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24 March 2008
Klaus Weck (Deutschland)
Wenn meine Reise auch schon etwas zurückliegt (14.-21.Juli 2006) denke ich gern zurück und entdecke bei den vielen Fotos immer wieder neues und empfehle die Tour gern weiter.
Herzliche Grüße an Frau Ulla Maennig
20 November 2007
Alexey Mishustin (Russia)
We - me and my friend - have turned a week ago from a birding tour to Peru
organized by ATP (and personally Ulrike Maennig). We were driving a rented 4WD
car (rented not at ATP; if somebody is interested - budget.com) by
all the southern part of Peru during 30 days. The route - we had chosen it in
consultation with ATP. One of three ATP birding guides - Edgardo, Abraham,
Saturnino - kept our company during each of 30 days.
All the guides have shown a perfect knowledge of birds, mammals, plants, and also helped us few times at unforeseen consequence - for example, when I
didn't see a signal of traffic-controller in Puno city, or when,
two times deep in wild mountains, we couldn 't find anyone speaking
Spanish or English (but Quechua only). Our guides understood and spoke Quechua.
Abraham and Saturnino were showing us birds in a telescope (which - a
backbreaking work - they were carrying with tripod), Edgardo - in a good
binocular. Edgardo helped us much filming on our video camera; Saturnino teached us the digiscoping - a way to make photos of birds on a digital camera through a telescope). And Abraham - I named him Eagle Eye =
Ojo de Aguila because he found birds always and everywhere, even where we both - not beginners at birds – just looked ))
Got to Atalaya, we left there our car (ATP arranged that somebody of the local
people was always keeping an eye on it) and put out for 7 days to
Alta-Madre-de-Dios, then Madre-de-Dios on a personal boat - for us two only -
rented at ATP. During this week we stayed in Blanquillo, Manu Wildlife Center,
Maquisapayoj (all lodging reserved also by ATP).
In Blanquillo we saw the Macaw Lick - an amazing place where lots and lots of
macaws and parakeets are gathering every morning. Two times we visited the Cocha Comungo lake (lots of birds) and the Cocha Blanco lake (lots of birds, many of them - different species from ones on Comungo). Also we visited a 42-meter viewing tower constructed near Cocha Comungo for viewing selva overstory.
In Manu Wildlife Center we walked to the Tapir Lick, where tapirs come every
night and where people hold a light for them with a searchlight operated from the battery. Also we visited a 40-meter viewing tower. There are two viewing towers in the area, and we visited both.
In Maquisapayoj we had not enough time to see all objects offered in this reserve. But then we found there a colibri nest just close to our bungalow. The birdie was entering the nest and sitting on the eggs in our presence.
Apropos, we found an entry in russian in the Maquisapayoj guestbook. It was a real surprise in so wild, far and incredible selva. The opinion was as enthusiastic as ours.
Shorter, people, it all has been great!! I recommend: who is going to go to Peru to watch birds - run to ATP! Their price is not nothing, sure, but who asks nothing for such service? Quality of the service of ATP has been checked.
A lot of thanks to Ulrike Maennig, guides Abraham, Edgardo, Saturnino!
shumkar@shumkar.ru
11 September 2007
Kevin de Groote (France/ UK)
Je suis allé il y a un an avec Marlon et Patty mais je veux écrire quelque chose quand même car je vois personne n'a encore écrit de Manu en français (je suis un anglais qui habitait en Guyane au fait).
Comme Marlon le dit, le guide était vraiment le meilleur que j'ai jamais connu pendant mon voyage. Il connaissait tous les animaux, non seulement par nom, mais leur façon de vivre, ce qu'ils mangent, vraiment tous (en plus je voyageais avec des environnementalistes qui connaît la forêt) ...
Sinon, Manu est exceptionnel et vaut un peu plus d'argent. J'ai vu plus d'animaux dans 8 jours que pendant un an en Guyane, pas juste parce qu'on les cherchait, mais car ils sont protégés et donc moins timides d'hommes. Un aperçu d'un jaguar ne sera jamais oublié...
Ulla d'Amazon Trails Perú m'a beaucoup aidé en avance aussi, pour nous permettre un voyage un peu adapté. Recommandé très fortement.
Thanks again. Big up to my 2 Canadian buddies Patty and Marlon, unforgettably hilarious!
28 June 2007
Aretha Danielsen (South Africa)
We have done the Machu Picchu hike via Choquequirao with Abraham as our guide in Jan 2005. This was definately one of the highlights of our 3 month trip through Southern South America. Abraham was a great guide with an amazing knowledge.
21 May 2007
Cynthia Danyluk (Canada)
I ‘ll write a comment about our Manu experience, as I know it is quite an expensive trip and people like recommendations from recent customers. My husband and I hummed and hawwed because the trip was quite expensive, regardless of which company you go with. After comparing different companies offices and reading customers reviews we decided to go with ATP because the guides received EXCELLENT ratings time and time again. They also were the only company to supply a telescope for viewing the wildlife as well as rubber boots (absolutely essential for when we went). They run different itineraries that also offer a tapir lick for nocturnal viewing, something no other company offered. Our guide was fantastic, I dont really know how he spotted the wildlife he did. For example, one other group was with us at the Macaw lick and they were only looking at macaws. Our guide found 2 toucans, a monkey, a squirrel and a woodpecker in that time, absolutely unreal! And he knows all the names of EVERYTHING, latin names, biological genus, species, family....quite amazing really. They really work hard the whole trip to give you the best experience. They also rent out SPECTACULAR binoculars, not the crap ones other companies try to rent out.
Cynthia
21 January 2007
Gudrun Bardowicks (Germany)
Ich und mein Freund Hans Mittendorf waren vom 4.9. - 1.10.2006 mit Amazonastrails Peru auf naturkundlicher Individualreise in Peru. Unsere Reiseziele waren u.a. die Küste auf der Paracas-Halbinsel (viele Chile-Pelikane, Graumöwen und Schwarzschwanz-Möwen) mit Bootstour zu den Ballestas Inseln (Guano-Inseln mit Millionen von Seevögeln, vor allem Guano-Tölpel, Guano-Kormoran, Inkaseeschwalbe, Humboldt-Pinguin und Südamerikanischer Seelöwe), über die Anden nach Cusco (mit Besichtigung der alten InkastättenMachu Picchu, Pisac und Ollantaytambo), Randbereiche des Manu-Nationalpark im Amazonasgebiet entlang des Rio Alto Madre de Dios und Rio Madre de Dios (Bootstour mit Übernachtungen in teilweise einfacheren Unterkünften, teilweise auch auf Beobachtungsplattformen für die Tapirbeobachtung; Beobachtungen u.a. an Altarmen und an einer großen Papageinenlecke) und der Colca-Canyon südlich von Arequipa (mit geländegängigem Mietwagen).Als äußerst fachkundigen und ornithologisch und naturkundlich versierten Guide hatten wir während der ersten 3 Wochen Abraham Huaman Leon, der gleichzeitig unser Dolmetscher war. Die gesamte Reise war hervorragend organisiert (Verpflegung, Unterkünfte, Transfers mit Kleinbus bzw. Boot, Inlandflüge, deutschsprachiger Guide für den Ausflug ins Heilige Tal der Inka, einheimischer Guide in Machu Picchu). Zeitweise wurden wir von einem Koch begleitet, der schmackhafte Speisen zubereitete.
Hauptschwerpunkt unserer Reise waren die Säugetiere und Vögel des Amazonasgebiets und der Anden. Unser Guide Abraham hatte hervorragende zoologische Kenntnisse im Felde, sowohl akustisch als auch visuell, und konnte uns viele seltene Tierarten wie z.B. Riesenotter, Flußotter, Capybaras, Flachlandtapire, 10 Affenarten (von 13 im Gebiet vorkommenden), Vicunas, Guanakos, Mohrenkaiman, Anden-Felsenhahn, Anden-Kondor, 6 Araarten und viele kleinere Papageien und viele Kolibriarten zeigen. Insgesamt sahen oder hörten wir durch Abrahams Hilfe während der Reise etwa 560 Vogelarten, darunter viele endemische Arten.
Auch die anschließende Tour von Arequipa aus in den Colca-Canyon und nach Lagunas Salinas, die wir ohne Guide unternahmen, war sehr gut organisiert (geländegängiger Mietwagen, Hotel in Arequipa).
Wir denken gerne an diese schöne Reise zurück und können sie allen Naturfreunden, die den mittleren und südlichen Teil Perus kennenlernen wollen, sehr empfehlen.
Gudrun Bardowicks/ Lüneburg und Hans Mittendorf/Springe
20 October 2006
Pascal, France
Le trek qui passe devant le Salkantay et va jusqu 'à Aguas Calientes est super ! Passer le col à 4600 m est un vrai moment 'émotion et la vallée qui redescend est magnifique. Berna a su aussi nous faire partager sa passion de la montagne jusque dans la visite finale du Machu Picchu. Ces quatre jours ont été un grand moment dont on se souviendra comme l 'un des meilleurs de notre visite
au Pérou.
We spent April 8 to May 8 in Peru and Bolivia and by far the best 4 days was
spent in Manu viewing animals with Abraham. It was expensive for our budget
but the first rainforest trip that we actually saw a lot of special birds and animals (tapir, giant otters, monkeys, wild pigs, macaws, toucans, etc)!
09 June 2006
Marlon Bessie
Six days in Manu with the best guide we've had in 5 months of travel. Astounding place and things to see - a wildlife trip the equal of our week in the Galapagos. See Patty Hogg's comments: she speaks for me as well.
07 June 2006
Patty and Marlon, NWT, Canada
If you are looking for an authentic jungle adventure full of exquisite wildlife and breathtaking landscape take a trek with Abraham into the Manu National Park.
It was one of the most thrilling trips I´ve experienced and Abraham was by far the best guide I´ve ever had.
Do yourself a favour and book a trip with ATP today!!
Thanks to all for such a memorable experience.
30 May 2006
Jurgen Tacq, Netherlands
Me and my girlfriend did the 8-day tour into Manu Blanquillo with Andrès as a guide. It turned out to be one of the best experiences I had so far. With an enthousiastic guide, 3 times a day good food, beautiful nature, friendly people and nice lodges. You really experience the jungle life in all its aspects and learn about complex relationships which exist in the jungle´s ecosystem.
The trip towards the jungle was amazing as well.
So to anyone who might be interested: doubt no longer and just plunge yourself into the jungle of Manu with Amazon Trails Peru!
18 May 2006
Petra und Detlef
Hallo Ulla,
wir möchten uns auf diesem Wege für die unvergeßlichen tollen 3 Wochen bedanken, die Du mit viel Geduld und Mühe unter Berücksichtigung unser vielen Fragen per email super toll zusammengestellt hast und alles super geklappt hat. Besonders erwähnenswert ist der Ausflug in den Manu. Abraham und Sato sind absolute Spezialisten auf dem Gebiet der Natur- und Tierwelt. Vorallem die optische Ausrüstung und sonstiges Zubehör hat uns ermöglicht, die Natur und Tiere näher kennenzulernen. Wir können Amazontrailperu jedem empfehlen, der individuell und günstig Peru kennenlernen möchte.
Grüße aus Deutschland von Detlef und Petra
I joined 4-days Salkantay trekking 2 weeks ago from Japan. It was really fantastic and I was bewitched completely! The trekking course was a little bit hard but I could see various beautiful things, for example Double rainbow & lots
of fireflies!! My guide, Ms. Berna & Porfi, and Cook, Mr. Erasmo, and all of other staff were perfect! I really thank Amazon Trails. I will be back to Cuzco in near future.
21 March 2006
Eric Bühler
Unsere 8-tägige Erlebnisfahrt mit amazonastrailsperu in die Wildnis-Umgebung des Manu Nationalparks hat sich vollauf gelohnt.
Schon in der Einführung und erst recht unterwegs konnten wir der Kompetenz der Anbieter ohne Vorbehalte vertrauen und uns in der reichen Naturwelt all den spannenden Beobachtungsmöglichkeiten ganz hingeben. Die diskret unserem Bedürfnis angepasste Wissensvermittlung des Führers war beeindruckend, das an den unmöglichsten Orten hervorgezauberte Essen begeisternd und all das Gesehene und Erlebte unvergesslich.
Dass uns dann auf dem Rückweg doch noch -nach recht erfolgreicher Abwehr der Moskitos- einige Insekten (Flöhe?) an den unmöglichsten Stellen erwischt haben, bleibt uns ebenso in (beissender) Erinnerung!
Eric und Pat aus der Schweiz
04 February 2006
Steven
We had a great time on the Manu Blanquillo tour in october 05. Good pre-departure information and organization!
Our guide, Andres had a great ability to spot animals and huge knowledge on the rainforest. I can recommend the 8 day tour, it´s worth it !! Thank you, Steven and Janet
29 August 2005
Apurva and Seema A. Modi
We had a wonderful experience in Peru especially the Manu trip organised by Ulrike. The difference between this group and ohter tour companies that organize Manu trip is that we acutally got to stay with the Matsiguenkan people who are an Amazon tribe. We got to learn and see their various customs and traditions and in fact even use a real bow and arrow which they use for hunting.Our guide Samuel was extremely knowledgeable and the best guide we have ever had (we travel quite a lot around the world). The food provided by Sylvia (cook)was superb abd the people in general were very nice. I would highly recommend going to Manu with Amazon trails peru.
vom 14.6. - 17.5.05 absolvierte ich mit einem freund den inkatrail. wir buchten bei amazontrailsperu, wobei uns ulrike maennig (spricht deutsch) welch ein segen, großartig unterstützte. sie besorgte nicht nur die buchung für den inkatrail sondern kaufte uns auch noch bahntickets von cusco nach puno, beantwortete mir ca 30 e-mails anfragen und unterstützte uns wo es nur ging.
der trail war hervorragend orangisiert, das essen ausgezeichnet, ich durfte wegen meiner bauchspeicheldrüsenentzündung kein fett essen, auch darauf wurde voll eingangen, der guide sprach sehr gutes englich und erfüllte alle unsere wünsche. die träger waren großartig und äußest freundlich. der ganze trail war für uns zwei ein großartiges erlebnis, dass wir sicherlich nicht mehr vergessen werden.
auch das preis - leistungsverhältnis ist hervorragend.
wer den inkatrail machen möche, dem kann ich nur amazontrailsperu empfehlen.
wichtig ist frühzeitig zu buchen. wir haben bereits im jänner 05 gebucht.
04 July 2005
Ross Murphy
Great experience with these guys, I highly recomend them for both the Manu and Machu Picchu trips
Manu is situated in the peruvian
part of the Amazon basin and
is one of the world´s great wilderness areas
where wildlife is still undisturbed and plentiful.
The Manu Biosphere Reserve protects Tropical
Alpine Grasslands ( Puna), Elfin ( temperate) and Cloud
Forests, High Rainforest and Lowland Rainforest. In
these different ecosistems we can find an extraordinary
variety of animal and plant species:
So far 15.000 plant
species, over
1000 bird species and 200 species of mammals have been
identified in Manu.
According to biologists no other
rainforest Park can compare with Manu´s biodiversity (
40 % more bird species than in the brazilian Amazon)
and opportunities to observe wildlife, e.g. at the
Mammal- and Macaw Salt Licks.
Manu is remote, away from civilisation
and scarcely populated,
which distinguishes Manu from other rainforest destinations
like Pto. Maldonado. Some of the indigenous
tribes in Manu have no contact to civilization.
Some birds are endemic to
this area as e.g. White tufted Sunbeam(Aglaeactis castelnaudii),
Red and white Antpitta (Grallaria erythroleuca), Puna
Thistletail (Schizoeaca h. helleri) and White cheeked
Tody Tyrant (Poecilotriccus albifacies).
No other area in America offers such
excellent viewing of rare or difficult to observe animals.
Macaws
· Why
go with Amazon Trails Peru?
We
were founded
by experienced, professional Manu guides- most
of them grew up in the rainforest - , who make
sure that you have the best opportunities to observe
wildlife without disturbing the animals.
Our
guides are bilingual and give you a comprehensive impression
of the rainforest ecosystem and provide you with an unique,
learning rainforest experience at a fair price.
Amazon
Trails Peru aims to train local people and work with
them, support lodges and enterprises owned
by local people and communities (e.g. Casa
Matsiguenka).
· Why go to Blanquillo
and Maquisapayoj?
Blanquillo
and Maquisapayoj are private
reserves, situated in pristine
primary rainforest, only
a short boat ride from Boca Manu. In
Blanquillo there is the big Macaw
Clay Lick and 2 oxbow
lakes with ideal conditions to observe giant
otters from a wooden catamaran.
Maquisapayoj
has an elevated platform to observe
tapirs at night – surrounded by dense
forest.
Nobody
else around in hundreds of kilometers of rainforest!
Both
places are surrounded by plenty of private walking
trails to discover, ideal to observe animals.·
Tapir
· Ecotourism
and Conservation
Manu
is a very rich/ biodiverse but fragile ecosystem.
Being home of several endangered
species, e.g. Giant Otter, Harpy Eagle, Giant
Anteater, Ocelot and Wooly Monkey, ecologically
sustainable tourism in Manu is imperative
and a low tourism flow is favourable.
Visitors
should be informed about rainforest
conservation and favorabletourism activities
have to be controled ( e.g. don´t get too close
to the animals).
Ecotourism also
is an important economic activity for the inhabitants
of the rainforest that permits its use without distroying
the rainforest resources.
That´s
why it´s very important to involve local people
in Manu tourism!
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