Comments on: Community Based Bird Watching in Manu, Peru

By: Gunnar Engblom

Gunnar Engblom — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:00:11 +0000

Greg is right. The whole province is called Manu. Manu National Park is only a part of it. Manu Wildlife Center and many of the other lodges in the area are situated outside the actual park but within the province.
Having said this. There is a reason for the name. Amarakaeri apparantly is the name of the region as named by the local Harakmbut tribe. The communities wanted to rescue this ancient name for the area, which is understandable. Amarakaeri is also the name of the language spoken by some 500 natives of the region.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:38:49 +0000

Ian, not really. Manu is a large geographical are only some of which is called “manu” as in the national park. This is a little like the dozens of small ‘reserves’ that flank Kruger in south Africa, and in total, at their maximum extent, equaled a large percentage of the overall “kruger” ecosystem. In that case, many of those reserves were much higher-end experiences than Kruger (in terms of accommodations) and had all the same ecology and animals and stuff.

I am not expressing a specific opinion about the Manu local yet, but that is what I understand to be the case.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:58:00 +0000

You forgot to add the link to Gunnar’s blog:
http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/birdwatching-in-communal-reserve-next-to-manu/

Looks interesting!

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:16:32 +0000

“Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is basically the same as visiting Manu.”

Yeah! And let’s rename it Pennsylvania House then people will know that a trip to Pennsylvania Avenue is basically the same as visiting the White House….