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MANU ANDES & PARROT CLAY LICK 6 DAYS / 5 NIGHTS
Season: All year round (departures on Wednesday)
Transportation: Bus, boat and airplane
Accommodation: Camping and lodge
Highlights:Tropical Rainforest flora and fauna, jungle exploration and the Macaw clay lick.
Day 1. Transfer to the airport to board the plane to Boca Manu for a 45 minute flight. By motor boat along the Manu River towards the CAIMAN CAMP once passing Limonal, the Park Ranger Station, where we will register before entering the Reserved Area. We will see birds, toucans, macaws, parrots and some mammals such as capybara, tapirs, peccaries and many varieties of turtles, caiman and, if we are lucky, a jaguar. We will arrive at our camp in the mid-afternoon, near the Salvador oxbow-Lake, where we will spend two nights camping on comfortable platforms. (L,D)
Day 2. Early start for a three to four hours walk from the banks of Manu River to Otorongo lake, where we will climb a 15m high observation tower, from where birds such as the exuberantly feathered and primitive Shansho (Hoatzin) can be seen, as well as monkeys feeding on fruits and several species of flowers and brightly-colored butterflies. We will then return to our camp by canoe for lunch. The afternoon will be dedicated to explore Salvador Oxbow lake and the surrounding area aboard our catamaran, from which we’ll be able to observe the local mega diversity, including Black Caiman, White Caiman, a family of Giant Otters and waterfowl. Return to the camp in the evening. (B,L,D)
Day 3. Early in the morning we have another chance to go for a nature walk or one more visit to the oxbow lake and hear choirs of birds defining their territory in song. As the sun rises, the eastern sky changes to a pale yellow and we will be able to see falcons or other predatory birds patiently searching for prey from the treetops. After lunch we will board our boat again and head downstream towards Boca Manu but this time just foating without the engine to have the opportunity to observe with plenty of time this mighty and diverse environment. Arriving at Boca Manu we visit the native community of the Machiguenga and Yine ethnic group, also we will visit their medicinal plants botanical garden and share their knowledge and activities.(B,L,D)
Day 4. We will continue along the river Alto Madre de Dios river to our camp site near a parrot clay lick. (B,L,D)
Day 5. After breakfast, we continue upstream along the Madre de Dios towards the port at Atalaya, where the bus will be waiting to take us to the Paradise Lodge, where we will spend our last night in the cloud forest. (B,L,D)
Day 6. Last opportunity to visit the Cock-of-the-Rock lek. After breakfast our bus will take us back to Cusco, arriving in the afternoon. (B,L).
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