Day 1: (✈) / Arrival In Lima
Arrival at Lima International Airport. Reception by your guide
Transfer to the hotel located in the Miraflores district in a private service with English speaking tour guide.
Free dinner
Overnight at the hotel in Lima
Day 2: Lima (✈) / Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel
After breakfast, pick-up at the hotel to start your city tour of Lima in a shared service with english speaking tour guide. We will begin with the modern part and have a panoramic visit of Huaca Pucllana, belonging to the Lima culture. Then, we head to downtown Lima to explore the colonial part. Visit the Plaza de Armas and the catacombs of San Francisco. The monastery has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991. It is a Spanish Baroque-style religious building. We will end this visit at the Love Park, located in front of the Pacific Ocean.
Return to the hotel.
Free lunch
Transfer to Lima airport to take your Lima / Cusco flight in a private service
Flight Lima / Cusco
Arrival in Cusco and transfer to your hotel in a private service with a driver only
Free dinner
Overnight at the hotel in Cusco
Day 3: Chinchero / Maras / Moray / Sacred Valley
Breakfast at the hotel
The tour includes visits in a shared service with english speaking tour guide (the 5* program has this service privately) to three tourist centers in the region, located near Urubamba. We will start with a brief stop in the town of Chinchero for about 20 minutes. Next, we will visit Moray, a formidable archaeological complex composed of overlapping terraces that form a large agricultural laboratory. Finally, we will visit the town of Maras and its salt mines, composed of more than 3,000 pools, which are traversed by a stream of saltwater that nourishes them and, with the action of the intense sun, coarse salt crystals emerge, which are later harvested.
Free lunch . Afternoon at leisure
Free dinner
Overnight at the hotel in the Sacred Valley
Day 4: Sacred Valley / Machu Picchu / Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the Ollantaytambo station in a private service (with a driver only) to board the train to the town of Machu Picchu, also called Aguas Calientes. After the train journey, you will arrive at the Machu Picchu station where our staff will greet you, accompany you to our office to introduce you to your guide, and then assist you in boarding the bus that will take you to the entrance of the citadel. The guided tour is led by our expert guides in a shared service with english speaking tour guide (the 5* program has this service privately), who will ensure you have a memorable experience and achieve what you came for (nature, history, photographs). At the end of the visit, our staff will assist you in boarding the train back to Cusco.
Free lunch
Reception at the Cusco train station and transfer to your hotel in a private service (with a driver only)
Free dinner
Overnight at the hotel in Cusco
Day 5: Cusco: Free Day Or Optional Excursions
Breakfast at the hotel
Day at leisure to enjoy the city of Cusco or optional excursions.
Free lunch and dinner
Overnight at the hotel in Cusco
Day 6: Cusco / Puno (Andahuaylillas, Raqchi, La Raya)
Breakfast at the hotel
After breakfast, transfer to the bus station to take the tourist bus that will take you to the city of Puno in a shared service with English speaking tour guide. Along the way, we will enjoy the landscape of the Peruvian Andes and make several stops to visit the main tourist attractions, such as:
Andahuaylillas: Known as "The Sistine Chapel of America" due to the beauty of its frescoes, gold leaf work, and paintings of the Cusqueña school it houses inside.
Raqchi: The Temple of Wiracocha is one of the most important sites in Raqchi, with its 92 meters in length and 25 meters wide. It also has a central adobe wall about 15 meters high.
Lunch included
La Raya: On the way from Puno to Cusco, you will find this magnificent halfway point or border between Cusco and Puno called La Raya. After visiting La Raya, we will continue our journey.
Free lunch
Overnight at the hotel in Puno
Day 7: Puno / Lake Titicaca / Puno
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the port of Puno where we will board the motorboat in a shared service with english speaking tour guide. Along the way, we visit the floating islands, inhabited by the legendary Uros, fishermen who have made the use of Totora reeds a lifestyle. Next, we will head to Taquile Island, then slowly make our way back to the city. We will observe an indigenous community that preserves ancestral ways.
Lunch of local trout on Taquile Island
After lunch, we take a three-hour boat back to Puno.
Transfer to the hotel from the port of Puno in a shared service with English speaking tour guide
Free dinner
Overnight at the hotel in Puno
Day 8: Puno / Juliaca (✈) / Lima
Breakfast at the hotel
After breakfast, transfer to Juliaca airport to take your flight to Lima.
Flight Juliaca / Lima
Arrival in Lima and transfer to the hotel
Free lunch
Afternoon at leisure
Free dinner
Overnight at the hotel in Lima
Day 9: Lima (✈) / Puerto Maldonado
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival in Puerto Maldonado, the capital of Peru's biodiversity, we will welcome you at the airport. We will then begin our program with a bus tour of the city. Next, we head to the Capitanía port, where our boat will be waiting to navigate the Lower Madre de Dios River (the Serpentine River) to our lodge located thirty kilometers from Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival at the lodge, you will be greeted with a delicious nectar of Amazonian tropical fruits and led to your comfortable room (bungalow) reserved for the occasion.
Once settled in, a delicious lunch (included) will be waiting for you.
Concha Caiman: Early in the afternoon, you will be accompanied by our specialized guide along a well-marked interpretive trail to the Caiman Cocha, a small lagoon where you will have the opportunity to observe the black caiman and the white caiman, efficient predators at the top of the food chain that feed on the abundant fauna of the lagoon, represented by fish species.
Returning to the lodge, a delicious dinner (included) will be waiting for you.
Overnight at the lodge in Puerto Maldonado
Day 10: Puerto Maldonado
After breakfast, we will begin a hike into the deep forest. Along the way, we will cross the riparian forest to the higher forests, then descend to the floodplain forests, and then climb to the forested hills. During the journey, you will identify species of fruit, forest, and medicinal trees that support animal and human populations in the Amazon forests. Among them are the aguaje, mahogany, cashew, catahua, cedar, cético, copaiba, and shihuahuaco.
With luck and silence, you may observe large mammals such as the tapir and peccary, rodents such as the capybara, pacarana, paca, and armadillo, primates such as the howler monkey and lion tamarin, reptiles such as the iguana and turtle, amphibians such as the toad, and birds such as the tinamou, partridge, golden parrot, and blue, yellow, and red macaw. In the rainforest, you will enjoy insects such as butterflies (lepidopterans), beetles, crickets, cicadas, ants, centipedes, and millipedes of different species.
We arrive at the majestic Apu Victor Lake surrounded by large swamps and giant trees. From the Amazonian viewpoint (a huge observation platform), you will enjoy a panoramic view of the lake, observing parrots, macaws, toucans, jacamars, ibises, herons, and other animals such as caimans, turtles, etc. Varieties of fish enter Apu Victor Lake with the flooding of the rainy season. In addition, there are other fauna species associated with the lake, such as the motelo, matamata, charapita of the aguajal, capuchin, vireo, red deer, and the giant otters of the Amazon rainforest.
Return to the lodge and included lunch.
MONKEY ISLAND: In the afternoon, accompanied by our specialized guide, we will visit Monkey Island, located a few minutes from the lodge in the heart of the Madre de Dios River. Besides other species of small mammals such as the coati (Nasua), squirrel, and a wide variety of colorful birds.
Finally, we will complete our tour of the island admiring the sunset, with the most impressive sunset of the jungle.
Return to the lodge, Included dinner
Overnight at the lodge in Puerto Maldonado
Day 11: Puerto Maldonado
Breakfast at the lodge
COCHA PERDIDA:
After breakfast, we will start an adventure in the virgin jungle, accompanied by our local guide. We will hike into the deep forest, through well-maintained trails of our interpretive circuit. Along the way, we will cross temporary rivers called "Caños" via well-maintained bridges and witness a wide range of wild flora and fauna species. We will discover a great variety of ornamental plants of unparalleled beauty. On the way to Cocha Perdida, we will identify species of fruit, forest, and medicinal trees that support animal populations in the Amazon forests. With a bit of luck, we may see large mammals such as the jaguar or the otorongo, the tapir and peccary; rodents such as the giant otter, capybara, pacarana, and armadillo; primates such as the howler monkey and tamarin; reptiles such as the iguana and anaconda; amphibians such as toads; and birds such as the mountain turkey, partridge, golden parrot, and red, blue, and yellow macaw.
The rivers leave behind wetland systems, lakes, cochas, and meanders, like the spectacular Cocha Perdida. Wetlands play a crucial ecological role, as they are a key biological focus with endemic species and serve as a refuge for mammals. Aguajales constitute seventy percent of the area protected and restored by the Eco Amazonía Lodge.
The presence of the aguaje is very important for Amazonian peoples. It is a mysterious plant, the mother of the forest, or the tree of life. Aguajales host vigilant guardians such as the jaguar, considered the son of the aguajal, the anaconda, the largest snake in the world, the owl that watches everything from its perch high in the tree, and the black caiman guardian that punishes anyone who dares to cut down the female aguajales.
Once we arrive at Cocha Perdida, we will climb to a huge observation platform. From here, you can admire the immensity of this magical place where you can observe two types of aguajales: dense and mixed. Then, we will take a pleasant walk around Cocha Perdida and, if you are lucky, you can see the "Giant Otter" Pteronura brasiliensis, the largest of its kind and one of the most impressive animals in the Amazon.
Return to the lodge and included lunch.
Afternoon at Leisure:
The afternoon is free to take photos around the lodge, visit the botanical garden, and observe our medicinal and fruit plants.
Included dinner
Overnight at the lodge in Puerto Maldonado
Day 12: Puerto Maldonado (✈) / Lima / Departure
Breakfast at the lodge
A breakfast awaits you in our dining room before beginning the return to Puerto Maldonado.
Free lunch
Flight Puerto Maldonado (✈) / Lima
Arrival in Lima and international connection
