Pantiacolla, ecotours to Manu National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Perú, South America

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There are several sources of information on the Internet that can be of value to you whilst planning or preparing a trip to Manu or South America in general.

Check out the following selection:

The Andean Travel Web, good and recent information on many Peru destinies, including Manu.

Plants of the Machiguenga, a scientific expedition to Manu.

UNESCO MAN and the Biosphere (MAB),
information on the biospheres on Earth, including Manu

Footprint Handbooks, now has a Peru version with very detailed information

Excite Travel by City.Net offers country, cultural and travel information and search capabilities.

The Rec.Travel Library for travel and tourism information.

Yahoo provides a specific travel section in their search engine and many topics related to travelling amongst which health.

Even more on health at the CDC Travel Information site.

Lonely Planet On-Line, well-known for their guides and travel survival kits.

The South American Explorers Club offers travel information for South and Central America and a club in Lima.

Peru4U for travel and tourism information.

Keoz6, a science vertical portal with links and information everything you can imagine in the scientific world--including rainforest ecology.

And last but not least, a taste of Manu in The Living Edens: Manu, Peru's Hidden Rainforest.

Beautiful photos of a Manu trip in: http://www.travelandnaturephotos.com/Peru.html

Amazon Tours and Cruises with Greentracks the best tours of South American Rainforest & Archaelogy. Wildlife viewing and adventure.

Neotropical Butterflies, Butterfly Guide Book.

Pantiacolla does the logistics for various university courses in Manu. Wakeforest University has a Summer Programme at Pantiacolla's Cloud Forest site, Posada San Pedro, Pantiacolla Lodge and Manu's Biological Station Cocha Cashu ever since 2001 under the directions of Dr. Miles Silman: http://www.wfu.edu/admissions/studyabroad.html.

This year we welcome the Towson University: Summer 2008: Tropical Field Ecology in Peru: http://wwwnew.towson.edu/studyabroad/perubiolsummer.asp.

Pantiacolla organizes expeditions in the enigmatic Mountain range: "Destination Adventure - The A.S. Adventure challenge 2007 protected by Care Plus - Belgium"

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In November 2007 a group of butterfly specialists visited Pantiacolla Lodge. See: http://www.neotropicalbutterflies.com. for their trip report and the Pantiacolla butterfly list

Goosetongue Guiding and Consulting http://www.goosetongue.org or http://www.renobaer.ch At Goosetongue guiding we conduct bear viewing excursions, bear ecology walks and wilderness trips bear safety workshops and educational multimedia presentations. While brown and grizzly bears and the need to conserve our remaining wild spaces is the focus of all our trips in North America, we can also arrange excursions to learn more about black bears, bears spectacled bears in other parts of the world