4
or 5 Day Manu Macaw Clay Lick Tour
Suitable for Families
You can decide whether you would like a 4 or 5 day
adventure.
This
program is designed for visitors to the Manu area who have
limited time available, and who want to maximize their rainforest
experience in Peru staying at Manu’s premier lodge.
This area of forest and lakes has a higher diversity of life
than the Manu River itself.
This
trip has two major wildlife attractions – the Macaw
lick and the worlds only know Tapir lick where in the comfort
of mattresses and mosquito nets you may watch the largest
of all South American Land Mammals visit the mineral lick.
Day One. We pick you up from your hotel in
Cusco and take you to the airport for the early morning light
to the Boca Manu Aerodrome. Leaving the plane, we'll head
down the Madre de Dios River for two hours to the comfortable
lodge facility near the Macaw Clay Lick - Manu Wildlife Center.
This strategically located lodge facility is jointly owned
and run by Manu Expeditions and a local conservation group
and is a base for scientific research in the area and a center
for visitors wanting to explore the rainforest. We should
arrive in time for lunch and a shower (hot water) and get
to meet whichever researchers are onsite. The afternoon is
set aside to relax or, if you want, to explore a trail through
the untouched forest to a lookout point on a cliff over the
river to watch roosting flights of Parrots and Macaws as the
sun sets. Manu Wildlife Center has a canopy platform and an
observation tower. The canopy platform is accessible via a
spiral staircase so everyone can get to enjoy the rainforest
canopy. Those who wish can participate in a night walk with
your guide in search of nocturnal animals. Night at Manu Wildlife
Center. B:L;D
Day Two. Early start to-day for the Macaw
Clay Lick. This is truly one of the world’s great wildlife
spectacles as hundreds of Parrots and their larger relatives,
the Macaws, congregate at this traditional locality to eat
the mineral rich clay that is essential to their digestion.
We'll use a blind (hide) to get close to the birds. The noise
alone is incredible and the sight of these brightly colored
birds at the lick is a sight not to be forgotten. As the lick
slows down in midmorning we'll head for Cocha Blanco, an old
ox-bow lake, in search of a family of Giant Otters that live
there, and canoe around the lake on our floating platform
looking for other wildlife. After a leisurely lunch at the
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lodge we'll explore other trails in search of Emperor and
Saddleback Tamarins, and we have seen the rare Goeldi's Monkey
repeatedly in this area. Night at the Manu Wildlife Center
B:L:D
Day Three. A full day to explore the forest
and trails around the lodge. We'll be on the lookout for Monk
Saki - an uncommon and rarely seen monkey of the tierra firme
forest that is occasionally seen here. We'll explore trails
where groups of Manakins, perhaps the most enigmatic of neo-tropical
birds, perform their strange mating dances and walk to one
of our blinds at a large mammal lick where Guans and forest
Parakeets and Parrotlets come for clay. Here too, groups of
Black Spider Monkeys visit on occasions for clay to help their
digestion. Those who wish will return with the guide to the
lodge in the late afternoon however there is an opportunity
to stay at the lick after dark to see what nocturnal creatures
come to the lick. Tapirs, the largest South American land
mammal are frequent visitors with up to 12 animals visiting
in one night. We watch them from the comfort of mosquito nets
and mattresses from our specially constructed blind. Other
nocturnal creatures are always possible. Night at the Manu
Wildlife Center. B:L:D
IF YOU ARE ON THE MONDAY 5 DAY TOUR, YOU WOULD SPEND ANOTHER
FULL DAY EXPLORING THE TRAILS, LAKES, CANOPY TOWERS AND WILDLIFE
ATTRACTIONS AT THE MANU WILDLIFE CENTER LODGE.
Day
Four. After breakfast we head upriver (about 2 hours)
to the small airstrip at Boca Manu. Early morning flocks of
birds pass over the boat, and we may see a Capybara, the world’s
largest rodent. Arriving at the airstrip we board our aircraft
for the 40 minute flight over seemingly endless rainforest
and then over the Andes, passing glaciers and snow peaks to
the ancient Inca capital of Cusco where our staff will be
waiting to take you to your hotel. B:
IF YOU ARE ON THE MONDAY 5 DAY TOUR, YOU WOULD FLY TO CUSCO
ON DAY 5
THIS IS A FIXED DEPARTURE TRIP AND LEAVES EVERY MONDAY (5
DAYS) AND EVERY FRIDAY (4 DAYS) EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR.
Rated
Easy
Price: from $830USD + $350 air = $1180USD
(4 days)
Price: from $920USD + $350 air = $1270USD
(5 days)
Single Supplement $253USD (4 days) & $338 (5 days)
DISCOUNTS FOR GROUP BOOKINGS
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