The Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge is located in the magical Manu cloud forest on the lush eastern slopes of the Andes, and is part of the Tropical Nature conservation system. Though peaceful and secluded, it lies very close to the scenic Cusco–Shintuya highway. At the temperate elevation of 1,600m/5,200 ft, the pleasant Kosñipata Valley is mosquito-free . The lodge protects and supports a 5,060ha./12,500-acre private cloud forest reserve.  This location provides the world’s best Andean Cock-of-the-Rock viewing in a pristine cloud forest reserve.

The Lodge

Opened in 1997, it is named after the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus), the conspicuously brilliant red-and-black national bird of Peru. Each morning and evening the males stage a colorful, noisy mating display at a “lek”, or display site, right by the lodge. Spectacled Bears, Woolly Monkeys, Brown Capuchin Monkeys, quetzals and a host of other colorful birds also inhabit the surrounding forest, and a bubbling mountain stream tumbles through the valley below. A one-hour trail circuit near the lodge offers an unusual bamboo forest, and many opportunities for wildlife and exotic plant sightings, while a more extensive trail network is available to those staying longer.

Just minutes walk from the lodge, the world’s largest, most accessible and tamest known group of displaying Andean Cocks-of-the-Rock awe and delight visitors with their twice-daily courting antics.