Manu Amazon Expeditions 4 days

¿WHAT WE EXPECT?

Tour Amazon Expedition Wildlife

This expedition takes you to the southern jungle of Peru, offering both private and group options. It is located in the Madre de Dios Department, in the city of Puerto Maldonado, and will lead you to explore the reserve on foot.

The altitude ranges from 139 to 400 meters above sea level and is ideal to visit year-round. Departures are daily, with a minimum of 2 participants and a maximum of 10. Specific information about the price and physical demand is not provided, so it is recommended to consult with the expedition provider for more details.

• Length: 4 Days/3 Night
• Type of service: Private or Group
• Location: Southern Peru, Madre de Dios Department, Puerto Maldonado,  Reserve walking.
• Activities inthe expedition  :
• Altitude  : 139 – 400 m.a.s.l.
• Best time to Visit  to jungle : All Year
• Departure in the trips expedition: Every day
• Minimum of participants wildlife expedition: 2
• Maximum of participants: 10
• Price per person:
•  Departure  in tour expedition : Daily
• Physical Demand :

 National Park Amazon Peru

• National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State
• Creation May : 29, 1973
• Extension :1716 295 .22 Hectares
• Location : Regions of Cusco and Madre de Dios

Core area of the Biosphere Reserve.
Records.

• 1025 : species of Birds in the Rainforest Expedition
  
• 221 : Species of Mammals in wild expedition.
• 1307 : Butterfly Species .
  
• 8     : Species Felines .
• 15   : Primate Species in jungle expedition .
• 27   : Species of Psittacines .
• 155  :Reptile Species  in the tropical expedition.
• 300  : Species of Ants .
• 650  :Species of Beetles.

DETAILED TOUR ITINERARY:

WHAT TOUR SERVICES:

Included in the tour  Expedition

• A professional naturalist Tour Guide.
• Motorboat transportation.
• Private vehicle land transportation by this jungle amazon.
• Entrance fee to the clay-licks.
• A professional Cook.
• Meals: 3x breakfast, 3x lunch, 3x dinner and drinking water (Please note: vegetarian option upon request for no extra cost!);
• Accommodation: 3 nights in lodges in the rainforest expedition
• First aid kit, including a poison extractor, mosquito bite treatment and an antidote for a snake bite;
• Radio communications;
• Rubber boots.

Not included in the Tour Expedition :

• Travel insurance;
• Vaccination;
• Breakfast on the first day and dinner on the last day;
• Drinks;
• Tips to local staff.

What to take with you to the Expedition

• Mosquito repellent (DEET 35 recommended as a MINIMUM!!),
• Original passport,
• Small backpack for the trips expedition,
• Long sleeved cotton shirts (preferably green coloured),
• Long cotton trousers,
• Cotton long socks (to be put into your trousers),
• Comfortable walking shoes by this rainforest expedition,
• Sandals or light shoes by this trips expedition,
• Rain gear (e.g. rain poncho) rain season jungle expedition,
• Sweater (for the beginning of the tour in Andes and the cloud forest only),
• Swimsuit;
• Binoculars (we also rent it),
• Camera and its charger,
• Plastic bags to be used for clothes and a camera,
• A hat as a protection against the Sun or rain in the wildlife expedition,
• Toiletries,
• Small towel,
• Toilet paper,
• Sun cream,
• Sunglasses,
• Flashlight (with spare bulb and batteries),
• A bottled water (1 litre as a minimum),
• Pocket money (Soles) to buy some beverages and souvenirs as well as to tip.

ABOUT LODGE:

Frequently asked questions (FAQs):

Wildlife  Expedition – Systems and Ecological Levels: 

Approximately 20 million years ago the Andes Mountains began to rise, and orographic uplift has continued without ceasing up to the present day.

Today the Andes chain is still one of the most active geological areas on the planet. The chains of mountains stretch from southern most Patagonia, north through to Mexico

they add to the climate and, thus, the biotic diversity of the Neo tropics. Expedition in jungle trips. The geologically youthful Andes are located in western South and Central America.

They are hosts for different altitudinal ecosystems and they also act as barriers isolating populations. The north-south orientation of the Andes results in some of the

most arid deserts in the western hemisphere being located in coastal Peru and Chile. The Andes Mountains can be seen as a gigantic wall that prevents the moisture laden

air that accumulates in the Amazon Basin from reaching the Peruvian and Chilean coasts.

Clouds are forced up by the tall mountains and the moisture in them condenses to snow, or rain at mid to low elevation. On the eastern slope of the Andes rain falls heavily.

This creates conditions capable of supporting extremely Lush Mountain and lowland rainforest. One of the major sources of water for the Amazon Basin is snow melt from the Andes.

In essence, the Andes maintain the system of precipitation recycling within the Amazon Basin. The Amazon Basin has a shape like an immense horseshoe, with the

ancient Guiana Shield bordering to the northThe Brazilian Shield to the south, and the Andes to the west. This topography means that all the water existing in the system is

to the east, at the huge mouth of the Amazon. This loss is replaced by the input of rain and melting snow draining from the high Andes. Thus the Amazon Basin is kept in a state of hydrographic equilibriumin  Expedition

The air that eventually passes over the tall mountains to the other side is fundamentally depleted of its moisture, causing the occurrence of dry deserts on the western side.

This “rain shadow effect” means that ecosystems with the same elevation may be dramatically different from one side of a mountain to the other. Maquisapayoj

Rainforest Clay Lick 4 days: Mammals clay lick, this Clay Lick is a special place where attending various mammals like Tapir, Peccary and Deer account front with a

observation platform ideal for visitors wishing to share a unique experience of seeing these animals in their nocturnal activities in manu expedition. We visit a special site of

the  National Park – a private reserve of Maquisapayoq and Blanquillo, situated in the southern part of the park! We discover there some paths going through this virgin part

of the jungle! To get there, we use the newly paved Interoceanic Highway for the most of the travel followed by a much shorter travel on the Madre de Dios River by motorboat.

Blanquillo offers perfect conditions to observe river otters in a nearby lake and macaws, parrots and parakeets in one of the best clay-licks of Maquisapayoq is an exceptional

clay-lick serving to tapirs and other animals to eat clay! There is also a special roofed platform with mosquito´s nets where visitors can overnight while watching tapirs arriving to eat at nights!

EXPEDITION CLOUD FOREST FOOTHILLS AND RAINFOREST

Here is an opportunity to visit one of the wildest and most pristine rainforests on the planet, a region where all the top predators are still present from jaguars and Harpy Eagles to the smallestPrey species in Rainforest expeition.

The huge   biosphere reserve, encompassing over four and a half million acres, preserves an entire ecosystem. Not a single element is missing or removed, and it . Is a

land where humans still coexist in a harmonious state with the natural environment. This can be said of relatively few other places on earth. It is widely acknowledged that

the park hosts the most diverse flora and fauna of any park in the world  and the region is home to three tribes of Indians live there who live all or partly within the

present park boundaries. Two of these tribes, expedition in fact, have little or no contact with the outside world. The boundaries of  National Park and the

biosphere reserve that surrounds it embrace an unbroken rainforest stretching from the western Amazonian IN  lowlands to the puna above tree line. This area is home to more than 1,000 species of birds.

Tour participants will be treated to a broad spectrum of forest habitats and will have the opportunity to stay at three different locations, covering virtually all elevations.

The locations are near or within the biosphere reserve surrounding the park. The localities include a cloud forest at about 5,000 feet elevation, a foothill location (an old tea plantation),

and a lowland rainforest in  expedition site along the Madre de Dios River. A great variety of birds and mammals are possible on this trip, including some species

that are rare or not well known, such as the Orinoco Goose, Blue-headed Macaw, Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Bamboo Antshrike, , Rufous-fronted Antthrush,

and White-cheeked and Blackbacked tody-lycatchers. There also are many spectacular species: Razor-billed Curassow, Sunbittern, Horned Screamer,

five or six species of macaws, Curl-crested Araçari, and Band-tailed Manakin. Mammals are difficult to observe in forest habitats, but because of the wildness of the

 expedition region, we will have unparalleled opportunities to see from eight or more species of monkeys, including the incomparable Emperor Tamarin.

Other possible primates include Woolly Monkey (in the cloud forest), Black Spider Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Dusky Titi Monkey, Red Howler Monkey,Saddle-backed Tamarin,

Night Monkey, and both Brown-and White-fronted capuchin monkeys. There is a good chance that tour participants will see Giant Otters, as well as capybaras.

And, while at the  expedition, we may have the opportunity to see a tapir if one comes in to a salt lick at night.

This is also one of the best places in the world to see a jaguar, although they occur in low density and are only infrequently seen. We have seen jaguars on a number of our trips to  amazon peruvian.