
MANU BIOSPHERE
Cusco → Cloud Forest → Manu
MANU BIOSPHERE
Exclusive Manu Tour 3D/2N
3 days / 2 nights
From USD 899
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Manu · Manu National Park
Tour overview
A 3-day, 2-night program from Cusco visiting Machuwasi, Dorado Lodge and forest and clay-lick activities. The final day returns by 4x4 to Villa Salvacion and then by minibus toward Cusco, with the hummingbird-garden visit described in the itinerary. Wildlife sightings are not guaranteed. Review this tour's visits and included services, and confirm departure and return arrangements before booking.
Day by day
A 3-day, 2-night program from Cusco visiting Machuwasi, Dorado Lodge and forest and clay-lick activities.
Pickup from your accommodation in Cusco begins at 4:00 a.m. We travel through the Andean valleys, visiting Ninamarca, Paucartambo and its museum before continuing to Acjanaco Pass. We descend into the cloud forest, stopping to look for birds, orchids, bromeliads and, with luck, monkeys. Lunch is served along the route according to the day's arrangements. We continue to Atalaya Port and travel for about 40 minutes by boat along the Alto Madre de Dios River to the trail leading to Machuwasi Lake. We explore the lake by raft and visit a small observation tower, looking for hoatzins, horned screamers and other birds. We then continue by 4x4 to Dorado Lodge and take a guided walk along the trails to look for wildlife and medicinal plants. Overnight at Dorado Lodge. Timings and wildlife sightings depend on conditions along the route.
Very early in the morning after our delicious breakfast we will start with the reforestation programme in the area of the forest designated, and this is the one that will define the specie of seed plant that we are going to plant in; we will choose the seed plant per participant (Tall forest: Aguano/Tornillo (Cedrelinga sp.) or Pacae (Inga sp.), forest close to swamp/wetland or along water course: Aguaje (Mauritia sp.)) using tools like pickaxe, shovel and machete we will walk until the site where we will do the gps location data for every point for the seed plant planted, we will take pictures during the process and the marking of the seed plant in the “tutor”. Later and after recovering our energies with our snacks we are continuing our visit along the trails to try to see more colorful birds like the Blue and Yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) or Red and Green macaws (Ara chloropterus) and wit luck a troop of Brown Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) to get back to the lodge to enjoy our lunch. After a rest we can go for a swimming in the river and also we can do fishing with local traditional technique and luckily we can catch some of the fish too; crossing fingers. After enjoying our dinner we can go for a hike to visit the platform of observation in front of the collpa/mammals claylick where we can wait, crossing fingers, for the largest mammal from the Amazonia the Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) to come to lick.
Very early in the morning and after a quit hot drink we will star our hike to visit the blind where is the observation point in front of the Collpa/Parrots Claylick to wait, luckily, for the birds to arrive to lick here, species like the very rare Blue Headed macaw (Primolius couloni), Chestnut fronted macaw (Ara severus) Auroras (Amazona sp.), Blue headed parrot (Pionus sp.), and after the visit/activity we will walk back to the lodge to enjoy our breakfast; sadly this is the time to start our trip back to Cusco first by our land transportation by pick up 4x4 until the location of Villa Salvación and form here on our private minibus we are visiting the Hummingbirds Garden and after this visit we are continuing by bus until Cusco city along the road in the Cloud Forest and to enjoy our box lunch. During our way back and according of the weather situation we can walk along the road in the Cloud Forest with the chance to see some more wildlife activity here. Estimating arriving back to Cusco city is about 5pm aprox. **NOTE: We are offering vegans, vegetarians and also dietary restrictions for all our tours. The order of the activities included on this tour could be changed according on the weather conditions. The weather in the Amazonia is unpredictable, especially during the rainy season (November-January), and the weather conditions could affect the programme because the wildlife will be affected too because the rains. Feel free to coordinate with your Tour Guide about to manage to change the order of the activities or to find the way to do some other activities instead in case of a bad weather situation and remember, our company do not have any responsibility on the weather conditions or on the chance to see wildlife: Enjoy the experience and Good Luck!
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Tour FAQ
Manu Biosphere Tour 3D/2N lasts 3 days and 2 nights.
The published price starts at USD 450.00 per person. The final amount may vary by date, availability, and selected services; confirm it before booking.
The listing includes: Transportation by private minivan; Transportation by private boat; Professional bilingual jungle specialist guide (Telescope, binocular, information material); Sighting list (flora and fauna); 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner), with a vegetarian option at no extra charge; the meal exclusions listed on this page apply; 4 Snacks (mango, passion fruit, banana, apple, orange etc. Cookies). Review the complete included and excluded lists on this page.
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