Useful Information | |||||
Locations Visited: Manu Park |
Starting Altitude: 3400 masl = 11154 Feet |
Highest Point: 4000 masl = 13123 Feet |
Group: Minimum 2 paxs & Maximum 10 paxs |
Physical Grading: 3/5 |
Local Trekkers Peru offers the 3 Days tour in the Manu National Park, this wonderful biosphere is located in Madre de Dios and Paucartambo, Cusco. It is an area protected by the Peruvian government in 1977 and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. It is the largest National Park in Peru, with an area 1 909 800 hectares. It is divided into three large areas: The National Park, with 1,532,806 hectares; The Reserved Zone, with 257,000 hectares; And the Transitional or Cultural Zone, with 120 000 hectares. The park protects several ecological zones due to this topographic range, it has one of the highest levels of biodiversity of any park in the world. In this park there are more than 15,000 species of plants in Manu, and up to 250 varieties of trees have been found per hectare. It also houses more than 1000 bird species more than the number of bird species found in the United States and Canada combined and almost 10% of the total bird species in the world. It also has one of the largest amounts of terrestrial vertebrates found in the tropical forests of Latin America, it is also the last refuge of the largest feline (The Great JAGUAR) of the Peruvian Amazon.
We will leave Cusco early in our comfortable bus until we reach the folk village of Paucartambo, then we will visit the pre-Inca funerary towers of Ninamarca, then we will drive through a cloud forest full of plants and beautiful orchids, we will have the opportunity to observe the national bird of the Peru: Gallito de las Rocas (Rupicola Peruviana), monkeys, many birds and other species and with a little luck, we will see the only South American bear, the spectacled bear (Tremarctos Ornatus). In the afternoon we arrive at Pilcopata, where we will spend the night at the Lodge there will be showers and private bathrooms to cool off.
After our breakfast, we will continue our trip on the private bus until we reach Atalaya, during this trip we will see coca plantations and stop at a point where we can observe the entire jungle and the Madre de Dios river, then we will cross the river on board A motorized boat until we reach our lodge, in this part we can see the first birds and flowers. In the afternoon we will go to Machuwasi Lake where we will sail in a native raft to the place where the Capybaras (the largest rodents in the world) live, and we can also observe the prehistoric Birds, after the beautiful sunset, we will go in search of the alligators, finally we will return to our rustic Soga de Oro Lodge to rest.
We will leave Soga de Oro Lodge early in the morning to see small Clay lick parrots and then towards Puerto Atalaya from here; We will take the van directly to Cusco through the Cloud Forest.
PRICES FOR 2021-2022 | ||||
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Number of People for GROUP SERVICE : | ||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5-6 | 7-10 |
Price USD$ (per person): | ||||
470 USD$ | 450 USD$ | 430 USD$ | 400 USD$ | 380 USD$ |
PRICES FOR 2021-2022 | ||||
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Number of People for PRIVATE SERVICE: | ||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5-6 | 7-10 |
Price USD$ (per person): | ||||
550 USD$ | 530 USD$ | 500 USD$ | 450 USD$ | 400 USD$ |