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Ecological Sustainable Adventure Travel Tours
Quechuas Expeditions Authorized Inca Trail Adventure Tour Operator
Under Local Mountain-Jungle & Cultural Multilingual Guides Management
QUECHUAS EXPEDITIONS Highly Recommended By:

SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS / LONELY PLANET / FROMMERS / NYTIMES / TRIP ADVISOR / REAL TRAVELERS REVIEWS. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS 2011 (for tour that Includes Machupicchu only ( By Quechuas Expeditions) • SAE MEMBERS: US$20.00 discount on full program price (valid South American Explorers Club membership card required). This discount may not be applicable in case a promotional price is offered • STUDENTS DISCOUNTS: US$20.00 (students require a valid International Student Identity Green Card (ISIC) ( click here to get your isic card) and must be below 26 years of age. Please beware that Youth Travel Cards are not valid). If the trips go to Machupicchu only. • TEENAGERS: US$ 20.00 (up to 15 years of age, passport copy required for all bookings). • CHILDREN: US$ 45.00 (up to 10 years of age, passport copy required for all bookings). 1.-QUECHUAS EXPEDITIONS GROUP TOP QUALITY SERVICE: (GROUP SIZE 08 PEOPLE MAXIMUN) our most popular trek and offers to visitors the most economical method to trek the Inca Trail and alternative Inca Trails to Machu Picchu. you'll be joining a group of other hikkers like you coming from overseas, a great opportunity to have fun and make new friends. 2.-PRIVATE SERVICE: (GROUP SIZE UPON REQUEST) for Families, Honeymooners and Couples. special trek program just for you, and you can depart any day you wish and choose the group size, we don´t add any people, is arranged just for you. All private groups include additional services, such as: extra porters, horses to ride and to carry your personal gear( for alternate treks), First class Vistadome train, Machupicchu bus up & down, 1st breakfast & last lunch, sleeping bags, walking poles, North face tents and among others.      Write us at: privateservice@quechuasexpeditions.com 3.-LARGE GROUPS SPECIAL DISCOUNTS: 02 Guides Over 08 people If you are a group  of 06 people or more Please contact us at: info@quechuasexpeditions.com VERY IMPORTANT !!!: If you are using a SPAM filter, Our E-mails could be caught in your filter. Please check your filter if you do not receive the E-mail within 5 minutes.Some of our passengers E-mail us saying our confirmation E-mails are placed to their spam folder rather than their inbox. We recommend to modify your JUNK or SPAM FILTER SETTINGS to receive our E-mails of Quechuas Expeditions: info@quechuasexpeditions.com, reservations@quechuasexpeditions.com, quechuasexpeditions@hotmail.com on the correct inbox. You may also want to add this email address to your list of known contacts. This will prevent our responses from being filtered into your Junk or Spam mail folder. SEE WHAT OUR HAPPY CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT US ( REAL TESTIMONIES ) | Fixed Departures 2011-12  |  Terms & Conditions  |  Methods of Payments | | Quechuas Expeditions Food | Accomodation in Aguas Calientes| | Camping, Cycling Equipment | Hot Springs | Backpacker-Vistadome Train | Inca Treks Maps to download  |  Booking File 2011

   VERY IMPORTANT !!!
•PRICES PER PERSON DEPEND ON THE GROUP SIZE, THE LARGER THE GROUP THE LOWEST THE PRICE PER PERSON.
•We are committed to departing with 02 of you on this trek - we will never pass you onto another operator! We are the sole operators of all our treks!
• INCA TRAIL Permits are subject to availability - book at least 5 months in advance for peak season (May to September) departure dates.Up to date permit availability can be viewed at : ( INCA TRAIL AVAILABILITY 2010) and for those who have missed the Classic Inca Trail ( We have some Alternative Inca Treks to Machupicchu. SALKANTAY TREK  /  INCA JUNGLE  /  LARES MACHUPICCHU  /  CHOQUEQUIRAO TO MACHUPICCHU  /   CACHICATA INCA QUARRY TREK  /  And OTHERS.

• WE ALSO OFFER MANU NATIONAL PARK ( WILDLIFE JUNGLE ) EXPEDITIONS And SURVIVAL COURSES ( How to get water and food a Real Jungle Experience ) more info By clicking here..
• PLEASE NOTE: that we are not in control of the camping spots we are issued with from the Institute of National Culture (INC). In general your camping spot allocation is dependent on how early you book, or rather, how many permits are left. The first 250 spaces are generally given to Winay Wayna (3rd camping spot that affords you sunrise over Machupicchu 2 hours walking to Machupicchu) otherwise we could get Phuyupatamarca as your 3rd camping spot.(6 hours walking to Machupichu. so BOOK IN ADVANCE !!! Trains are subject to availability - book early to get the best schedules.
• If you want to stay 1 night in Aguas Calientes, Let us know and we can arrange your hotel and return train for the required dates.
• We can start the Inca Trail from the Sacred Valley if you are staying there.( Let us Know to Pick you from there)
• Extra porters (Porters carry a maximum load of 15kg): Please note that if you want to hire an extra porter you need to tell us this at the time of making your reservation as our Porters also require permits to enter the Inca Trail and we cannot add on more porters after we have obtained your permits!
• Note: All itineraries are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control including, weather, road or trail conditions and flight schedules. Departure and arrival times are approximated.Campsites are subject to change according to our guide’s criteria and the group progress

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From March 1st 2012 - January 31st 2013

MANU NATIONAL PARK
(Click here to see Detailed Page with pictures of Casa Matsiguenka Lodge as well as Pictures of the Biosphere of Manu reserve)

MANU NATIONAL PARK JUNGLE HOLIDAY
Manu Biosphere Reserve 7 days and 6 nights
The program can change according to the weather, river conditions and wishes of the group.

FIRST DAY:  CUSCO – PILCOPATA LODGE We leave from Cusco in our comfortable bus, ascending to the folkloric town of Paucartambo. On the way we visit the Pre Incas funeral towers of Ninamarca. Then we drive through the impressive cloud forest full of plants and beautiful orchids, here we take our first hike and we have the chance to observe the Peru´s national bird-Cock of the Rocks (Rupicola Peruviana), monkeys and many different species of birds. With luck the only South American bear-the Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos Ornatus). In the evening we arrive to Pilcopata, we sleep in a typical lodge. Showers and toilets shared.
	SECOND DAY:  PILCOPATA – BOCA MANU In the morning after a delicious breakfast, the bus transfers the group to the port of Atalaya, where the adventure begin by motorized boat, to Boca Manu through the Alto Madre de Dios river (6 hours), you can bath in naturals hot springs and swim on the river . In our journey you will appreciate amazing landscapes, enjoy also warm climate of the rain forest. In the afternoon we have a walk exploring the jungle for few hours in order to see caimans (Caiman Crocodylus), birds and medicinal plants.
THIRD DAY:  BOCA MANU - CASA MACHIGUENKA LODGE After breakfast we continue our journey by boat up the alto Madre de Dios river in order to get to Boca Manu Village, we have a little stop for buying some supplies and then we continue into the Manu Biosphere Reserve, up the stream (Manu river). Next stop at the Park Control (Puesto de vigilancia Limonal) and them we continue our trip to Casa Machiguenka Lodge, but in the way we will appreciate many different kinds of animals such as Capybaras, peccaries, monkeys, brilliant birds, white and black Caimans, or even the amazing Jaguar. Late afternoon we arrive at Casa Machiguenka Lodge, which includes the same amenities while still rustic, cozy and intimate in its surroundings of the Jungle of Manu .Exclusively managed by indigenous Machiguenka, original caretakers of the Manu wilderness. (Optional Night Walk). About the Casa Matsiguenka The Casa Matsiguenka is designed using the indigenous people's building techniques and counts on 12 fully screened twin rooms. Beds are furnished with mosquito nets. There is a private trail system and local Matsiguenka guides will accompany you on the trails. There is an interactive interpretation center and locally made souvenirs are for sale
	FOURTH DAY: CASA MACHIGUENKA LODGE This day we will explore the jungle for more hours, on the way we will appreciate many different kinds of animals: tapir, collared peccaries, monkeys, coatis. Birds: parrots, toucans, medicinal plants, flowers, and giant trees of the jungle. We will have our lunch in the jungle, then we visit Salvador and Otorongo lake where we will use a Catamaran (raft boat) and enjoy watching the wild population of the amazing lake, like Caimans and the famous Giant Otter. We will return to Casa Machiguenka Lodge and spend the night here. Night walks optional, to spot different types of spiders (Tarantulas).
FIFTH DAY: CASA MACHIGUENKA LODGE - AGUAS CALIENTES We leave the lodge after Breakfast to continue our adventure trip, river down to Boca Manu On the way if we are very lucky we might see the famous Jaguar along the beaches. After this activities we take our boat river up (Alto Madre de Dios) to Aguas Calientes. In the afternoon we have a walk exploring the jungle for few hours in order to see birds and more wild life, (we sleep in tents).
	SIXTH DAY:  AGUAS CALIENTES – CLAY LICK PARROTS -- HARPY LODGE We will get up early to take our motorized boat to the Clay Lick Parrots, we are going to observe the green parrots, blue headed parrot (Pionus Menstrus), mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa), chestnut-fronted macaw (Ara severa) and some others, returning to the campsite, after breakfast we continue river up (Madre de Dios) to the next lodge. We will walk to a very nice lake (machuasi), to appreciate the prehistoric bird-hoatzin (opisthocomus Hoazin), monkeys, capybaras (The largest rodent in the world) and some more. In the evening we will build a bonfire, relax and have some drinks and a BBQ.
SEVENTH DAY: HARPY LODGE – ATALAYA -- CUSCO The sun rise is going to wake us up in the morning, and we will start to say good bye to the Amazon, then we pack every thing and after breakfast, the boat will take us to the port of Atalaya. Our bus will be waiting to ride us back to the city of Cusco.

MANU JUNGLE HOLIDAY INCLUDES:

• pre departure manu jungle trip breafing at the hotel/office
• Qualified naturalist native jungle English/Spanish-speaking guide
• cook who is charge of making the food /cooking equipment
• camping equipment/tents and mats (in case we camp in the jungle)
• Transportation by private bus from Cusco to the Cloud Forest and Atalaya , and back from Atalaya to Cusco (4 day tour)
• Transportation by private boat: Atalaya / Bonanza lodge / Atalaya (4-day tour)
• Overnights in lodges and camping huts
• Mineral water all the time
• Meals per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
• Manu National Park guide book - Talking About Manu
• Manu National Park entrance fee
• Entrance fee to the hot springs
• Vegetarian option...send us you requirements please.
• Entrance to the Ecological Reserve.
• First Aid Kit (bring your personal Medication)

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING ON THIS MANU JUNGLE HOLIDAY:

• Rainforest expeditions are not comfortable tours, but with the following equipment you will get the best out of the forest and yourself:
• Binoculars (imperative)
• Flashlight with spare bulbs and extra batteries
• Sleeping bag (it can be hired from us US$5 a day)
• Day pack
• Long pants and long-sleeved shirts
• T-shirts light shirts
• Shorts/Bathing suit
• Towel
• Sweater or light jacket
• 1 pair of hiking boots and 1 pair of light shoes or trekking sandals
• Long socks
• Rain gear
• Rubber boots (only in the rainy season-we provide them)
• Sunhat, sunglasses, sun block
• Insect repellent (with at least 40% DEET) and after bite
• Toilet-paper
• Plastic bags (to keep everything dry)
• Water bottle (with water for the bus ride into Manu)
• Copy of a valid passport
• Copy of yellow fever and tetanus vaccinations
• Money for soft drinks or beers and handicrafts

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