Manu National Park Tour 4 days

ITINERARY

Day 01: Cusco – Cloud Forest – Walks – Pillcopata.

The  Amazon Tours start at 6.00am from Cusco city in a private mini van, with Rainforest Destination. First break to visit the pre Inca burial towers of Ninamarca. Then we will cross through the typical and folkloric town of Paucartambo with a short stop, before the entrance of Manu National Park, which is maximum altitude of 3,400m. From there we will go dawn into the Mysterious Cloud Forest with shore walks researching wild animals, birds and some mammals, full of beautiful orchids, heliconias and primitive ferns and at Fog Forest. After lunch we will spot the National Bird of Peru, the cock of the rock (Rupicola Peruvian), quetzals, Amazonian Umbrella bird, Trogons (Trogon sp.)  the Biggest Monkey in Peru (woolly monkeys), some Brown Capuchin And with luck the only South American Spectacled Bear. In the afternoon, we arrive to   Pilcopata Village. Night in ecolodge

Day 02: Pillcopata – Humming Bird Garden – Top Manu Avatar Lodge –  Machuhuasi Oxbow Lake.

After breakfast We continue by van to Atalaya port -350m, on the way we will stop to Visit a beautiful colibris garden to see different kind of humming birds, tanagers, oropendolas, king vulture, toucan and Coca Plantations. Also there are a nice view to see the Lowland Rainforest. From Atalaya we continue by boat through the Alto Madre de Dios River to second lodge after to show your rooms and break you will have botanical information around the lodge, later we will walk and Discover the Rainforest the great Machuhuasi Oxbow Lake, where we will take a balsa raft and see the pre-historic Hoatzin bird and the Largest Rodent in the World (Capybaras). walking several hours around the lake watching caimans, herons, oropendolas, toucans and, monkeys until sunset. After dark Jungle Night Walks. 

 Day 03: Manu Avatar Lodge – Parrots Clay Lick – Full Hiking   – Primary Forest

We will leave early by boat through the Manu River almost 30 minutes, with lucky may see the Largest Rodent in the World – Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) or Brazilian Tapir(Tapirus terrestris).   Then we will Visit the great Parrots Clay Lick to see hundreds of parakeets and small Macaws eating Salts Minerals. After break we have 03 hours to Explore into the Primary Forest, we don’t know exactly what animals we will see but every group have different activity’s but we have good chance to see animals in wildlife, tamarins , deer, squirrel monkys, spider monkey, wild pig, slot, snakes, toucans, wild turkeys,  macaws,  maybe a Jaguar (Panthera Onca) resting on a log. After lunch we will Enjoy Jungle Clay Therapy Healing and swimming in the Manu National Park River. we can practice how the native people drive arrow and bow or we can go for fishing in the Manu River. We are rally flexible according the weather conditions, if you have more energy lets to explore by boat downstream researching capybaras, otters, perhaps red howler monkey eating the clay.  Evening optional night walk.

 Day 04: Top Manu Avatar Lodge – Atalaya Port – Cloud Forest – Cusco.

Today we are still in rainforest if the third day was cloudy or foggy this morning we can go visit the parrot clay lick , we have 2 mornings chance to see the parrots and more time by boat ride because we are the owner of boat and lodge that why all our activities are flexible and more chance to see animals in wildlife , more time in low jungle and primary forest.   Enjoy a tasty breakfast and get ready to pack, we leave from our lodge to Atalaya by boat Then by private van to Cusco. . drop off in your hotel. Approx. 5pm