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Manu Cloud Forest Lodge
Manu Nature Tours built the first cloud forest lodge in Peru. The new
Manu Cloud Forest Lodge site is idyllically located between cloud
forest-covered slopes and adjacent to a narrow 400-foot-high waterfall.
Rushing streams next to the site are two of the small water courses that
descend from the mountains to the Qosñipata River.
This small 16-20 bed lodge can be reached in six to seven hours from
Cusco after an exciting drive across the towering Andes.
Manu Cloud Forest Lodge attractions
Some of the attractions of the lodge include one "lek" or dancing ground
of Andean Cock-of-the Rock, which are nearly crow-sized, bright red
birds in the Cotinga family. Troops of acrobatic Woolly Monkeys are also
frequently sighted. An ornithological census by John Arvin, a renowned
tropical ornithologist, shows a list that exceeds 700 species of birds
in the transect from the grasslands to the lowlands of the Upper Madre
de Dios River port of Atalaya. Some of the amenities of the lodge
include private bathrooms with hot water, private verandas overlooking
the pristine Union creek, and a sauna to relax after the daily
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