Visit the Manu National Park: Why this is a must-see destination!

Daniel Ash – Multimedia Internship Coordinator Breath-taking landscapes, incredible views and atmosphere! The Manu National Park is a globally renowned haven of biodiversity at the meeting point of the tropical Andes and Amazon Basin in south-western Peru. It is considered to be the most biodiverse place on the planet! History and statistics of the Manu […]

A Life-Changing Casuality

Ida Karlsson in the Peruvian Amazon jungle with her camera for a phot shoot.

By Ida Karlsson The best coincidence of my life! – How did a twenty-two-year-old girl from the Swedish countryside end up in the middle of the Peruvian jungle? Honestly, it was a coincidence, but it is the best coincidence of my life! Writing has been my passion ever since I learnt the alphabet. That is […]

Advice from the Amazon: A Conservation Intern’s Story

Interns talking to Interns by Mackenzie McDermott Media Intern Mackenzie McDermott talks to Ciara Morton, Conservation Intern about how her passion for conservation started and where she goes from here……… Before Ciara Morton could so much as spell biodiversity she was out in the wilderness searching for species. Growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, Morton’s “hippy” […]

Daily excerpts from Peter Lowe, a Crees volunteer

Diary excerpts from life as a Crees Volunteer, Peter Lowe recounts his time with us at the Manu Learning Centre  Greetings from the Amazon, nothing could have prepared me for the view from Mirador ten minutes trek from base camp with the snow capped peaks of the Andes in the far distance, it was jaw […]

Connecting Art and Conservation – Q&A with Pooja Gupta, Multimedia Intern Assistant

Connecting Art and Conservation Q&A with Pooja Gupta, Crees Multimedia Intern Assistant Pooja tells us how her work takes her around the world documenting the natural world and communicating conservation through a range of different creative mediums. In the setting of the Peruvian Amazon, with the sounds of the jungle as background noise to the […]

Seeing the Unseen : deconstructing the rainforest by Pooja Gupta

Deconstructing the rainforest experience Every time we step out of our homes we are bombarded with a million things to see. From billboards to advertisements on vehicles, high-rise buildings, gates, street lamps and more, it is easy to be put off by this information overload. I am often unable to focus on any one thing, […]

Amphibian Encounters in the Amazon

Let Multimedia Intern, Grace Cavanagh take you on a journey through one of the most exciting jungle experiences you’ll have at the Manu Learning Centre: a night survey in the middle of the rainforest. So, you’re on your way to the Amazon, but you’re not sure what to expect? Well, let me fill you in […]

Your Amazonian Adventure Awaits: Discover the Volunteer Experience (Photo Story)

A photographic journey capturing the first week in the Peru’s remote rainforest, by Olivia Cable-Barber our media intern. Santiago steering a river-boat full of new volunteers to the Manu Learning Centre nature reserve: Image by Olivia Cable-Barber Jungle creatures and unforgettable moments await on your journey through the Manu Rainforest of south-eastern Peru. You jump […]