The Manu National Park was consecrated on May 29, 1973 by Law (D.S.) N 0644-73-AG.
In 1977. UNESCO recognized it as the Center area of the of Biosphere Reserve. It is sited in the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios. In 1987 this park was recognized as a Natural Inheritance of Humanity. It has an area of 1.532,806 has and represents a very significant sample of the biological diversity in the Amazon. We con find at Manu nearly all the subtropical and ecological formations of the Amazon Jungle.

The main trees: Cetico (Cecropia sp.), Topa (Ochroma sp.), Cedar (Cedrela sp.), the screwdriver (Cedrelinga catanaformis), the chesnut tice (Bertholletia excelsa), Lupuna (Chorisio sp.) and the rubber plant (Heves brasiliensis).

Countless species are protected in this park: 800 species of birds, 200 species of mammals (there are more than 100 species of bats), 120 species of fishes and reptiles, and so forth.
As for birds, we will mention some examples: The aguila harpia, a majestic eagle (harpia harpyja), the jabir (Jabiru mycteria) and the pink espatula (Ajaja ajaja). In the branches of trees growing by the rivers we can find the sachapato (Cairina moschata), wild geese (Neochen jubata), the Gallito de las Rocas (Rupicola peruviana).
These are some mammals: the common choro monkey, an endemic monkey (Lagothrix Lagotricha), the black maquisapa (Ateles paniscus), the river wolf (Pteronura brasiliensis), the jaguar (Panthera onca), the wild cat (Leopoardus pardalis) , the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) and the taruca deer (Hippocamelus antisensis).

This area is inhabited by more than 30 peasant communities whose native language is Quechua as: Matsiquenka, Amahuaca, Yie, Amarakaeri, Huachipaire, Mashco-Piros and Nahua.

The main goal of this park is the protection of its biological diversity. Likewise, we want to promote anthropological programs related to the development of the population settled in the park.