| Itinerary Overview |
| Day 1: Arrival to Cuzco
Transportation to Lima’s Airport to take your flight to the city of Cuzco (3,310 m - 10,859 ft).
The morning will be free to acclimatize. It is recommended that you relax and rest to become accustomed to the altitude. As part of the acclimatizing process, we recommend to take it easy this day with an introductory walk around the city.
Drinking coca tea at your hotel and restaurants is highly recommended to acclimatize to the altitude, you will feel the difference.
In the afternoon, you will have a walking visit to the Sacsayhuaman Fortress, which overlooks the city of Cuzco with its impressive beauty and monumental scale.
Return to your hotel to relax and rest.
Night at the Hotel in Cuzco city.
Day 2: Arrival to Manu National Park
Early pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Cusco airport. A thirty-five minute flight in a radar-equipped twin engine plane takes you to Boca Manu. Here you take a motorized canoe for a 90 minute journey down the Madre de Dios River to Manu Wildlife Center to arrive for lunch.
The afternoon will be spent exploring some of the 30 miles of clean forest trails that surround the lodge. On these trails you have an excellent chance to encounter some of the 12 species of monkeys, which include the Monk Saki and Emperor Tamarin, which inhabit the surrounding forest.
After dinner you will have a short night excursion to explore nocturnal life in the rainforest.
Day 3: Manu: The Macaw & Parrot Clay Lick
TRising before dawn; you’ll take a 25 minute boat journey downstream to the only large parrot and macaw clay lick in the Manu area. From a floating catamaran you will have excellent views and photo opportunities of hundreds of medium-sized and large parrots arriving first at the lick, followed by the large Red-and-Green Macaws arriving to eat the clay.
After lunch at the Center you’ll continue to explore the forest trails surrounding the lodge, and spend the late afternoon up a 34 meter canopy platform. Here, you will watch the last frantic activity in the rainforest canopy before night settles.
Return to the Center for dinner or pack a meal for a leisurely hike about 60-75 minutes through the night forest to the Amazon’s largest known Tapir clay lick. Here you’ll climb a 17 by 17 foot observation platform perched almost 20 feet above the lick itself.
Day 4: Manu: Blanco Oxbow Lake
After another early morning departure by boat and short hike from the river, you have what promises to be an exciting visit to Blanco Oxbow Lake. This lake has populations of a variety of aquatic life and water birds, including the prehistoric-looking hoatzin and the possibility to see the resident family of giant otters.
After returning for lunch at the Center your guide is available to further explore the forest trails for more wildlife encounters and photo opportunities. This evening, from the late afternoon until after Dinner, you’ll have the opportunity to search for caiman and other nocturnal life along the riverbank by boat..
Day 5: Return to Lima
After early breakfast, you’ll leave near dawn by motor canoe for a two hour return trip to the Boca Manu landing strip, taking advantage of valuable early morning wildlife activity along the river. From here you fly to Cusco.
Arrival to Cusco to take your flight back to the city of Lima.
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Duration
5 Days and 4 Nights
Destinations & Highlights
Cusco City.
Manu National Park.
Macaw Claylick
Blanco Oxbow Lake.
Hotel Accommodation
1 night at the hotel in Cusco city.
3 nights at the Amazon Lodge in Manu.
Flights
Local flights in route Lima - Cusco - Lima and small plane flight Cusco - Manu - Cusco are included in the itinerary.
Transportation
All transportations are included in private cars; all transfers between airports, hotels, tours and activities are included.
Meals
All breakfasts are included.
All meals included during the Manu experience.
Entrance Fees
All entrance fees and tickets for the travel itinerary activities and tours are included.
Travel Insurance
The itinerary includes a reliable Travel
Insurance for all your travelling days.
Travel Leaders
Briefing to the experience by a travel expert.
Join passionate and knoledgeable local guides.
Not Included
International Flights to Peru
International and Local Airport Taxes.
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Transportation to Lima’s Airport to take your flight to the city of Cuzco (3,310 m - 10,859 ft).
The morning will be free to acclimatize. It is recommended that you relax and rest to become accustomed to the altitude. As part of the acclimatizing process, we recommend to take it easy this day with an introductory walk around the city.
Drinking coca tea at your hotel and restaurants is highly recommended to acclimatize to the altitude, you will feel the difference.
In the afternoon, you will have a walking visit to the Sacsayhuaman Fortress, which overlooks the city of Cuzco with its impressive beauty and monumental scale.
Return to your hotel to relax and rest.
Night at the Hotel in Cuzco city.
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