Itinerary

ITINERARY

DAY ONE

PUERTO MALDONADO

Upon arrival at the Puerto Maldonado airport you will be picked up by your guide. Our guides are biologists, tourism professionals, or community members. Unless noted otherwise, our guides speak English. We assign guides at a 10:1 ratio. This means groups smaller than 10 people will be merged with other groups under one guide. If you would like to have a private guide or a guide in a language other than English please let us know.

Transfer from the Puerto Maldonado Airport to our Headquarters. Upon arrival from Lima or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and drive you in approximately ten minutes to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of the forest in our gardens we will ask you to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the rest at our safe deposit. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light.

From Puerto Maldonado we take you on a 20 kilometer drive to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business.

Tambopata River Port to Refugio Amazonas: The two and a half hour boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Refugio Amazonas will take us past the Community of Infierno and the Tambopata National Reserve´s checkpoint and into the buffer zone of this 1.3 million hectare conservation unit.

Orientation: Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips.

Caiman searches: We will be out at the river’s edge at night, scanning the shores with headlamps and flashlights to catch the red gleams of reflection from caiman eyes.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas.

DAY TWO

CANOPY TOWER

Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A banister staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From the top you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws can be seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.

Brazil nut trail and camp: At a few minutes hike from the lodge you will find a beautiful old patch of Brazil Nut forest that has been harvested for decades (if not centuries) where the precarious remains of a camp used two months a year by Brazil Nut gatherers can still be experienced. We will be demonstrating the whole process of the rain forest’s only sustainably harvested product, from collection to transportation to drying.

Refugio Amazonas to Tambopata Research Centre: Four and half hours by boat from Refugio Amazonas, in the pristine heart of the reserve, lays the Tambopata Research Center. After an hour and a half, as we cross the confluence with the Malinowski River, we will leave the final traces of human habitation behind. Within the 700,000 hectare uninhabited nucleus of the reserve, sightings of capybara, caiman, geese, macaws and other large species will become more frequent.

Orientation: Upon arrival the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips.

Overlook Trail: A three to five kilometer hike will lead us to overlook points with magnificent views of the Tambopata River winding its way into the lowlands. The forest on this trail, regenerating on old bamboo forest, is good for Howler Monkeys and Dusky Titi Monkeys.

Macaw Project Lectures: After dinner scientists will provide an in depth look at the biology of macaws, their feeding habits, the theories for clay lick use, their breeding and feeding ecology, population fluctuations and the threats to their conservation.

You will stay overnight at the Tambopata Research Center.

DAY THREE

MACAW CLAY LICK

Macaw Clay Lick: On most clear mornings of the year, dozens of large macaws and hundreds of parrots congregate on this large river bank in a raucous and colorful spectacle which inspired a National Geographic cover story. Discretely located at fifty meters from the cliff, we will observe Green-winged, scarlet and Blue-and-gold Macaws and several species of smaller parrots descend to ingest clay. Outings are at dawn when the lick is most active.

Floodplain Trail: This five kilometer trail covers the prototypical rain forest with immense trees crisscrossed by creeks and ponds. Amongst the figs, Ceibas and shihuahuacos we will look for Squirrels, Brown Capuchins, and Spider Monkeys as well as peccaries. TRC is located within this habitat.

Pond Platform: Ten minutes upriver from the lodge is a tiny pond with a platform in the middle. It is a great place to spot waterfowl such as Muscovy duck, sun bittern and hoatzin along with the woodpeckers, oropendolas, flycatchers and parakeets that call this pond their home.

Night walk: You will have the option of going out hiking at night, when most of the mammals are active but unfortunately rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds are as bizarre as their natural histories.

You will stay overnight at the Tambopata Research Center

DAY FOUR

TIME AT LEISURE

Time at leisure: Time off to relax and enjoy the lodge’s surroundings, wander off on your own, try out a new trail, or repeat your favorite activity.

Terra Firme Trail: An entirely different habitat characterized by smaller, thinner trees atop hills and slopes is covered by this five kilometer trail. Saddleback tamarinds are frequently found here. As we walk near the limits of the swamp we will also keep our eyes open for rare tapir tracks.

Palm Swamp: A thirty minute hike from TRC brings us to the palm swamp. Dead Aguaje palms serve as nests to Red-bellied and Blue-and-gold macaws. An elevated boardwalk and scaffolding tower allow for eye level observation of the macaws as they fly in and out their nests.

You will stay overnight at the Tambopata Research Center

DAY FIVE

TAMBOPATA

Tambopata Research Center to Refugio Amazonas: A three and a half hour boat ride brings us back to Refugio Amazonas.

Condenado Oxbow Lake – CONDEL: A forty minute hike takes you to the Condenado Lake. You paddle in canoes around the lake looking for lakeside wildlife such as hoatzins and caimans and hopefully see the otters which are infrequently seen here. You will also be rewarded with overhead sightings of macaws.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas.

DAY SIX

TAMBOPATA RIVER PORT

We will transfer you to the Tambopata River Port from where you will take a boat to our Maldonado Headquarters. From here you will be transferred to the airport. Depending on airline schedules, the transfers may require very early departures from the Posada.

Transportation by boat: All our boats are 20 foot long, roofed canoes with 55 hp outboard motors. Daily arrivals and departures from every port are scheduled to meet every airline´s arrival and departure with a maximum of a two hours waiting time.

Included

Service Included:

• Private Transportation by vehicles
• Tourist Ticket fee to visit the Amazon park
• Private guide and bilingual Spanish and English
• 5Breakfast, 5 Lunches, 5 Dinners
• 5 Nights at Refugio Amazonas

No included

Service No Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets

Photo Gallery

Itinerary

ITINERARY

DAY ONE

PUERTO MALDONADO
(L, D)

Upon arrival at the Puerto Maldonado airport you will be picked up by your guide. Our guides are biologists, tourism professionals, or community members. Unless noted otherwise, our guides speak English. We assign guides at a 10:1 ratio. This means groups smaller than 10 people will be merged with other groups under one guide. If you would like to have a private guide or a guide in a language other than English please let us know.

Transfer from the Puerto Maldonado Airport to our Headquarters. Upon arrival from Lima or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and drive you in approximately ten minutes to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of the forest in our gardens we will ask you to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the rest at our safe deposit. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light. From Puerto Maldonado we take you on a 20 kilometer drive to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business.

Tambopata River Port to Refugio Amazonas: The two and a half hour boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Refugio Amazonas will take us past the Community of Infierno and the Tambopata National Reserve´s checkpoint and into the buffer zone of this 1.3 million hectare conservation unit.

Orientation: Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips. Caiman searches. We will be out at the river’s edge at night, scanning the shores with headlamps and flashlights to catch the red gleams of reflection from caiman eyes.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas

DAY TWO

CANAPY TOWER
(B, L, D)

Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A banister staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From the top you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws can be seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.

Brazil nut trail and camp: At a few minutes hike from the lodge you will find a beautiful old patch of Brazil Nut forest that has been harvested for decades (if not centuries) where the precarious remains of a camp used two months a year by Brazil Nut gatherers can still be experienced. We will be demonstrating the whole process of the rain forest’s only sustainably harvested product, from collection to transportation to drying.

Refugio Amazonas to Tambopata Research Centre: Four and half hours by boat from Refugio Amazonas, in the pristine heart of the reserve, lay the Tambopata Research Center. After an hour and a half, as we cross the confluence with the Malinowski River, we will leave the final traces of human habitation behind. Within the 700,000 hectare uninhabited nucleus of the reserve, sightings of capybara, caiman, geese, macaws and other large species will become more frequent.

Orientation: Upon arrival the lodge manager will welcome you andbrief you with important navigation and security tips.

Overlook Trail: A three to five kilometer hike will lead us to overlook points with magnificent views of the Tambopata River winding its way into the lowlands. The forest on this trail, regenerating on old bamboo forest, is good for Howler Monkeys and Dusky Titi Monkeys.

Macaw Project Lectures: After dinner scientists will provide an in depth look at the biology of macaws, their feeding habits, the theories for clay lick use, their breeding and feeding ecology, population fluctuations and the threats to their conservation.

You will stay overnight at the Tambopata Research Center.

DAY THREE

MACAW CLAY LICK
(B, L, D)

Macaw Clay Lick: On most clear mornings of the year, dozens of large macaws and hundreds of parrots congregate on this large river bank in a raucous and colorful spectacle which inspired a National Geographic cover story. Discretely located at fifty meters from the cliff, we will observe Green-winged, scarlet and Blue-and-gold Macaws and several species of smaller parrots that descend to ingest clay. Outings are at dawn when the lick is most active.

Floodplain Trail: This five kilometer trail covers the prototypical rain forest with immense trees crisscrossed by creeks and ponds. Amongst the figs, Ceibas and shihuahuacos we will look for Squirrels, Brown Capuchins, and Spider Monkeys as well as peccaries. TRC is located within this habitat.

Pond Platform: Ten minutes upriver from the lodge is a tiny pond with a platform in the middle. It is a great place to spot waterfowl such as Muscovy duck, sun bittern and hoatzins along with the woodpeckers, oropendolas, flycatchers and parakeets that call this pond their home.

Night walk: You will have the option of going out hiking at night, when most of the mammals are active but unfortunately rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds are as bizarre as their natural histories.

You will stay overnight at the Tambopata Research Center.

DAY FOUR

CONDENADO OXBOW LAKE
(B, L, D)

Tambopata Research Center to Refugio Amazonas: A three and a half hour boat ride brings us back to Refugio Amazonas. Condenado Oxbow Lake – CONDEL: A forty minute hike takes you Condenado Lake. You paddle canoes around the lake looking for lakeside wildlife such as hoatzins and caimans and hopefully see the otters which are infrequently seen here. You will also be rewarded with overhead sightings of macaws.

Tambopata National Reserve Lecture: Nightly lectures prepared by the staff of Refugio Amazonas cover conservation threats, opportunities and projects in the Tambopata National Reserve.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas

DAY FIVE

TAMBOPATA RIVER PORT
(B)

We will transfer you to the Tambopata River Port from where you will take a boat to our Maldonado Headquarters. From here you will be transferred to the airport. Depending on airline schedules, the transfers may require very early departures from the Posada.

Transportation by boat: All our boats are 20 foot long, roofed canoes with 55 hp outboard motors. Daily arrivals and departures from every port are scheduled to meet every airline´s arrival and departure with a maximum of a two hours waiting time.

Included

Service Included:

• Private Transportation by vehicles
• Tourist Ticket fee to visit the Amazon park
• Private guide and bilingual Spanish and English
• 4 Breakfast, 4 Lunches, 4 Dinners
• 5 Nights at Refugio Amazonas

No Included

Service No Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets

Photo Gallery

Itineray

ITINERARY

DAY ONE

PUERTO MALDONADO

Upon arrival at the Puerto Maldonado airport you will be picked up by your guide. Our guides are biologists, tourism professionals, or community members. Unless noted otherwise, our guides speak English. We assign guides at a 10:1 ratio. This means groups smaller than 10 people will be merged with other groups under one guide. If you would like to have a private guide or a guide in a language other than English please let us know.

Transfer from the Puerto Maldonado Airport to our Headquarters. Upon arrival from Lima or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and drive you in approximately ten minutes to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of the forest in our gardens we will ask you to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the rest at our safe deposit. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light.

From Puerto Maldonado we take you on a 20 kilometer drive to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business.

Tambopata River Port to Refugio Amazonas: The two and a half hour boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Refugio Amazonas will take us past the Community of Infierno and the Tambopata National Reserve´s checkpoint and into the buffer zone of this 1.3 million hectare conservation unit.

Orientation: Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips. Caiman searches. We will be out at the river’s edge at night, scanning the shores with headlamps and flashlights to catch the red gleams of reflection from caiman eyes.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas.

DAY TWO

SACHAVAYOC OXBOW LAKE

Sachavacayoc Oxbow Lake: A two hour hike takes you to Sachavacayoc Lake. You will paddle around the lake in a catamaran, searching for the resident family of five giant river otters (seen by about 30% of lake visitors) and other lakeside wildlife such as caimans, hoatzins and horned screamers. We hike out at dawn – when otters are active. Don’t forget about the two hour return hike! For those who do not want to take such a long hike, Condenado Lake, at only thirty minutes from the lodge, is an option.

Farm Visit and Ethno botanical Garden: Five minutes downriver from the lodge lays a farm owned and managed by the charismatic Don Manuel from the neighboring community of Condenado. He grows a variety of popular and unknown Amazon crops. Just about every plant and tree you see here has a purpose. He has also identified and cultivated many of the medicinal plants used in the region in a little backyard garden.

Brazil nut trail and camp: At a few minutes hike from the lodge you will find a beautiful old patch of Brazil Nut forest that has been harvested for decades (if not centuries) where the precarious remains of a camp used two months a year by Brazil Nut gatherers can still be experienced. We will be demonstrating the whole process of the rain forest’s only sustainably harvested product, from collection to transportation to drying.

Night walk: You will have the option of going out hiking at night, when most of the mammals are active but unfortunately rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds are as bizarre as their natural histories.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas

DAY THREE

PARAKEET CLAY LICK

Parakeet clay lick: A fifteen minute boat ride and sixty minute walk from Refugio Amazonas you find a parakeet clay lick. From a blind spot you will see parakeets descend on most clear days to ingest the clay on a bank. Species such as Dusky headed and Cobalt winged Parakeet descend at this clay lick. We visit the lick at dawn, in the midmorning or early afternoon, when parrots are most active.

Mammal clay lick: Twenty minutes walking from Refugio Amazonas is a peccary clay lick. These wild rain forest pigs show up in herds of five to twenty individuals to eat clay in the late morning. Chances of spotting them are approximately 15%, but well worth the short hike. Other wildlife also shows up including deer, guan sand parakeets.

Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A banister staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From the top you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws can be seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.

Tambopata National Reserve Lecture: Nightly lectures prepared by the staff of Refugio Amazonas cover conservation threats, opportunities and projects in the Tambopata National Reserve.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas.

DAY FOUR

TAMBOPATA RIVER PORT

We will transfer you to the Tambopata River Port from where you will take a boat to our Maldonado Headquarters. From here you will be transferred to the airport. Depending on airline schedules, the transfers may require very early departures from the Posada.

Transportation by boat: All our boats are 20 foot long, roofed canoes with 55 hp outboard motors. Daily arrivals and departures from every port are scheduled to meet every airline´s arrival and departure with a maximum of a two hours waiting time.

Included

Service Included:

• Private Transportation by vehicles
• Tourist Ticket fee to visit the Amazon park
• Private guide and bilingual Spanish and English
• 3 Breakfast, 3 Lunches, 3 Dinners
• 3 Nights at Refugio Amazonas

No Included

Service No Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets

Photo Gallery

Itinerary

ITINERARY

DAY ONE

PUERTO MALDONADO

Upon arrival at the Puerto Maldonado airport you will be picked up by your guide. Our guides are biologists, tourism professionals, or community members. Unless noted otherwise, our guides speak English. We assign guides at a 10:1 ratio. This means groups smaller than 10 people will be merged with other groups under one guide. If you would like to have a private guide or a guide in a language other than English please let us know.

Transfer from the Puerto Maldonado Airport to our Headquarters. Upon arrival from Lima or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and drive you in approximately ten minutes to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of the forest in our gardens we will ask you to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the rest at our safe deposit. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light.

From Puerto Maldonado we take you on a 20 kilometer drive to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business.

Tambopata River Port to Refugio Amazonas: The two and a half hour boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Refugio Amazonas will take us past the Community of Infierno and the Tambopata National Reserve´s checkpoint and into the buffer zone of this 1.3 million hectare conservation unit.

Orientation: Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips. Caiman searches. We will be out at the river’s edge at night, scanning the shores with headlamps and flashlights to catch the red gleams of reflection from caiman eyes.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas

DAY TWO

CONAPY TOWER

Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A banister staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From the top you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws can be seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.

Farm Visit and Ethno botanical Garden: Five minutes downriver from the lodge lays a farm owned and managed by the charismatic Don Manuel from the neighboring community of Condenado. He grows a variety of popular and unknown Amazon crops. Just about every plant and tree you see here has a purpose. He has also identified and cultivated many of the medicinal plants used in the region in a little backyard garden.

Brazil nut trail and camp: At a few minutes hike from the lodge you will find a beautiful old patch of Brazil Nut forest that has been harvested for decades (if not centuries) where the precarious remains of a camp used two months a year by Brazil Nut gatherers can still be experienced. We will be demonstrating the whole process of the rain forest’s only sustainably harvested product, from collection to transportation to drying.

Condenado Oxbow Lake – CONDEL: A forty minute hike takes you to the Condenado Lake. You paddle in canoes around the lake looking for lakeside wildlife such as hoatzins and caimans and hopefully see the otters which are infrequently seen here. You will also be rewarded with overhead sightings of macaws.

Night walk: You will have the option of going out hiking at night, when most of the mammals are active but unfortunately rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds are as bizarre as their natural histories.

You will stay overnight at the Refugio Amazonas

DAY THREE

TAMBOPATA RIVER PORT

We will transfer you to the Tambopata River Port from where you will take a boat to our Maldonado Headquarters. From here you will be transferred to the airport. Depending on airline schedules, the transfers may require very early departures from the Posada.

Transportation by boat: All our boats are 20 foot long, roofed canoes with 55 hp outboard motors. Daily arrivals and departures from every port are scheduled to meet every airline´s arrival and departure with a maximum of a two hours waiting time.

Included

Service Included:

• Private Transportation by vehicles
• Tourist Ticket fee to visit the Amazon park
• Private guide and bilingual Spanish and English
• 2 Breakfast, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners
• 2 Nights at Refugio Amazonas

No Included

Service No Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets

Photo Gallery

Itinerario

ITINERARY

DAY ONE

PUERTO MALDONADO

Upon arrival at the Puerto Maldonado airport you will be picked up by your guide. Our guides are biologists, tourism professionals, or community members. Unless noted otherwise, our guides speak English. We assign guides at a 10:1 ratio. This means groups smaller than 10 people will be merged with other groups under one guide. If you would like to have a private guide or a guide in a language other than English please let us know.

Transfer from the Puerto Maldonado Airport to our Headquarters. Upon arrival from Lima or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and drive you in approximately ten minutes to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of the forest in our gardens we will ask you to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the rest at our safe deposit. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light.

From Puerto Maldonado we take you on a 20 kilometer drive to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port Isa communal business. The forty five minute boat ride from the Tambopata Port to our Posada Amazonas lodge will take us into the Community´s Primary Forest. Private Reserve.

Orientation: Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips.

Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A banister staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From the top you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata. River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws can be seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.

Ecotourism Lecture: A daily presentation on the Infierno ecotourism project is available every night held by one of our staff members.

You will stay overnight at the Posada Amazonas.

DAY TWO

CHIMBADAS OXBOW LAKE

Tres Chimbadas Lake is situated at thirty minutes by boat and forty five minutes hiking from Posada Amazonas. Once we get there you will paddle around the lake in a catamaran, searching for the resident family of nine giant river otters (seen by 60% of our lake visitors) and other lakeside wildlife such as caimans, hoatzins and horned screamers.

Parrot clay lick: This clay lick is at only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas. From a blind spot located at about twenty meters away you will see dozens of parrots and parakeets descend on clear mornings to ingest the clay on a river bank. Species such as Mealy and Yellow- headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed Parakeet come to this clay lick. The clay lick is most active at dawn, during the late mornings and mid-afternoons.

Ethno botanical Tour: A twenty minute downriver boat ride leads you to a trail designed by the staff of the Centro Ñape. The Centro Ñape is a communal organization that produces medicines out of forest plants and administers them to patients who wish to be assisted at their little clinic. They have established a trail which explains the different medicinal (and other) uses of selected plants. That can be seen on the way.

Night walk: You will have the option of going out hiking at night, when most of the mammals are active but unfortunately rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds are as bizarre as their natural histories.

You will stay overnight at the Posada Amazonas

DAY THREE

TAMBOPATA RIVER PORT

We will transfer you to the Tambopata River Port from where you will take a boat to our Maldonado Headquarters. From here you will be transferred to the airport. Depending on airline schedules, the transfers may require very early departures from the Posada.

Transportation by boat: All our boats are 20 foot long, roofed canoes with 55 hp outboard motors. Daily arrivals and departures from every port are scheduled to meet every airline´s arrival and departure with a maximum of a two hours waiting time.

Included

Service Included:

• Private Transportation by vehicles
• Tourist Ticket fee to visit the Amazon park
• Private guide and bilingual Spanish and English
• 2 Breakfast, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners
• 2 Nights at Refugio Amazonas

No Included

Service No Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets

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ITINERARY

Our tour starts by collecting you from your hotel. The Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera is home to one of the world’s largest private collection of pre-Columbian art. The museum was founded in 1926 and showcases remarkable chronological galleries providing an overview of 3000 years of development in pre-Columbian history in Peru.
The building itself is a unique vice-royal mansion of the 18th century built over a 7th century pre-Columbian pyramid and is surrounded by beautiful gardens. The museum features one of the finest gold and silver collections from Ancient Peru, and includes the famous erotic archaeological collection, one of the most visited Peruvian tourist attractions. Larco is also one of the few museums in the world where visitors can also choose to enter the storage area with its 45,000 classified archaeological objects. Our services end by leaving you at your hotel.

Included

Service Included:

• Private Transportation by vehicles
• Tourist Ticket fee to visit historic sites
• Private guide and bilingual Spanish and English

No Included

Service No Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets

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ITINERARIO

Nuestro tour comienza recogiendo a nuestros pasajeros desde su hotel. Primero visitamos La Catedral, que es una construcción impresionante en tamaño e historia y se encuentra en la Plaza de Armas. Fue diseñada por Francisco Pizarro y es aquí donde yace su cuerpo enterrado en una capilla. La Catedral también alberga un museo de arte religioso y valiosos artefactos.

La Iglesia de San Francisco es una de las atracciones más populares de Lima, fue construida en 1674 y es el mejor ejemplo de arquitectura barroca de Lima con una impresionante nave central y es conocida por sus bellos techos pintados. Debajo de la iglesia se encuentran unos túneles subterráneos (catacumbas) que contienen los huesos de más de 75.000 personas, por lo cual es considerado como el primer cementerio de la ciudad.

Durante el recorrido de la Ciudad vamos a observar las viejas calles de Lima con mansiones coloniales, balcones de estilo morisco, sus zonas residenciales y además también el Parque El Olivar, el parque es muy bonito y algunos de sus árboles, con más de un siglo de antigüedad, siguen dando frutos. En el más moderno del mercado del distrito de Miraflores se encuentra el Parque de Miraflores y la torre de una pirámide de adobe, que es un templo pre-inca llamado Huaca Pucllana, éste data desde el siglo IV y en la actualidad está siendo estudiado por los arqueólogos.

Terminamos dejándolo en su hotel.

Incluye

Incluye:

• Trasporte en vehículo privado
• Boleto turístico para visitar los sitios históricos
• Guía privado y bilingüe

No Incluye

No Incluye:

• Bebidas alcohólicas
• Extras
• Propinas
• Impuestos
• Tours adicionales
• Servicio de lavandería
• Seguros
• Boletos de avión

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Tour Description

TOUR DESCRIPTION

DAY ONE

(Lima and Arequipa)

Reception at the Arequipa airport and transfer to the hotel. Morning at leisure to acclimatize to the altitude. Afternoon free
Optional tours are available to visit modern and colonial Arequipa.
Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel

DAY TWO

(Arequipa, Pampa Cañahuas, Chivay and Llahuar)

Our journey starts at 8:00 A.M. at approximately 2363 meters above sea level (7798 ft) with impressive views of the most famous volcanoes of the city of Arequipa. We have a 4 hour bus ride to Colca Canyon with a nice view of the Andes and a visit of the Pampa Cañahuas (Vicuñas reserve). The highest point of our trip is 4000 meters (13200 ft). Around noon we arrive at Chivay village at 3500 meters (11550 ft). We enjoy lunch there.

In the afternoon we start hiking down to the deepest part of the canyon, enjoying amazing views. Around 5:00 P.M. We get to Llahuar community where we have dinner and also spend the night.

DAY THREE

(Llahuar, Paclla and Sangalle)

Our journey starts after a delicious breakfast. We start hiking along the canyon through Paclla community and Apacheta lookout post where trekkers like to make piles with stones as a proof of getting to the top. The views of the Andes are spectacular. Afterwards, we keep walking for 4 hours toward Sangalle village where we have lunch and stay for the rest of the day. In the afternoon, we will be able to enjoy a relaxing swim at the natural pool of the Colca Canyon.

We have dinner at Oasis town where we also stay the night.

DAY FOUR

(Sangalle, Cruz Del Condor, Chivay and Arequipa)

Our journey starts very early at 4:00 A.M. We have to start trekking before the sun comes out, because on a sunny day it gets very hot. We walk for three hours toward Cruz Del Condor lookout point where we can observe the majestic Andean Condor. After that we continue our trip to Chivay. We have lunch there.

Then we visit La Calera hot springs which is beautiful and surrounded by amazing landscapes. In the afternoon we return to Arequipa by bus and transfer you to your hotel.

DAY FIVE

(Arequipa, Lima)

We transfer you to the Arequipa airport for your flight to Lima. Depending on your flight time, optional tours of the city and its museums are available.

Itinerary

ITINERARY COLCA CANYON AREQUIPA

(4 DAYS – 3 NIGHTS)

• PRIVATE TOURS
• DAILY TOURS
• MINIMUM: 2 Passengers
• PRICES: On request
  

DAY ONE:

• Meet at the airport and transfer to the hotel in Arequipa
• Day at leisure to acclimatize to the altitude
• Optional tours available to visit modern and colonial Arequipa
• Lunch and dinner are not included.
• Overnight at hotel

DAY TWO:

• Breakfast at Hotel
• Transfer from Hotel to departure point Chivay
• Hike from Chivay to Llahuar first camp
• Lunch on the way
• Dinner at the camp

DAY THREE:

• Breakfast at the camp
• Hike from Llahuar to Sangalle second camp
• Lunch at the camp
• Relax in pool of Colca Canyon
• Dinner at the camp

DAY FOUR:

• Breakfast at the camp
• Hike from Sangalle up Cruz del Condor look out post
• Lunch at Chivay
• Relax in the Calera hot springs
• Afternoon return to Arequipa city
• Transfer to Hotel
• Dinner is not included and overnight at Hotel

DAY FIVE:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer to the airport to flight to Lima
• Flight back to your country

Included

Service Included:

• Transfer Airport / Hotel / Airport
• From Hotel to departure point of our hike Chivay
• From Chivay to Hotel in Arequipa
• Entrance fee to Colca Canyon and Colca Park
• An Inflable mattress
  
• Three seasons camping tent and sleeping bag
• 4 Breakfast / 3 Lunches / 2 Dinners
• Hot drinks at each camp
  
• A snack bag every morning
• A private bilingual guide on Colca Hike and Colca tour

No Included

Service No Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets

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Tour Description

TOUR DESCRIPTION

DAY ONE

CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – SORAYPAMPA

Our hike starts early in the morning by collecting you from your hotel at 5:00 A.M. We have a spectacular drive of approximately 4 hours past Pampa de Anta; it takes us through Limatambo Valley and the starting point of our hike is the village of Mollepata. It is an easy day of walking, not too much climbing and the views are imposing all the way around. After a 4 hours walk we arrive at Sicllakancha, our lunch spot. We continue with a 3 hour hike in the afternoon.

The snow capped mountains of Umantay and Salkantay will leave you astounded with their colorful views which constantly change in the reflections of the sun. The incredible views continue until we reach SorayPampa, our first camp site. After a little rest we have a hot drink, and at around 7 P.M. we will enjoy dinner. Then to bed in preparation for an early start tomorrow.

DAY TWO

SORAYPAMPA – UMANTAY PASS – COLPABAMBA

Our journey starts early at 6:00 A.M. We enjoy breakfast and start to climb from 3,400 meters (11,220 ft) up to 4,650 meters (15,345 ft), the highest point of our hike. The hike to the pass offers spectacular views of the Andes mountain range surrounded by dark green forested hills of the cloud forest. Descending, beautiful flora adorns our path. We lunch at a great spot with again fantastic views. Continuing with a short hike, we reach Collpabamba base camp in a tropical region. After hot drinks, we will have dinner at 7 P.M. Then to bed in preparation for an early start tomorrow.

DAY THREE

COLPABAMBA – PLAYA – HIDROELECTRICA – AGUAS CALIENTES TOWN

Our hike along a beautiful cloud forest starts early at 6:00 A.M. We enjoy breakfast and we then hike into a forest of lush vegetation through a colorful riot of orchids, bromeliads, mosses and fern to reach the La Playa is five to six hours away. Along the way we pass Incan bridges and the fauna on this part of the hike is strikingly beautiful.

After lunch we board a little truck on a drive to Santa Teresa town. Afterwards another truck takes us to hydroelectric town, where we rest. In the afternoon we travel to Aguas Calientes by train. Dinner at a restaurant and rest at a hotel.

DAY FOUR

MACHU PICCHU TOUR – CUSCO

Our amazing day starts early by getting up at 5:00 A.M. We enjoy breakfast and then we catch the earliest bus for the half an hour drive up to Machu Picchu citadel. Here we will watch the imposing sun rise, shining over the city and its surroundings. After having enjoyed this incredible phenomenon, we start our meeting with the Inca legacy in a mystical tour of Machu Picchu. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon we will return to Cusco by train. Our services end by leaving you at your Cusco hotel.

Itinerary

ITINERARY SALKANTAY, THE ALTERNATIVE INCA TRAIL

(4 DAYS – 3 NIGHTS)

• PRIVATE TOURS
• DAILY TOURS
• MINIMUM: 2 Passengers
• PRICES: On request

ITINERARY

DAY ONE:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer from hotel to departure point of Mollepata town
  
• Hike from Mollepata to SorayPampa first camp
• Lunch on the way
• Tea time in the afternoon
• Dinner at the campsite

DAY TWO:

• Breakfast at the campsite
• Hike from SorayPampa to Collpabamba, Guided tour and camp
• Lunch on the way
• Tea time in the afternoon
• Dinner at the campsite

DAY THREE:

• Breakfast at the campsite
• Hike from Collpabamba to Playa, campsite
• Lunch on the way
• Tipping of the porters
• Hike from Playa to Aguas Calientes
• One night in a hotel
• Dinner at a restaurant
  

DAY FOUR:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Guided visit of Machu Picchu
• Part of the day at leisure
• Lunch at a restaurant
• Return to Cusco in the afternoon by train
• Transfer from Ollantaytambo train station to the hotel in Cusco

Included

Service Included:

• Transfer:
• From Hotel to departure point Mollepata
• From Ollantaytambo train station to Cusco
• Entrance fee to Salkantay and Machupicchu
• An Inflable mattress
• Three seasons camping tent and sleeping bag
• 3 Breakfast / 3 Lunches / 3 Dinners
• A liter of boil water per person every day
• Hot drinks at each camp
• A snack bag every morning
• A private bilingual guide on Salkantay trail and Machupicchu tour
• A private horse man and horses to carry our camping gear and your duffel bag
• One night Hotel in Aguas Calientes
• Bus tickets from Machupicchu to Aguas Calientes town
• Train ticket from Hydroelectric to Aguas Calientes
• Return Train ticket fee from Machupicchu / Cusco

No Included

Service Not Included:

• Alcoholic beverages
• Extras
• Tips
• Taxes
• Additional tours
• Laundry service
• Insurance
• Air tickets
• Walking boots
• Walking stick

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