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Manu Wildlife Center - 5 days/4 nights Program
Leave and return by plane to/from Cuzco.
Fixed Departures: Thu to Mon or Sat to Wed
Cost per person based on double occupancy + airfare.
Program Operated from May through November
2 to 4 US$ 1,475.00
Single Supplement Fee: US$ 300.00
Flight Boca Manu to Cuzco US$ 390.00 (subject to change)
Reduce Rates available for 5 or more people
Manu Wildlife Center, located east of the Manu River on the north bank of Madre de Dios River, is a superb lodge offering excellent birding and wildlife viewing opportunities. The Center's extensive trail system is designed to provide a variety of ecosystems including bamboo forests. Other attractions include a comfortable blind at an enormous parrot and macaw clay lick, two 130-foot-high (40 m) canopy platforms, mobile platforms at fruiting trees, and two oxbow lakes. The Lodge contains 22 double-occupancy fully screened private bungalows, separate complexes with hot showers and toilets, a large fully screened dining room and a charming bar with hammocks for relaxing.
For those interested in a deeper experience in Manu jungle lowland we can offer longer programs 6 days, 7 days or more. Contact us for prices and details.
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| The Manu Biosphere Reserve covers 1,800,000 hectares and located in the remote southwestern region of Peru in the Amazon basin. Designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1987, the reserve protects one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Manu is believed to have more biodiversity than any other Reserve in Peru due to the variety of habitats that include high altitude cloud forests on eastern slopes of the Andes and rainforest lowlands of the Amazon Basin. Some 850 bird species have been identified and rare species such as jaguars, the giant otter and the giant armadillo are also located in the park. |
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ITINERARY
Day 1
Cuzco - Manu Wildlife Center
Early morning a representative from Mondo Verde Expeditions will pick you up from your hotel to transfer to Cuzco airport. A thirty-five minute flight in a radar-equipped plane takes you to Boca Manu. Here you take a motorized canoe for the 90 minutes journey down the Madre de Dios River to Manu Wildlife Center to arrive for lunch. The 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. After dinner you will have a short night excursion to explore nocturnal life in the rainforest.
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Day 2
Manu Wildlife Center
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 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 to explore the forest trails 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.
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Day 3
Manu Wildlife Center
After another early morning departure 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.
After returning for lunch at the Center your guide is available to further explore the forest trails for more wildlife encounters. 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.
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Day 4
Manu Wildlife Center
Rising at dawn you will board the motor-canoe to visit the Camungo Oxbow Lake. In addition to touring the lake by catamaran to look for the resident family of giant otters and other lakeside fauna, we will explore the forest trails and visit the 40 meter or 130 foot high canopy platform. This platform provides a beautiful view of the Camungo Lake as well as the forest canopy, and on very clear days it is possible to look over the rainforest to the Andes.
After lunch at the Center we will explore the forest trails with the emphasis on visiting the fruiting and flowering trees that our experienced naturalist guides have been monitoring. Here we will hope to encounter more monkey species as well as numerous species of birds. Again, before or after supper, those explorers still with enough energy will have another chance for an additional visit to the Tapir clay lick.
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Day 5
Manu - Cuzco
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 Cuzco, where your jungle adventure ends.
Upon arrival at Cuzco Airport, reception and transfer to your hotel.
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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.
Booking Conditions:
- Services with Spanish/English speaking naturalist guides.
- We can prepare AND QUOTE any private tour program according to the interest of individual travelers or small groups.
- Prices are per person in double accommodation (Twin) and subject to change without notice due to entrance fees, price of oil, airfares, taxes, and other
Increases out of our control.
- Airfares costs are subject to change without any previous notice.
- We have quoted USD 70 as Manu National Park entrance fee.
- One tour conductor free of cost for each 15 paying passengers. (Airfare and Manu National park entrance fee not included). Max 2 free.
- Fam trips for professional travel agents available at discounted rates.
- Educational, birding and family itineraries upon request.
- Children under 10 years: 10% discount off per child (Traveling with two adults).
- Mondo Verde Expeditions strongly recommends purchasing travel insurance to ensure you are appropriately and adequately covered during your trip in Peru.
- For more information, itineraries & maps please contact us.
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