This under-visited route offers constrasting landscapes and birding experiences as well as many of the more sought-after endemics, such as Junin Fightless Grebe and Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager. From the seabird colonies of the Pacifric coast and desert lomas, this route climbs rapidly up the arid western Andes to the puna sorrounding Lake Junin before descending through humid mountane habitats to the Amazon lowlands. In addition to great birding, the centrak route also offers the chance to combine with visit to Caral, the oldest city in the Americas (3000 B.C.), and various sites of the Wari Empire, as well as the spectacular Cordillera Blanca on the North.