Manu tours from Cusco is a popular and a short trip to experience the highlights of the Peruvian Amazon. This 3 Day Manu Tour accompanied by a local English speaking naturalist guide takes you to the Cultural Zone of the national park.
Sacred Valley and Inca Trail to Machu Picchu tops the bucket list of travellers in Peru. However, Peru is more than the archaeological sites.
Our 3 days and 2 nights tours to Manu National Park is designed to offer you the best of the pristine areas of the Peruvian Amazon. Manu is home to over 850 species of birds.
The whole national park is spread over 1,532,806 hectares. It is divided into three zones, Cultural, Core Zone and Manu Biosphere Reserve.
We are a local tour operator based in Cusco. All our guides are locals and have an excellent knowledge about the flora and fauna.
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Group Size: 2 – 8 persons
DAY 1: CUSCO TO PILCOPATA INN LODGE:
5:00 am We will pick you up from your hotel in a private bus. During the trip, the bus stops in interesting places like Ninamarca’schullpas, these are pre-Inca cemetery. The trip will be around 11 hours approximately; the highest pass on this road is 4000 msl.
On this day, we travel around over the Andes and over the famous cloud forest which has interesting flora and fauna like de Andean Cock of the Rock Peru’s national bird. In the afternoon, we arrive to Pilcopata Village. We will spend the night in Pilcopata inn Lodge with private bathroom and hot water.
DAY 2: PILCOPATA INN LODGE TO SOGA DE ORO LODGE:
After an early breakfast we continue our trip by bus to Atalaya, stopping in the way to see the place of the orchids, our local project . From Atalaya we take the boat the rustic Soga de Oro Lodge with private bathroom and hot shower. After lunch, we go to Machuwasi Lake where we go on balsa raft exploring the lake, here it possible to see the prehistoric bird call Hoatzin and Capybaras. At night is possible to see Caimans. The night is spent at the lodge. Optional night walk (to see insects, frogs, snakes etc.)
DAY 3: SOGA DE ORO LODGE PARROT CLAY LICK – CUSCO:
We leave very early to see the parrot lick which is located ten minutes down river from the lodge. The activity begins around 5:30 am with the blue headed and yellow crowned parrots. Also, the blue headed and the chestnut fronted macaws. The Parrots eat the clay which has minerals that helps the stomach digestion that is the reason why hundreds of parrots parakeets and small macaws come to this particular place. After, we continue our trip to Cusco. The trip will be 10 hours aprox. First by boat and later by bus. We leave you in your hotels. Dinner by your own.
