Day l USA / LIMA
Depart USA on your flight bound for Lima, Peru. Evening
arrival in Lima. Meet and greet service by our local
representative who will assist in your transfer to
the hotel.
Meals in flight
Overnight
- Lima
Day
2 LIMA / PUERTO MALDONADO / RESERVA AMAZONICA
After an early morning breakfast at the hotel our
local representatives will meet you and assist with
your transfer to the airport for a flight to Puerto
Maldonado. Once in Puerto Maldonado you will travel
by bus on a tour of the town with a visit to the local
market. Afterwards, transfer to a boat for a one hour
ride to Reserva Amazonica Lodge, situated on the banks
of the Madre de Dios River.
Begin your exploration of the Amazon rainforest with
both daylight and night hikes into the 10,000-hectare
Inkaterra Ecological Reserve, located next to the
Lodge. Opportunities to see animals such as anteaters,
agouties, capybaras, and monkeys are excellent.
Overnight
- Reserva Amazonica
B - Hotel
L -To Be Advised
D - Hotel
Day
3 ACEER-TAMBOPATA AT INKATERRA (ATI) / RESERVA AMAZONICA
After breakfast, board a boat for a 45 minute ride
to the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and
Research. ACEER is located on a 340-hectare private
reserve that joins the Tambopata Reserve and Lake
Sandoval. Begin the tour at the Interpretation Center
to view a new exhibit, Madre de Dios: A River of Change,
designed and constructed in part by ACEER and other
non-government organizations, like the National Geographic
Society. The exhibit, composed of 9 stations, will
provide an orientation to the site and region. Tour
the Useful Plants Trail and Medical Plants Trail.
Learn about the climate, geography, history, ecosystems,
and culture of the tropical rainforest of the Madre
de Dios region. Considerable time will also be spent
explaining the diversity of plant-based medicines
from the rainforest.
Time permitting, Shaman Don Antonio Montero will perform
a cleansing ritual for the group.
Overnight - Reserva Amazonica
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Hotel
Day
4 LAKE SANDOVAL / RURAL FARM
After breakfast we travel by boat across the river
to Lake Sandoval an oxbow lake known for its concentration
of birds and butterflies, and home of the endangered
giant river otter. Wildlife viewing will include a
wide variety of birds, turtles, caimans and monkeys.
The lake is surrounded on three sides by marsh palms.
Macaws make their nests in the trunks of these trees,
and the fruits are used to flavor ice cream. Lake
Sandoval is an excellent example of aquatic succession
in the tropics.
After departing Lake Sandoval you will visit a demonstration
farm along the Madre de Dios River featuring produce
grown on the farm and a medicial plant garden. During
the return to Reserva Amazonica you will venture up
a small tributary, Quebrada Gamitana. Due to the narrowness
of the stream channel this provides an excellent opportunity
to experience wildlife and view the hydrodynamics
of streams. The highpoint, literally, of the afternoon
will be a visit to the new Inkaterra Canopy Walkway
- a series of suspended walkways 100 feet above the
forest floor and providing an unparalleled opportunity
to study the vertical structure of the forest and
life in the canopy.
Following dinner there will be an evening session
focusing on Shamanic healing with Don Antonio Montero.
Overnight - Reserva Amazonica
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Hotel
Day
5 PUERTO MALDONADO / CUSCO / SACRED VALLEY
Before breakfast you will have a brief opportunity
to revisit the Canopy Walkway. After breakfast depart
by boat for Puerto Maldonado where you will board
a bus to the airport for your flight to Cusco.
Arrive in Cusco around noon. Depart by bus and descend
from the city into the sacred and historic Urubamba
Valley. Stop along the way to visit the Center for
Traditional Textiles of Cusco, a non-profit organization
aiding the survival of Incan textile traditions. See
small town life in the Andes, have an opportunity
to stop and meet some of the local people and learn
about their traditions, before continuing on to your
hotel in the Incan town of Yucay.
Overnight - Casona Yucay.
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - To Be Advised
Day
6 SACRED VALLEY / MACHU PICCHU
After breakfast at Posada Yucay, you will depart the
hotel for the Ollanta Railroad Station. Board the
train for the 1 ½ hour trip Aguas Calientes,
at the footsteps of Machu Picchu, Lost City of the
Incas. Spend the day at Machu Picchu with your guide,
learning about the history, construction, and fate
of the citadel.
Overnight - Pueblo Hotel
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Hotel
Day
7 MACHU PICCHU
Your day begins at dawn viewing the enormous variety
of bird species living around the hotel. After breakfast
return to Machu Picchu to continue your exploration
of the Citadel and its former residents. Hike to the
Sun Gate or climb to the top of the sacred mountain,
Huayna Picchu. After lunch there will be free time
to wander in the ruins on your own, visit the market
in town, or return to the hotel
Overnight - Pueblo Hotel
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Hotel
Day
8 ORCHID TRAIL / SPECTACLED BEAR / CUSCO
After breakfast, hike along the Orchid Trail, where
you will have the opportunity to observe more than
372 different orchid species. Visit the unique Spectacled
Bear Conservation Project, designed to protect this
endangered species.
Following lunch depart by train to Cusco. Transfer
to your hotel.
Overnight
- Plaza de Armas
B - Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Hotel
Day
9 CUSCO / LIMA
Breakfast, followed by a cultural and archeological
survey of Cusco, and the ruins at Sacsayhuaman, Kenko,
Puca Pucara and Tambomachay.
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima. Our
local representative will meet you at the airport
to transfer you to a hotel for day use only. Following
a farewell dinner transfer to the airport for your
connecting flight home.
B
- Hotel
L - To Be Advised
D - Farewell Dinner in Lima
Day
10 ARRIVAL IN THE USA
After clearing customs and immigration, proceed to
your return flight to your home city.
Program
and schedule subject to change.
Tour
Price
Per Person $3388.00*
Single Supplement $1199.00
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wine, liquor, soft drinks and mineral water,
excess baggage charges, accident and baggage
insurance and any items not specifically listed
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