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Our fabulous Chile tour starts in the central Andes, above the capital Santiago © Mike Crewe

Our fabulous Chile tour starts in the central Andes, above the capital Santiago © Mike Crewe

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Our fabulous Chile tour starts in the central Andes, above the capital Santiago © Mike Crewe The mountains are home to many localised specialities - here's our group enjoying fabulous close views of ... © Mike Crewe ... the furtive Grey-breasted Seedsnipe © Mike Crewe And, after a bit more searching, the incredible Diademed Sandpiper-plover. By timing our tour to run in February, we have the best chances of accessing the high montane habitat where this stunning wader breeds © Mike Crewe Our group enjoys another birding stop at Farallones in the high Andes © Mike Crewe
Juvenile Common Miner at Torres del Paine © tour participant Peter Tapsell Acommon but attractive Chilean bird, the Dark-bellied Cinclodes © tour participant Peter Tapsell Chile Pine forest. Better known to us as Monkey Puzzle, this intriguing woodland holds some fascinating birdlife © tour participant Peter Tapsell The superbly-named Thorn-tailed Rayadito lurks in the southern beech forests © tour participant Peter Tapsell The diminutive Austral Pygmy Owl © tour participant Peter Tapsell
An impressive shot of the generally reclusive Chucao Tapaculo! © tour participant Peter Tapsell Southern Caracara, a wonderfully photogenic South American raptor © tour participant Peter Tapsell Up close and personal with a Magellanic Penguin © tour participant Peter Tapsell Peruvian Pelicans are plentiful along the coast © tour participant Peter Tapsell Our Chile trip is set against some of the finest scenery anywhere in the world - here a view across Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park © tour participant Peter Tapsell
A pair of Black-necked Swans swims gracefully by © tour participant Peter Tapsell The unbelievably beautiful Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile © tour participant Peter Tapsell Sunrise over Torres del Paine © tour participant Peter Tapsell For rarity value, surely this critically endangered Darwin's Fox takes the biscuit - it took some sandwiches too! © tour participant Peter Tapsell Dwarfed by the immensity of the landscape, a mighty Andean Condor soars over Torres del Paine National park © Mike Crewe
The impressive peaks of Torres del Paine form a spectacular backdrop to our birding as our Chile tour draws to a close © Mike Crewe Thought to be a relative of the cotingas, a Rufous-tailed Plantcutter goes about its business in Torres del Paine National Park © Mike Crewe Imperious upland raptor, an adult Black-chested Buzzard Eagle keeps a watchful eye on our 2008 group © tour participant Peter Tapsell Superbly scenic, Torres del Paine National Park in the far south of Chile © Mike Crewe Another 'must-see' South American species, Torrent Duck - this a female, with its distinctive rusty belly © tour participant Peter Tapsell
Fire-eyed Diucon, one of many Chilean birds with exciting names! © tour participant Peter Tapsell Don't gulp your food! White-tufted Grebe with quite a meal for its stripe-faced youngster © tour participant Peter Tapsell The animals came in two by two: Guanacos on the Patagonian steppe © tour participant Peter Tapsell Guanaco and Lesser Rheas stalk the windswept steppes of Patagonia © tour participant Peter Tapsell The furtive Austral Canastero is one of the stars of a visit to Tierra del Fuego © tour participant Peter Tapsell
South America is blessed with a wealth of evocatively-named, 'must-see' birds - like this White-throated Treerunner © tour participant Peter Tapsell Think I'll be OK here until the wind picks up! Sedge Wren © tour participant Peter Tapsell I must take more care of my feathers. Juvenile Plumbeous Rail © tour participant Peter Tapsell A fine study of the powerful Magellanic Horned Owl © tour participant Peter Tapsell For many birdwatchers, the magnificent Magellanic Woodpecker is one of the world's 'must-see' birds © tour participant Peter Tapsell
Burrowing Parrots not doing their thing! © tour participant Peter Tapsell Black-browed Albatrosses on the crossing to Tierra del Fuego © tour participant Peter Tapsell Ashy-headed Goose on Tierra del Fuego, where it occurs alongside the more numerous Upland Goose © tour participant Peter Tapsell The elegant Tawny-throated Dotterel, Tierra del Fuego © tour participant Peter Tapsell This juvenile Austral Thrush still has some growing to do! © tour participant Peter Tapsell
Patagonian Sierra Finch © tour participant Peter Tapsell Tickets please! A Llama attempt to board our bus © Mike Crewe The Andes are home to strange mammals too, like this Alpaca - or is it a giant Chilean poodle! © Mike Crewe Most elegant of all the camels, a Vicuna soaks up the scenery at 14,000ft above sea level on our 2006 visit to the stunning Lauca National Park © Mike Crewe