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Tours to the Manu Reserve
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What to bring: |
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Binoculars
(imperative)
Flashlight with spare bulbs and batteries
Sleeping bag + sheets
Day pack
Long pants and long-sleeved shirts (thick and baggy fabric against
mosquitoes)
T-shirts
Shorts/Bathing suit
Towel
Sweater or light jacket
1 pair each of hiking boots, light shoes, and sandals
Long cotton socks
Rain gear
Rubber boots (only in the rainy season), provided by
us
Sunhat, sunglasses, sunblock
Insect repellent (with at least 25% 'deet') and afterbite
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 at the Boca Manu landing
strip
Batteries for video/digital cameras can be recharged on the second night
of the trip, bring your own recharger.
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Useful Information: |
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Group Size
To ensure that you get the best out of your rainforest adventure, we
keep the groups small. Trips are operated with a minimum group size of 6
and a maximum of 10 per guide. In case we would have more inscriptions
than 10, an extra guide will join the group, making it possible to split
up the group in two small ones when walking in the forest. From 15
inscriptions on up, there will be two independent groups in two seperate
boats, each with their own guides, boat crews, and cooks.
Flights
Two types of aircraft are used for the flights between Cusco and the
airstrip at Boca Manu. One, a Beechcraft King Air B-90 seats ten people
and the other a Twin Otter seats eighteen. The flight lasts about 50
minutes.
After 2003īs challenging flight situation, here an extra word about the
Manu flights: they can be delayed due to bad weather (there is no radar
on the Boca Manu landings strip) or other external circumstances. The
two return flight options, the first by Boca Manu and the second by
Puerto Maldonado, are used according to what best fits
your commodity and safety.
HEALTH ADVICE: There is an extremely low malaria risk in the Manu area
and the occasional cases of malaria in the Alto Madre de Dios zone have
proved to be completely curable. Use insect repellent and effective
clothing to avoid being bitten.
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