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Manu National Park

The most biodiverse park on earth — descending from Andean cloud forest to lowland Amazon, with macaw clay licks, jaguars and giant otters.
Getting there
By road from Cusco, descending the Manu road into the Amazon
Best for
Macaw clay licks, jaguars, giant otters, cloud forest, monkeys, the cock-of-the-rock, biodiversity
The land
A vast park descending from high cloud forest to lowland Amazon
Good to know
Manu spans the greatest altitude range of any park, giving it unrivalled biodiversity
What it is
Manu is the most biodiverse park on earth — descending from Andean cloud forest to lowland Amazon, with macaw clay licks, jaguars and giant otters.
Spanning the greatest altitude range of any protected area, Manu National Park falls from high cloud forest — where the cock-of-the-rock displays — to pristine lowland Amazon. Its riverbanks hold spectacular macaw clay licks, its oxbow lakes giant otters, and its forests jaguars, tapirs, thirteen monkey species and over a thousand birds — biodiversity unmatched anywhere.
PhotoManu National Park — the greatest biodiversity.
The reason to come

The richest park

Manu holds the greatest biodiversity of any park on earth.

Macaw clay licks

Hundreds of macaws and parrots at the riverbank licks.

Cloud forest to Amazon

The full descent through every Andean habitat.

Jaguars & otters

Jaguars, tapirs and giant otters in the lowland forest.

Worth knowing

The most biodiverse park

Manu's altitude range, from cloud forest to Amazon, gives it the greatest biodiversity of any park on earth.
PhotoA macaw clay lick in Manu.
When to come — honestly

A year-round rainforest.

May – October
Best
The dry season — the best access and clay-lick activity.
Year-round
Good
A year-round rainforest; the dry season is easiest.
November – April
Good
The green season — lush, wet and bird-rich.
The descent road and Amazon access are best in the dry season; clay-lick activity depends on dry weather.
Context

The biodiversity crown

Manu is the centrepiece of Peru's wildlife — the most biodiverse park on the planet.

It anchors nearly every Peru wildlife itinerary.

We base Manu through its descent, from cloud-forest lodges to lowland river camps, for clay licks and otters.

Beyond the obvious

More to Manu National Park.

PhotoMacaw clay licks

Macaw clay licks

Hundreds of macaws.

PhotoCloud-forest descent

Cloud-forest descent

Through every habitat.

PhotoGiant otters

Giant otters

On the oxbow lakes.

Why Wild Voyager

We pair the Andes and Amazon without the rush.

Peru's wildlife — Manu, Tambopata, the cloud forest — sits beyond its famous ruins. We build the route so the wildlife leads, with Machu Picchu and the Andes woven in at the right pace.

Handpicked stays

We choose the lodge and guides that fit your goals, not whatever is left.

We time it right

We build your visit around the season and the wildlife that delivers.

Wildlife you may see
Birds Primates

Plan your Manu National Park trip.

Descend through Manu for clay licks and jaguars. Tell us your dates and we will build the route around it.

Plan a trip

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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