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DAY 01: Cusco / Cloud Forest
Early morning departure in our vehicles towards the Cloud Forest of the Manu National Park. On the way we will pass through typical Andean villages where it will be possible to see some pre Inca ruins. We will make a stop over in the Village of Ajanaco for a delicious lunch and then we will continue on towards the Lodge. During the trip we can appreciate the different ecological floors from the high Andes downwards to the Cloud Forest, where it is possible to find a great variety of plants and wild life. Overnight in the Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
DAY 02: Cloud Forest / Boca Manu River Mouth Port
We will wake up very early in the morning and go to a place, where, from a platform hide we will be able to appreciate a magnificent natural show, the lek of the most typical of Peruvian birds the so called “Gallito de las Rocas" or Cock of the Rock ( Rupícola Peruviana), a mating dance carried out by the males to impress the females, and where his fantastic and colourful feathers stands out, like some kind of a bird from paradise. Afterwards we will explore the surrounding forest trails, with the possibility to appreciate many varieties of birds and monkey species and, if we are lucky, a Spectacled Bear. We will continue in our vehicles for about two and a half hours until we reach the Town of Atalaya where we will board the boat that will take us down stream the Upper Alto Madre de Dios River until we reach the River Mouth Port of Boca Manu where we will stay overnight in a rustic Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 03: Boca Manu River Mouth Port / Manu National Park
We will get up very early in the morning to explore the surroundings. After that we will board our out board engine powered canoes and navigate the Manu River during approximately five hours until we reach the Wild Life Tented Camp located close to the El Salvador Lake. We will make a stop over at the Park Guard Station in order to register our entrance to this important Reserved Area. On the way we will be able to observe a great variety of birds, capybaras, caiman and if we are lucky a jaguar. After settling into our rooms, we will make a wild life walk along the trails and look for frogs and insects.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 04: Cocha Salvador Oxbow Lake
Today we will spend the day on the Oxbow Lake of Cocha Salvador where we will board a canoe or catamaran to observe a great number of bird species and also the playful and charismatic giant river otters, a species in danger of extinction. After that we will walk along the trails going through different types of forest to observe the many species of monkeys that live in the Manu.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 05: Manu Wildlife Center
Early in the morning we will board our boats to go towards the Manu Wildlife Center Lodge. Once there we will explore the Community of Boca Manu River Mouth Port where many people work in the timber trade by collecting the drift wood that comes floating down the river. In the afternoon, after lunch, we will explore some of the over thirty kilometres of trails that can be found around the lodge and where it will be possible to sight some of the 12 species of monkeys that exist in the area. After dinner, we will visit the famous Collpa de Tapires or Tapir Clay Lick a walk of approximately an hour along the trails. During the walk we will hear the night sounds of frogs and insects, particularly active by night. At the Tapir Clay Lick we will find a platform especially built to be able to observe these curious animals, after the jaguar, the largest land mammals of South America, which visit the Collpa Clay Lick to be able to find some of the minerals that are scarce elsewhere in their normal environment.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 06: Collpa de Guacamayos - Macaw Clay Lick
Today we will get up before dawn to visit the only and largest Macaw and Parrot Collpa Clay Lick in the area of Manu. We will conceal ourselves in an especially built so called blind from where we will be able to observe and take pictures of the literally hundreds of macaws, both small ones as well as the larger species including the Red and Greens that come down to feed off the Collpa Clay Lick.
During the months of May, June July the activity at the Collpa Clay Lick slows down to peak in the months of August and September. In the afternoon, after lunch, we will visit one of the two lakes that exist in the area, where we will find a great diversity of species of birds, including the locally so called Shansho or Hoatzin, a primitive and almost pre historic bird. We will also have a chance to observe the Giant River Otters (Pteronura brasilensis) the largest otter in the world with almost two metres of length, including the tail. After dinner there will be a second opportunity to pay a visit to the Tapir Collpa Clay Lick.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 07: Manu Wildlife Center / Boca Manu River Mouth / Cusco
After breakfast we will navigate on the Manu River until we arrive to the Boca Manu Aerodrome to board the small aircraft that will fly us back to Cusco. Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.
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