MANU EXPLORER
This program is similar to our traditional "Bio-Trip" but features the Wildlife Tented Camp as the lowland rain forest site instead of the Manu Wildlife Center.
Day 1: 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 2: 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 3: Boca Manu/Manu wildlife Tented camps at 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).
Days 4: 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 5 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 6 Manu National park/Boca Manu/Cusco (Thursday)
Leave very early to motor down the Manu River and catch the filght to Cusco. Transfer to your hotel in Cusco. (B).
EXTENSION: For those who wish to extend their stay to visit the macaw clay lick, tapir clay lick, 120-foot-high (35m-high) canopy platforms and nature oxbow lakes near Manu Wildlife Center, we recommend that you look at:
MANU EXPLORER WITH TAPIR AND MACAW CLAY LICKS