The Manu National Park is located in the regions of Cusco and Madre de Dios, in Peru. The Manu is home to hundreds of unique species of plants and animals. The most known animal species are the jaguar, the blue-and-yellow macaw, the capybara, the water opossum, the giant armadillo, and the puma. Also, some native human populations inhabit the Manu National Park, such as the Yora, Mashco Piro, and Matsiguenka communities.
Bio Manu Expeditions is a family-owned local tour operating company based in Manu and Cusco. We take pride in working exclusively with locals. Our crew are born and raised in Manu and have extensive knowledge about Manu wildlife, plant species, and different species of birds exclusive to the region.
Our guides have years of experience in guiding tours. They are fluent in English and are passionate about what they do.
Cusco city
Early in the morning
We get away from Cusco early in the morning by motorcycle, riding around the beautiful landscapes, picturesque towns, going up the mountains until arriving at Acjanaco (3800meters above sea) which is entry point to the National Park of Manu; starting here we will go down.
You`ll experience natural changes, seeing different birds and wild Andean animals.
Arriving to the cloudy forest we will search for the Andean cock of the rock, monkeys and more wild life that you can spot in this area, after that we will continue riding our motorcycles until the town of Salvacion where we will spend time in the MACHUWASI LAKE, there we will explore and navigate in its calm water in balsa wood (typical transport from the jungle). After this activity we will continue riding the motorcycle for an hour to Santa Cruz port and Palotoa.
At this point we will store the motorcycles in a safe place and then continue our adventure along the Madre de Dios and Palotoa rivers in a motorized boat (peque – peque). We will enter the depths of the Amazon jungle, with the enthusiasm of seeing wildlife that will surround us, we will be attentive and camouflaged to be able to observe monkeys, capybaras and hopefully some other wild animal, the birds that fish on the banks of the Palotoa River. They will welcome you to arrive at our comfortable TREE HOUSE MANU, one of our exclusive lodges.
This day will be full of activities, very early before sunrise we will go to observe the parrot and macaw clay lick.
Later we will have a delicious breakfast prepared by our expert cooks.
Then you will have walks, exploring the jungle with our guide who knows the jungle, we will go in search of animals, monkeys and other animals, you will also know the famous trees that adorn our jungle.
At noon we will have a typical jungle lunch, where you will enjoy the outdoors with beautiful views.
After lunch we will have time to get ready and go tubing in the Palotoa River and swim in its crystal clear waters.
At night we will also have night walks to observe snakes, spiders, nocturnal birds and night monkeys and other animals in the middle of the jungle.
Today we will get up to have breakfast and take our luggage, we will leave the TREE HOUSE MANU, in a motorized boat ( peque- peque)we will sail to the port of Santa Cruz, where we will take the motorcycles again and return to the City of Cuzco.
NOTE: This tour is only for those people who love the adventure by motorcycle and who like experiencing the natural environment.
In this tour, you will face the jungle with rivers, paths, rain, animals, insects and its tropical climate.
Totally worth it!