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This tour immerses us in the rich lowland rainforest of the Manu Biosphere Reserve. With a splendid grid-network of trails and covered 40-foot boats for river transport, Manu Wildlife Center offers us access to virtually all critical microhabitats within upper Amazonia and hence to virtually all species regularly occurring in lowland Manu. Not only are we close to the famous Blanquillo ccollpa, where hundreds of parrots and large macaws gather almost daily to ingest the mineral-rich clay, but a trail from the lodge buildings takes us to a forest-interior mineral lick that attracts more secretive forest birds and mammals, including Brazilian Tapirs. There's also a well-constructed canopy platform that offers eye-to-eye looks at numerous canopy specialties, from various toucans and cotingas to Yellow-shouldered Grosbeaks and mixed-species flocks that move right through "our tree."

We'll bird cocha lakes, river edge, varzea and some extensive stands of bamboo, seasonally flooded transition forest, and climax terra firme forest for the bewildering array of classic Amazonian species and regional specialties that occur here, including Orinoco Goose, Pale-winged Trumpeter, Blue-headed Macaw, Pavonine Cuckoo, Purus and White-throated jacamars, Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Rufous-headed Woodpecker, Peruvian Recurvebill, White-lined and Goeldi's antbirds, Rufous-fronted Antthrush, and scores more, plus enticing mammals, from Giant Otter to numerous primates and even the elusive Jaguar. We won't see all of these, but we can assure you of most on a trip replete with thrilling views of hundreds of critters in a wilderness setting of unexcelled proportions.

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Combo Tours
If you would like a longer birding holiday, some departures of this tour may be combined with:
MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA, PERU