Trip StyleIndependent

Manu Wildlife Centre

4 days ex Cuzco

Trip Code: TSPJ4M

Manu Wildlife Centre, Amazon Rainforest

Peru’s remote Manu wilderness boasts the highest bird, mammal, and plant diversity of any park on Earth. Starting from Cuzco, fly over the Andes and down to the gateway of Boca Manu. Next, board a motorized canoe for a 90-minute journey downriver to the Manu Wildlife Centre. Spend three nights in this pristine rainforest, with the highest biodiversity in the Manu area: 12 species of monkey and an astounding 575 species of birds have been recorded around the lodge. Visit a parrot and macaw lick, watch the sunset from a canopy platform, and keep your fingers crossed for tapir!

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Day 1 Cuzco/Manu Wildlife Centre (L, D)

Arrive to Boca Manu by plane then board a motorized canoe to ride down the Madre de Dios River. Surrounded by jungle, the Manu Wildlife Centre is home to a variety of indigenous flora and fauna, making it an eco-traveller’s dream. Spend the afternoon exploring the trails around the lodge. Playful monkeys like the monk saki and emperor tamarin inhabit this rainforest. In the evening wildlife excursions continue.

Day 2 Manu Wildlife Centre (B, L, D)

This morning sail to a spectacular parrot and macaw sanctuary. After lunch, take a guided hiking tour that includes a bird’s eye view from a 34m observation platform. Later, visit the Amazon’s largest known tapir clay lick.

Day 3 Manu Wildlife Centre (B, L, D)

Visit Blanco Oxbow Lake. Highlights include aquatic life, birds, the hoatzin and otters. The afternoon is at leisure. In the evening, by boat search for caiman and other nocturnal life.

Day 4 Manu/Cuzco (B)

Return to the Manu landing strip by motorized canoe and travel by plane to Cuzco.