Cruising the Andes to the Atacama Pt. 7
23/02/17 Arica, Chile
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Arica, set in the heart of the Atacama Desert would be our last port of call in Chile. Russ and Emma had been made a recommendation for guiding whilst in Arica and this proved to be an excellent option. We met up with our guides Jorge Abarca and Jorge Figueroa from Birding Arica. They spoke very little English and we spoke hardly any useful Spanish and yet somehow we got along really well and were able to make ourselves pretty well understood.
We were immediately whisked up to the Molinos area of the Azapa Valley. We had barely exited the vehicle when I noticed Andean Swifts careening across the clear blue sky. I was delighted as this was a species I’d really wan...
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