Manu Reserved Zone 8D/7N
Duration
3 days
Max People
15
Min Age
18+
Pickup
Hotel
The 8-day Manu Reserved Zone is located in between the Alto Madre de Dios and Manu rivers, it is one of the most remote and protected areas on the planet. Here you can spot animals that almost never has been in touch with humans.
The main goal of the Manu national park is to preserve the unique biodiversity of the region and protect isolated indigenous populations, who have chosen to live autonomously, without contact with modern society. It also acts as a refuge for numerous species of flora and fauna, some of which are endangered like, families of giant river otters and jaguars.
The Manu reserved zone is restricted for human activities and only very limited access is allowed to researchers, conservationists and a few authorized groups, in order to maintain its ecosystem intact. This area of the Manu Park holds a huge range of birds, reptiles, mammals and insects.
The access to the Manu Reserved Zone is regulated and a special permit is required to visit it, and is generally done with the expertise of tour guides who ensure the protection of the area and its biodiversity.
You can combine the Manu reserved zone with 1 ayahuasca ceremony, we can make it.
Highlights of our 8-day Manu Tour
- Our guides are specialists in the observation of flora, birds and animals in Reserved zone of Manu.
- Our lodges are located in the middle of the forest and have all the comforts.
- Our food is served buffet style.
- We will provide a specific diet for your Ayahuasca ceremony.
- At least one day our chef will surprise you with a typical meal from the Manu jungle.
- We have the best and most passionate team of workers.
- Be part of our social and environmental projects.
- In addition to all the above, we prepare food for our people and team with 100% organic veggies purchased from local producers.
- Our Manu Reserved Zone Tour has a fair and cheap price compared to other operators.
Trip Overview of our 8-day Rainforest Tour
- Tour Type: Manu Reserved Jungle Tour
- Good for: Those in moderate shape or better
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Season: All year around
- Consideration: Book ahead of time
Tour Plan
- Elevation: From 3300 to 550 meters
- First day Distance: 220 km / 136.702 miles (12 hours)
- Considered: You Will make many stops to spot birds and monkeys
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner! All served as buffet
- Weather: Cold in the beginning and then hot and humid
This exploration of the Manu Reserved Zone begins with the pick-up of each of the participants from their respective hotels. They will travel for 2 hours to the town of Ninarmarca, where they will make a short stop so that the guide can show them and share information about a pre-Incan cemetery located on the top of a hill. They will continue for 30 more minutes to the town of Paucartambo, where they will have breakfast; in this town they will explore its interesting plaza, which has statues of more than 15 types of regional dances that are performed in this town on the feast of the Virgin of Carmen, the main festival for the Catholic devotees of Cusco.
They will travel for 40 minutes to the highest point of the route, the Abra de Tres Cruces de Oro, where the Manu National Park and the tour to the reserved zone also officially begin.
You will make a 15-minute stop to observe from above how the mountains become smaller and the Amazon rainforest begins. After boarding the bus for 30 minutes, you will begin to walk down the Manu route observing animals and birds that inhabit the cloud forests, including: the spectacled bear, deer, monkeys, the Andean quetzal, the relojero and the cock-of-the-rock. On the way the cook will prepare a delicious buffet lunch.
Afterwards you will continue descending by car and on foot observing birds and animals that you may not have been able to appreciate and observe in the first section of the Manu reserved area. Around 5 pm you will arrive at the first lodge, where you will spend the night. You will have a delicious dinner and at night to digest you will go to explore the jungle to observe snakes, tarantulas and other creatures.
** The exploration of the Manu reserved area, one of the most inhospitable jungles on the planet, has already begun.
- Elevation: From 550 meters to 280 meters
- Considered: You will spot animals from a motor boat
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner! All served as buffet
- Weather: Hot and humid
After waking up with a fruit juice, you will get ready for the second day of the tour in the Manu Rainforest Reserved Area. You will leave the lodge around 7 am and will drive for 40 minutes to a place where you will be able to observe many species of hummingbirds, tanagers, snakes, tarantulas and the great royal condor. Then you will drive for 30 minutes to the port of Atalaya where you will board a motor boat to sail the Madre de Dios River.
You will sail this river to gradually enter deeper and deeper into the Manu Reserved Area. You will sail for 4 hours this majestic Amazonian River and on its banks and beaches you will have the possibility of observing capybaras, herons of all species and other smaller mammals in the treetops. Lunch will be served on the motor boat.
Upon arrival at the lodge, you will settle in and take a well-deserved shower after a great day in the Manu National Park. In the evening after dinner, you will go exploring the forest so you can observe reptiles, arachnids and nocturnal monkeys.
** We are getting closer and closer to the tour of the Manu Reserved Area.
- Elevation: From 280 meters to 2000 meters
- Considered: You will navigate to the deepest part of the Manu reserved rainforest
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner! All served as buffet
- Weather: Hot and humid
You will start this day in the Manu reserve, with a very nutritious breakfast and surrounded by the sounds of all the wildlife in the area. You will embark for 1 hour on the Manu River and in this section, you have to be alert to the river banks and the trees, since you are entering the most isolated area of the Manu National Park. You will arrive at the Limonal checkpoint where you will present your passport and the respective entrance tickets to the tour of the reserved area. Then you will go for 4 hours to the Matsigenka house.
You will have lunch on board and you will have many chances to observe capybaras, tapirs, white caimans, monkeys, deer and many other species of mammals and birds. This section is so isolated from civilization as we know it that on the banks of the Manu River we can also observe jaguars and the isolated tribe of the Piros Mashcopiros.
After a well-deserved dinner, you will coordinate with the guide to explore the forest at night and see various nocturnal creatures.
** You are now in the most inhospitable part of the reserved area of the Manu tour.
- Elevation: 280 meters
- Considered: Explore and spot the most amazing Manu mammals
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner! All served as buffet
- Weather: Hot and humid
You will wake up to the charming sound of macaws and parrots heading to eat the fruits that Mother Earth provides them. After getting ready, you will sail the Manu River for 20 minutes to the start of the hike to reach the Salvador oxbow lake. You will walk for 20 minutes to the lake, where you will board a small wooden catamaran to explore this lake for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The Salvador Lake will allow you to observe endemic species of birds and mammals that spend 90% of their time within this ecosystem of life formed by the flooding of rivers millions of years ago. In this ecosystem you will be able to observe families of giant river otters fishing for Boquichicos, Pacos, Carachamas and Zungaros. You will also be able to observe birds such as the Hoatzin and the Camungo.
You will return to the Matsigenka house to enjoy a well-deserved breakfast rich in protein, minerals and carbohydrates. Afterwards you will have some free time to digest, rest and take a refreshing shower. In the afternoon you will go on a 2-hour round trip trail to observe parrots and macaws; the macaw species you will be able to observe are: the scarlet macaw, the blue and yellow macaw, the big-headed macaw and the Ara Militaris.
At night, if you wish, you can go explore the forest at night or to the Manu River to see the black caimans waiting for their prey.
** Exploring the Amazon rainforest will allow you to come into direct contact with nature and be better prepared for the Ayahuasca ceremony in Manu.
- Elevation: 280 meters
- Considered: Explore and spot the most amazing Manu mammals
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner! All served as buffet
- Weather: Hot and humid
You will begin this fifth day exploring the Manu Reserved Area, going back and forth for 2 hours to a clay area where you can see tapirs, deer, pumas, ocelots, Amazonian dogs and other types of mammals that come to this place daily to lick salt, a mineral that allows them to detoxify and also acquire the sodium necessary to develop properly.
After breakfast, you will have integration activities with the natives of the Matsigenka house, activities where you will learn to play their musical instruments, to hunt with an arrow and to make Masato, a famous fermented yuca drink.
In the afternoon you will go for 30 minutes in the motor boat to the beginning of the trail to enter the Otorongo lake. You will walk for about 30 minutes until you reach this enormous lake, where you can see giant river otters, the black caiman that can reach up to 6 meters, the Paiche, the largest fish in the Amazon, and many species of monkeys and macaws in the crowns of the Aguaje palm trees and the large Amazonian trees.
** Wonderful day to observe majestic animals in the Manu National Park.
- Elevation: 280 meters
- Considered: Explore and spot the most amazing Manu national park animals
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner! All served as buffet
- Weather: Hot and humid
After enjoying our last breakfast at the Matsigenka house, we will sail the Manu River for 4 hours to the Limonal park station. During this stretch on the Manu River you will focus on observing the capybaras and white caimans, which often come to the banks of the rivers to receive the first rays of the sun.
When you leave the Limonal checkpoint you will have officially left the Manu Reserved Zone. You will continue sailing the Manu River for 40 more minutes until you reach the Madre de Dios River. You will have a nutritious lunch on board.
In the afternoon at the lodge, you will take a 1-hour walk to observe more wildlife on the Manu tour.
** We are now approaching the day when you will experience the ancestral medicine of Ayahuasca.
- Elevation: 530 meters
- Considered: Explore and spot the most amazing Manu national park animals
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner! All served as buffet
- Weather: Hot and humid
The cook will surprise you with a very tasty and varied breakfast. You will get ready to board the motor boat for 5 hours from Manu town to the lodge in Atalaya. Along the way you will be able to spot different types of birds, capybaras, tapirs or a jaguar if you are lucky. You will have food on the motor boat.
To continue the experience in the Manu reserved zone in the afternoon you will ride the boat for 20 minutes to a part of the forest where you will hike for 1 hour in order to appreciate a big kapok tree that is about 400 years old.
After a delicious dinner you will hike in the Manu forest tour to spot some night wildlife that you could miss on the first night explorations.
- Elevation: 530 meters
- Considered: Explore and spot the most amazing Manu national park animals
- Meals: Breakfast, snacks and lunch! All served as buffet
- Weather: Hot and humid
After a delicious breakfast you will pack and get ready to make your way back to Cusco. You will navigate for 15 minutes from the lodge to the port of Atalaya from where you will take a car back to Cusco. Along the way you will have breakfast in a nice please where you can post some hummingbird. You will arrive to Cusco by 6 pm.
** Our trip in the Manu Reserved Zone is a door-to-door service.
Included/Excluded
- Van transport from Cusco to Manu Park to Cusco.
- Motor boat ride for all excursions in the Manu tour.
- Entry ticket to the cultural zone of Manu Park.
- 7 buffet breakfasts, 8 buffet lunches and 7 buffet dinners (all food restrictions and requirements available).
- If you are only doing the 8-day Manu Reserved zone Tour, the menu will include a meat diet. However, if you are doing the Manu Tour with an Ayahuasca ceremony included, we will provide you with a vegetarian and protein-rich diet menu.
- Water as much as you need.
- Specialist jungle tour guide equipped with binoculars and telescope.
- Rubber boots to explore the Manu jungle tour.
- Amazon food cooking class in our lodge.
- 7 nights of lodge .
- Duffels bags to pack essentials things you will need on the 8-day Amazon tour.
- First breakfast
- Last dinner
- Sodas and alcoholic drinks
- Tips
- Souvenirs
Global Discount
| Min - Max (Persons) | Adult Price |
|---|---|
| 10 - 20 | $ 270.00 |
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