Out on the Lake looking for giant otters

Manu Biosphere Reserve

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October 29th 2007
We feel a bit like frauds filling this in now we are back in the UK, but here is the last entry for your enjoyment! After another night in Cuzco we headed off for the Amazon basin and Manu Biosphere Reserve. After another early morning (seems to have been too many of them this trip!) we started out on what would be an 8 hour bus journey up and over the Andes and into the jungle. On the way u ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Manu National Park

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more