Manu Biological Station and BioLodge
Parque Nacional Manu, Peru
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Nestled in the Andean foothills, perched between the mountains and the lowlands, Manu Biological Station and BioLodge offers birdwatchers the opportunity to see a Blue-headed Macaw, Hairy-crested Antbird, Rufous-capped Nunlet, and charismatic Hoatzin, plus many Bamboo specialist which are now sadly becoming more difficult to find elsewhere.
The 7,600-acre property is located in the buffer zone of Manu National Park, and boasts over 25 miles of trails spanning a wide variety of habitats, including old-growth rainforest, lower montane forest, secondary forest, bamboo, streams, rivers and waterfalls.
The station also neighbors several indigenous Wachiperi and Machiguenga communities as well as the Haramba Queros Wachiperi Conservation Concession, established with assistance from Amazon Conservation as the first conservation concession in Peru run by an indigenous community. As part of your itinerary, we can book tours to the Santa Rosa de Huacaria or Queros Wachiperi indigenous communities.
At the station we have six brand new cabins with floor-to-ceiling screened windows await you. Each cabin features comfortable beds (your choice of single or double) with mosquito nets, two Adirondack chairs, a luggage and clothes rack, and a luxurious private bathroom. A brand new dining room, lounge, and bar welcome you for meals and provide comfortable seating for reviewing your lists at the end of the day.
We have local guides that can show the special birds such as Amazonian Antpitta, currently being fed worms, plus we have a fabulous photographic/viewing blind that allows close encounter which several Tinamous including the rare Black-capped. Our pond has countless Hoatzin and even Sungrebe, and we are forever working to improve the wildlife opportunities so that Villa Carmen is the number 1 place to stay in the Manu,
Manu Biological Station and BioLodge
Accommodation
Single Rooms
Double RoomsCabins
Facilities
Private Facilities 24hr – Electricity Solar Generator Hot & Cold Water Air Conditioning Fans Mosquito Nets Wifi Non Smoking
Naturalist / Guide
Resident GuideGuide can be arrangedGuided WalksNight Walks / Drives Near National Park / Reserve (less than 50km)Butterfly GardenFrog GardenNear Stream or RiverNear Pond or Lake Viewing HidePhoto HideChecklists
Trails
Private TrailsWithin accommodation grounds or up to 1 mile away
Food
Restaurant / DiningBreakfastLunchDinner Bar Shop / Store
Species List - English
- Amazonian Antpitta 1km
- Bamboo Antshrike 1km
- White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher 1km
- Goeldi’s Antbird 1km
- Razor-billed Curassow 1km
- Rufous-headed Woodpecker 1km
- Hoatzin 1km
- Fine-barred Piculet 1km
- Rufous-capped Nunlet 1km
- Band-bellied Owl 1km
- Great Potoo 1km
- Bluish-fronted Jacamar 1km
- Blue-headed Macaw 2-10km
- Manu Antbird 1km
- Plain Softtail 1km
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock 11-50km
- Fiery-capped Manakin 1km
- Dusky-green Oropendola 2-10km
- Three-striped Night Monkey 1km
- Black-eared Brushfinch 1km
- Black-capped Tinamou 1km
- Starred Wood Quail 1km
- Dark-billed Cuckoo 1km
- Casqued Oropendola 2-10km
- Buckley’s Forest Falcon 1km
- Rufous-sided Crake 1km
- Yungas Manakin 1km
- Ash-throated Gnateater 1km
- Hairy-crested Antbird 1km
- Rufous-tailed Flatbill 1km
Species List - Scientific
- Hylopezus berlepsch 1km
- Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae 1km
- Poecilotriccus albifacies 1km
- Akletos goeldii 1km
- Mitu tuberosum 1km
- Celeus spectabilis 1km
- Opisthocomus hoazin 1km
- Picumnus subtilis 1km
- Nonnula ruficapilla 1km
- Pulsatrix melanota 1km
- Nyctibius grandis 1km
- Galbula cyanescens 1km
- Primolius couloni 2-10km
- Cercomacra manu 1km
- Thripophaga fusciceps 1km
- Rupicola peruvianus 11-50km
- Machaeropterus pyrocephalus 1km
- Psarocolius atrovirens 2-10km
- Aotus trivirgatus 1km
- Atlapetes melanolaemus 1km
- Crypturellus atrocapillus 1km
- Odontophorus stellatus 1km
- Coccyzus melacoryphus 1km
- Cacicus oseryi 2-10km
- Micrastur buckleyi 1km
- Laterallus melanophaius 1km
- Chiroxiphia boliviana 1km
- Conopophaga peruviana 1km
- Rhegmatorhina melanosticta 1km
- Ramphotrigon ruficauda 1km
