Description

Expeditions
With CREES Expeditions, you have the opportunity to create your own custom trip though the Amazon. From trekking through the rainforest to mountain biking over the Andes, our top quality administrative and logistical services provide a safe and exciting experience customized to your needs and interests. Our personalized expeditions combine adventure tourism with an overall experience in worldwide sustainable initiatives.

Volunteer Programme
Volunteer programme's are designed to encourage people from all walks of life to participate in valuable conservation research and community projects. These worldwide beneficial programs are extremely fulfilling as we bringing an element of fun and adventure to a holistic and philanthropic effort.

Field Courses
CREES hosts academic field courses as well as bespoke training programmes in conjunction with professors and researchers. It provides opportunity for students groups, graduates and post doctoral researchers looking for a destination to conduct their research or enhance their field experience. Specialized logistical support for research groups planning expeditions in the Manu region including access to the custom designed facilities of the MLC.

Sustainable Eco-Tours
We want our groups to experience everything Peru has to offer, wile limiting the damaging effects of Tourism. Our Sustainable Eco-Tours, allow you to explore the biodiversity of the Amazon, discover the richness of the Andes, enhance your environmental education, and enjoy participating in philanthropic activities with indigenous communities. We have a variety of Eco-Tours to choose from, ranging in length and multiple points of interest.

Highlights

The Manu Learning Centre (MLC) is a sustainable capacity building and research facility within the Peruvian Amazon. The MLC offers a variety of comfortable accommodation spaces, specially designed for relaxation and activity. It is one of the most important sites in the Manu region, hosting programs for foreign and national universities, college professors, independent travelers and world wide government agencies.

The MLC and its surrounding lands lie in the Manu Biosphere Reserve, (MBR) near Cusco in the South of Peru. Established in 1977, the reserve forms part of the Vilcabamba Amboro Conservation Corridor, which runs from Machu Picchu in Peru, to Amboro in central Bolivia. The importance of the MBR was officially recognized in 1987 when it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It achieved this largely because of its renown as an area of abundant wildlife.

Manu is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world. Habitats can range from dry coastal deserts in the west, to the volcanic central range of the Andes, to lush Amazonian rainforests in the east. Just inside Manu National Park there are over 20,000 plant varieties, 1,400 butterfly species, 1,000 exotic bird specimens, and a vast numbers of amphibians, insects, and reptiles species, many of which have yet been documented. Let CREES Expeditions help to guide your way through this amazing part of the world.

CREES Expeditions is a leader in conservation of tropical ecosystems through education and the development of sustainable resource solutions for local communities of the Manu Amazon Rainforest. In addition to operating the Manu Learning Centre (MLC) accommodations and research facilities, CREES Expeditions offers a number of programmes and services for worldwide tourism and educational institutions.

Travel Types

• BackPacking Abroad
• Birdwatching
• Camping
• Canoeing
• Cycling (Mountain)
• Eco Tours
• Ecology
• Environmental Studies
• Hiking
• Language Immersion
• Native Culture Studies
• Nature Tours
• Overland Tours
• Rafting
• RainForest Tours
• Student Tours
• Tours
• Trekking
• Vacation Packages
• Volunteering

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Qualifications

Applicants for any of our programs should speak either fluent English or Spanish, be in good health and fit enough to participate in physical activity. Apart from that anyone can apply.

Languages

• English
• Latin
• Spanish

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

Please visit our website for details

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Other

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 12

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

2-3 days

crees's Mission Statement

crees started as a non-profit foundation in 2002 committed to conservation research and community development projects in the Manu region of the Peruvian Amazon. Manu has historically been both a biodiversity hot spot and an area of severe human poverty, and crees has committed to bridging the gap between these two extremes by focusing on sustainable initiatives that can help bring economic, social and environmental harmony to the region. In 2005 crees developed the volunteer program, which allows visitors to engage with and support the non-profit initiatives while experiencing first rate conservation research training, meaningful interaction with local communities, and incredible adventure in the Amazon rainforest. Most recently, crees has now developed a line of tours, ranging from wildlife viewing to adventure travel to short-term voluntourism, all with the aim of supporting and driving forward conservation research and community development efforts. 100% of all proceeds from the crees volunteer program and tours are invested into the foundation's non-profit projects.

Year Founded

2002