Birdwatching & Landscaping Tour in Lima

This park is known for having the oldest olives trees in Peru, there are more than one thousand olives trees which are above 150 years old. For sure this is a great opportunity to learn about history, birding and nature!
Just on this park we will be able to watch more than 20 species of birds it is a perfect diverse micro-system that houses lovely birds like Vermilion Flycatcher, Saffron Finch, Croaking Ground-Dove, Cinereous Conebill, Red-masked Parakeet and others.
It is good to know that El Olivar Park is consider one of the most important lungs of lima since it has more than ten hectares full of trees.

This a new park of Lima located right on the cliff between Miraflores and Barranco district overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This new attraction has more than 30 thousand square meters! It was built following the ancient Inca building technique called “andenes or bench terraces” and also long walkable ramps.
Since the opening of this park, it has become the perfect home for many nearly endemic and migratory birds due to its wide variety of multi-colored and flowering ornamental plants.
This park has created a perfect micro system for Amazilia Hummingbirds, Blue-black Grassquits, Blue-grey Tanagers, Shiny Cowbirds, Mockingbirds, etc. And also for different kinds of butterflies that fly around enjoying the nectar of the flowers (Bougainvillea, Campanulas, Small Lantana, etc).

We can not miss the opportunity to watch peruvian ocean birds like Peruvian Pelican, Peruvian Gull, Inca Terns, Oyestercatchers and other shore birds.They rest, nest or reproduce in our green coast.
The perfect area to see all these birds is at the pier of playa Makaha, a long pretty historical beach. The local atmosphere and interesting information will be the perfect ending for our adventure.