What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Manu National Park
Arrive in Manu National Park, met and transferred to your accommodation. Manu's altitude range, from cloud forest to Amazon, gives it the greatest biodiversity of any park on earth.
Manu National Park
Cloud-forest and lowland trails for Manu's wildlife. A full day in the world's most biodiverse park.
Manu National Park
A full day in the world's most biodiverse park. Rainforest trails, clay licks and night safaris.
Manu National Park
Rainforest trails, clay licks and night safaris. A macaw clay lick and oxbow-lake otters.
Manu National Park
A macaw clay lick and oxbow-lake otters.
To Tambopata National Reserve
Transfer to Tambopata National Reserve. A dawn macaw clay lick and oxbow-lake otters. Rainforest trails and canopy towers for birds.
Tambopata National Reserve
Rainforest trails and canopy towers for birds. A full day of Amazon wildlife and photography. Tambopata's Colorado clay lick draws hundreds of macaws and parrots at dawn — the largest such gathering known.
Tambopata National Reserve
A full day of Amazon wildlife and photography. Clay licks, otters and night safaris.
Tambopata National Reserve
Clay licks, otters and night safaris.
Tambopata National Reserve
A dawn macaw clay lick and oxbow-lake otters.
Departure
A final morning in Tambopata National Reserve — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
The dry season — the best access and clay-lick activity.
Good season
A year-round rainforest; the dry season is easiest.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Manu Wildlife Center
A lowland Amazon lodge in Manu, beside a macaw clay lick and oxbow lakes.
Tambopata Research Center
A remote research lodge beside the great Colorado macaw clay lick, deep in the reserve.
Inkaterra Reserva Amazónica
A luxurious Amazon ecolodge with a canopy walkway near Puerto Maldonado.
Amazon Manu Lodge
A simple rainforest lodge in the Manu lowlands, central to the trails.
Refugio Amazonas
A comfortable family-friendly lodge in the Tambopata reserve.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.