TRIP REPORT
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Petter Date: January 15, 2007 I've just returned from the Manu Amazon rainforest. I want to thank, Alex Duran and all the staff for making the trip such a memorable experience. The kindness and care taken by the Oropendola Tours. It was a pleasure to travel by boat and walking on the trail. Many animals and birds in the trip. Special thanks also to Ruben and Roger for their support. Anyone who travels with Oropendola Tours will count themselves privileged to travel with such a fabulous team. The food was a credit to all concerned and the presentation excellent.
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MOCHIZUKI Date: December 27, 2006 Thank you all so much for an incredible and unforgettable experience, good food, very knowledgeable guide Walter Mancilla. I was happy with a lot of wildlife, Macaws, Monkeys and Giant Otters, Expectacular Juvenal Harpy Eagle. Thanks everyone!
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Akirafukuda (aquila22@syd.odn.ne.jp) Date: April 27 to May 08, 2007 I was taking pictures of Harpy and Crested Eagle in Manu area with the assistance of oropendola Tours. I had a wonderful experience especially with the Harpy Eagle chick and the parents, the tower was nice and comfortable it was my dream to take picture of Harpy Eagle spectacular bird and this bird is a number one of my favorite bird in the world the tower was 30 meters high and the nature, birds and monkey in the canopy where close to me and fantastic experience to stay this high. |
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Dan (dan_778@gmail.com) Date: 01 May 2006 My trip to Manu Camping Lodge with oropendola tours, was excelent and I sow a Tapir at Mammal clay lick, family of Giant Otter, Macaw Clay lick, a lot of Monkeys, nice forest and excelent guide and well organice tour. |
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Matthew-Schartz (schwartz@berkeley.edu)
Date: June 19, 2006 Walter, Thank you for a wonderful Manu trip. I count 275 birds seen or heard. I'm attaching a list of those birds. If you like, I can tell you which ones we only heard. Afterwards, through the rest of Peru, we saw another 100 species, so I think it was a very successful trip. Also, I was talking with David. We think that you are probably a much better guide than the other tour operators in Manu. It's really great that you know the native people and do responsible ecotourism. However, in your tour description on your web site, and in your brochure, it's very hard to tell that Oropendola is different from the other groups. We would be happy to help you improve the tour description, if you like. Please let us know if there is anything we can do. For example, we can improve the English, or to tell you what we think you should emphasize, from a tourist point of view. Thanks again for a great trip, |
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Walter Mancilla Date: April 12 to April 20 2006 I was in manu area from April 03 to April 20 of 2006, working with the metal tower close to the Harpy Eagle nest, and we build a 30 meters hight tower and the distance from the tower to the nest is 15 meters oway the same nest level, the Eagles have one young Eagle in the nest, I sow the parent bringing a Duski Titi monkey to feed the young Eagle and they where active, the adults Eagles where easy to see close to the nest specialy the mother I got same pictures and you can see in the Oropendola lodge information. The nest is in the Dicterix Tree the local people call Chihuhuaco this tree is one of the stronger tree in the Amazon area. |
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PIGMY MARMOSET: Date: February 01 to March 05, 2006 Pygmy Marmosets in Iquitos are really incredible and they are very social. We had been working with NHK film crew from Japan in all February. This program will be caming out on April, 2006. We found 10 groups of 5 to 7 individuals in each group. At the end of the film, they became more friendly, coming close 20 centimeter next to us. They have babies all year round and we filmed two groups with two babies. All the adult members help carrying the babies on the back. They feed on insects and tree sap. |
