AMAZON WILDLIFE PERU specializes in authentic trips for ecotravellers, emphasizing responsible nature stewardship for future generations. We respect local cultures and aim to minimize environmental impact.
We offer unique experiences in the wilderness of Manu, whether you’re interested in general wildlife, birdwatching, or photography. Our tours take you to remote areas of Manu and are guided exclusively by local experts.
Amazon Wildlife Peru is an agency dedicated to sustainable ecotourism in the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. We offer unique experiences that include wildlife watching, visits to local communities, and adventures guided by experts. We connect travelers with the region’s stunning biodiversity, promoting responsible and authentic tourism.
Naomi S2024-10-28 Absolutely amazone! We did the 4d/3n Manu Tour from Cusco. Rive was our guide, Bernardino our chef and Alex was our driver. What a top team this is! Rive has so much knowledge about all of the flora and fauna of the jungle we never felt unsafe. Bernardino managed to produce meals and snacks from such a high standard, whether it was on the boat, on the roadside or in the lodges, we absolutely loved it (and did not expect such high level cooking). Alex is a very good driver, very calm and not chaotic as other drivers in Peru. He knew how to work the roads in Manu NP. Everything was very well organised, we saw a lot of birds and insects, and also monkeys, tapir and deer. I especially enjoyed spending the night at the claylick, with Rive on the lookout to wake us up if tapir or deer would appear, and they did!We highly reccomend Amazone Wildlife Peru! Eloise2024-10-23 Fantastic tour of Manu with an incredible guide! We did a 4 day / 3 night tour with Amazon Wildlife Peru which took us into the Manu National Park buffer zone. We had a fantastic time and we saw so much wildlife - lots of bird and insect species especially, but also monkeys, tapirs, and an armadillo!The food was delicious - special thanks to our chef, Richard, who managed to create a feast whether we were in a lodge, on a boat, or by the side of the road! The accommodation was also great - private rooms for 2 people with showers and mosquito nets. On the 3rd day we slept in a raised hide and we really enjoyed the experience of being immersed in the forest for a night. Transport was by minibus or boat, and both our driver (Felix) and the boatmen made sure we got places safely and on time. But what really made our experienc the best was our guide, Alex. He was fantastic at spotting wildlife, and could see things that anyone else would miss. He had lots of knowledge about the ecosystem and the animals, and his love and enthusiasm for the forest really shone through. He was also organised, friendly, funny, and a great photographer! We will miss him a lot and are so thankful that he made our experience so memorable. We 100% recommend Amazon Wildlife Peru for a Manu tour! Lori P2024-10-21 Manu National Park We used Amazon Wildlife Peru for a Machu Picchu day trip and the 8 night Manu trip with an extra night in the Cloud Forest. The trip was AMAZING and Amazon Wildlife Peru were exceptional. We were impressed with them from the very first contact. Carmen was quick to respond, very professional and a wealth of knowledge. She had great recommendations for our trip and was very patient with answering our many questions. Our trip was very well organized and everyone spoke great English so it made the planning and travel seamless. During our trip the entire crew was GREAT. Our guide Alex was unbelievable at finding birds and animals. He asked us all kinds of questions to find out what we were most interested in seeing and doing... and he made it happen. I can't even begin to tell you how fantastic the food was. Our cook Bernadino was a gourmet chef NO QUESTION. He was able to accommodate my dietary restrictions every meal and it was fantastic. We ate like royalty even on long boat days - he was chopping and cooking right in the boat. We were SO spoiled. We had such a great crew - very professional and fun. They made the tour extra special. We had such a fun amazing time. I would not hesitate to use this company again. I can't recommend it enough. 10 stars. (I can't add photos for some reason but we have tons) Hai Xuan C2024-10-16 Enjoyable, comfortable, eye-opening I cannot recommend our guide Darwin enough. He’s brilliant and knowledgeable about the animals and plants (he can name anything we pointed out to him). He also could spot animals/birds that were so far away, I had trouble finding them even with binoculars and clear instructions.It was an enjoyable and comfortable trip. I slept well and ate well, and had a blast walking through the jungle and finding animals.I enjoyed hearing about Darwin’s life growing up in the jungle, and his frank sharing about the sociopolitical issues in Peru.A very pleasant trip overall that I would recommend to anyone interested in exploring MNP. I only wished I had done more research and signed up for the 6D trip (instead of the 5D) because we don’t get to enter the reserve zone during the 5D trip. Traveler192248575152024-10-15 Best part of our month long trip This trip was incredible. Booking and asking questions was made super easy by Carmen who's English is incredible and who explained the whole trip several times. She even sent us a packing list to make sure we are well equipped.Our guide Will made sure we had everything we needed and then some. We started very early from Cuzco, just the 4 of us, Will, our driver Alex and chef Bernhardino. We saw the Cloud Forest and went on some amazing walks where we saw incredible birds, all while Bernhardino made some delicious lunch.On day 2 we started the boating adventure up the River Madre de Dios and into Manu River. We saw Capybaras and Caimans in the water and monkeys in the trees. We enjoyed the most delicious food for Breakfast, snacks, lunch and a three course dinner every day. We saw a million birds (including huge macaws, parrots, vultures and tucans), 7 different kinds of monkeys, wild tapirs, Giant River Otters and creepy crawlies at night.When I fell and hurt my knee - Will had a cream to put on to sooth the pain. When I started having the flu in the middle of the jungle - I was offered meds, tea and soup to feel better. Besides the amazing views you will see on this trip, the people really make the difference here. From easy going Carmen who makes everything possible for you, to Will who has so many incredible jungle stories to tell, we probably didn't even hear half of them to Bernhardino, who made every meal an adventure and us feel incredibly special to be able to taste his amazing creations, everyone was so nice and friendly and helpful.We highly recommend to go for 7 days to the heart of Manu and stay at the super new Jaguar lodge in a huge King bed with on suite showers and toilets, a huge dining area and so much yet to come like washing machines, solar panels and more.We were not expecting to be treated like kings on this trip, it is for sure a trip of a lifetime! Look no further, this is the right tour to book! Natalija L2024-10-11 Rainforest Experience with the Best Guide Jordy It was a lovely 4 day tour to get a glimpse of the Manu reserve and experience a bit of the jungle. The food and accommodations were really amazing and we felt comfortable at any time. I especially recommend Jordy our guide, who was a really cool person, shared his opinions as he grew up in that area and knew how to spot the animals. He made the experience worth it - thank you!PS: Binoculars and flashlights are not provided, so if you have some bring them yourself. Vacation5598122024-10-08 The heat and the sweat were worth what I saw and photographed. I chose Amazon Wildlife Peru because my daughter had used this firm two years earlier. I knew from her that I could trust them. I had to send two thousand USD to them about a month before I left the USA so that all of my lodging reservations could be booked. Note, that I spent a total of 23 nights on this tour. Carmen who is the owner worked with me to personalize a tour just for me. I went to Peru to photograph the birds as well as any other animal life we would encounter. I spent most of three weeks in Manu National Park with four of those days in the Reserve zone. I chose to rough it more often in the tour to save some costs on lodging. You can ask for whatever type of lodging you prefer for the most part. I paid the remainder of my tour money to Carmen shortly after I arrived in Cusco with the tour slated to start the next day. This is a bit unnerving since one is left with a feeling that you certainly hope someone shows up the next day to start the tour and does not walk off with your money. Carmen can be trusted and all of her folks too. I had Rive as a guide, Felix as a driver, Leonardo as our cook, and Mario as the boat driver with Gabriel as his assistant. We bonded well. I would not call this a vacation. I never slept past 0500 the whole trip and we were either in the jungle or on the river every day before or at daybreak. If you want to see the wildlife, you have to get out early. I have never sweated so much in my life, but it was worth it. If you schedule a private tour as I did, you can work with your guide to change whatever you wish. Few things are fixed in stone. Rive knows the birds. The rest of the crew became almost family to me. I have had good guides before but never a crew so dedicated as these folks from Carmen on down to make sure the trip was tailored to what I wanted. All of them are professionals and they all care about you. MW2024-09-29 An amazing tour with an amazing and very professional team We booked a tour with Amazon Wildlife Peru very spontanously via their office in Cusco. They very calmly and professionally walked us through the offered tour, the itinerary and what made a tour to the Manu Reserve Zone different from other tours. At no point did we feel pressured into booking, they were very friendly, open and patient with our questions. In the end we booked a 6D/5N tour to Manu.From the get go the tour was very impressive. Our guide was amazing, immensly knowledgable about the local wildlife and history and also incredibly good at spotting animals we would not have spotted ourselves. Also, he always told us when to take breaks and tried to make even the ways to and from Manu informative for us.The offered program was very good. A very good mixture of walks, viewpoints, night activities and travel. At no point did we feel overwhelmed or overly exhausted.Our cook was amazing and provided us three meals a day plus two snacks in the late morning and afternoon. The meals were very good and Richard has our deepest respect for conjuring up multiple course meals every day with just the mobile equipment, including him cooking full lunch on a boat navigating a rough Rio Alto Madre de Dios.One spends a lot of time on the road and on the rivers on this tour, which is needed simply to get to the reserve zone. But at every point of the tour did we spot amazing wildlife, even next to the road and especially along the river. Here I want to note that at no point did we ever felt unsafe or like someone was cutting cornerns. They were full professionals in what they were doing, from guide to cook to captain to helpers, everyone was exceptional in providing the best and safest experience for us. This includes the provided gear, which was very good.The lodges were good, we also were the first group to visit the agencies own new opened lodge, Jaguar Lodge, where we took part in the christening of the lodge and the opening dinner. This new lodge was comfortable a step above the other lodges we visited.All in all we had a wonderful experience and I would recommend anyone asking me to book a tour to Manu with Amazon Wildlife Peru without thinking twice about it. Chiara2024-09-09 The best wildlife guide in Peru We traveled in August 2024 on an 8-day birdwatching trip.We organized our trip with "Amazon Wildlife Perú E.I.R.L. Jungle Specialist - Tour Operator," and I highly recommend their services.Carmen organized the trip according to our requests and needs, providing excellent transportation with a comfortable van, great lodges, beautiful gardens, and a very knowledgeable guide (Rivelino) and driver (Alex). Piero F2024-09-09 More than expected, wonderful wildlife tour With my wife and daughter, we went on a hummingbird-focused tour. Carmen helped us with the organization and was very accommodating, changing several things according to our needs. We had an amazing guide, Rivelino. He made everything easy, and we were able to see a huge number of birds, especially hummingbirds (our main focus). We also saw a lot of tanagers, Quetzals, Hoatzins, and monkeys. We had high expectations for our 8-day tour, but Rivelino and Amazon Wildlife Peru went beyond them. A great, life-lasting trip. Highly recommended.
Angelina Köhler2024-10-27 Wir haben eine Viertägige Tour gebucht und können diesen Touranbieter nur wärmstens empfehlen. Einige Tage vor der Reise wurden wir mit dem nötigen Equipment ausgestattet (spezielle Dufflebags für den Trip, Schlafsack und Stirnlampen) und haben ein Briefing bekommen, was uns erwartet und wie die Tour ablaufen wird. Am Abreisetag wurden wir recht früh vor unserem Bed and Breakfast abgeholt und gleich dem Team und der Gruppe vorgestellt. Das Team bestand aus Rive, dem Tourguide, Bernadino, dem Koch, und Alex dem Fahrer. Alle drei waren super nett und herzlich. Rive ist im Dschungel aufgewachsen und hatte eine unfassbare Kenntnis über die Tiere und Pflanzen im Dschungel. Von ihm war alles sehr gut organisiert und man konnte ihm immer Fragen stellen. Er war äußerst bemüht uns eine tolle Zeit zu bereiten und uns möglichst viele Tiere zu zeigen. Bernardino hat uns mit peruanischen Köstlichkeiten versorgt, sogar im Minivan oder auf dem fahrenden Boot. Jede Mahlzeit war liebevoll vorbereitet und dekoriert. Abgesehen davon haben wir sehr ausgewogen und abwechslungsreich gegessen. Einfach fantastisch! Alles in allem hatten wir eine super schöne und abenteuerliche Zeit! Vielen herzlichen Dank ans Team. Hamish McTavish2024-10-19 Booked a 6D5N tour at their office in Cusco. Our guide was Alex Curi, he was very passionate about his job, knew every bird animal and insect that we saw. The accommodation varied from OK to excellent. The chef looked after us very well, cooking meals on the boat, at the roadside and at the lodges. One of the best tours I have been on. Hai Xuan2024-10-15 I cannot recommend our guide Darwin enough. He’s brilliant and knowledgeable about the animals and plants (he can name anything we pointed out to him). He also can spot animals/birds that were so far away, I had trouble finding them even with binoculars and clear instructions. It was a very enjoyable and comfortable trip. I slept well and ate well, and had a blast walking through the jungle and finding animals. I enjoyed hearing about Darwin’s life growing up in the jungle, and his frank sharing about the sociopolitical issues in Peru. A very pleasant trip overall that I would recommend to anyone interested in exploring MNP. I only wished I had done more research and signed up for the 6D trip (instead of the 5D) because we don’t get to enter the reserve zone during the 5D trip. Marius Weber2024-09-29 We booked a tour with Amazon Wildlife Peru very spontanously via their office in Cusco. They very calmly and professionally walked us through the offered tour, the itinerary and what made a tour to the Manu Reserve Zone different from other tours. At no point did we feel pressured into booking, they were very friendly, open and patient with our questions. In the end we booked a 6D/5N tour to Manu. From the get go the tour was very impressive. Our guide was amazing, immensly knowledgable about the local wildlife and history and also incredibly good at spotting animals we would not have spotted ourselves. Also, he always told us when to take breaks and tried to make even the ways to and from Manu informative for us. The offered program was very good. A very good mixture of walks, viewpoints, night activities and travel. At no point did we feel overwhelmed or overly exhausted. Our cook was amazing and provided us three meals a day plus two snacks in the late morning and afternoon. The meals were very good and Richard has our deepest respect for conjuring up multiple course meals every day with just the mobile equipment, including him cooking full lunch on a boat navigating a rough Rio Alto Madre de Dios. One spends a lot of time on the road and on the rivers on this tour, which is needed simply to get to the reserve zone. But at every point of the tour did we spot amazing wildlife, even next to the road and especially along the river. Here I want to note that at no point did we ever felt unsafe or like someone was cutting cornerns. They were full professionals in what they were doing, from guide to cook to captain to helpers, everyone was exceptional in providing the best and safest experience for us. This includes the provided gear, which was very good. The lodges were good, we also were the first group to visit the agencies own new opened lodge, Jaguar Lodge, where we took part in the christening of the lodge and the opening dinner. This new lodge was comfortable a step above the other lodges we visited. All in all we had a wonderful experience and I would recommend anyone asking me to book a tour to Manu with Amazon Wildlife Peru without thinking twice about it. Chloe Darnell2024-09-28 Had an awesome experience with Amazon Wildlife Peru! Went on a 7 day, 6 night trip to the Reserve Zone of Manu and it was very well organized and designed for a mixture of downtime and actively exploring and going on walks to see the wildlife. I was solo traveling and joined a group of 3 other people, so it was a nice small group of the 4 of us. Our guide, Will, was awesome and super knowledgeable about all the plants and animals and questions that we asked. He was super friendly and shared some amazing stories with us as well. Our chef, Bernardino, was also fantastic and was whipping up the most amazing meals even on a boat! As a vegetarian, I was extremely impressed with the delicious meals that felt just as high of quality as the others’ meals. So grateful to have this experience and see all the wildlife in a non-invasive way, thanks for the great trip! Gregory Tate2024-09-27 Really well run and curated 4d/3n tour. We were very lucky with what we saw but your luck is helped when you have a guide (Alex) that can spot a sleeping monkey in thick bushes 20m away! As well as being a great spotter, Alex was very passionate and knowledgeable which made the tour even better. The food cooked by Bernardino was also delicious and very impressive Chiara Marsilio2024-09-10 We had a 8-days bird-watching tour in last August with this fantastic and organized tour operator. Carmen organized the trip according to our requests and needs, providing excellent transportation with a comfortable van, great lodges, beautiful gardens, and a very knowledgeable guide (Rivelino) and driver (Alex). Rachel Bruls2024-09-06 My boyfriend and I did the 5 day Manu Tour with Amazon Wildlife last June and had such an amazing experience. The wildlife and nature we saw was stunning and we were able to spot a lot of animals thanks to our super jungle guide Rive. Not only is he very experienced, he is also great company with lots of crazy stories to tell. Chef Bernardino made sure we were never hungry and our taste buds had a party too. Driver Americo drove us safely through the winding roads. Truly an unforgettable experience. And don't forget Carmen, who runs the desk and answered all our too many questions with a smile. Highly recommended! Sarah “Red” Dezelin2024-07-12 Amazon Wildlife Peru is a fantastic company, locally owned and operated, and provides the best (and most intimate) experience with Manu. We had a small group, just one other person besides my partner and myself, plus two boat hands, our guide, and a private chef. We did the reserve zone, which requires a lot of traveling as it is really remote. Our chef, Bernadino, performed miracles, cooking on the boat and at camp under wild conditions. Every meal was fresh, healthy, and delicious. And against all odds, extremely attractively plated. Our guide, Rive, was born and raised in the Amazon and is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about Manu and nature. We had a lot of fun learning from him, and joking/discussing a variety of topics together. When you go on a trip like this, you should expect to have to go on a "hunt" - it's not a zoo and you have to look for each animal and hope you find it. Rive had incredible knowledge on the species we were looking for and really went above and beyond to try to find them with us. We saw pretty much everything we set out to see and so much more, this place is incredible and a hundred lifetimes wouldn't be enough to experience it all. My partner and I did a lot of research before picking, and this company was recommended by many on Reddit. There are companies that will take you for less money, but they were in huge groups and skipped all of my favorite parts (we saw these groups while traveling in the park). There are also more expensive companies that essentially just did all the same things we did (and also did not do some of my favorites!), staying at the same places, and taking a peek, we still had better food ;) The folks working at the office were kind and informative, also going out of their way to help us on a couple things. This is by far the best value for a trip to the Amazon from Cusco. Plus, as a local and family run business, you are not only supporting Peruvians but you are also supporting their conservation and reforestation efforts. Andrew Scott2024-07-11 This was an amazing experience! My girlfriend and I took a 6 day 5 night trip into Manu National Park in the Amazon. We were grouped with only one other person, so it was the three of us, our guide Rive and our Chef Bernardino. We also had a driver, a boat caption and a boat hand along for parts of the trip. Everyone was very friendly and competent. Big shout out to Rive, our guide who was very knowledgable and passionate and friendly. He made constant effort to give us the best experience and was definitely making mental notes of what kind of plants/wildlife each of us were interested in and would point out things to each of us specifically to make sure we saw them. He went out of his way and gave 100% effort to find us a poison dart frog, since we had told him that was one of our reasons for coming to the Manu. And he found us one! It was amazing. Also big shout out to Chef Bernardino who was a miracle worker, whipping up incredible meals while traveling, even on the boat. The food was delicious and quite healthy. I was expecting packaged sandwiches and juice boxes, but Bernardino always surprised us with full, well rounded meals even on the go. Amazing. Overall, it was a once in a lifetime experience and I highly recommend it to adventurous people who are into nature and love getting into it. 10/10