3 days
15
18+
Hotel
The Manu tour Peru is a tour that will take you to visit the Manu National Park, which is located between the regions of Cusco and Puerto Maldonado. This tour is very convenient for tourists who want to take advantage of their visit to Machu Picchu and at the same time go to Manu, because both tours depart from the city of Cusco.
The 3-day tour to Manu allows you to visit the beautiful landscapes of the Peruvian cloud forest and the lowland jungle of the South American Amazon. You will also observe birds and plants endemic to the Amazon jungle and navigate through the large tributaries of the Amazon River.
This visit to the cultural zone of Manu will allow you to observe the lifestyle of the mestizo people who inhabit this part of the park and you will also be taught how to prepare a typical dish of the Peruvian Amazon.
You can combine your Manu tour with an Ayahuasca ceremony
This Manu tour starts with your pick up from your hotel at 5 am. You will be driven for 2 hours to Ninamarca, a small pre-Inca site that was a tomb located on the top of the mountains, here the tour guide will explain you about the Andes Mountain range and the importance of locating ancient burials on the top of the mountains. You will continue on the car 20 minutes more to Paucartambo, where you will have breakfast and also you will explore with the guide the interesting plaza and church of the town.
Then you will be driven 45 minutes to Ajanacu, which is the starting point of the Manu Park, officially from here you will start descending and exploring the deeps of the Manu cultural zone. Also, from these places you will observe from a lookout how amazing looks the transition of the Andes and the Amazon rainforest.
You will descend the Manu Road with binocular and telescopes, so you will be able to spot birds like: the cock of the rock, quetzals and monkeys. Along the way the cook will prepare a delicious food. After lunch you will continue walking and spotting more wildlife.
At night your Manu tour guide for take you to the forest to spot some tarantulas, snakes and night creatures.
** Such a great way to explore the Manu rainforest.
After a nutritious and varied breakfast, you will be driven for 40 minutes to a place where you will be able to observe many varieties of hummingbirds, fruit tanagers, the jungle condor, boa and many other birds. Then you will continue for 30 minutes to the port of Atalaya, where you will board a 30-minute motorboat to go to your lodge.
After a delicious buffet lunch, you will head on the motorboat to the Machuwasi meander lake, where you will have the opportunity to observe hoatzins, Camungos and dwarf caimans. After exploring and looking for animals on the Manu cultural zone, you will go to a primary forest where you will find a giant tree from the ceiba family. This tree is about 60 meters high and it takes 15 to 20 people to go around it.
After a well-deserved shower and a comforting dinner, you will take a night walk to observe tarantulas, spiders, scorpions, snakes and many other nocturnal creatures on the Manu tour.
** You will go deeper in the Manu rainforest to have better chances to spot animals.
This last day on the 3-day Manu tour will be very colorful, as you will wake up very early to go and observe the arrival of many parrots and some macaws at a clay lick. Afterwards you will return to the lodge to enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast. After breakfast you will get ready to embark for 40 minutes on the Madre de Dios River to the port of Atalaya.
At this place you will have an jungle cooking class with your cook, you will learn to prepare a typical dish from the Manu rainforest tour. After lunch you will embark for 5 hours back to Cusco where you will arrive around 7 pm.
** Incredible days in the Amazon rainforest exploring the Manu rainforest.
| Min - Max (Persons) | Adult Price |
|---|---|
| 10 - 20 | $ 270.00 |