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| Gateway,
access method |
Private
bus from Cusco over Andes, thru . |
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| Travel time |
7 to 8 hours driving |
7 hours driving and by boat from Pto. Maldonado |
7 hours by boat from MWC |
| Location |
In
pristine cloud forest at 5,000 feet of elevation in our private,12,000-acre
reserve next to |
On the banks of Madre de Dios River (Lowland rainforest 1000 feet
of elevation). Next to 1-million-acre Amarakaeri Reserve |
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| Best
time to visit |
Late
March through December |
Late
March through December |
Late
March through December |
Lodge
Facilities
|
Rooms |
12
Bungalows with private bathrooms with hot showers and
flush toilets |
22
bungalows with private bathrooms with hot showers and
flush toilets |
7
tented camps with shared, hot-water showers, flush toilets. |
| Dining
room |
Yes.
We offer 3 meals per day. Vegetarians welcome
Fruit, coffee tea and cookies always available
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Yes,
We offer 3 meals per
day. Vegetarians welcome
Fruit, coffee tea and cookies always available |
Yes,
We offer 3 meals per day.
Vegetarians welcome
Fruit, coffee, tea and cookies always available |
| Bar |
Yes.
Fully screened. Electricity available to recharge batteries.
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Yes.
Fully screened.
Electricity available to
recharge batteries. |
Yes.
Fully screened. |
| Hammock
area |
Not
yet |
Yes
|
Yes |
| Trails |
Yes,
many, plus aerial cable car access to trails on opposite
side of our rushing cloud forest river. |
Yes,
extensive trail system, including 1 km by 1 km grid system
and bamboo birds. |
Yes,
extensive trail system |
| Boutique |
No. |
No. |
No. |
| Library |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Obser-vation
towers |
Yes |
Yes.
2 observation towers with platforms at 33m and 40m in
huge kapok trees |
Yes,
but half as tall as Manu Wildlife Center’s two towers |
Nature
attracti-ons
|
Oxbow
Lake |
No |
Yes,
2, each w/ Giant Otters |
Yes.
Visits to 2 famous lakes: Cocha Salvador and Cocha Otorongo,
each w/ Giant Otters |
| Macaw
clay lick |
No
|
Yes.
Special platform for observation.
|
No |
| Mammal
lick |
No
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Yes,
w/ many tapirs, deer, peccaries, monkeys, guans, Painted
Parakeets.
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No |
| Monkeys |
Yes.
Brown Capuchins very easy to see at close range. Woolly
Monkeys in the cloud forest are the most accessible in
all the countries of the Amazon basin. |
11
species: Spider, 2 capuchins, Squirrel, Titi, Night Monkeys,
Emperor & Saddleback Tamarins, Red Howler, Monk Saki,
Goeldi’s Marmoset |
13
species (same 11 as MWC with addition of Common Woolly
Monkey, Pygmy Marmoset) |
| Jaguar |
No |
Good
chances to see |
Good
chance to see |
| Display
of Andean Cock-of-the- Rock |
Yes.
Special platform for observation of habituated birds |
No |
No |
| Guide
ratio |
7-8
guests per guide |
7-8
guests per guide |
7-8
guests per guide |
| Tour programs |
– extra nights available
Tour combination: the
one night at , one night at Pantiacolla and three nights at
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Tour combination: the
one night at , one night at Pantiacolla and three nights at |
Tour combinations
one night at , one night at Boca Manu lodge and two nights at .
2 nights at and 2 nights at .
, Tapirs and idem plus two nights at Manu Wildlife Center. |
| Target
market |
Special
interest, Honeymooners,
Birdwatchers, Photographers
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Best
wildlife site in all of Amazon basin (Condé Nast Traveler),
Special interest, Honeymooners,
Birdwatchers, Photographers |
Nature lovers
Special interest
Birdwatchers
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| More
info |
Combines
well with , Puno, Arequipa, Paracas and Lima |
Combines
well with , Puno, Arequipa, Paracas and Lima
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Combines
well with , Puno, Arequipa, Paracas
and Lima |
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