10-Day Amazon and Machu Picchu

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Today, you'll fly to Puerto Maldonado and take a 40-minute boat trip on the Madre de Dios River to the Corto Maltes Lodge where you will be given a welcome cocktail. After lunch, you will have free time in which to settle into your bungalow or enjoy the pool. Your first encounter with the forest is a hike when you'll see and learn about a large variety of plants, tropical trees, birds, insects, butterflies and other animals. Before dinner, you will go on a boat trip in search of white caimans.

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Today, you'll rise early to enter the Tambopata-Candamo National Reserve territory. You'll continue on foot to Lake Sandoval where you will be able to spot giant otters, kingfishers and maybe even caimans and piranhas. Then you'll set off for Monkey Island where several species roam free. You'll visit the Corto Maltes lodge towers, designed for bird watching and observing other species. You will visit a camp of rubber harvesters, one of the most important economic activities in the region.

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Very early in the morning, you'll set off to spot the dozens of parrots and macaws that gather at the Colpa de Loros to eat the special clay that can be found here that is indispensable for their metabolism. After breakfast, you'll return to Puerto Maldonado where, if you have time, you will visit the town's fruit market before transferring to the airport. You'll then catch a domestic flight from Puerto Maldonado to Cusco. Upon arrival, you'll have the afternoon to relax or explore.

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Today, you have the entire day free to spend as you wish in Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire. It is recommended that you take advantage of Cusco's picturesque cobblestone streets by taking a walk around the city. Strolling around you can discover the many fine examples of Inca engineering in this city and the surrounding region. You can also take advantage of this time to make your last purchases of souvenirs: clothes, jewellery and decorations, the choices are endless in Cusco!

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Today, you'll travel from Cusco to Aguas Calientes, stopping en route to visit multiple sights. The first stop will be at the ruins of Pisac, one of the main Inca sites, where the different areas are scattered on the mountainside. Then you will take a walk around the handicraft market before taking to the road in the direction of the salt flats of Maras. After visiting the Ollantaytambo Ruins, you'll catch a train to Aguas Calientes, the starting point for your visit to Machu Picchu.

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Machu Picchu is an ancient Inca city of the fifteenth century in Peru. Abandoned during the collapse of the Inca empire, the sacred city of the Incas was forgotten for centuries. It is considered as a masterpiece of the architecture of this civilisation. It was unveiled by the American archaeologist, Hiram Bingham, in 1911 and today, together with your English-speaking guide, you will start to discover the archaeological complex. After some free time, you'll catch the train back to Cusco.

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Today, you'll depart by bus to Puno, the town located on the shores of Lake Titicaca. You'll enjoy wonderful landscapes on this journey including the Raya Pass, at an altitude of 4320 metres. En route, you'll stop many times to visit sights of interest including the Pukara Museum, the archaeological site of Raqchi and the “Sistine Chapel” of the Andes in Andahuaylillas. An English-speaking guide, exclusive to the bus company, will join you on this journey and to the places you stop at.

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In the morning, you'll embark on a collective boat tour for the islands of Uros and Taquile. After 25 minutes, you will visit the floating islands which are not natural but were built by the Uros tribe, whose main activity is fishing. You'll then head to Taquile, an island with great cultural interest, whose inhabitants have remained without contact with the outside world for four centuries and have thus preserved their ancestral traditions. In the evening, you'll fly back to Lima.