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For visiting the High Andes and Puna as far as clothing is concerned, comfortable footwear for walking, preferably sports shoes or boots, warm clothes and a sun hat are recommended. A water bottle or container will come in handy too.
Please do not forget to wear sunglasses, sunblocking or sunscreen lotion (or a high SPF cream) if you plan to walk along some of the suggested routes.
For excursions at the High Andes and Puna areas we´d like to suggest you to bring some high-altitude illness pills with your first-aid kit. It is advisable to get accustomed to high altitude conditions for a few days first, so that the physical exercise is not too demanding and your body does not suffer from lack of oxygen.
For Yungas and forests it is advisable to keep at hand a light waterproof jacket, a long-sleeve shirt to prevent insect bites as well as some insect repellent. Autumn and Winter is the best time of the year to visit mountain forests, out of the rainy season.
At Chaco forests it is advisable the same outfit than for Yungas. Best time to visit this area is during late Winter and early Spring.
Birds:
High Andes region: Andean Condor, Miner, Earthcreeper, Ground-Tyrant, Finch, Siskin
Puna endemic birds: Puna Earthcreeper, Puna Ground-Tyrant.
Puna aquatic habitat birds: Puna Flamingo, Puna Teal, Giant Coot, American Coot, Horned Coot, Andean Lapwing, Puna Plover.
High Andes and Puna birds: Bare-eyed Ground-Dove, Rock Earthcreeper, Black-bellied Shrike-Tyrant.
High Andes and Puna aquatic birds: Andean Flamingo, Puna Ibis, Diademed Sandpiper-Plover.
Mountain forests birds: Andean Guan, Band-tailed Pigeon, White-faced Dove, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Tucuman Parrot, Blue-capped Puffleg, Dot-fronted Woodpecker, Ocellated Piculet, Rufous-throated Dipper.
Mountain forest birds seen also elsewhere: Black-and-chestnut Eagle, Yellow-collared Macaw, Slender-tailed Woodstar, White-browed Tapaculo, Andean Tyrant, White-throated Tyrannulet, Slaty Thrush, Common Bush-Tanager, Black-backed Grosbeak.
Other species are Bare-eyed Ground-dove, Red-fronted Macaw, Wedge-tailed Hillstar, Olivaceous Thornbill, Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant, Bolivian Earthcreeper, Royal Inclodes, Maquis, Berlepsch's, Line-fronted, Scribble-tailed Canastero, Bolivian Blackbird, Grey-crested Finch, Short-tailed Finch, Bolivian Warbling-finch, Cochabamba Mountain-finch, Tucuman Mountain-finch, Citron-headed Yellow-finch, Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer, Rufous-bellied Saltator.
Most of the restricted-range bird species are found in forested and scrub habitats within the puna and pre-puna zones.
A group of four restricted-range species (Ara rubrogenys, Upucerthia harterti, Lophospingus griseocristatus and Oreopsar bolivianus) is associated with the intermontane valleys.
Source for Birds: Bird Life International
Salta, walkways, temples and monuments. Bus to the Clouds. Pre-Hispanic settlements stopped in time.
Quebrada de Humahuaca. (Humahuaca Gorge). Jujuy.
Birdwatching or angling at a private natural reserve.
Bird and wildlife watching in Salta with local experts.
Provincial Park and Yungas biosphere reserve. Birding and wildlife watching. Trekking.
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