Manu Biosphere Reserve Macaw Clay Lick to Puerto Maldonado 6d/5n
Optional:
This tour can also exit from Manu National Park to Cusco by the New Interoceanic Road that joins Brazil with Peru, the journey by bus from Mazuco to Cusco takes about 8 hours. There is no extra charge.
THIS TOUR INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES |
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TOUR ITINERARY
DAY 1:- Cusco – Cloud Forest - Bamboo 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 Cook of the Rock” (The Peruvian National Bird), “Orquis”, “Bromelias” and “Ferns” etc.
Then in San Pedro we will visit a lek of “Cook of the Rocks”, in which these birds every morning and afternoon made during a very interesting dance called “Displays”. After that we continue our tour until reaching Bamboo Lodge, where we will stop and spend our first night.
DAY 2:- Bamboo Lodge – Atalaya – Bonanza Ecological reserve.
After eating our breakfast we continue the tour by bus going through the high forest arriving to Atalaya which is found next to Madre de Dios river ( 700 meters over the sea). From this point we start to go down river in a motorized boat (55 hp). At the riverside we will have the opportunity to see a lot of bird species such as “Herons”, “Vultures”, “Cormorants” etc. After some hours we will arrive to Aguas Calientes (a hot spring), where we are going to have a comfortable bath. Passing three in the afternoon we will arrive to our lodge, where we accommodate and get new water resources to be able to take an one hour walk through the forest. With luck in this walk we will have a possibility to see Alot of wildlife. After this impressive experience we go back to the lodge where our delicious dinner is going to wait.
DAY 3:- Bonanza Ecological Reserve - Blanquillo Lodge
After enjoying a delicious breakfast we continue the tour down river until arriving to the lodge, Here you can file up your bottles with water after this, we go back to the boat, but just to sail for a few minutes. Rapidly arriving to the port we continue by foot through the forest more or less for half an hour until reaching The Oxbow Lake called “Cocha Blanco”. Here is a hidden place where we are going to wait for the “Giant Otters” to arrive and after this we go sailing on a Catamaran. Same night we will have the opportunity to spot “Caymans” and there will be a possibility of catching some of them. After this adventure we take a deserved rest in the lodge. Option to visit a Native Communitie.
DAY 4:- Blanquillo Lodge – Macaw Clay Lick - Camungo Oxbow lake.
Activity at the Macaw clay lick begins about 5:30 am as medium sized parrots arrive with the dawn, pair by noisy pair, and land in the treetops above the lick. Hundreds of screeching birds clamber about in the branches in preparation for their descent to the riverbank. Eventually, cascades of green, blue, and red parrots circle down to the clay wall. About 7:00 or 7:30 am large macaws start to arrive. After about 40 to 100 have gathered and deemed the lick safe, they begin to descend. This colourful and noisy scene continues for 20 to 40 minutes while the birds eat their fill of clay or until danger arrives in the form of a hawk, eagle, or ocelot. There are normally between 80 to 100 macaws and 600 or more other parrots. This is truly one of the world's great wildlife spectacles. In the afternoon we will Walk around Camungo Oxbow Lake, there is a 45 meter metal tower, so we can do some bird watching from the top of this tower.
Late in the afternoon we will go back to the Lodge. we have an optional night walk this day.
Day 5:- Blanquillo Lodge - Boca Colorado - Puerto Maldonado.
Today we will have another chance to visit the Macaw clay Lick, after if we will continue out trip by boat to Boca Colorado Port, after drive 3 hours in a small car we will arrive to Puerto Maldonado Town where we will spent our last Night in the jungle.
Day 6: Puerto Maldonado - Cusco
After Breakfast we will drive you to Puerto Maldonado Air Port from where you will say good bye to your Jungle Trip..!!!
Optional:
This tour can also exit from Manu National Park to Cusco by the New Interoceanic Road that joins Brazil with Peru, the journey by bus from Mazuco to Cusco takes about 8 hours. There is no extra charge.
