PUSHARO PETROGLYPHS

DAY 01: Cusco – EcoManu lodge.

Early in the morning pick up from your Hotel in Cusco, to travel through Andean mountains, beautiful landscapes, rural folkloric communities like Paucartambo and Ninamarca (chullpas or funerary tombs) that belong to the pre-Inca LUPACAS culture. Then we climb the last mountain to reach Acjanaco, entrance to the MANU NATIONAL PARK, where we descend to the lush cloud forest which houses a variety of flora and fauna. Being an ideal place for epiphytes, orchids, bromeliads, etc. where we will explore the cloud forest and we can appreciate the National bird of Peru, the colorful Cock of the Rock in its ritual mating dance, as well as toucans, trogons, quetzals, monkeys and hopefully the South American spectacled bear (Tremarctus ornatus).

Then we will return to the tourist port of Atalaya, where our motorized boat will be waiting for us to be transported down the Madre de Dios River towards the EcoManu lodge. To rest in our comfortable rooms.

DAY 02: EcoManu Lodge – Santa Cruz – Palotoa Teparo. 

After a healthy breakfast it is time to continue our excursion deep into the Amazon, we board our boat or private vehicle (depending on the size of the group) to descend the winding Madre de Dios River towards the checkpoint of the Manu Santa Cruz National Park, an hour and a half boat or vehicle ride.

There we register all visitors authorized by the Park. Then our guide will explain the theme of the visit to one of our most original ethnic groups that still maintains its tradition and lifestyle intact.

In the afternoon visit and interaction with the families of this ethnic group Matsigenka.

DAY 03: Palotoa Teparo – Pusharo Petroglyphs.

After breakfast and early in the morning we take a walk of about 4 hours through trails and beaches along the Palotoa River, appreciating a variety of birds and families of monkeys, once arrived at the pongo of Meganto, it is time to explore and locate the main panel and the others that are in different parts of the place. Recordings that amaze locals and strangers, with finely carved expressions that possibly left us a message of the riches of the Amazon. In the main panel, the main god of the INCAS, the sun in its three wonderful moments of the day, as a sign of respect for the rising sun, the shining sun and the setting sun. On the far right is the profile of the Inca face, the ruler of the Inca empire, without a doubt the immense engravings shown on the panel are a challenge to decipher.  For the Amazonian cultures, PUSHARO is a temple or a lost city that today is a rock that speaks and reveals the secrets of ancient civilizations. 

Box lunch and return to the community of Palotoa Teparo.

DAY 04: Palotoa Teparo – Villa Salvación – EcoManu Lodge.

After breakfast it is time to pack our luggage to board our boat and return by the same river Palotoa and Madre de Dios to the port of Santa Cruz. Optional activity of the day: Sport fishing and swimming in a safe place along the way.

In the mid afternoon we will head to the important Machuwasi oxbow lake, with the help of a telescope we will observe a great variety of lake birds such as herons, sparrow hawks, ducks, hoatzins, oropendolas, families of capybaras (the largest rodent in the world) and hopefully an impressive anaconda or boa.

DAY 05: EcoManu lodge – Cusco city.

Very early by bus back to San Pedro to appreciate once again the famous Cock of the Rocks, continuing our return to the ancient capital of the Incas Cusco, and we arrive at 4:00 p.m. approximately.
Night walks or activities are possible every night, which will be at the disposal of the organization of our guides.