Overnight at the Hotel Centenario or Royal Inca. There is much to see today as you travel through traditional communities of Quechua Indians, with views of glaciers and the magnificent eastern range of the Andes. Passing through pristine rain forest and we picnic amongst cascading waterfalls. In the late afternoon we reach the Alto Madre de Dios River where boats will be waiting to carry us across to the Amazonia Lodge, a comfortable, converted tea hacienda. This transitional forest between the Andes and the Amazon offers some of the best birdwatching in the world.
Night walks reveal the worlds only truly nocturnal monkey.
By departing for Manu 2 days earlier, you can include a fascinating overnight in the High Andean Manu Cloud Forest Camp and an extra night at Amazonia Lodge. Turning up the Manu we camp on a white sand beach and swim in the Manu River as groups of macaws and toucans fly overhead to their nighttime roosts. Overnight in a safari style camp at 1,200'. We proceed up the Manu River and continue traveling for about six hours up river. There is even a chance of encountering a jaguar or ocelot exposed on a sand bar between the river and the rain forest.