Our tour of the Manu Cultural Zone with hot springs and waterfalls begins and ends in Cusco, for this tour we leave Cusco very early in the morning through the south of the city we enter the Manu from Paucartambo to pilcopata lodge, we will cross the mysterious cloud forest observing a great variety of flora and fauna.
We continue by bus to Atalaya, from here by boat we continue to the best lodge called Soga de Oro from there it will be possible to reach by boat the only hot springs in the Manu Park which is medicinal for many problems.
The Manu Cultural Zone is one of the three zones in the Manu National Park that has high mountains, cloud forests and low jungles. In this zone, there are small villages with native farmers. This area is protected by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Manu park authorities to act as a buffer zone for the reserved and intangible zones.
We take you to the cloud forest of the eastern slopes of the Andes (Manu trail) and the upper lowland forest (around 500 – 600 m altitude). Ideal for bird and monkey watching (cock of the rock, oropendolas, parrots). Also suitable for families with younger children.
4 Days / 3 Nights
2 Persons
Medium
All year round
Manu National Park 4 Days 3 Nights is an extensive park in southeastern Peru, which spans the highlands of the Andes, the cloud forests and the jungle of the plains. It is known for its rich biodiversity, especially for its hundreds of species of birds, such as the macaws, which feed on clay deposits. The boats sail through the Manu River and the dense Amazon rainforest, which is home to jaguars,turtles,capibaras, giant otters black caimans and spider monkeys
It’s very important to be well acclimated to the altitude before exerting yourself on a trek. We recommend that you arrive in Cusco at least 2 or 3 days before the trek starts to help you adjust and avoid possible problems with altitude sickness while on the trek.
You might have already been in another area of Peru at a high altitude before arriving in Cusco. In that case, we still recommend you have a whole day in Cusco to rest, recover from your travel, and enjoy the sights and sounds of Cusco before departing for the trek.
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!
This day we will begins the wonderfull tour Manu cultural with hot springs and waterfalls, so We pick up from your hotel very early in the morning from 5:30 a.m. at 6:00 a.m. in our comfortable and private bus.
On the way, we visit the funerary towers or Chullpas de Ninamarca at 3750 meters above sea level and a brief visit to Paucartambo, a folkloric town, a colonial bridge.
We ascend to the upper area of Paucartambo, the Acjanaco sector. (4000 m.s,n,m) This is the point of entry to the Manu National Park.
Then we descend through the mysterious cloud forest, which hosts a great variety of flora and fauna, full of beautiful orchids, heliconias and primitive ferns. We took a walk to give you the opportunity to witness the Cock of the Rocks (Rupícola Peruviana) in the ritual of mating.
There are also possibilities to observe Trogones (Trogon sp.), Quetzales (Pharomachrus sp.) In addition, much more and if we are lucky we can observe Spectacled Bear (Tremantus Ornatos). In the afternoon, we arrive at a village called Pilcopata at 550 meters above sea level in our typical lodge that is outside the town with private bathrooms and showers where we will spend the night.
After a delicious breakfast, we continue our trip by bus to Atalaya for 45 minutes, altitud of 490 m.s.n.m where we will embark by boat for 30 minutes to the soga de oro lodge where we will spend the night in our typical lodge with private bathrooms and showers.
On the way, we will observe a variety of animals. After the delicious lunch, in the afternoon we will go to the Machuwasi lake, where we will ride a catamaran typical of the area, to observe a variety of birds such as the Shansho (Ophisthocomus hoazín), monkeys, reptiles, dwarf alligators and insects, and perhaps some ronsocos (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris). At night, we have the optional night walking program. Night in lodge with private bathrooms and showers available
Very early we going by boat for 25 minutes to the parrot clay lick. Where you can see 3 to 4 species of parrots and small macaws, observe a variety of birds, monkeys, reptiles, dwarf alligators and insects, groups of turtles and perhaps some ronsocos (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).
This day we continue our boat trip along the high river of Madre de Dios for 1.45 hours more on the way we will observe many species of birds such as the different species of herons, parrots, orioles, garrapateros and buzzards, passing through several colonist communities.
They live along the river where we will have a walk to the wonderful waterfall. After a break, we go downstream arriving at the Natural place called Hot springs of Shintuya where you will have shower in the natural and medicinal spring. After this unforgettable walk and shower, we will return to our lodge, dinner and overnight stay in lodge with bathrooms and showers available.
After our delicious breakfast we unfortunately return by boat from the Soga de Oro lodge to Atalaya, where the bus awaits us to return to Cusco, again passing through the mysterious cloud forest to the city Imperial of Cusco. (Approximate arrival at 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.).
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Dirección : Pampa del Castillo 455 Cusco – Perú
