PERU: Manu & Tambopata

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Day 1: Huayllabamba

Day 1

Reception and assistance at the Cusco airport. Departure from the international airport Velasco Astete towards the Sacred Valley, we will visit the town of Pisac, known for its picturesque market. This market attracts tourists from all over the world who try to exchange belongings for local products such as sweaters, ponchos, jewelry and other goods. Lunch at a local restaurant In the afternoon visit Ollantaytambo, a typical town of Inca origin. Both its design and the bases of most of its buildings correspond to the time of the Incario, during which it constituted a strategic military, religious and agricultural center. In its high part an impressive fortress rises that guarded the access to the lower part of the valley and protected it from the possible invasions of the jungle ethnic groups. Dinner on behalf of passengers

Day 2: Peru

Day 2

Before dawn, we will leave for the three-crossing viewpoint, passing through the town of Paucartambo reaching the Ajanaco pass, there is the viewpoint, on the edge of this protected area. Upon arrival you will enjoy an impressive view of the Peruvian Amazon, where you can see one of the most beautiful sunrises in the world.

Lunch box

Later we will go in the direction of the biological station of Wayquecha, it is a private conservation area that, due to its environmental characteristics, allows the access of several terrestrial habitats, including the cloud forest, the cloudy sclerophyl thicket, the high Andean pajonal and its ecotone with the forest, one of the most marked ecological borders of the planet.

Already installed in the lodge we will visit a suspension air bridge for the observation of birds such as the forest dozel.

Dinner at Wayquecha Lodge

Day 3: Manu National Park

Day 3

We explore the trails for birds and monkeys in the morning. 

Breakfast with a beautiful view of the cloudforest and its activity. 

After lunch we drive down the Manu Road stopping and looking at scenery and wildlife in time to arrive for dinner in the Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge. 

 

Day 4: Manu National Park

Day 4

Very early we will visit an observation hideout called “lek” which will give us the opportunity to see the Gallito de las roca, national bird of Peru, with its bustling song, its movement, its colorful, colorful plumage.

At the appropriate time we will return to the lodge and head towards Atalaya en route

We will visit the coca plantations and learn about traditional uses and their medicinal properties.

Box lunch  en route.

Our destination is the port of Atalaya, when we get there, we will change the land transport and we will embark on a boat to start sailing along the Alto Madre de Dios River. This gives us the fabulous scenery during the trip, we will have gone down to about 300 meters to reach the Manu Learning Center Lodge, we will settle in our rooms and then enjoy dinner with the melodious background of the sounds of the jungle.

Dinner at Manu Learning Center Lodge

Day 5: Manu National Park

Day 5

At dawn we will do an observation walk through the network of roads that surround the Lodge, to see birds and photograph hummingbirds, after this tour we go to MLC for an energetic breakfast, continuing with our activities we will return to the boat to continue the trip, our Boat will make a short visit to the Village of Boca Manu, a few more hours of boat trip we will arrive at our lodge to rest in a private reserve, Tambo Blanquillo Lodge.

Box lunch Dinner at Tambo Blanquillo Lodge

Day 6: Manu National Park

Day 6

At dawn we will visit the Parrot and Macaw Collpa one of the most interesting activities, the observation of Parrots and Macaws. When the sun rises we will see the magical colors of the birds that fly together and perch in the surrounding trees, then descend flying towards the clay walls in the collpa, It is such a colorful spectacle with a tremendous bustle, this experience is finished at the lodge. 

In the afternoon we will visit Lake Blanquillo, with opportunities to see black birds and alligators at the shore of the lake, enjoying peace and tranquility of the lake and observing wildlife.

Lunch and dinner at Tambo Blanquillo Lodge

Day 7: Manu National Park

Day 7

This day we will visit Camungo Lake, the second lake with the highest bird and river wolf watching, near this lake an 80 meter high tower is located which we will visit and enjoy an impressive view of the forest with the best opportunity to see birds , later we will board a catamaran that will allow us to visit the lake without disturbing the surroundings.

Lunch and dinner at Tambo Blanquillo Lodge

Day 8: Puerto Maldonado

Day 8

We will wake up early with a second opportunity to visit the Macaw clay lick and return to the lodge to get ready and leave for the city of Puerto Maldonado. Box lunch We will board the boat for a few hours until we reach Puerto Colorado, some vans will be waiting for us to take us to Carlos Harbor, from that point we will cross the river to move to the town of Sta. Rosa where our private transport will lead us to Wasai Ecolodge in the Puerto Maldonado city.

Dinner on behalf of passengers in any of the various restaurants nearby. 

Day 9: Tambopata National Reserve

Day 9

After a pleasant rest in the city of Puerto Maldonado we will enter the Tambopata National Reserve, the local guide will pick us up from the hotel, we will have a stop at our office for the briefing welcome and immediately we will move to the Tambopata port to take our boat, until Finca Sachavacayoc, on the way with luck you can see capybaras, alligators, fishing birds and monkeys.

* If time reaches a visit to Lake Condenado / if it does not reach time, we do a night walk or search for alligators in the river 

Dinner at Finca Sachavacayoc

Day 10: Tambopata National Reserve

Day 10

We get up very early to visit the Chuncho macaw claylick. We  will go by boat, with our expert captain and navigation lights we will go upstream the Tambopata river for 2 hours.  We will have  breakfast in the boat, on the way both going and back to the collpa is when we have opportunities to see rare animals like the Jaguar or the Tapir.

Lunch at Finca Sachavacayoc.   In the afternoon we walk to Lake Sachavacayoc which is 5 kilometers from the lodge. We will walk  for about 1.5 hrs. through a beautiful primary forest in the heart of the Tambopata National Reserve.   We visit the lake in a rowing boat, the lake is very beautiful and active at this time, with enough activity of monkeys and blue and yellow macaws. In the Tambopata National Reserve, there are 8 species of monkeys, and in Lake Sachavacayoc you can see one of the most difficult species to see which is the spider monkey, the other species are: the howler monkey, the black machin monkey, the Black machin monkey, squirrel monkey, Tamarin monkey, night monkey and titi monkey. There are also abundant fishing birds such as the wild duck, herons and the coolest of birds “the hoatzin, we will look for anacondas that sporadically are seen in the swampy part of the lake.

Day 11: End of Itinerary

Day 11

We get up very early to visit the Chuncho Macaw Collpa for the second time, return to the lodge for lunch and depending on the time. Lunch at Finca Sachavacayoc or box lunch on the boat.

Return to Puerto Maldonado in time to take your flight out of the city. 

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