Amazon Trails Peru

ATP also offers various trekking tours, the Classic Inka Trail to Machu Picchu as well as several alternative treks. For details see "Inka Trail to Machu Picchu" and "Alternative Treks around Cusco". The Manu National Park was created in 1973 and established a Biosphere reserve in 1977; in 1987 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, due to the world´s highest biodiversity in Manu . It is one of the largest and most important conservation units of the world, it protects an entire virgin watershed, covering altitudinal ranges from 200 m to 4100 m above sea level. On the tour we pass through different habitats of the Andes, cloud forest and lowland rainforest. In Manu you have the best opportunities to observe wildlife on the trails or along the Manu, Madre de Dios and Blanco Rivers .