The Native Community of Santa Rosa de Hucaria is an indigenous group Machiguenga and Wachipaeri, whose ancestral land is located on the right bank of the Huacaria river of the Kosñipata district, in the Manu Park.
This trip features a visit to the Manu Biosphere Reserve and the Native Community of Santa Rosa de Huacaria, is a chance to share and interact with the members of this native community settle in the area, we will be able to observe the wonderful wildlife and we will approach the principles of the Amazonian indigeneus people, In this trip you have a chance to share with the members of the community and to explore on the forest’s trails, rivers and lakes, surrounded at all times by a tropical forest habitat, in the company of an expert naturalist guide. This trip is highly recommended for families, and also with small children.
This community offers spend an entire day with community members experiencing their day to day life with activities such as fishing, farming,walks, traditional food and craftsmanship.
Through our expeditions and trips to Manu we promote the initiatives of indigenous communities in the tourism industry, in cooperation with local small businesses in the area and strengthen conservation projects and protection of local wildlife.
Choose expeditions and trips to Manu from 3 to 9 days, where you will have an adventure and experience life in nature, at the same time you will contribute to preserve the Manu National Park and its biosphere reserve.
4 Days / 3 Nights
2 Persons
Medium
All year round
Manu National Park was established in 1973 and 10 years later was recognized as a World Heritage Site. It is internationally considered to be the most biodiverse natural area on the planet. It comprises approximately half of Switzerland. The national park is a complete ecosystem that protects basins of Andean microclimates, cloud forest, tropical lowland rainforest and the Alto Madre de Dios and Manu rivers are its tributaries.
The biosphere itself is subdivided into the National Park and two adjacent zones, one for tourism and the other for cultural subsistence. Manu hosts over 1000 species of birds, 15,000 species of plants, more than 200 species of mammals, and untold numbers of insects, and within the Restricted Zone hosts uncontacted native groups.
Manu conserves the most beloved species of the planet such as the Jaguar, Tapir, Spectacled Bear, Black Caiman, Giant Otter, and 13 species of monkeys such as the Marmoset, the only smallest monkey in the world, and the nocturnal night monkey.
The trip to Manu Park is spectacularly beautiful and worth a visit. Access is generally by road and it takes 2 days to enter the Manu Biosphere zone which starts from the Andes at approximately 4000 meters passing by Pre-Inka tombs and then arriving to the wonderful Cloud Forest located on the east side of the Andes to finally reach the totally flat jungle, visiting Manu is a true experience.
Manu National Park, located in southeastern Peru (between the regions of Cusco and Madre de Dios), is one of the largest tropical parks in South America. Covering two million hectares (4.5 million acres), the territory is rich in flora and fauna with a wide variety of habitats, including high Andes, rainforest, and tropical lowland rainforest. In 1977, Manu National Park was declared a World Biological Reserve, home to otters, jaguars, caimans, approximately 13 species of primates and close to 1000 species of birds as well as 10% of the world’s vascular plant species, including several species of figs and palms and countless species of medicinal plants, which are being investigated by scientists. Manu National Park can be considered the most biologically diverse and protected park on the planet.
DEPARTURES: Every Friday
We would like to share with you our recommendations for how to have as little an impact upon the natural environment in Manu as possible during your visit.
1. Avoid using plastics that only have a short-term use. If plastic is necessary, like plastic bags to keep your clothes dry in, for example, try to buy bags that can be used again, either by you or the next tourist. If possible, don’t buy any drinks in plastic bottles, opting instead for glass bottles. If buying plastic bottles can’t be avoided, make sure the bottles will be returned to Cusco, handing them back to us for recycling.
2. Recycle camera/flashlight batteries. Cusco does not have a place to recycle batteries; if this is available to you back home, please take your batteries back with you and recycle them there. Where this is not possible, please leave the batteries with your guide or at our office in Cusco. We will store them, hoping in the future there will be the possibility of recycling them locally.
3. Respect our rules for disposal of garbage in bags for biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage. Thank you!
4. Lower fuel emissions. Oftentimes the bugs and boat used for your transportation will also transport food or materials for the jungle lodges. We ask your understanding since in this way we can reduce the number of trips our bus and boats make, thereby reducing the gas used and the emissions from the motors.
If you have additional ideas you’d like to share, we’d be pleased to hear them and add them to this list!
Our adventure into the Jungle of Manu start with picking you up around 5:30 AM, from your Hotels in Cusco, using the service of our private Manu Wildlife Tours transport.
The first part of our excursion is will take us through the majestic Andean mountains and andean villages. Before mid-day we arrive at the entrance of Manu National Park, the access point to one of the most protected natural areas in South America. From here we will continue into the Cloud Forest and at Fog forest we will explore for around 3 hours to observe the National bird of Peru, the cock of the rock, the biggest monkey in Peru (woolly monkeys) and to observe different types of bromeliads and beautiful orchids, then We arrive to our selected Pilcopta inn Lodge.
In the evening, we’ll walk into the jungle, (night expedition) to see tarantulas, different types of spiders, poisonous frogs, tree frogs, snakes, night monkeys, Giant armadillos and boas.
We will wake up early in the morning with the singing of the Amazonian birds and after breakfast have the chance to walk along the high forest visiting the local agricultures like coca plants, bananas, pineapples, etc.
From Atalaya we leave by motorized boat to our lodge, After lunch we will explore the jungle for several hours and see different kinds of wildlife , as squirrels monkeys, brown capuchin monkeys and howler monkeys, birds such as eagle, Macaws,woodpeckers, toucans, flycatcher, and kingfisher etc. Many different kinds of plants and medecin plants.
In the afternoon we will visit Machuwasi Lake where we will take a balsa raft and see the pre-historic Hoatzin bird, watch the beautiful sunset,(included night expeditions) to see tarantulas, different types of spiders, poisonous frogs, tree frogs, snakes, alligators, night monkeys, armadillos and boas.
We will spend the night in our rustic at Soga de Oro Lodge.
We start early and take our motor boat to the small colpa (wall of clay lick) is located in the river bank, where hundred noisy species of parakeets, parrots and small macaws come to feed on mineral soil and salt supplement that they find in this clay, and then we go to visit the Huacaria native community, today we will have the opportunity to share in the daily life of one of the few communities that have managed to conserve the ancestral culture of the Matchiguenga people.
The villagers will show us how they live in harmony with nature and conserve their environment, also We will learn about their life style, their customs and activities like weaving, making and use of bow and arrows, etc.
(Optional night walk) We will spend the night in our rustic at Pilcopata Lodge.
After an early breakfast, we will explore the trail system at the lodge around 2 hours, then we return to the Inca capital Cusco, and drop off at your hotel.
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