Manu Amazon Tour 4D/3N

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Group size: 2-10
Tour Type: Manu jungle trip
Max. Elevation: 3770 meters above sea level

595 USD Per person

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The Amazon tour to Manu is a unique immersion experience in one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world: the Amazon rainforest of Peru. The Manu National Park, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, offers landscapes, exotic fauna and local cultures that make this trip an unforgettable adventure.

During the tour, you will have the opportunity to observe an impressive variety of animals: monkeys, exotic birds such as toucans and macaws, alligators and a large number of insects and butterflies. The biodiversity of Manu is astonishing, with hundreds of species of plants and animals, many of them unique in the world.

A tour to Manu is not only a tour of one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, but also a way to reconnect with nature in its purest state. It is an opportunity to disconnect from the modern world, immerse yourself in wildlife and learn about the importance of conserving Amazonian ecosystems.

This type of experience is ideal for nature lovers, photography lovers, and those looking to experience an authentic adventure in an environment of incomparable natural beauty.

If you want, you can combine your Manu tour with 1 Ayahuasca Ceremony

Highlights of our 8-day Manu Tour

Our guides are specialists in the observation of flora, birds and animals in Manu.
Our lodges are located in the middle of the forest and have all the comforts.
Our food is served buffet style.
At least one day our chef will surprise you with a typical meal from the Manu jungle.
We have the best and most passionate team of workers.
Be part of our social and environmental projects.
In addition to all the above, we prepare food for our people and team with 100% organic veggies purchased from local producers.
Our Manu Amazon Tour has a fair and cheap price compared to other operators.

Trip Overview of our 4-day Manu Tour

Tour Type: Manu Jungle Tour
Good for: Those in moderate shape or better
Difficulty: Moderate
Season: All year around
Consideration: Book ahead of time

DAY 1: Cusco – Paucartambo – Cloud Forest – Cosñipata.

Elevation: From 3300 to 550 meters
First day Distance: 220 km / 136.702 miles (12 hours)
Considered: You Will make many stops to spot birds and monkeys
Meals:Breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner! All served as buffet
Weather:Cold in the beginning and then hot and humid

This 4-day tour to Manu begins with a pick-up from your hotel in Cusco at 5 am. Then you will head for 1 hour and 45 minutes to Ninamarca, a small pre-Inca archaeological site. Here the guide will give you an explanation about the place and show you interesting aspects of the Andes, before entering the Amazon. 20 minutes later you will arrive at the town of Paucartambo where you will have breakfast and visit its small main square, which is full of sculptures of dancers since this is one of the towns with the most fervent festivities in honor of the Virgin Carmen.

Then you will head for 40 more minutes to the highest point of the tour. This point is called Tres Cruces de Oro and has one of the most beautiful sunrises on the planet. At this point you will stop to observe the beginning of the Amazon rainforest from the deer trail lookout and you will officially register to enter the park and explore the Manu tour.

Afterwards you will descend for about 30 minutes to a specific place on the road, from where you will take a walking tour and observe birds such as the Andean Quetzal, the cock-of-the-rock, the watchmaker, eagles, monkeys and perhaps a spectacled bear. During this entire tour, the guide will show you the birds with binoculars and a telescope, in addition to explaining the behavior of each bird you can observe. After this tour of approximately 2 hours, you will have a picnic lunch at a place called Rocotal.

After lunch you will continue descending taking short walks to observe more birds in the high jungle area of the Manu tour. Around 5 pm you will arrive at the first lodge of the tour. Your guide will show you to your rooms and after a well-deserved rest and shower, your cook will prepare a happy hour and buffet dinner.

** This first day of the Manu tour will be primarily bird watching along the way.

DAY 2: Cosñipata – Atalaya – Machuwasi.

Elevation: From 550 meters to 350 meters
Considered: You will do a lot hiking into the forest
Meals:Breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner! All served as buffet
Weather:Hot and humid

You will be woken up by your tour guide at 5 am in the morning in order to explore the Manu jungle tour. You guide will offer you an organic coffee to you wake up in a better way. Once you are ready your cook will serve you a yummy buffet breakfast. You will be driven for 45 minutes to a place called Inkamazonia, where you will be able to spot with your guide more than 10 species of Manu tour hummingbirds in only 20 minutes, you can also see in that place tanagers, toucans, the king vulture, tarantulas and emerald boa.

Then you will continue 30 minutes to the Atalaya port to navigate for 20 minutes the Alto Madre de Dios River in order to go the lodge. Then you will ride the boat for 30 minutes to go to the oxbow lake Machuwasi where you will hike to watch capybaras, alligators, hoatzins and Camungos (Anhima cornuta). After exploring this Manu Lake, you will come back to the lodge to have a well-deserved buffet lunch.

After some rest, in the afternoon you will go to explore the jungle of the Ceiba, this jungle will give you the chance to spots some birds like the Paujil (Crax globulosa), and and see a huge 400-year-old ceiba tree; these trees are known as the giants from the Amazon Forest, because they can reach up to 60 meters. Exploring this jungle your guide will also talk and explain you about the amazing Manu jungle biosphere and the importance of these forest for the entire planet.

To end your second day exploring the Manu tour, your cook will prepare a delicious happy hour and a buffet dinner. To do some digestion you will do a 45 minutes hike at night to spot some snakes, frogs and tarantulas.

** This Manu tour on its second day will immerse you into the deep amazon jungle of the cultural zone of the national park.

DAY 3: Atalaya – Parrot clay lick – Lodge.

Elevation: From 350 meters to 550 meters
Considered: Ayahuasca ceremony in the Manu jungle
Meals:Breakfast, snacks, lunch! All served as buffet
Weather:Hot and humid

To start the Manu Amazon trip, you will be woken up by your guide very early so you will have the chance to observe a colorful spectacle. You will be on the motor boat for 30 minutes until you arrive to the parrot clay lick. This salty cliff receives tens of parrots every day, of course as parrots gather there to eat salt their predators like eagles will be close. You will come back to the lodge to have a delicious breakfast.

After some rest, the chef will teach you how to cook a very typical dish from the Peruvian Amazon. The chef may teach you to prepare a Pacamoto, Juane, Tacacho, Palmito, Chapu and many other things. In the afternoon you will go to explore a primary forest canopy in order to spot monkeys, mammals and colorful birds.

** Amazon cuisine in the Manu rainforest tour.

DAY 4: Cosñipata – Paucartambo – Cusco.

Elevation: From 350 meters to 3350 meters
Considered: Last day in the Manu tour
Meals:Breakfast, snacks, lunch! All served as buffet
Weather:Hot and humid

After a delicious breakfast you will pack and get ready to make your way back to Cusco. You will navigate for 15 minutes from the lodge to the port of Atalaya from where you will take a car back to Cusco. Along the way you will have breakfast in a nice please where you can post some hummingbird. You will arrive to Cusco by 6 pm.

** 4 magical days exploring the Manu rainforest.

Included on the Manu Amazon tour Trip

Van transport from Cusco to Manu Park to Cusco.
Motor boat ride for all excursions in the Manu tour.
Entry ticket to the cultural zone of Manu Park.
3 buffet breakfasts, 4 buffet lunches and 3 buffet dinners (all food restrictions and requirements available).
If you are only doing the 4-day Manu Tour, the menu will include a meat diet. However, if you are doing the Manu Tour with an Ayahuasca ceremony included, we will provide you with a vegetarian and protein-rich diet menu.
Water as much as you need.
Specialist jungle tour guide equipped with binoculars and telescope.
Rubber boots to explore the Manu jungle tour.
Amazon food cooking class in our lodge.
3 nights of lodge
Duffels bags to pack essentials things you will need on the 4-day Amazon tour.

Not included on the Manu Amazon tour

First breakfast
Last dinner
Sodas and alcoholic drinks
Tips
Souvenirs

Prices

We are ready to do this amazing journey to the Manu Amazon tour and Ayahuasca ceremony with you and your loved ones.

Group Price (2025):

595 USD per person

If you are more than 2 people, ask for our special offers

Private Tour:

Private tours are available and priced by party size.

2 Tourist: USD 695 per person
3 Tourist: USD 650 per person
4 Tourist: USD 625 per person
5 Tourist: USD 600 per person
6 Tourist: USD 580 per person
7 Tourist: USD 560 per person
8 or more Tourist: $520 per person

Please send everything to info@incagoexpeditions.com

We suggest you to carry lightweight daypack that the is key to feel comfortable during the Manu jungle tour.

Essentials:

Original Passport,
Immigration Card (given on the plane as you enter Peru)
Bug spray; 100 DEET
Good daypack
Water storage: Water reservoir like camelbacks is encouraged – but enough for at least 2-3 liters.
Comfortable hiking shoes (lightweight with good soles)
We provide wellington boots

For Your Duffel: we will carry up to 7 kg of your personal items

08 long-sleeved shirts: (at least for the days you will be in the excursion and avoid black colors as they attract easily the flies and mosquitoes)
08 tank top, for the nights as there is not air conditioning but there is mosquito nets in the beds.
03 quick dry full-length pants
08 Socks: you should have comfortable hiking style socks that are mid to long length.
Sunhat
Rain jacket and plastic poncho
Fleece
Rain jacket
Camera
Power bank
Headlamp
Binoculars
Swimming suit
Flip flops or sandals
Music (iPhone)
Hand sanitizer
Extra Money for Souvenirs, Drinks & Tips
Personal medication
Sunscreen
Face Wipes: the humidity will cause you to sweat
Deodorant, you will use more than normal due to the sweat
Ziplock or resealable plastic storage bags
Anti-Itch Cream

Arriving to Cusco

The airport in Cusco at the present time is only for domestic flights; so all international travelers by plane must disembark in Lima and go through Customs. Even if your flight to Cusco is the same day by the same airline carrier. You must grab your bags in Lima; and then check them back in.
The best way to arrive to Cusco is by air; and there are several options in airlines. LATAM tends to be the most expensive, but has the most options and flights.
Expect delays or flight cancellations; due to the high altitude of the andes, it tends to be difficult to land, and any weather inconvenience will stop air traffic.
Bus travel is always available and while the trip can be long; especially from Lima. The buses company such as: Cruz del Sur or Oltursa; are very well maintained and comfortable. This option is strongly encouraged if coming from a city closer to Cusco, like: Arequipa or Puno.

Luggage Storage

Any extra luggage you have with you, can be left safely in Cusco at either your hotel; or with us, at the Incas Path deposit. We will grab the extra luggage from you the morning of your tour; and return once you are back in Cusco.
Make sure your suitcase have some kind of identification on them; so they are easy to locate.

Weather

Of course weather is unpredictable. Typically the dry season in the Manu National Park, is from April through October; but this does not stop rain, from falling in June or the sun from coming out in December. Just be prepared; no matter what month you are doing the Manu Amazon Trip; please make sure that you have rain gear, that includes a waterproof jacket, pants and plastic ponchos.

Travel Insurance

To protect your journey investment; we highly recommend the purchase of travel insurance. Acquiring travel insurance before you leave home; is strongly encouraged and very easy.

These are the most used vaccines to travel to the Manu Peruvian Amazon Trip

In this post, we cite the vaccines to travel to the Peruvian jungle; according to the activity that the traveler will perform in these jungle areas. In addition, the information was consulted from important sources such as: the websites of the Ministry of Health of Peru; and also of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States. Keep informing yourself!
Although at the Jorge Chavez Airport you will not be asked about your vaccination status; in some countries they do require a vaccination certificate. Therefore it is better to be prevented and to inform yourself: in the authorized International Vaccination Center of your country; about what you should apply before traveling.
Remember, that vaccines avoid possible infectious problems during the trip; and also to keep your immunizations up to date.

What animal could infect you in the jungle?

Well, mosquitoes are the bearers of the fearsome diseases; causing deaths on the planet. We are talking about insect bites infected with: Malaria, Yellow Fever and even Dengue.
It is probably, the most dangerous animal in the Amazon rainforest; even more than piranhas, anacondas or fierce jaguars.
Without vaccination, even the bite of an infected mosquito; could ruin your vacation.

What do the authorities tell us about getting vaccinated?

According to the website of the Ministry of Health of Peru (MINSA). The risks of contracting Malaria, is latent in many areas of Peru. With the exception of the departments of: Arequipa, Moquegua, Puno, Tacna, Lima and in its surroundings; nor in the high tourist areas like: Cusco, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. Likewise, Puerto Maldonado and the Manu National Park and other endemic geographical areas of Peru; are mentioned as a risk zone.

If you travel to the Peruvian jungle, it is better to consult the doctor who keeps your health history; at least 4 weeks before, making the trip. So that the doctor explains you, about the type of vaccine that you should apply; and how long does it take to take effect on the body.

In the case of the Peruvian Ministry of Health; the Yellow Fever vaccine and Malaria prophylaxis: in risk areas is recommended.

On the other hand, on the website of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States (or CDC). It recommends to travelers that they will visit Peru; some important vaccines depending on particular cases.

For example, considering the type of tourism to be made; travel time or direct contact with animals or people: due to visits for study or scientific purposes.

THESE ARE THE VACCINES TO TRAVEL TO THE JUNGLE OF PERU

Under this order of ideas; these are the vaccines referred by the CDC:

Hepatitis A: Vaccination is recommended to all travelers to Peru.
Hepatitis B: Vaccination is recommended to all people traveling to Peru. Especially those who may have exposure to blood or body fluids: through the granting or receipt of medical care, drug injections, tattoos; or sexual contact with the local population.
Typhoid Fever: Vaccination is recommended to all visitors; to tropical areas of South America. Especially for those who remain in rural areas; where exposure could occur due, to the consumption of contaminated food or water.
Yellow Fever: The vaccine against this viral infection; is highly recommended for trips to the Amazon and the southern Amazon basin. The vaccination should be administered, at least 10 days before your arrival; and at 10-year intervals, if you decide to stay.
Rabies: Vaccination is only recommended for individuals; with a higher risk of exposure in the performance of their work. Which often develops for prolonged periods; in areas considered high risk for this disease.
Let us mention, the case of veterinarians or wildlife researchers; whose occupation requires them to have direct contact with bats, dogs, stray cats, or other mammals.
Where to get vaccinated in Lima? The International Vaccination Center; is located in the city of Lima, Avenida del ejército, block 17: San Isidro district.