Program 6 Days and 5 Nights (Blanquillo)

TOUR DETAILS

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      Duration : 6 days / 5 nights

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      Price : From US$ 650.00 per person (2 passenger minimum) See All Prices

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      Starting point : Cusco

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      Ending point : Cusco

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      Tour Type : Ecological,expeditions, hiking and camping

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The program can change according to the weather, river conditions and wishes of the group.

ITINERARY :

DAY 1 CUSCO – PILCOPATA.
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, (Gallito de las Rocas) and many different kinds of monkeys, plants and flowers. We arrive to Pilcopata in the evening where we will spend the night in a local lodge.

DAY 2 PILCOPATA –BONANZA.
After breakfast we will continue by private bus to Atalaya Port. On the way we will stop to observe a coca plantation, we will also stop at a view point where you can get a good overview of the jungle and river. From Atalaya we leave by motorized boat to Aguas Calientes, where you can bath in the nature hot springs. From there we will continue by boat to Bonanza (camping platforms). We will arrive mid-afternoon. In the late afternoon we will walk in the jungle and fish in the river, returning to Bonanza for dinner. After dinner we will take a night walk in the jungle to look for spiders and snakes. We will camp on our platforms in tents.

DAY 3 BONANZA.
We will walk in the jungle most of the day, on the way we will appreciate many different kinds of animals; such as tapir, collared peccaries, monkeys, coati; birds such as eagles, parrots, toucans, medicinal plants, flowers, and the giant trees of the jungle. We will have our lunch in the jungle, and follow that with fishing, this day we will walk like 7 hours deep in the jungle. We will spend the night on the sand bank in Condeja River, after dinner we will go to see caimans
If it will be possible we catch the little ones.

DAY 4 BONANZA – BLANQUILLO.
After breakfast we will come back to Bonanza Camp, and then we will continue travelling by boat to Boca Manu, having a chance to see many different species of birds and mammals. In Boca Manu there is possibility to buy snacks, repellent, beer, etc. Afterwards, we continue by boat along the Madre de Dios River until Tambo Blanquillo. Here we will sleep in the lodge.

DAY 5 BLANQUILLO – BONANZA
We will leave very early to visit the Oxbow Lake. We use a catamaran paddling in order to search for the Giant Otters the endangered Mammals, having the breakfast seeing the wildlife, and then we will go to use a camouflaged boat to view the Clay lick where the Parrots and Macaws eat mineral salt. From here we take our boat back to Boca Manu, and in the afternoon we will return to Bonanza camp site, where we spend the last night.

DAY 6 BONANZA- CUSCO.
This day we return by boat to Atalaya, where we will take our private bus back to Cusco, arriving at 8:00 p.m. approximately.

INCLUDED

• Private bus, boat and life jacket
• Rubber boots and rain poncho
• All camping equipment
• Lodge in Blanquillo
• Bilingual guide
• Mineral water
• First aid kit
• 3 meals per day
• Cook
• Entrance to the Natural hot springs
• Entrance to Bonanza Ecological Reserve
• Entrance to the Macaw Clay lick
  

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING:

• Sleeping bag
• Repellent with a minimum of 15 % deet
• Toilet roll
• Binoculars
• Camera with extra batteries
• Flashlight with extra batteries
• Sun lotion
• Pocket money
• Daypack
• Water bottle
• Sun hat
• Sandals
• Dark clothes.
  
  
  

Tour Costs

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