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ITINERARY
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Cusco - Cloud Forest
We will pick you up from your hotel and departure to the Cloud Forest on our comfortable car, we travel south east trough small Andean villages during the journey we see different landscapes and wildlife, we make some stops for photo opportunities in a group of pre-Inca “Chullpas” or funerary site and in the colonial village of Paucartambo, them we reach the Acjanaco Pass 3,550 meters (10,820 ft), the entrance to the Manu National Park, there you will have a first over view of the eastern slopes of the Andes and the Amazon rainforest, there we have the lunch enjoying the nature around us, down you will observe the amazing change from the grasslands to the Cloud Forest of the Manu National Park with its unique biodiversity. In the early afternoon you will arrive to the lodge, them we have chances to spot cloud forest birds and with luck brown capuchin monkeys and common woolly monkeys along the road.
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| Day 02 |
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Cloud Forest- Amazonia Lodge
Wake up early in the morning to see the beautiful Cock of the rock on the Lek where more than 15 males are gathering to dance and sing attempting to attract the dull colored females, after the display we back to the lodge for breakfast contemplating the birds that frequent the garden, them we leave by car to our next destination Amazonia lodge, that is located in foothills where we have excellent chances to spot endemic hummingbirds and other species birds and some mammals.
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| Day 03 |
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Amazonia Lodge – Manu Wildlife Center
After the early breakfast we board the motor boat for an unforgettable experience going down the Upper Madre de Dios River, along the way we will be able to spot different species of birds such as the Cocoi heron, the Snowy egret, Great egret, White-winged swallows and others, you will also have chances to spot Black caimans or white caimans and mammals like the biggest rodent of the world the Capybara, the lunch will be on board, after 7 hours approximately we arrive to Manu Wildlife Center and spent the afternoon walking in some of the trails specting to see some of the monkeys that inhabit this forest.
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| Day 04 |
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Macaws And Mammals Clay Lick
Early in the morning, we board the motor boat down stream to the only large parrots and macaws clay lick in Manu area, as we arrive hundreds of parrots and macaws are coming noisily to get the rich mineral clay, we will spent some hours watching from a floating blind catamaran how do the parrots and macaws come down making an amazing and unforgettable experience. In the afternoon we will have a walk toward the mammals clay lick, where we will spent some hours especting to have a good view of the Tapir this nocturnal and shy being is the biggest terrestrial mammal in South America, we have chances to see other wildlife as well.
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| Day 05 |
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Blanco Oxbow Lake
After the breakfast at the lodge we will board the boat for a short ride to the Blanco Oxbow lake, where we will spent the morning in a catamaran looking for the wildlife that inhabited this lake, we have excellent chances to spot aquatic birds (hoatzin, heron, gallinules, grebes, with luck some predators), as well as different mammals such as the giant otter, monkeys and caimans, back to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon we will explore some trails around the lodge.
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| Day 06 |
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Manu Wildlife Center – Cusco
After the breakfast enjoying the rainforest sounds, we board the motor boat for the two hours return trip to the Manu landing strip, from which you fly to Cusco, this is your last trip along the river and you still have chances to spot more wildlife.
Arrival and transfer to your hotel.
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Included in tour cost
- Transfer in private car to the Cloud Forest and Atalaya
- Meals as indicated
- All lodging accommodations (twin shared basis)
- Airport/hotel transfer
- English speaking naturalist and certified guides
- Airfare USD$ 185 (Boca Manu/Cusco)
Not included in tour cost
- Airport taxes
- Tips and gratuities
- Travel insurance
- Meals that are not specified in the itinerary
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