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Manu Explorer and the Macaw and Tapir Clay Lick
Manu National Park

Complete itinerary 8 days/7 nights
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This program is similar to our traditional “Bip-Trip” but features the Wildlife Tented Camp and finish at the Manu Wildlife Center. visiting the macaw clay lick and much more.

Day 01: Cuzco/Manu Cloud forest (Saturday)
Depart Cusco in our private, custom-designed expedition bus/van with reclining seats and extra legroom and drive all day through all elevated in our private, 11000-acre (4,400-hectare) cloud forest in Peru. The bus stops frequently during the trip to permit visits to small Andean towns and exploration of the incredible range of cloud forest habitats. (L, D ).

Day 02: Manu Cloud forest/Boca Manu (Sunday)
Observe Cocks-of-the-Rock displaying and calling at down, and the enjoy breakfast back at the lodge. Explore the cool, moist, mosquito-free cloud forest and search for the confiding Brown Capuchin Monkeys. Travel by bus for 2-3 more hours to the riverside hamlet of Atalaya, where we board our motor canoes to travel down the Alto Madre de Dios River towards the mouth of the Manu River. Depending on the road and river conditions on this day, we either sleep in a simple tented camp (with small tents) or in a rustic local lodge near the mouth of the Manu River. (B,L,D).

Day 03: Boca Manu/Manu wildlife Tented camps at Manu Park (Monday)
Dawn in the forest or on the riverbank, and the travel by motor canoe up the Manu River for 5-6 hours to the Wildlife Tented Camp near Cocha Salvador. (B,L,D).

Day 04: Manu National Park (Tuesday)
Visit Cocha Salvador and take a canoe or catamaran outing on the lake to observe birds and to search for Giant Otters. Also walk trails through different forest types, with excellent chances to observe monkeys. (B,L,D).

Day 05: Manu National Park (Wednesday)
Short motorcanoe ride on the Manu River to the trail head for Cocha Otorongo, walk the trails at Cocha Otorongo to search for Woolly Monkeys (the best place to see them in the Manu lowlands), climb a 50-foot (17m), metal tower to the mid-canopy, and return to Wildlife Tented Camp for the night. (B,L,D).

Day 06: Manu National park/Boca Manu/Manu Wildlife Center (Thursday)
Leave very early to motor down the Manu River to Boca Manu and then for the 90 minutes journey down the Madre de Dios River to Manu Wildlife Center to arrive for lunch. Arrival and the rest of the day 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. You will have an excursion to explore the trails in the rainforest, surrounding the lodge, and plan to spend the late afternoon up a 34 meter canopy platform. Here, we watch the last frantic activity in the rainforest canopy, or rush hour, before night settles.

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. (B/L/D)

Day 07: Manu Wildlife Center (Friday)
Rising before dawn, take 25 minutes boat journey downstream to the only large parrot and macaw clay lick in the Manu area. From a floating catamaran 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 :

• The clay lick activity reaches its best from August to October and decreases during the months of May and June.

• During the dry season (June-September) the water level on the river does not always allow for a floating blind and it will then be sitting on the ground.

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 08: Manu / Cusco
After a dawn breakfast you will board the motor canoe for the two hours return trip to the Manu landing strip, from which you fly to Cusco, where your jungle adventure ends. Arrival, reception and transfer to the your hotel. (B)

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.

Fixed departures leaving from Cusco 2006

May		13 & 27
June		10 & 26
July		15 & 29
August		5 & 12 & 29
September		2 & 16 & 30
Octuber		14 & 28
November		11

Price per person (*)

Manu Explorer & Macaw lick Extensión			Details	2/4	5/up	Sing Supp
Leave Cusco By bus	Return Cuzco by plane
Saturday	Saturday		Package price	1540	1495	350

( * ) Important note:

We operate with a minimum of 2 passengers.

Do not forget to check the predeparture information.

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