How to make Peru birding tours less expensive. The traditional
birding tour to Peru that are like two weeks long. 
Like 15, 16 or 17 days. When it comes to 
Birding tours sometimes they can cost
Up to 4000-5000 dollars.
That is quite a lot of money. 
Based on the standard price 
which is US$235/person/day 
If it would only be that it comes to $3760 
for 16 days. That is not too bad
That is more or less the price we offer when it comes to Central Peru. 
Because there are hardly any entrance fees there. 
When it come to the North and Manu road there will be entrance fees
there, so those will be extras. 
There are also many birding lodges that we use 
that are great, but which also increase the total price which could be up to $60/person/night. 
In some cases up to $100 more per night or even more.
That also adds up to the price of the trip of course.  
Then there is the cost of domestic flights. Each leg costing
80-100 US dollars   
We need to book that in advance to make sure  
you are on the right flight, that also makes the price of  birding trip 
a little bit higher - the cost of the trip.
And when you arrive to Lima, most international flights arrive 
in the late afternoon and there is hardly anytime for any birding then, so you can't   
go birding straight away, so you need to get a hotel
either at the Lima airport, which is expensive, or if you 
have more time, get a transfer into Lima  
then you have a variety of hotels you can chose from . 
For some itineraries we also add  
as the food of Peru is very good here and we like to eat well when we can. 
so we sometimes add fancy restaurants which will raise.
the price as well. Then of course we have
the costs of the guide and the driver. 
Sometimes when we stay at lodges, they can't .
stay free of charge, although it is often the case that there is   
Quite a reduced rate for the guide and the driver, but not always.  
And if the rate is not reduced or included, then we need to raise the price for the client. 
The client has to pay for that 
I usually when it is very 
 expensive lodging
I will not put that on top for the client 
to pay, but rather have the driver and sometimes also the guide stay somewhere else   
 nearby where it is less costly. That is an option at     
some places, but not all the time.
Additionally, we have our price break of our groups at 5 people
If we would have 10 people in the group
then our standard price would go dow quite a bitn. 
We sometimes even have a hard time getting those 5 people minimum
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