Park Nacionality Manu

28/05/2018

How to get?

To access this place from Cusco you must take a transport to the province of Paucartambo, then descend to the town of San Pedro. You can continue along a section that is linked to the river port of Atalaya, then take a boat and enter the low jungle to the Limonal control post.

In total the tour takes at least a day and a half. The visit must be done with an authorized travel agency.

Manu National Park

Due to its diversity and biological richness it was recognized as a Natural World Heritage Site in 1987, and previously (1977), UNESCO recognized it as a core area of ??the Biosphere Reserve.

The Manu National Park is a natural and protected area for sighting birds such as the Orinoco goose, the golden-headed quetzal, white-throated jacamar, the Andean toucan, the gallito de las rocas (national bird of Peru), among others.

The Manu also protects 10% of the plant species in the world. A single hectare of the forest in the Manu can house more than 220 species of trees, 1 000 species of birds, 1 200 butterflies and 200 mammals. It is probably the protected park with the greatest biological diversity in the world.

In this area, not only the fauna and flora or its beautiful landscapes are of interest. In its surroundings live populations grouped in more than 30 peasant communities that maintain Quechua as their mother tongue.