MANU CULTURE ZONE with MANU JUNGLE TRIPS

The struggle for light, and hence life, is one of the primordial battles waged by plants in the rainforest. A number of strategies are used to secure a position in the canopy, among them investing in a sturdy trunk, piggy-backing on other trees in the form of vines, or even strangling another tree to death.

The Strangler Fig at left (Ficus y psilophlebia) begins as a small seed defecated by a monkey or bat on the branch of a tree. There it sprouts and sends a slender root to the ground. The root soon swells and sends out other roots that wrap tightly about the tree, eventually overtopping and strangling it. After a pitched yet silent battle that can last more than 200 years, in the end only the Strangler Fig tree remains.

ORE THAN 20 YEARS OF BOTANICAL COLLECTING: have brought to light the occurrence of roughly 3,000 plant species within the boundaries of the Manu National Park. Although this number greatly exceeds the total number of plants found In most European countries, it offers only a suggestion of the vast botanical bounty that the park protects for posterity.

Tours Manu Culture Zone:

Manu – Jungle Expedition  - 5 days /4 nights

Manu – Peruvian Jungle  -  4 days /3 nights

Peru – Amazon Tours – 3 days /2 nights