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Manu Tours 5 / 7 / 9 days
- 5 / 7 / 9 days
- With fixed departures
- Cloud Forest, Pilcopata, Lakes Salvador & Otorongo, Macaw Lick and Manu Camping Lodge
- in by bus, out by plane or bus
All prices are current only for 2009:
| 5 days: | s/. 2653 per person |
| 7 days: | s/. 2856 per person |
| 9 days: | s/. 2682 per person |
Day 1: Cusco-Cloud Forest and Pilcopata
After an early rise there will be a visit to Lake Huacarpay (30km outside Cusco). Using a telescope, it will be possible to see some of the 95 species of birds that are registered at the lake, including Black-crowned Night-Herons, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles, White-tufted Grebes, Silvery Grebes, Plumbeos Rails, Sparkling Violetears, Giant Hummingbirds, Green-tailed Trainbearers, Barded Mountaineers, the Andean ducks and the Puna Ibis.
We head over the Andes, stopping for a coffee at the beautiful colonial village of Paucartambo. Continuing, we climb to the highpoint of the Manu Biosphere at about 3,800 m before descending to the cloud forest. In these mysterious surroundings we take a hike to the leek of the incredible cock-of-the-rock, to see the 'performance' of the male’s right under our eyes. We spend our first night in Pilcopata, Gallito de las Rocas Hotel.
Day 2: Cloud Forest-Atalaya-Boca Manu Lodge
At daybreak we continue by bus to tropical lowland rainforest. Here at the small village Atalaya at 650 m, we change into a motorized canoe to navigate down the turbulent Alto Madre de Dios River to Boca Manu. As night falls we sleep at Boca Manu Lodge.
Day 3 and 4: Lake Salvador and Lake Otorongo night in Machiguenga Lodge
On the morning of the third day we turn up the Manu River. From this vantage point we will have great views of riverside birds, sunbathing caiman, and the enormous aquatic guinea pig, the capybara. We reach our Machiguenga Lodge deep inside Manu in the afternoon. This will be our base for the next two days. During this time, we will hike through virgin forest and explore one of the most beautiful lakes of the Manu basin, Lake Salvador, by catamaran. There is a chance to see a huge variety of colourful birds, numerous species of monkey and with luck, a family of giant otters. A five hour hike through the forest takes us to Lake Otorongo and a 20 metre-high observation platform that overlooks the lake. At night we can explore the forest by torchlight or go moonlight caiman spotting on the lake.
Day 5: Lake Salvador-Boca Manu
After a final walk through the forest surrounding Lake Salvador, we return back down the Manu River. At Boca Manu you return to Cusco by light aircraft, if you are participating in the 5-day trip.
If your tour is of 7 or 9 days, it continues as follows:
Day 5: Lake Salvador-Boca Manu – Amazon Manu Lodge
After a final walk through the forest surrounding Lake Salvador, we return back down the Manu River. At Boca Manu we continue on the Madre de Dios River and we stop for see a Crested Eagle nesting close to the river 15 minutes walking into the forest, arriving to Oropéndola private reserved zone, near the clay licks for mammal and macaws, where we spend the night in Manu camping Lodge.
Day 6: Macaw Lick
At first light we head to the macaw lick for 45 minutes by boat to watch the dazzling spectacle of hundreds of parakeets, parrots and macaws eating clay. In the afternoon we rest and walk around the lodge looking for medicinal plants, at night we will visit another one of Manu’s most famous Mammal Clay lick, after dinner your guide will take you to a platform overlooking a Mammal clay lick in the heart of the forest. Here you can experience the incredible sounds of the night whilst keeping an eye out for visitors to the clay lick. Don’t worry if you fall asleep, your guide will be on full alert and ready to wake you at the first sign of activity. Animals that may visit the clay lick are the Tapir (a large mammal found in the Amazon), Deer and the Agouti paca.
Day 7: Manu Camping Lodge - Cusco
A short boat ride takes us to Boca Manu airport and our return flight over the rainforest and the Andes to Cusco by light aircraft, if you are participating in the 7-day trip.
If your tour is of 9 days, it continues as follows:
Day 7: Manu Camping Lodge - Boca Manu - Yanayacu Lodge
A short boat ride takes us to Boca Manu and we carry on up the Alto Madre de Dios River. Travelling on the river gives us our best chance to see rare animals such as the puma or jaguar that are resting or foraging on the beaches; Night at Yanayacu Lodge.
Day 8: Pilcopata
This day we travel upstream to Atalaya where our bus is waiting to take us back to Pilcopata and spend the night at Gallito de las Rocas Hotel.
Day 9: Pilcopata-Cloud forest- Cusco
Early in the morning we travel by bus take us back to the cloud forest and over the Andes to Cusco.
Includes:
- Qualified naturalist guide speaking English and Spanish.
- Neotropical Rainforest Mammals Field Guide Book, Field Guide to the Birds of Peru and Flora check list.
- First Aid Kit.
- Transportation by private bus from Cusco to Cloud Forest to Atalaya (5- and 7-day tour) and back from Atalaya to Cusco (9-day tour).
- Transportation by private boat from Atalaya to Lake Salvador to Boca.
- Manu (5-day tour) to Blanquillo claylike to Manu Camping Lodge (7-day tour) to Yanayacu Lodge to Atalaya (9-day tour).
- Flight from Boca Manu to Cusco (5- and 7-day tour).
- All Meals.
- Lodges
- Tents and mats.
- Manu checking list.
- Paper work for park entrance.
Not Included:
- Entrance fee $50 pp for 2008.
- Airport tax for those returning by plane from Boca Manu to Cusco on 5 and 7, day tours(10 Dollars pp to be paid before departure).
- Soft drinks and beers.
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