“…Manu Wildlife Center has become a base of choice for elite bird-watching tours and wildlife-documentary crews- people willing to spend good money to be treated well..”

... high-end Manu operator is InkaNatura Travel, which is one of Peru´s leading operators, with programs in Chachapoyas, Puerto Maldonado, and the jungle around Quillabamba as well.InkaNatura is the profit-making arm of the Peru Verde conservation organization that owns Manu Wildlife Center.

scintillanting rainforest option in this arca is Manu Wildlife Center, two hours downstream from Boca Manu. The Wildlife Center, just outside the Manu Biosphere reserve, is in a large area of privately owned rainforest with superb wildlife viewing. There area 48 Km. (30 miles) of trails, and some unique features, such as the nearby Blanquillo clay lick, where noisy flocks of parrots and macaws gather to ingest minerals, and a mudhule where tapirs (seldom sigthted elsewhere), are nightly visitors

A two-hour boat ride southeast (right) of Boca Manu of the Rio Madre de Dios takes you to Manu Wildlife Center. Although the lodge is not in Manu Biosphere Reserve, it is recommended for its exceptional wildlife-watching and birding opportunities... There are 48 km of trails around the Manu Wildlife Center, where 10 species of monkeys, as well as other wildlife, can be seen. Two canopy platforms are a short walk away, and one is always available for guests wishing to view the top of the rainforest and look for birds that frequent the canopy. A 3 km walk through the forest brings you to a natural salt lick, where there is a raised platform with mosquito nets for viewing the nightly activities of the tapirs.... A short boat ride on the Madre de Dios brings visitors to a well-known salt lick that attracts various species of parrots and macaws.