Why not make a Virtual Birdfair on line instead? So I blogged about it on this link. See what you think!
Considering all the money I saved not going to the birdfair, I figured I could do some special offers instead to you and your friends.If you scroll down to the bottom you shall find the time limited Special offers. It says it is only to Aug 29, but for the subscribers of this newsletter the offer is on to Sep 5.
Satipo road and Carpish
As you know I helped Rain Forest Partner ship with the fundraising for Satipo road. Over $15000 was raised and from September there shall be proper beds at Apaya-Calabaza and a working shower hot water. To celebrate I am giving extreme discounts for the remaining trips this year.You find the itinerary here.
New Budget Tambopata trip a smashing success.
We just ran the new trip and Alex was a magician. He even managed to find a new species for Peru. Unicolored Blackbird - check that link! We have 5 trips coming up giving the great discount as mentioned above - time limited to Sep 5. On the first September 17 trip shall have a very interesting crew with myself, Alex (the magician), Rick Wright (from Wings and ABA) and young birder whiz Chris Sharpe plus two other clients. We have three spaces left only for $1180 including the flight from Lima. Don't wait too long.
And if you can't make it on this one, you may come on the ones in October, November, December and January. This trip can be combined with Satipo road/Carpish and a Pelagic trip in between. Prior to the trip you may add a day at Machu Picchu and maybe a day at the Polylepis forest at Abra Malaga. The new budget trip you find here.
List price guarantee
The last offer is simply a pre-booking concept for 2011. We guarantee the list price based on groups of 7 people even if you are on your own on any trip. Read more on the relevant blogpost here.
Also must mention some pelagics.
We had the first confirmed Chatham Island Albatros last year, this year the first photographed Brown Booby and a month ago first confirmed Westland Petrel with photos.
I will add the comments that the seabird experts have left on this blogpost when I get back from North Peru on Friday. In the meantime, can you sort out the Procellaria? Which one is the Westland? Is there Parkinson's as well. Don't worry if you can`t make it out. I flunked badly myself.
Sep 9, Sep 25
Oct 2
Nov 13 and Nov 26
So many reasons to come to Peru now!!
Many Saludos
Gunnar