DAY 1 CUSCO – TEPARO LODGE
We leave from Cusco by private bus, first stopping to visit the pre Inca
burial towers of Ninamarca. We then drive through the mountains, to get
to the typical and folkloric town of Paucartambo. Here we will have a
short walk around town before carrying on to Ajanaco, the highest point
and entrance to Manu National Park. From here we will continue into the
Cloud Forest and at San Pedro we will walk for around 1 hour to observe
the National bird of Peru, the cock of the rock, and many different
kinds of monkeys, plants and flowers. At Atalaya we will take the boat
down the Alto Madre de Dios River to where we will spend the night. We
will sleep Teparo Lodge.
DAY 2 TEPARO LODGE
After breakfast we will walk in the jungle around Teparo lodge,
appreciating the flora and fauna and the different kinds of mammals and
birds, e.g. red howler monkey, collared peccary, white lipped peccary,
black spider monkey, egrets, heron, cormorant ,medicinal trees, giant
tress, etc. After lunch you will have time to swim in the river. In the
afternoon and evening we will walk in the jungle and visit a lake and
take a balsa raft, giving us the chance to see many different types of
wildlife, and the beautiful sun set. After dark we will have the
opportunity to catch Caimans. For dinner we will make a fire and have
some drinks and a BBQ. We will sleep in the Teparo Lodge or camping on
the sum bank
DAY 3 TEPARO LODGE – CUSCO.
We will get up early to visit the parrots clay lick and after breakfast
we will return to Atalaya by boat where our private bus will waiting for
us to take us back to Cusco via the cloud forest and Paucartambo. We
will arrive back in Cusco in the late afternoon