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The Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge is the focal point of a project to save the most pristine altitudinal transect in South America.
A single-lane, gravel road travels northeast from Cusco, and descends from high Andean grasslands through intact cloud forest to lowland rainforest. This road runs along the edge of the higher elevations of Manu National Park. We worked with 20 families of recent colonists to buy their lands and preserve the cloud forest. Our 16.7 square miles of forest holdings run from 3,000 to 9,000 feet of elevation, and income from the lodge pays for our private guards to patrol the altitudinal transect by motorcycle. |
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The lodge, which has 10 double-occupancy cabañas with hot-water showers, and flush toilets, is nestled in a reforested patch of mountain cloud forest near a small, rushing Andean river. The primary attractions for visitors are spectacular cloud forest scenery, the world’s best protected and most visited Cock-of-the-Rock display ground (or "lek"), Woolly Monkeys, Brown Capuchin Monkeys, orchids, and native fruit trees and feeders visited by colorful tanagers, barbets, and hummingbirds. |
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