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 […]
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, […]
Exotic encounters in Manu: A birder’s paradise

Birding can be a rewarding experience wherever you might be, but when that location is Peru, its nothing short of thrilling, says author and birder Neil Glenn. This article was first published for Bird Watching Magazine. Is there anything better than birding from a boat? Even by the standard of previous memorable boating trips, a […]
New film: rare spider monkey behaviour caught on camera

Rarely seen footage of endangered spider monkeys feeding at a mammal clay lick in the remote Peruvian Amazon is released… This week we have launched A Rainforest Reborn, a new film for Crees that reveals rarely-seen footage of spider monkeys feeding at a mammal clay lick in our nature reserve. A Rainforest Reborn follows a […]
Monkey Life to monkey forest: Fun facts from a whole new world

Why travel half way around the world to see monkeys in the wild? Our volunteer Amelia gives you an insight into a wildlife experience that can’t be missed… Many conservationists have nature documentaries to thank for their interest in the natural world, and this is certainly true for 6-week volunteer, Amelia. Whilst at the Manu […]
On the quest for musmuquis: the elusive black-headed night monkey

What it takes to study night monkeys in the jungle from poop samples to carrying a large mic on a stick by student Sheridan Plummer, from the School for Field Studies. Six American students, one wacky professor, lots of beans and rice, endless jungle and a winding river. We’re wading silently in the darkness through […]
Glass frogs: their weapon and weakness

Discover how the frogs’ delicate transparent skin both protects and threatens the species. It’s 9pm but it’s been dark for around 3 hours, and we’ve been trekking for nearly as long. By now, we’ve reached the Manu Learning Centre’s (MLC) most undisturbed forest area, known to us as ‘chorro’, and are half way through our […]
Discovering an immense boa constrictor in Manu Rainforest

The Crees team records a three-metre boa constrictor: the first to be seen at our research and education hub, the Manu Learning Centre (MLC), in over five years. When our team of researchers noticed something strange crossing the trail en route to camp, they didn’t realise that it would be one of the most exciting […]
Celebrating World Frog Day in the most diverse place on Earth

Discover the amazing world of amphibians and why World Frog Day is more important than ever for our research and education team in Manu Rainforest. World Frog Day closely follows two very exciting breakthroughs in our scientific work: the discovery of a species of frog new to science and the launch of the first ever […]
Unusual Rainforest Friendships: A jungle duck joins the Crees family

After spending six months living and working in the Amazon rainforest, most conservation interns make life-long friendships. But for Chi Wei, she also made an unusual connection with an adventurous, half-wild duck… When I travelled back to the jungle from Cusco in October, I noticed that a new friend had waddled into our lives – […]