EXPERIENCE THE CHARM OF OUR RAINFOREST NATURE:
LIMA-PUERTO MALDONADO-CUSCO
- 9 Days
- Moderate
- Car, boat and train.
This wonderful package includes the most beautiful of our coast with the visit of the capital “Lima”, the wonderful nature of the jungle of Puerto Maldonado and the traditional wonders of Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the incomparable Machupicchu.
- Included
- Location
- A Professional English-Speaking Tour Guide.
- Personal attention.
- Nights lodging at the hotels mentioned in the program, For Double Occupancy.
- Excursions and Tours In Private Service.
- Transfers and transportation with a private van.
- A Professional Driver.
- Entrance tickets to all the attractions. mentioned in the program.
- Round trip VISTADOME train ticket to Machu Picchu.
- Round trip bus ticket to Machu Picchu.
- Entrance tickets to Machu Picchu.
- Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner).
NOT INCLUDED
- Travel insurance.
- Entrance to Huayna Picchu Mountain.
- Domestic flights from Lima to Cusco & Cusco to Lima.
- International flight tickets.
Tour Plan
Day 1: Perú-Lima
Upon arrival in Lima after your international flight, our staff will be waiting for you to transfer you to your chosen hotel, so you can leave your luggage, at a certain time we will pick you up to start with the City Tour. In this visit we will explore the historic center of the Vireynal City, the Main square, the subway catacombs of the Monastery of San Francisco, among other tristical attractions that will leave you fascinated.
Day 2 : Lima – Puerto Maldonado (Tambopata National Reserve)
After a delicious breakfast at your hotel, our representative will pick you up and accompany you to the Lima International Airport, from where you will depart to Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival at the airport in Puerto Maldonado, your lodge staff will welcome you and brief you on important navigation and safety tips that you will need to apply during your stay at the jungle lodge. You will then be transferred from the airport to a local port to take a boat and begin navigating the spectacular Madre de Dios River. The boat ride will take approximately 25 minutes to your exclusive Lodge. After settling into your cabin you will head to the dining room to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch, in the afternoon you can schedule an excursion with your local guide. In the evening enjoy a tasty a la carte dinner made with jungle ingredients. After returning to your cabin to take a well-deserved rest, swing in your hammock, and enjoy the starry nights that the jungle offers, and the songs and whistles of the Peruvian jungle.
Day 3 : Tambopata National Reserve
You will wake up to the singing of wild birds, and the fresh climate of the Peruvian jungle! After a delicious breakfast in the dining room around 05:30 am, we will begin a fantastic adventure on Lake Sandoval, accompanied by our local expert guide. Then, we will let ourselves be carried away by the calm waters of Lake Sandoval, appreciating the beautiful palm trees that surround it. In addition to different types of birds, the endangered river otter, macaws, howler monkeys, anacondas and turtles. Lunch and dinner are included on this day.
Day 4 : Tambopata National Reserve
To take advantage of our last day we will wake up early, after a delicious tropical breakfast at our lodge, we will make our last excursion through the immeasurable jungle. After a delicious lunch, we will enjoy paddling in a wooden canoe and we will be able to appreciate shanshos, flycatchers and gray-necked cataras while listening to the songs of howler monkeys in the distance. On the way back to the lodge, before dinner, we will visit one of the collpas (‘salty place’ in Quechua) on the Collpas Tierra Adentro excursion. Although seeing wildlife is a matter of luck, learn how these clay walls attract the fascinating behavior of the mammals that lurk near the lodge.
Day 5 : Tambopata National Reserve-Puerto Maldonado-Cusco-Sacred Valley
After a satisfying breakfast provided by your lodge in Puerto Maldonado, your lodge staff will accompany you sailing to the port of Puerto Maldonado city. Once there, you will be transferred to the airport, where you will say goodbye and be boarded on a direct flight to Cusco. Upon arrival in Cusco, we will be waiting for you in the arrival area of domestic flights at Cusco airport with a sign with your name, to avoid altitude sickness, we will transfer directly from Cusco airport to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, located at a lower altitude than the city of Cusco (600 meters approximately), once your body is perfectly acclimatized to the altitude, we can enjoy the charms offered by the fascinating Sacred Valley of the Incas. During our tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, we will visit an exceptional project called Awanacancha, where you can appreciate the 4 types of South American camelids bred in captivity: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco and the vicuña. In addition, you can feed them and learn to distinguish them. Also, the locals who work there will show you how they use the techniques of their Inca ancestors to transform the delicate fur of these animals, especially the alpaca and vicuña, into beautiful and colorful garments through traditional weaving. Then, we will arrive at a spectacular Inca archaeological site on a hill called Pisac, with magnificent terraced fields on the slopes of its hills, among Inca enclosures, squares, temples and an Inca cemetery. Descending to the modern city, we will get lost among the colorful stalls of the famous traditional market of Pisac, where we will be fascinated by the beautiful handicrafts made by the local people. We will then head to a charming local restaurant amidst the beautiful scenery of the Sacred Valley to enjoy a delicious lunch, included in our program. Finally, we will transfer you to your hotel in the middle of the spectacular scenery of the Sacred Valley to enjoy a delicious dinner on your own and rest.
Day 6: Sacred Valley (Maras- Moray- Ollantaytambo)
A new day awaits us in the Sacred Valley, at a certain time, we will pick you up at your hotel in the Sacred Valley, to start our journey to the impressive Maras Salt Flats. The Maras Salt Flats have more than 3000 pools, of different sizes and dimensions, which are fed by salt water that springs from the subsoil of the mountain Qaqawiñay. Afterwards, we will go to the agricultural experimentation center “Moray”. Moray was an agricultural research center of Inca use that used a method similar to the technique we know today as spiral cultivation, which as you can see is used for the cultivation of plants with diverse environmental needs. At the end of this great tour, we will go to your hotel in the Sacred Valley so you can rest, because the next day a great day awaits you.
Day 7: Sacred Valley - Machupicchu
The most important day has arrived, after a delicious breakfast, we will pick you up to transfer you to the Ollantaytambo station where you can board the train to the impressive village surrounded by mountains “Aguas Calientes”, where we will be waiting to accompany you to the CONSETUR station, where you can board the bus that will allow you to arrive in a period of 30 minutes to the Machupicchu Citadel. Accompanied by your guide you can access it to start your magical visit, temples, terraces, Inca dwellings, depending on the schedule and the route of income that is available for your travel date, at the end of your tour you can go to a wonderful restaurant located in the same Machupicchu “Tinkuy”, at the end of your refreshing lunch, you can go to take the CONSETUR bus to descend to the town of Aguas Calientes, taking into account that you need to be 30 minutes before your time. When you arrive at the Ollantaytambo station we will be waiting for you to board the transportation that will take you back to the City of Cusco.
Day 8: Cusco
This day will be the best of all as you will know in detail the magical Cusco City, the day will begin with the pick up from your hotel and then transfer to the Plaza de Armas and visit the Cathedral of Cusco which displays a famous collection of paintings of unique artistic style called “Escuela Cusqueña”. Continuing the tour, your guide will lead you to the temple of Qoricancha, where you will be fascinated by the mixture of Inca and Spanish architectural styles, as well as some original remains of Inca temples. Then we will go to the Sacred Precinct Sacsayhuaman, with its gigantic rocks perfectly embedded in its structure. The tour will continue visiting the Inca ceremonial center Qenqo, with its ancient sacrificial enclosures. Then, the Inca military barracks, Puca Pucara. Finally, our guide will show you the famous archaeological center of Tambomachay, with its beautiful water fountains, where the sovereign spent long periods resting. Almost at dusk we will finish this tour in the main square, where you can take the time to explore the city on your own.
Day 9: Cusco – Lima
The day of our farewell has arrived, at a certain time, depending on the schedule of your Cusco-Lima flight, we will pick you up at your hotel to transfer you to the airport and take you to your flight to Lima.