Manu National Park: Cultural Zone Tour (3 Days)

Pick-up is from your hotel or any other location you specify in our private vehicle. We will visit the pre-Incan tombs of the Tiwanaku culture and picturesque high Andean communities.

We will stop in Paucartambo, a beautiful town known for its rich folklore and colonial architecture, and visit the interesting city museum. Along the way, we will have lunch in the cloud forest.

We will continue our descent through the cloud forest, an area rich in endemic species, such as the spectacled bear and the Andean cock-of-the-rock, Peru's national bird, which performs a unique courtship ritual.

We can also see orchids, bromeliads, ferns, etc. We will continue observing the spectacular nature throughout our journey until we reach the Pilcopata Lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

• Meals: Lunch, Dinner.

In the morning, we will enjoy a delicious breakfast at the lodge and board our vehicle. We will head to our hummingbird garden where you can spot different species of hummingbirds and various fruit-eating birds, monkeys, and some mammals of the area. The guide will explain the coca leaf plantations in Atalaya. Rubber boots will be provided, and we will take a 40-minute boat ride to reach the lodge, where you can relax or swim in the river.

After lunch, you will also have the option to do the zip line. In the afternoon, we will visit Lake Machuwasi, where we will explore on local rafts to observe birds, such as the hoatzin (a prehistoric bird), caimans, and capybaras, among other animals like monkeys and toucans.

Then we will take a night walk through the forest to look for insects and amphibians. After the night walk, we will have dinner and spend the night. Optional free activity - zip line: Our guests at the Amazon Manu Lodge have the opportunity to appreciate a unique and breathtaking view of the jungle as they fly through the rainforest canopy between platforms built high in the trees.

All equipment used is high-altitude and safe. After gliding at high speed through the treetops of the incredible Amazon rainforest, you can rappel 20 meters to the ground. After dinner, we will take a night walk where we can observe arachnids, insects, frogs, etc.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Very early in the morning, we will board our boat and head to the macaw clay lick, a wall along the banks of the Madre de Dios River where different species of parrots, such as the blue-headed parrot, the white-eyed parakeet, and the chestnut-fronted macaw, among others, gather every morning.

Here they eat the clay, which is rich in minerals and helps them digest food and eliminate toxins from their bodies. Afterward, we return to the lodge for breakfast and then take the 40-minute boat ride back to Atalaya, where we will board our vehicle for the return trip to Cusco. We will have lunch along the way back to Cusco and arrive around 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

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*Free Optional Activity: Canopy Zip Line & Rappel

Our guests at the Amazon Manu Lodge have the exclusive opportunity to experience a unique and impressive bird's-eye view of the rainforest. Fly through the jungle canopy between high-altitude platforms built deep within the giant trees. All equipment used is premium quality, fully certified, and secure. After gliding at high speed through the treetops of the amazing Amazon Jungle, you will wrap up this adrenaline-filled adventure with an exciting 20-meter rappel back down to the forest floor.