Peru: A Community Effort

The construction of Peru’s Interoceanica Highway has brought with it mitigation funds for the development of the communities affected by the construction of the road, and some are taking advantage of it to attract eco-tourists.

This is the new Mendez Family Restaurant, housed in one of the most attractive buildings we saw anywhere in the Peruvian countryside. The menu comprises a selection of excellent local specialties.

And best of all, there’s post-prandial birding right behind the restaurant.

This was where we say the only Dull-capped Attila of the tour, a noisy beast indeed, and though we had to wait another day for our first Point-tailed Palmcreeper, the palms here would almost certainly have produced that bizarre and dramatic bird at a more suitable time of day.