Experience the Beauty of the Manu Reserve Zone on an 8-Day Tour
Discover the breathtaking landscapes and diverse wildlife of the Manu reserve zone tour 8 days. Immerse yourself in the untouched wilderness of this protected area and spot rare species such as jaguars, giant otters, and macaws. Book now for an unforgettable adventure in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon. Come to our beautiful Treehouse Inn and explore the incredible variety of flora and fauna of Manu National Park. We show you our jungle by day and by night. Highlights are the early morning clay lick of colourful parrots, refreshing river tubing and cozy campfires.
ITINERARY
Day 1: From Cuzco – Manu Wildlife Lodge
We leave Cuzco at 4:00am. A day trip in our private bus is waiting for us. Due to the frequent stops, the long journey is entertaining. At the colonial village of Paucartombo, we stop for breakfast. After we have reached an altitude of 3’900 m.a.s.l. we dive into the reserve of the Manu National Park. Here we start to explore the incredible variety of flora and fauna of the cloud forest. We will discover orchids, primitive ferns and medicinal plants. We will look out for our national bird, the Cock of the Rock, the Woolly Monkey and the Capuchino Monkey. In addition, we observe different kinds of parrots and macaws. In the afternoon we reach the boat harbour of Atalaya. Here we end our trip by car.
Our adventure at the river Madre de Dios begins: We change into a typical motorboat, which brings us in 2.5 hours following the course of the river into our own wonderful Ecolodge “Manu Wildlife Lodge”. During the river trip, we again have time to observe the rich fauna and flora. In the lodge, we spend the first night of our extraordinary jungle experience.
Day 2: Manu Wildlife Lodge – Treehouse Inn
This day after breakfast we continue with the best jungle expedition diving deeper into the rainforest of Manu National Park. We take a smaller boat called „Pekepeke“ due to the sound of the motor. For a two-hour river adventure, we follow the Palotoa River until we reach our unique Treehouse built by the hands of Fidel his mother Teresa and his brothers. It’s a house that is well hidden in a very secret place in the middle of the Amazon rainforest of Manu National Park. – only Fidel and his family know where is this place.
Throughout the trip of our boat adventure, we will enjoy appreciating a great variety of wildlife such as Caymans, Capybaras, Red Howler Monkeys, Macaws, Tucans, Herons, Puma, etc.
The Treehouse Inn local family Ecological Reserve has a large extension of hectares of Amazon rainforest with full biodiversity, it is a very special tropical forest of Manu National Park with an altitude 300 m. above sea level, which offers the visitor the opportunity to see a good selection of birds, animals, plants, giant trees as well as endemic species.
For lunch, our chef surprises us with different Peruvian dishes.
After we enjoyed our delicious lunch we had a jungle adventure walk for approximately 4 hours to see exotic animals such as Tapir, Pecaris, Sloth, Puma, Jaguar, different types of Monkeys, Anteater, Armadillo, Deer, different species of Snake, Tarantula, etc etc. and many other species.
We will also see exotic birds such as Macaw, Parrot, Tucan, Orpendula, Tanager, Cardinal, Fly Catcher, Nunbird, Jacamar, Hummingbird, Curasaw, Tinamom, Antbird, and Woodpecker. etc etc. and many other species.
After dinner, the different sounds of the Amazon night will get us in the mood for our night walk: we will hear the sounds of the night monkeys – the only night primates in the world – the rat Kalinowski, the big photos and the pigmy owl. With a little luck, we will be able to hear them and observe them during our night walk. We are also looking for spiders and tarantulas, frogs and snakes like the Coral Snake.
After this experience, we spend the night at Treehouse Inn.
Day 3: Treehouse Inn (parrot clay lick)
This day we continue the wildlife watching tour, At the first light of the day very early 5:00 am we go to the parrot clay lick to observe the dazzling spectacle of hundreds of parrots and large macaws eating clay.
Then after this, we will have a delicious breakfast. After we enjoyed our breakfast we had another jungle adventure walk for approximately 4hrs visiting another of the beautiful hiking trails around Treehouse Inn to show and teach you the abundance of medicinal plants and huge trees that we have in this area. We also have one more chance to spot the most difficult animals to find such as Tapir, Anteater, Sloth, Puma and Jaguar.
For lunch, our cook surprises us with typical jungle food.
After we enjoyed the lunch, in the afternoon, we had time for a refreshing swim in the crystal clear waters of the Palotoa River. Furthermore, we continue enjoying another big adventure that you would love a lot, this is river tubing and drifting the river for approximately one hour.
After dinner, optional night walk. After this experience, we spend one more night at Treehouse Inn.
Day 4: Treehouse Inn – Cusco
After breakfast, we drive back from Manu jungle to Cusco. We return to Cusco through the cloud forest and Paucartambo. We will arrive back at Cusco in the afternoon at approximately 5:00 p.m.
