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Duration: 11 days/10 nights

Departures (two):

2007 - August 12th & 22th

Guide: Thomas Valqui

Route: Lima/Cusco/Manu Wildlife Center/Cusco/Lima

Highlights: Birding one of the world’s most diverse spots. Surprising comfort, no complicated logistics or bumpy roads. Macaw clay lick, 3 huge canopy towers for superb canopy birding & 8 distinctive habitats to bird (including bamboo). A great way to learn about Amazonian birds.

Includes: Guided tours by specialist, transportation in Manu (boat and plane), entrance fees, accommodations at hotels and lodges, Machu Picchu train and some meals according to program.

Not included: International airfare Domestic airfares Lima-Cusco-Lima (ca. 250 US$), airport taxes, personal expenses and some meals in cities to give you freedom of choice and because some people skip meals.

Day 1
Arrive in Lima, reception and transfer to hotel,
Overnight at Sonesta El Olivar*****

Day 2
Morning Visit the Villa Marshes and surroundings.
Overnight at Sonesta El Olivar*****
Meals : B

Day 3
Early morning flight to Cusco and transfer to hotel. Afternoon birding at the Huacarpay lake and marshes. Overnight at Novotel**** or similar.
Meals : B

Day 4
Short flight to Boca Manu where you will join your guide for a 2-hour birding boat trip to MWC. Afternoon walk on the MWC trail system, which includes “the grid”. Overnight at Manu Wildlife Center.
Meals : B, L, D

Day 5
Early morning visit to the spectacular macaw clay lick, a short boat trip from the lodge. From a specially designed blind we will witness this colorful display of hundreds of macaws and parrots. After the birds leave we will visit an oxbow lake on our way back to the lodge for a late lunch, followed by an afternoon of birding on the trails. Overnight at Manu Wildlife Center.
Meals : B, L, D

Day 6 to 8
We will spend the next 3 days birding in a variety of habitats. Our activities will include extensive birding in terra firme forest, where the grid will give us access to several known territories of hard to get birds, follow mixed species flocks and spend time in flooded forest. We will also visit the bamboo island for almost all of the specialists of this unique habitat, look for the Rufous-fronted Antthrush in the Heliconia thickets by the Antthrush trail, and visit a typical large oxbow lake. Since we will be based at the comfortable lodge, if someone wants to sleep in, take a morning or afternoon out, or bird alone, it will be easy to catch up with the group at any time. Overnight at Manu Wildlife Center.
Meals : B, L, D

Day 9
An early boat trip with some birding on the river will take us to the airstrip at Boca Manu, where we will spend a few hours birding secondary habitats and forest edge, before returning to Cusco by small chartered aircraft. You will have the afternoon free for city touring or relaxing. Overnight at Novotel or similar****.
Meals : B

Day 10
Return to Lima by plane. Arrival and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at Sonesta El Olivar *****.
Meals : B

Day 11
Transfer to the airport for international flight.
Meals : B

GENERAL CONDITIONS

Important: Though we have never heard of anyone contracting yellow fever anywhere in Peru or neighboring countries, Peru nevertheless requires a current yellow fever vaccination for trips to the rainforest regions. This vaccination is usually required for all rainforest regions around the world.

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