4 Day Manu Jungle Expedition Tour

Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Cusco - Pilcopata Lodge

Departure from Cusco city very early in the morning in one of our trucks specially prepared for this road. We will pass through interesting Inter-Andean valleys and picturesque farmer communities. In the middle of the day we are going to visit the pre-Inca buried towers of Ninamarca, known as “chullpas”. After that we will arrive to Paucartambo city, which is a typical colonial town. It had a lot of importance and it still conserves it’s flavor. Continuing our trip we drive up until the Abra of Accjanaco which is found at 3850 meters over the sea. From this point we start to go down passing through the cloud forest, which is an area rich in endemic species as the spectacular “Andean Bear” (Tremarctos Ornatus) and “The Cock of the Rock” (The Peruvian National Bird), “Orquis”, “Bromelias” and “Ferns” etc. Then in the cloud forest we will visit a lek of “Cock of the Rock”, in which these birds every morning and afternoon made during a very interesting dance called “Displays”. We will spend the night at Pilcopata Lodge.

Day 2: Pilcopata Lodge - Atalaya – Manu Lodge

Before breakfast we will take a walk, along the road we will be able to do some bird watching as well as have the opportunity to see some species of small monkeys. After a two hour walk we will enjoy our deserved breakfast at Atalaya Port; from here we will continue with our tour by boat. After approximately 20minutes of boat sailing we will walk towards Machuhuasi oxbow lake; there we will have the possibilities to see several species of birds as well as have the chance to see some Capybaras and monkeys.
In the afternoon we will reach our lodge in order to have lunch and take a short break before we start our afternoon walk.
This afternoon with luck in our walk we will have a possibility to see some Monkeys, Macaws, Toucans so in the way back we will have a night walking where we can see spiders, lizards, frogs and tarantulas, also this day we will observe some birds from the top of a metal tower. After this impressive experience we go back to the lodge where our delicious dinner is waiting.

Day 3: Manu Lodge all day.

Our lodge has several trails to explore, this day before breakfast we will explore one of the trails having the opportunity to see several species of birds; like, tanagers, flycatchers, trogons, parrots, macaws, hawks, falcons and Manakins. Beside birds we can also see several species of monkeys, peccaries, and maybe a jaguar or puma.
Late in the afternoon we will visit a lake near to the lodge where we can observe some caimans.
Option: This day if the weather conditions are good we will visit the parrot clay lick, and in the way back to the lodge we will visit the oxbow lake of Machuhuasi where several species of birds as well as monkeys and other mammals can be observed.

Day 4: From Manu Lodge – Macaw/Parrot Clay lick- Cusco

We will get up early to visit a parrot clay lick where we can see three types of macaws, parrots and Parakeets. This is a clay Lick wall on the riverside, where different species of parrots and macaws come down each morning to extract necessary minerals for their diet balance.
After this impressive activity we will return to Atalaya by boat where our private bus will be waiting for us in order to take us back to Cusco by the cloud forest and Paucartambo. We will arrive back in Cusco in the late afternoon.