Manu National Park (Parque Nacional Manu) is the largest national park in Peru, covering an area of 15,328 sq km/ 5,918 sq miles. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and even today it’s fairly inaccessible by road.
Location
Manu National Park is located in Madre de Dios and Paucartambo, Cusco. The park includes the entire basin of the Manu River, from the Andes up to the Amazon plains.
There are two mains routes to the park:
- a gravel road from Cusco to Salvacion followed by a travel along the river;
- by air from Cusco and then travel along the river.
Flora and fauna
The biosphere reserve protects several ecological zones.