The dense green canopy of the
rainforest in
eastern Peru and Ecuador hides substantial
reserves of oil, and over the last 4 decades a web of wells and pipelines has spread through the forest.
Access to the entrance of the Manu
Reserved Zone is normally by road from Cusco, a 2 day trip carrying you over the Andes at 4000m, past Inca ruins and down through cloud forest on the
eastern side of the Andes into lush lowland
rainforest.