Manakin Expeditions

Manakin Expeditions is a Cusco-based birding and natural-history operator running scheduled and private tours throughout Peru. From its Marcavalle office it organizes itineraries spanning the Pacific coast, the Andes, the cloud forests of the Manu Road, and northern Peru — including stays at Owlet Lodge in the Abra Patricia reserve, where the company actively targets the Long-whiskered Owlet and Marvelous Spatuletail. The operator caps groups at six participants and notes that its guides are Wilderness First Responder–certified, an unusual safety credential among Peruvian birding operators. Trips routinely combine intensive birding with cultural visits to Machu Picchu and other Inca sites, marketed to clients who want a mix of biodiversity and heritage in a single itinerary.