Rise early to explore the birds of the tree tops of the Amazon Basin - a 2.7-million square mile (6.7 million sq.km) conservation area that is the largest in the world, spreading across nine countries - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana.
We start by climbing a 36-metre (118 ft) Observation Tower. To get there, your guide will paddle on the Challwacocha Lake for 30 minutes, followed by a 10-minute walk. The diversity of birds here is incredible, and includes many colourful birds such as macaws, toucans, honeycreepers, tanagers, flycatchers, hummingbirds and, with luck, the rare Harpy Eagle. Birds that are virtually impossible to see from the forest floor are suddenly right beside you, oblivious to your presence. Groups of birds you can hope to see include Turquoise, Flame-crested, Opal-rumped and Opal-crowned tanagers, Golden & Orange-bellied euphonias, Green & Purple honeycreepers, Lemon-throated barbets, Spangled & Plum-throated cotingas, Great potoos, Great jacamars and Crested eagles. You may also see spider monkeys searching for fruit.
Once the treetop activity is over, we head down to spend the rest of the day in the forest, concentrating on the understory, searching for antbirds and manakins. Targets include the Lunulated antbird, Fulvous antshrike, Long-tailed potoo, Wire-tailed manakin. The lodge bar and three-storey dock offers more birding opportunities, so have your binoculars handy to spot the Silver-beaked tanager, Long-billed woodcreeper, Masked crimson tanager, Hoatzin, Yellow-rumped cacique, White-throated toucan and Many-banded aracari.
In the afternoon we walk along the Chorongo Trail, with the possibility of sighting the Brownish twistwing, Chestnut-belted gnateater, Black-tailed leaftosser, Thrush-like antpitta, Wire-tailed manakin, Blue-crowned manakin, Screaming piha and Rusty-belted tapaculo.
Note: Your daily programme is subject to change, according to weather conditions. A headlamp is essential in the Amazon and assume there will be no mobile phone coverage and weak (or non-existent) WiFi.