MANU TOURSABOUT MANU NATIONAL PARK

Manu National Park, located in southeastern Peru, is one of the largest parks in South America. The area of the park encompasses parts of the Andean department of Cusco and the jungle department of Madre de Dios. Manu protects over 2 million hectares (4.5 million acres) of territory rich in flora and fauna species in a variety of habitats including high Andes, cloud forests, and lowland tropical rain forests.

UNESCO officially recognizes this natural paradise as a world heritage site. In 1977 they designated Manu as a World Biosphere Reserve because it contains the best existing example of biodiversity in protected areas of rain forest, as well as endemic areas of cloud forest.

Humans have altered the majority of forests in the world. Fortunately, Manu has remained intact and untouched by civilization. Thus, we can observe a variety of animals in their natural habitats, including: Giant Otters (Pteronura brasiliensis), Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger), the majestic Jaguar (Panthera onca), the strange Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus), the Tapir (Tapirus terrestris), the Ocelot (Felis pardalis), 13 species of primates, and an estimated one thousand species of birds including seven species of Macaws (Ara sp.).

Manu also contains 10% of the world's vascular plant species, including several species of figs and palms, as well as countless species of medicinal plants that scientists are currently cataloguing. A single hectare of forest in Manu can have up to 220 species of trees, while a hectare of temperate forest in Europe or North America may only have 20 tree species.

Manu National Park may be the most biologically diverse and protected park on the planet.

The Cultural Zone is one of the three zones from Manu National Park which covers high mountains, cloud forest amd low jungle.

In this area there are small villages, setlers and native comunities working in productive activieties such as agriculture and lumber at a low scale, since this activities are controled by the Ministery of Agriculture and Park Authorities.

One of the porpouses of this controled area is to act as a buffer zone to the Reserved and Intangible Zones.

The Reserved Zone which runs along both sides of the Manu River, covers a vast extension of primary forest is dedicated for only two activities: tourism and research.

Being the river the only possible access to this area it is relatively easy to control and protect it from no authorized visitors and poachers. Scientists consider this area as a living laboratory because of the mega-diversity in flora and fauna.

1.-  BEAUTIFUL MANU (MANU CULTURAL PROGRAMME) 03 days / 02 nights

2.- WONDERFUL MANU (MANU CULTURAL PROGRAMME) 04 days / 03 nights

3.-  AMAZING MANU (MANU ECOLOGICAL ADVENTURE PROGRAMME) 04 days / 03 nights

4.-  UNFORGETTABLE MANU (MANU ECOLOGICAL ADVENTURE PROGRAMME) 06 days / 05 nights

5.-  EXOTIC MANU (MANU ECOLOGICAL ADVENTURE PROGRAMME) 07 days / 06 night

6.- ECOLOGICAL MANU (MANU ECOLOGICAL ADVENTURE PROGRAMME) 08 days / 07 nights

Custom made programs for Special Interest groups are available upon request. Pre and Post tours, additional nights and flight reservations can also be arranged upon request.