MANU (8 days and 7 nights, reserved area) :
Price: $800.00 for person.
EXITS: Every Day.
DURATION: 8 days and 7 nights.
PERIOD: The Whole Year.
Summary :
In the Reserved Area of Manu, we have the luck to have an almost intact Manu, not played by the civilization, where we can still observe in their habitat natural species in eminent such extinction danger as: the Giant Otter of River (Pteronura brasiliensis), Black (Melanosuchus Niger) Cayman, the majestic Jaguar (Panther onca), the strange Bear of Glasses (Tremarctos ornatus), and other animals as Tapir, Tigrillo, thirteen species of primates, and more than a thousand species of birds, including 7 species of macaws.
IITINERARIO :
DAY 01:
Exit of the city of very early Cusco in the morning in one of our vehicles specially equipped for the route. We will cross interesting you fence interandinos and rural picturesque communities. To half tomorrow we will visit the Pre-Inca Tombs of Ninamarca, well-known as "Chullpas" he/she stops then to go to Paucartambo, typical colonial town of a lot of importance in that time and that still preserve their past.
Continuing the trip will ascend until the one he/she opens up from Acjanacu to 3,850 m.s.n.m. From here we begin the descent going by the Forest of Clouds, very rich area in endemic species as the Bear of Glasses and Cockerel of the Rocks, orchids, bromelias, ferns, etc. among other where we will spend our first night comfortably installed in our Orchids of San Pedro Lodge.
DAY 02:
Very early we will be able to appreciate the interesting dance of retinue of the Cockerel of the Rocks, national bird of Peru who possesses an attractive plumage of very intense color red-orange installed in a camouflaged platform; after having breakfast we continue our trip in bus, crossing the high forest, arriving to the town of Pilcopata *, later on to the port of Watchtower, located beside the river High Mother of God, to 700 m.s.n.m. place from where we will begin the descent for the river for 15 minutes approximately. We will be able to observe the enormous diversity of species of existent birds, as blue, vultures, cormoranes, etc. until arriving to our Private Reservation "Erika" where we will walk for the interesting trails of this transitional point between high forest and low forest. Spend the night in the housing.
* 1 optional: To descend with bicycles montañeras from our housing San Pedro (1700 m.s.n.m.) Cloudy forest toward Pilcopata (700 m.s.n.m.) High Forest.
* 2 optional: From Pilcopata we will undertake a journey of approximately 1 ½ at 3 hours of canotaje (class II and III) for the rivers Koshñipata and High Mother of God, going by the spectacular one Puts of Koñeq where we will stop to enjoy the landscape and of a bathroom in their crystalline waters. You continued until arriving to our housing.
DAY 03:
After having breakfast, we will approach our craft in which we will navigate for the one High Mother of God he/she Laughed for approximately 4 hours going to the aerodrome of Mouth Manu (I Fly optional in light plane Cusco. Mouth Manu - Possibility that some passengers unite to the group that left for earth, the flight takes 45 minutes). This journey in boat offers us the opportunity to observe birds like: rayadores, blue crestada and several species of Martin Fishermen, swallows and atrapamoscas. In Villa of Mouth Manu is possible to buy the last provisions and icy drinks. . Walk for the surroundings. Or.N. Mother of God Lodge
Optional: !New! Canopy Tour:
Our clients of Erika Lodge has the opportunity to pass from tree to tree and of platform to platform using harnesses in a horizontal cable with a system of rails with those that at great speed slip on the glass of the trees of this amazon fabulous forest where they can be seen from the high thing the diversity avifauna and others of the area. Specialized personnel helped them in all moment during this exciting experience and they explained to them all the interesting one that it is observed from the moment that one leaves the floor until he descends in rappel from 30 meters high.
DAY 04:
In our craft us to go to Collpa of parakeets, a loamy wall of the river where the different species of parrots like the parrot blue head, parakeet of white eye and possibly to the macaw Maracano (it Plows severe) among other goes down every morning to extract and to lick clay pieces. When concluding this activity, we will make a brief stop in the Position of Surveillance Limonal, where we will present the necessary documents for the entrance control to the Reserved Area. We will undertake trip for the river Manu current up with address to the heart of Reserved Area: Cocha Salvador, where we will spend the following two nights in our camp safari that has double completely caught in the meshes of a net rooms, caught in the meshes of a net dining room, hygienic services including skillful, radio communication and photovoltaic energy. During this itinerary one will be able to appreciate a sinnúmero of species of birds, caymans, river turtles and some mammals frequently soleándose in the beaches or feeding of the trees bordering.
Early in the afternoon we dedicate our time to walk in search of wild life in this pristine forest and in lake Salvador, until the night he/she falls. Possibility to make a night short walk around the camp, to use the catamaran of cocha Salvador (optional) and with the help of our lanterns to be able to observe the Black Cayman that comes out in search of their prey.
DAY 05:
At first hour we will have the opportunity to visit Cocha Salvador using the catamaran again, being able to appreciate some such fauna species as the Giant (Pteronura brasiliensis) Otter a species in extinction roads, important inhabitant that can be seen fishing, playing or swiming, in the same way to the Black (Melanosuchus niger) Cayman, to Hoatzin (Ophisthocomus hoatzin), to the Monkey it Claws (Tie them paniscus), etc. and flora of their surroundings; then we will return to the camp where our friendly personnel will be waiting to offer a repairman breakfast.
We will cross a primary forest with more diversity of species, arriving to the end of 4 hours of walk to Cocha Otorongo, lagoon where a tower of observation 15 meters high exists from the one that will have the opportunity to appreciate the landscape of the forest surrounding and bigger primary possibilities of seeing to the family resident of giant otters, besides big opportunities of observing birds that inhabit the canopies. Spend the night in our camp safari.
DAY 06:
This day again we will get up early to make walks around Cocha Salvador it stops then to approach our craft that takes us below slowly current for the river Manu arriving at the Island of the Valley (around 3pm o'clock.) that it belongs to a native family where we will walk in search of the American Toad, frogs bugles, arboreal frogs and a great quantity of colorings and interesting insects. We go next toward Mouth Manu, small town located in the fork of the rivers Manu and High Mother of God. Starting from this point, the river takes Mother's of God name, transforming into the axis hidrográfico of Mother's of God Department, when falling the afternoon, you will arrive to the Private Reservation of Juan of God where one walked for its interesting system of trails, we will spend a wrapped up night for the magic of the amazon forest. Possibility to make a night short walk. Spend the night in the housing.
DAY 07:
Around half our morning boat leads us to the airport of Mouth Manu where the option exists of taking the return flight to the city of Cusco; I marry contrary we will furrow the river High Mother of God always observing the enormous avifauna diversity. We spend the night camping in an appropriate beach, to enjoy of this it finishes night and to observe the constellations of the south.
DAY 08:
Getting up very early we will continue furrowing the river toward the small port of Watchtower to which we will arrive at dusk he/she stops then to take the return bus to the city of Cusco arriving late to this for the night or the following very early day in the morning.
END OF OUR SERVICES.
IMPORTANT: With the purpose of knowing the guide and to the group of participants, and of to give some last recommendations and to answer questions; the day Saturday to those 7:00pm have a meeting in the agency (Silversmiths 356).
ALTERNATIVE OF FLIGHT:
DAY THREE: I arrive in light plane from Cusco to Mouth Manu around half-day.
DAY SEVEN: Flight of Mouth Manu to Cusco, arriving to this city in the afternoon.
We request the passengers that take light plane service to the going or turn that their personal baggage doesn't exceed of 10Kg.