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Manu
Adventurer
Manu National Park - Manu Reserved zone
Complete itinerary 5 days/4 nights
From
$1330
Day 01: Cusco/Boca
Manu/Manu wildlife Tented camps at park (Saturday)
Early morning our representative will pick you up from your
hotel to transfer to Cusco airport. A thirty-five minute
flight in a radar-equipped plane takes you to Boca Manu.
Here you will join a group to take a motorized canoe for
5-6 hours to the Wildlife Tented Camp near Cocha Salvador.
We will stop at the Guard park station to be registered.
On the way we will have the chance to observe beaches with
different birds, black caimans, capybaras, turtles, etc.
Afternoon arrival at Manu Wildlife Tented camp. Then we
will explore some trails of primary forest searching for
monkeys. After dinner, the visitors with enough energy will
explore other trails looking for different species including
insects and frogs.
(B,L,D).
| Day 02: Manu
National Park (Sunday)
Visit Cocha Salvador and take a canoe or catamaran
outing on the lake to look for the famous endangered
Giant Otters and observe some birds and monkeys searching
for food. The rest of the day we will explore other
trails through different forest types, with excellent
chances to observe monkeys. (B,L,D).
Day 03: Manu
National Park/Manu Wildlife Center (Monday)
Leave very early to motor down the Manu River to Boca
Manu (here some of the people will take the flight
to Cusco). After some time exploring Boca Manu community.
Then we take a motorized canoe for the 90 minutes
journey down the Madre de Dios River to Manu Wildlife
Center. Late afternoon will be spent exploring some
of the 30 miles of clean forest trails that surround
the lodge. On these trails you have an excellent chance
to encounter some of the 12 species of monkeys, which
include the Monk Saki and Emperor Tamarin, which inhabit
the surrounding forest.
We can return
for dinner back at the Center, or pack our meal for
the leisurely hike about 60-75 minutes through the
night forest to the Amazon’s largest known Tapir
clay lick. Here we climb a 17 by 17 foot observation
platform perched almost 20 feet above the lick itself
where we wait for the lumbering Tapirs to arrive.
Then, using powerful flashlights we hope to observe
and photograph them in action. Our scientific reports
reveal that tapirs usually visit the clay lick between
9:00 pm and midnight; however, their activity continues
until dawn. (L/D)
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Day 04: Manu Wildlife
Center (Tuesday)
Rising before dawn, we take a 25-minute boat journey downstream
to the only large parrot and macaw clay lick in the Manu
area. From a blind we are afforded excellent views and photo
opportunities of hundreds of medium-sized and large parrots
arriving first at the lick, followed by the large Red-and-Green
Macaws arriving to eat the clay.
Please note that:
After lunch at the
Center we continue by boat and short hike from the river,
you have what promises to be an exciting visit to Blanco
Oxbow Lake. This lake has populations of a variety of aquatic
life and water birds, including the prehistoric-looking
hoatzin and the possibility to see the resident family of
giant otters.
Alternatively, time
is available to independently practice your abilities and
experience this expanse of rainforest habitats on your own.
This evening, from
the late afternoon until after Dinner, we offer an opportunity
to search for caiman and other nocturnal life along the
riverbank by boat. (B/L/D)
Day 05: Manu Wildlife
Center/ Cusco (Wednesday)
After early breakfast, we leave near dawn by motor canoe
for the two-hour return trip to the Manu landing strip,
taking advantage of valuable early morning wildlife activity
along the river. From here you fly to Cusco, where your
jungle adventure ends. Arrival at Cusco Airport, reception
and transfer to your hotel. (B)
Important note: Please
note that the program may vary slightly so as to maximize
your wildlife sightings, depending on the reports of our
researchers and experienced naturalist guides based at the
lodge.
Extension
available : Macaw and Tapir clay licks
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| Combine
your Manu Amazon Tour with Cusco and Machu Pichu or
the famous Inca Trail ask
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Discover
the wonders of the rainforest in Manu and Manu National Park a biosphere
reserve in Peru
Manu
Wildlife Center
