The program can change according to the weather, river conditions and wishes of the group.
DAY 1 CUSCO - SOGA DE ORO.
We leave from Cusco by private bus, first stopping to visit the pre Inca burial towers of Ninamarca. We then drive through the mountains, to get to the typical and folkloric town of Paucartambo. Here we will have a short walk around town before carrying on to Tres Cruces, the highest point and entrance to Manu National Park. From here we will continue into the Cloud Forest and at San Pedro we will walk for around 1 hour to observe the National bird of Peru, the cock of the rock, and many different kinds of monkeys, plants and flowers. At Atalaya we will take the boat down the Alto Madre de Dios river to Soga de Oro where we will spend the night. We will sleep on raised platforms in tents.
DAY 2 SOGA DE ORO
After breakfast we will walk in the jungle around Soga de Oro, appreciating the flora and fauna and the different kinds of mammals and birds, e.g. red howler monkey, collared peccary, white lipped peccary, black spider monkey, egrets, heron, cormorant ,medicinal trees, giant tress, etc. After lunch you will have time to swim in the river. In the afternoon and evening we will walk in the jungle and visit a lake and take a balsa raft, giving us the chance to see many different types of wildlife, and the beautiful sun set. After dark we will have the opportunity to catch Caimans. For dinner we will make a fire and have some drinks and a BBQ. We will sleep on raised platforms in tents.
DAY 3 SOGA DE ORO - CUSCO
We will get up early to visit the parrots clay lick and after breakfast we will return to Atalaya by boat where our private bus will waiting for us to take us back to Cusco via the cloud forest and Paucartambo. We will arrive back in Cusco in the late afternoon.
Tour includes:
- Private bus and boat
- Rubber boots and rain poncho
- All camping equipment
- Bilingual native guide
- Mineral water
- First aid kit
- 3 meals per day
- Cook
- Entrance to Soga de Oro
You will need to bring:
- Sleeping bag
- Repellent with a minimum of 15 % deet
- Binoculars
- Camera with extra batteries
- Flashlight with extra batteries
- Sun lotion
- Pocket money
- Daypack
- Water bottle
- Sun hat
- Sandals
- Toilet Paper
- Dark Clothes
