Manu, Tambopata

There is a place where life develops as it did thousands of years ago, a place where gigantic trees amd tranquil lakes play the role of home to jaguars and anacondas and where the most strange flora and fauna exist, becoming one of the few geographical nature conservation areas in the world, without the harmful interference of humans.
It is a place prefered by the scientific world, which is constantly studying the zone and its wild habitat.

Manu is one of the few places where you can still appreciate with ease several animals which are in danger of being extincted such as the river seal and the black aligator. Other animals such as the white aligators and the tiricaya are abundant and frequently seen, besides there exists a great variety of fish, birds and a huge range of insects and other invertebrates. There are easily more than a million species.

Manu is located between the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios, above the basin of the Manu river. It has an area of 1.532.806 hectares. It is the largest natural park in the country and one of the largest tropical areas on the planet. The Biosphere Manu Reserve extends to over almost two million hectares.

There are two access routes , both leaving from Cusco: The first uses the Cusco-Paucartambo road - Kosñipata to Atalaya and, then continuing by boat to the Boca Manu river, therefor it is all the reservation area of Manu, the next two hours will be walking (depending on the time of year) and finally another four hours by boat until we reach the reserve. The second option is to take a short filght from Cusco to the airport of Boca Manu (30 minutes) and then to go on by boat to the centre of the reserve (4 hours).

The normal climate goes from 26 °C to 32 °C, but on rainy days it drops to 13 to 18 °C., and the Its altittude varies from 365 m.a.s.l. to more than 100%0 m.a.s.l.