Wild Peru – The Best of Manu
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- Manu NP is home to Jaguar, Brazilian Tapir, Spectacled Bear & Giant River Otter
- Myriad hummingbirds and tanagers in the cloudforest
- Visit an Andean Cock-of-the-rock lek
- Multiple primate species & White-lipped Peccaries plus chance of Ocelot
- Visit oxbow lakes to look for Hoatzins, Sungrebes & Giant River Otters
- Dawn clay-lick visit to see Red-and-green Macaws & other parrots & parakeets
- Look for Brazilian Tapirs at a clay-lick
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- Accommodation a mixture of birding and wildlife lodges, some rustic but all in wonderful locations.
- Food all included in the price, except for meals in Lima
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We depart from London Heathrow on an early morning Iberia scheduled flight to Madrid where we connect with a non-stop service to the Peruvian capital of Lima, arriving at Jorge Chávez International Airport during the evening. From here we will transfer across to the Ramada hotel adjacent to the terminal.
We’ll be up early this morning, helped by the time difference between the UK and Peru, and after a very short walk across to the airport terminal we’ll board an early morning flight to Cusco. We’ll be met on arrival in Cusco by our guide and driver and we’ll be straig...
We have a full day to explore the humid temperate forest of the upper Andean slopes, and we don’t have too far to travel today to find the birds! At dawn the Red and White Antpitta may well be calling and the recently described Diademed Tapaculo, Moustached Flowerpier...
We have all day today to bird from Wayquecha at just under 3,000 metres all the way down to Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge at 1,500 meters through pristine cloudforest on the famous Manu Road. Some of the special birds on this stretch which we will look for include White-rump...
Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge is strategically located at the lower end of thesubtropical zone at 1,500 m. In this zone several lower-elevation species converge with the lowest altitudinal range of higher-elevation species, creating remarkably high species diversity. Golden-...
Today we will travel down from Cock-of-the-Rock lodge further into the lowlands finding more and more lowland species en route. The open habitats around the towns of Patria and Pilcopata will add some more species. When we reach the town of Atalaya we will transfer in...
A full day will be spent exploring the extensive network of trails at Amazonia Lodge that have been well designed to take in all the available micro-habitats in the area. We will see many lowland and foothill species. We will also make time to visit the canopy tower t...
After an early breakfast we will start our journey down the Alto Madre de Dios river and will stop to watch a macaw and parrot clay lick not far downstream from Amazonia lodge – here we will see a range of species, with luck including the rare and local Blue-headed Ma...
Leaving Romero Lodge we will travel up the Manu river deep into the heart of the Manu National Park. We’ll be surrounded by pristine rainforest and as we motor along we’ll keep our eyes open for Spectacled Caimans loafing on mud banks, Side-necked Terrapins sunbathing...
Our two days here at the tented camp will give us ample opportunity to explore the extensive trail system through the surrounding forest and give us a real taste of this wonderful stretch of lowland Amazonia. This is a prime area for seeing a host of exciting bird spe...
This morning we’ll re-board our boat and return down the Manu River to the famous Manu Wildlife Centre. The journey will take most of the morning and will give us another chance to enjoy the wildlife along the river bank. What we missed on our earlier journey we can l...
Leaving the Manu Wildlife Centre after breakfast we’ll make our way down river and back towards civilization. At the small mining settlement of Boca Colorado we’ll transfer to vehicles and then after crossing the Inambari River at Puerto Carlos we’ll join the Trans-Oc...
This morning we fly back to Lima and use any spare time between arriving and out check in for the flight home to maybe have lunch on the coast, looking out for a few Humboldt Current seabirds at the same time. Our flight departs in the early evening.
We will arrive back at Heathrow in the early evening.
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