This 4 day/3 night itinerary departs on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
Day 01
Early morning our representative will pick you up
from your hotel to transfer to Cusco airport.
A thirty-five minute
flight in a radar-equipped twin engine 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.
(L/D)
Day
02
Rising before dawn, we take a 25 minutes 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 is not as active in May, June and July.
After lunch at the Center we continue
to explore the miles of forest trails surrounding the
lodge, and spend the late afternoon up a 34 meter canopy
platform. here we watch the last frantic activity in
the rainforest canopy before night settles.
We return for dinner back at the Center
and then leisurely hike for 60-75 minutes through the
night forest to the Amazon's largest known Tapir clay
lick. We climb up a 17 foot by 17 foot observation platform
perched 17 feet above the lick itself where we wait
for the lumbering Tapirs to arrive, then using powerful
flashlights we observe and photograph them in action.
(B/L/D) 
Day 03
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 trail and visit the 40 meter high canopy platform.
This canopy 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 the guide is
available to further explore the forest trails for more
wildlife encounters. Alternatively time is available
to independently explore the forest trails.
After supper, those explorers still with
enough energy will have a chance for a final visit to
the Tapir clay lick. (B,L,D,)
Day
04
Rising at dawn you board the motor-canoe for the two
hours return trip to the Manu landing strip, from which
you fly to Cusco, where your jungle adventure ends.
Arrival, reception and transfer to the your hotel. (B)
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.
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.
