Parque Nacional Manu – Amazonas del Perú

Day 1: Your adventure begins
We pick you up at your hotel in Cusco and head to the airport for a 35-minute flight to a small airstrip in the Boca Manu rainforest. Upon arrival at the airport, you will be greeted by your rainforest guide. Our motorized shed will take you on the (approximately) two-hour ride up the Madre de Dios River to the Manu Wildlife Center, a strategically located hotel owned by Manu Expeditions and a local conservation group. On the river trip we will see our first Amazon fauna and riverside birds such as Skimmers, Terns, Herons, Egrets and Orinoco Geese. We should get to the lodge for lunch and meet some of the visiting biologists who work here. In the afternoon, we explore a trail that leads to a lookout point high above the river to watch parrot flights as the sun goes down, and we may run into a troop of monkeys in the forest. Those who wish can take a night walk with the guide in search of nocturnal inhabitants of the forest. Night Manu Wildlife Center. L:D

Day 2: Macaw Clay Lick
Early start today for the Macaw Clay Lick. This is truly one of the world’s greatest wildlife shows, as hundreds of Parrots and their larger relatives, the Macaws, congregate in this traditional locality to eat the mineral-rich clay that is essential for their digestion. We will use a blind (blind) to get closer to the birds. The noise alone is incredible and the sight of these brightly colored birds on the ground is a sight not to be missed. As we slow down mid-morning we’ll head to Cocha Blanco, an old ox-shaped lake, in search of a family of giant otters that live there, and canoe across the lake on our floating platform in search of another wild life. After a relaxed lunch at the lodge we will explore other trails in search of Emperor and Saddleback Tamarins, and have seen the rare Goeldi’s Monkey several times in this area.

Day 3: Explore the Amazon and its ecological diversity.
Full day to explore the forest and trails around the lodge. We’ll keep an eye out for Monk Saki, a rare and rarely seen monkey in the mainland forest that is occasionally seen here. We will explore trails where Manakins, perhaps the most enigmatic of neo-tropical birds, perform their strange mating dances and walk towards one of our shutters in a large mammal labyrinth where Guans and Woodland Parakeets and Parrotlets come for clay. . Here too, groups of Black Spider Monkeys sometimes visit the clay to aid its digestion. Those who wish will return with the guide to the lodge in the late afternoon, however there is the opportunity to stay on the lick after dark until midnight to see what nocturnal creatures come to the lick. Tapirs, the largest land mammals in South America are frequent visitors with up to 12 animals visiting in one night. Other nocturnal creatures are always possible. Night at the Manu Wildlife Center.

Day 4: Flight over the jungle and then over the Andes
After breakfast we head upriver (approximately 2 hours) to the small landing strip at Boca Manu. Early in the morning, flocks of birds pass over the boat, and we can see a Capybara, the largest rodent in the world. Arriving at the airstrip, we will board our plane for the 35-minute flight over the endless jungle and then over the Andes, past glaciers and snow-capped peaks to the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, where our staff will be waiting to take you. to your hotel.