Warning Chile Pelagics
Been back a month from Chile where I tried to get on two pelagics BUT
FAILED ON ONE DUE TO POOR ORGANISING OF A COMPANY.
Any birders trying for
http://www.aconcaguabirding.com/
or
http://www.humboldtpelagics.com/
should realise that if they book a pelagic there, the company may change
their mind one day before the trip.
They told me to get to Quintero until one day before the trip. I even had telephone contact with the guide then and he recommended two hostels near the port.
I waited in vain the next morning only to find out later that they sent me an e-mail that the trip was starting at Valparaiso which was where I came from the day I was told to go to Quintero.
A major disapointment which made me change my mind to use their services for another short tour which was way overpriced.
Luckily I succeeded in getting on another pelagic with the much
recommended Fanastico Sur (though they are expensive too).
Also the other daytrip worked out fine just by arranging a vehicle myself in
Santiago and was 100% succesful for Diademed Sandpiper Plover at Embalse EL Yeso it also gave me all the other good birds for a much lower price.
BE WARNED!! If you have to rely on Aconcagua for your pelagic you may
be in for a major disappointment !!!!