Tiistai-torstai 21–23.11. vietimme unohtumattomat päivät sademetsässä Manu Wildlife Peru -firman matkalla. Seuraavien englanninkielisten tekstien pohjana ovat Manu Wildlife Perun nettisivujen tekstit kolmen päivän matkasta ja olemme niitä täydentäneet omien kokemustemme perusteella. Olimme ainoat turistit kyseisellä matkalla, joten saimme ruhtinaallisen opastuksen ja palvelun. Olimme mykistyneitä sademetsäkokemuksestamme!
The three days´ Manu National Park Tours from Cusco
is popularly known as Cusco Manu National Park
Tour. It is the shortest tour to Manu National Park in the Peruvian Amazon. The
tour offers a unique experience. It is ideal for travellers wanting to get a
quick introduction to the Amazon Rainforest before visiting Machu Picchu.
The National Park of Manu is a paradise for nature lovers.
The lowland rainforest houses over 850 distinct species of flora and fauna.
Manu National Park Peru is home to some 30 native communities. They still
maintain their traditions. People here continue talking in Quechua.
Manu covers an area of 1,532,806 hectares. This makes it the
largest part of the Amazon Rainforest. Manu has vegetation that sprawls from
150 metres above sea level to 4200 metres.
Travelling with Manu Wildlife Peru offers
a better understanding of the national park and life here. Manu Wildlife Peru is
a fully locally owned tour operator. All the members of the team are born and
raised in the region and have a better familiarization with different species
of flora and fauna of the jungle.
Day 1: Cusco – Treehouse Inn
At 04:00 in the morning, we were picked from our hotel (Air
bnb, beaitiful House Carmen Bajo 189) in Cusco for the Manu 3 Days Tour. Then we
had a long drive (five hours included the stops) and sailing to the heart of
the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest.
Our first stop was in Paucartambo*, the renowned folkloric
town. We had breakfast at Paucartambo in a little cafe hosted by a man. During
trawelling we stopped at some beautiful viewpoints that offer stunning views.
During trawelling with car we every now and then stopped to see birds, wchich
the guide found. The guide had his big binocular with him and so he could tell
us what point to look at in order to see the birds. Once the guide said: ”Now
we will have a walk, nature and hopefully birds for 20 minutes”. We saw a yellow
woodbeccer (guide said that it is a quite uncommon bird). When we came to the
minibus, we were surprised: The lunch waited us by the roadside in a little
parkingplace with the noicing river stream.
After five hour jour we drived to the boat pier where we boarded
the traditional motorized boat for a two and a half hours journey. Also during
that sailing we stopped many times for birds – it was great that also we managed
to find some birds and the sailor stopped. Then we changed to a smaller boat
which is known as “PekePeke”. It gets its name after the sound of its motor.
Aboard PekePeke, we sailed for 45 minutes on the Madre de Dios River to our
destination, Treehouse Inn Lodge.
When reached Treehouse Inn Lodge in Manu National Park the
guide showed us the dining room and sorroundings. We were guided to our lodge, a
three house. It is three meters above the ground and was supported with two
living trees. We were very surprised!
It came dark after five o’clock and so we had the first 2 hours´ tour in the rain forest. It was very awesome and excited! On this tour, we spotted different birds including the Peruvian National Bird, Andean Cock of the Rock and heard beautiful singing voices of the birds.
Day 2: Treehouse Inn Lodges
As it started to rain in the morning we did not go to see
the Parrot Clay Lick as the birds do not come to the slipery Clay Lick.
However, we managed to see two coloured parrots near our dining room in the
camp.
Clay here is known to contain distinct minerals. This allows
parrots to flush out toxins from their body. Birds in the Amazon Rainforest are
prone to toxic food as there are plenty of tiny insects here.
After breakfast at seven o’clock we hiked through the amazing
jungle three hours´ tour. We saw different monkeys, birds, butterflies, insects
and plants. In addition we met warm spots of some distinct animals like Tapirs
and Pumas – we were astonished!
We returned to the Treehouse INN for enourmous lunch (five
different meals and so delicious).
In the afternoon the guide Anibul invited us down from our
tree house lodge. We saw a snake around Anibuls neck. We thought that it is a
joke and a fake snake. No, it was a real snake but not poisonous. Finally all
of us had the courage to do the same – Ulla and Harri, too. We were very proud
of us 😊.
After dinner at 8 pm, we went to a night safari with
flashlights. We enjoyed a lot from stunning voices of the birds, grasshoppers,
monkeys and insects. We met tarantulas,
other poisonous spiders and so called bullet ants. The bullet ant has got its
name, as man can feel its bite as strong as the bullet shot in the skin.
We returned to the Treehouse very satisfied.
Day 3: Treehouse Inn – Cusco
After relishing a Amazonian breakfast, we checked out
from Treehouse INN. We sailed back to the boat pier where we met our
driver for the drive back to Cusco. We reached Cusco at about 4 PM.
We were very happy to get so well prepaired guides and cook
chef and other personnel of Manu Wildlife Peru. Our main guide Anibul Barreto
was a real master of the jungle knowing the animals and insects and plants both
by sight and their names in Englihsh and Latin. He had studied botany and
zoology in the university and his specialty was snakes and spiders. Humorous
and very talkative Anibul was born in Columbia and has spent ten years in Peru
when getting married with Peruvian girl.
Annibul was teaching young man, Felix Quispe, as an
assistant in the jungle tours. He was very helpful and nice guy, too. Our cook
Paulino was a super guy in the kitchen of the camp. He is working in the
restaurant Sabor Andino in Cusco as a cook. He created so beautiful and
tasteful menus during our tour in the jungle and during our drive to Cusco Manu
National Park and back. Our driver Efrain was a very reliable and skilful
driver in the serpentive roads of the mountains. Our skilful boatman Saul (one
owner of the firm) knew the best routes of the river Alto Madre (200 meters
wide) and so the boat trips were also very enjoyable in spite of the streaming
river. We give our warmest thanks to them for our ”once in a life time jungle
trip”.
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* Paucartambo on noin 500 asukkaan kylä (Perussa kyllä sitäkin opas kutsui kaupungiksi). Se on Peruun muuttaneiden espanjalaisten ensimmäisiä asuinpaikkoja ja edelleen erittäin katolinen kaupunki. Oppaamme käytti siitä myös nimitystä espanjalaisten katolilaisten keskus. Jo menomatkalla ja jälleen jollakin ruokailukerralla opas kertoi, että Paucartambossa järjestetään heinäkuussa kaksiviikkoiset juhlat. Niiden perustana on katolilaisuus – melko kauhuissaan opas kertoi, että juhlat ovat ehkä kaikkea muuta kuin hengelliset (viina virtaa jne.) ja kylään, jossa ei juurikaan ole majapaikkoja saapuu joka vuosi reilusti yli 2000 vierasta.
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