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Manu National Park .

The Manu National Park is a hidden treasure of the Peruvian Amazon. It is located between Puerto Maldanado and the city of Cusco that is the ruins of Machu Picchu, The Manu Park is a wonderful place to observe wildlife in its natural habitat with a great variety of birds, Mammals, Medicinal plants where one explores the Manu River around it with an extensive flora and fauna. Elevations in the park range from 500 to 14,000 feet (150-4,200 m) where one can see different biospheres and ecological floors from the cloud forest to the mountain peaks. It is a unique place that is protected and recognized worldwide, its incomparable natural wealth, hosting the largest amount of flora and fauna where the Andes and the Amazon of the Peruvian Amazon are found.

Amazon Manu Park .

Manu National Park Why choose here?

why it is considered one of the largest and richest Nature Reserves in the World that allows contact with nature in its most primitive and wild state The Manu National Park is a hidden treasure inhabited by great diversity of species that were never seen according to the applied studies . It is located between Puerto Maldonado and Machu Picchu, this wonderful place with a lot of wildlife in its natural habitat, where you can see varieties of Birds such as (El Gallito de las Rocas) that is in extinction and the prehistoric bird the Hoatzin, Turtles, Monkeys , Capybaras, Tapir, Sloth Bear, White Cayman, Dwarf Crocodile, River Otter with the luck to see the king of the jungle (Jaguar) and explore the Manu river that is within the manu reserve between the cochas – Salvador and Otorongo . Elevations in the park range from 500 to 14,000 feet (150-4,200 m, s, n, m) these species live
on different ecological and biosphere floors up to the mountain peaks. It is a unique place with a rich cultural heritage, where the Andes and the Amazon Manu National Reserve of Peru meet.

Manu Biosphere National Park .

Manu Park is found with elevations of 150 m and 4,200 m, s, n, m, which encompasses an astonishing variety of micro climates and with a number of plant and animal species. As the studies that researchers continue to find an infinity of flora and fauna undiscovered even after decades of intense research. it offers wonderful countries and different species that inhabit from cloud forests to lowland rainforests and virgin forests.
Manu National Park is one of the most protected and recognized natural areas in the world, its incomparable natural wealth, as it houses the largest amount of flora and fauna of the Peruvian Amazon and the world,

The  Cultural Zone .
Is one of the three zones from Manu National Park which covers high mountains, cloud forest and low jungle. In this area there are small villages, setlers and native comunities working in productive activities such as agriculture and lumber at a low scale, since these activities are controled by the Ministery of Agriculture and Park Authorities. One of the porpouses of this controled area is act as a buffer zone to the

The Reserve Zone .
This zone which runs along both sides of the Manu River, covers a vast extension of primary forest is dedicated for only two activities: tourism and research. Being the river the only possible access to this area it is relatively easy to control and protect it from no authorized visitors and poachers. Scientists consider this area as a living laboratory because of the mega-diversity in flora and fauna.

The Intangible Zone . 
This is the biggest part of the Park, covering an extension of 1’800, 000 hectares of pristine forest. A few protected areas in the world are as large as this Intangible Zone and non of them is as pristine as rich in wildlife species. In this area, tourism is not permitted and for that matter any other activity, except Scientific researchers at the Biological Station of Cocha Cashu where for the last 25 years peruvian and international scientists have been conducting investigation projects on flora and fauna. There are several ethnic groups such as Matshiguenkas/Kugapacoris, Yoras/Yaminahuas, Mashco Piros, Amahuacas and others, some of this groups don’t have any contact with the outside world.

Best time to visit the jungle of peru amazon

Amazonian rainforest of Peru where the rains are reproduced at any time of the year. The seasons of the rainy season in the jungle of Peru start from the months of December to March. From May to October it is dry and warm.

Climate of the  Manu Park – Amazon Peru.

The extreme topography of the Manu Reserve creates many and multiple microclimates because it has different ecological levels. as areas of lower elevation they are warmer with average temperatures of 35 C during the day and 25 C at night. In the higher elevation areas of this Manu National Reserve, temperatures are generally cooler in this natural area. Expect warm temperatures during the day and cool nights from this Manu Park Reserve.
Temperatures can generally drop after heavy rains, reaching as low as 10 C (50 F). Another meteorological phenomenon, called “surazo” or “friaje”, which occurs when the polar winds of Patagonia that sweep the mountains and enter the tropical jungle of the Amazon. Temperatures can be as low as 8 C (46 F).
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