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PERU TRAVEL PLANNER
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Manu
Adventure 5 days and 4 nights tour
Departures from Cusco : Every saturday (From May through November)
Price per person $1439 (2/4 pax)
Price per person $1369 (5 up)
Price per person $1739 (1 pax)
Prices per person in double accommodation. (Minimum two passengers)
Reduced
rates available for bookings of 5 or more people.
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Day 1: Cusco/Boca Manu/Manu wildlife Tented camps at
park (Saturday)
Early
morning our representative will pick you up from your hotel to transfer
to
Cusco airport (airfare included). A thirty-five minute flight in a
radar-equipped plane takes you to Boca Manu. Here you will join a group
to
take a motorized canoe for 5-6 hours to the Wildlife Tented Camp near
Cocha
Salvador. We will stop at the Guard park station to be registered. On
the
way we will have the chance to observe beaches with different birds,
black
caimans, capybaras, turtles, etc. Afternoon arrival at Manu Wildlife
Tented
camp. Then we will explore some trails of primary forest searching for
monkeys. After dinner, the visitors with enough energy will explore
other
trails looking for different species including insects and frogs.
(L,D).
Day 2: Manu National Park (Sunday)
Visit Cocha Salvador and take a canoe or catamaran outing on the lake to
look for the famous endangered Giant Otters and observe some birds and
monkeys searching for food. The rest of the day we will explore other
trails
through different forest types, with excellent chances to observe
monkeys.
(B,L,D).
Day 3: Manu National Park/Manu Wildlife Center (Monday)
Leave very early
to
motor down the Manu River to Boca Manu (here some of the people will
take
the flight to Cusco). After some time exploring Boca Manu community.
Then we
take a motorized canoe for the 90 minutes journey down the Madre de Dios
River to Manu Wildlife Center. Late afternoon will be spent exploring
some
of the 30 miles of clean forest trails that surround the lodge. On these
trails you have an excellent chance to encounter some of the 12 species
of
monkeys, which include the Monk Saki and Emperor Tamarin, which inhabit
the
surrounding forest.
We can return for dinner back at the Center, or pack our meal for the
leisurely hike about 60-75 minutes through the night forest to the
Amazon's
largest known Tapir clay lick. Here we climb a 17 by 17 foot observation
platform perched almost 20 feet above the lick itself where we wait for
the
lumbering Tapirs to arrive. Then, using powerful flashlights we hope toobserve and photograph them in action. Our scientific reports reveal
that
tapirs sually visit the clay lick between 9:00 pm and midnight; however,
their activity continues until dawn. (B/L/D)
Day 4: Manu Wildlife Center (Tuesday)
Rising before dawn, we take a 25-minute boat journey downstream to the
only
large parrot and macaw clay lick in the Manu area. From a blind we are
afforded excellent views and photo opportunities of hundreds of medium-sized
and large parrots arriving first at the lick, followed by the large
Red-and-Green Macaws arriving to eat the clay.
Please note that:
. The clay lick activity reaches its best from August to October and
decreases during the months of May and June After lunch at the Center we
continue by boat and short hike from the river, you have what promises
to be
an exciting visit to Blanco Oxbow Lake. This lake has populations of a
variety of aquatic life and water birds, including the prehistoric-looking
hoatzin and the possibility to see the resident family of giant otters.
Alternatively, time is available to independently practice your
abilities
and experience this expanse of rainforest habitats on your own.
This evening, from the late afternoon until after Dinner, we offer an
opportunity to search for caiman and other nocturnal life along the
riverbank by boat. (B/L/D)
Day 5: Manu Wildlife Center/ Cusco (Wednesday)
After early breakfast, we
leave near dawn by motor canoe for the two-hour return trip to the Manu
landing strip, taking advantage of valuable early morning wildlife
activity
along the river. From here you fly to Cusco (airfare included), where
your
jungle adventure ends. Arrival at Cusco Airport, reception and transfer
toyour hotel. (B)
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Important note: Please note that the program may vary slightly so as
to maximize your wildlife sightings, depending on the reports of our
researchers and experienced naturalist guides based at the lodge.
INCLUDES:
All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy. All
scheduled land, lake and river transportation. All transfers. All
scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. All entrance
fees. Meals and domestic airfares as specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast;
L=Lunch; D=Dinner.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE
International airfares, airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess
baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight
cancellations,alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water,
snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or
messages, reconfirmation of international flights and items of personal
nature
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Published articles and reviews about us
2009
Testimonials
Ajay
Parikh
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
Hello all the folks at Peru Gateway Travel,
We had a fantastic time in Peru. We thank you all for making
our trip a success.
The only concern is that the accommodation in Cusco was below
average and we would not recommend the Emparada Plaza (?) to
anyone. Even though the staff was good, the room/bathroom,
breakfast was very bad.
Once again, thanks a lot for making our trip to your country a
memorable one. All the guides, especially Guillarmo in Lima
and Erica in Cusco, were excellent.
Kazuaki Kubo
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
I want to thank
you and all of the staff of Peru Gateway Travel for the perfect
arrangement of my trip in June.
Everything was so fantastic and I was made to think about another
trip to Peru.
Sincerely, Denise Pratico
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
I am writing to let you know that we
enjoyed Peru very much. The city tour led by Marco was fantastic. We
will be happy to recommend your agency to other Americans
Jane
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We have
completed our trip to Peru and are now back in New York City.
I want to thank you for all the arrangements you made. The
trip was wonderful and all our accommodations excellent. Thank
you for making our trip a success.
Best regards, Marcy
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We arrived home at 4 o'clock in the
morning, very tired (we had a long lay-over in Amsterdam) but very
very happy. I am so pleased to tell you that our Peru vacation that
you planned for us was excellent! Everything was just as the
itinerary said it would be. We were very pleased with the hotels,
and the transfer people and guides were always there and everybody
was so nice and knowledgeable. We learned a lot about your very
exciting country and its history, particularly about the Quechua
culture. We will always remember the Inti Raymi festival in Cusco. I
am so glad we were able to see that. Of course Machu Picchu was also
a great highlight. And, Michael and I also very much liked Arequipa.
We didn't know much about that city, but we had a very great time
there on our free day and visited the cathedral, spent a lot of time
going through the Santa Catalina monastario and, of course, went to
the museum to see "Juanita". Beautiful architecture there too.
Really, every day was wonderful, and we would like to thank you so
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Carmen who was so helpful on the phone and to Julia, who came to the
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We wish you and your family all the best, and for sure we will be
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