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Unique Adventure & Nature Peru

Lima - Ica - Cuzco - Machu Picchu - Tambopata
13 days / 12 nights.
Unique Adventure & Nature Peru
ITINERARY
Day 1: Lima

Arrival to Lima city and private transfer to your hotel. Check in to your hotel. Free evening of leisure. Your hotel is located in Miraflores, this will allow you to take a walk to a view of the Pacific ocean and to Park Kennedy.

Day 2: Lima - Ica - Lima (B)

After breakfast, early morning transfer to Ica. You will receive your sand board and boots before taking a dune-buggy tour around the surrounding dunes. After your tour, return back to Lima. Transfer to your hotel.

Meals: B

Day 3: Cuzco (B)

After breakfast, early flight to Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Incas. Transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, a guided tour of Cuzco will include visits to the Main Cathedral, the Main Square, Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Tambomachay and the Qoricancha temple. Overnight accommodation.

Meals: B

Day 4: Cuzco (B)

Free morning. Afternoon guided bike tour of Cuzco, mostly downhill and including the four ruins nearby; the Sacsayhuaman Fortress overlooking the city of Cuzco, a pre Inca In the afternoon, enjoy a group guided visit of the four ruins nearby; the Sacsayhuaman Fortress overlooking the city of Cuzco, a pre Inca architectural masterpiece; Kenko, a rock sanctuary whose main attraction is the monolithic altar representing a puma, the red Fortress of Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay, a beautiful fountain fed by a spring forming a series of basins continue to the city of Cuzco; the Main Square, the Cathedral and the Koricancha or Temple of the Sun. Return to your hotel.

Meals: B

Day 5: Sacred Valley (B & L)

Full-day excursion to the Urubamba, also known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas. You will visit the village of Pisac, founded during Colonial times. On Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays the Indians barter their products, and artisans from all over the area sell their woven alpaca wool blankets and ponchos, engraved gourds, antique reproductions and jewellery. On Sundays, it is also the meeting place for the local Mayors of the region, who come dressed in their traditional costumes, to attend morning mass. After a buffet lunch, a visit to Ollantaytambo, the only Inca town which is still inhabited. Explore the ruins above Ollantaytambo before returning to Cuzco via the traditional market town of Chinchero. Return to your hotel.

Meals: B & L

Day 6: River Rafting Urubamba (B & L)

After breakfast, transfer to our put-in at Panchar, some 10 minutes from Ollantaytambo. After a briefing in techniques and safety, start of the rafting on class III and IV rapids for 4 hours. Picnic lunch by the banks of the river before returning to Cuzco around 15:00. Tonight all of Cuzco will light up with festivities and fireworks.

Meals: B & L

Day 7: Royal Inca trail to Machu Picchu (B & L)

Early wake up and breakfast in order to catch the train headed to Machu Picchu. Our destination, the Machu Picchu gateway town of Aguas Calientes, is reachable only by train or air and is nestled among stunning steep mountains shrouded in cloud forest. Start of the Royal Inca trail, for which we will depart the train before reaching Aguas Calientes. We will commence our hike by crossing a hanging bridge over the Urubamba River to approach the small but interesting Inca archaeological complex of Cachabamba. After a brief visit of this site we will begin a four hour ascent to the ruins of Wiñay Wayna 2700m/8829 ft; an important Inca spiritual site, and one of the finest of all Inca ruins. At this point the trail joins with the main Inca Trail. From here we will be walking on Inca pavement. The Inca Trail cuts across the ridge above Machu Picchu to finally reach Intipunku or Gate of the Sun, at 2700m/8829 ft. From here the trail winds downhill (45 minutes) into the lost citadel of Machu Picchu, at 2400m/7872. Arrival to Machu Picchu and accommodation in Aguas Calientes.

Meals: B & L

Day 8: Machu Picchu - Cuzco (B)

A full day at Machu Picchu, the most spectacular ancient city in the world. Built by the Inca Pachacutec, and comprising stone blocks fitted with masterful precision, Machu Picchu harmoniously blends into the mountain landscape. There are many theories as to the origins behind Machu Picchu but three of the most popular ideas include a temple to the sun, a fortress against the jungle inhabitants or a sanctuary for the Incas. This fabulous city has houses, temples, warehouses, a large central square, all connected by narrow roads and steps, and is surrounded by terraces cut into the mountain side which were used for agriculture. After your tour, free time to enjoy this magical and spiritual wonder before returning to Cuzco. Reception and transfer to your hotel.

Meals: B

Day 9: Cuzco -Tambopata Jungle (B, L & D)

Transfer to the airport for the flight to Puerto Maldonado. Reception and transfer to the Tambopata River port in Puerto Maldonado for the canoe trip to your jungle lodge. After arrival a short orientation and a complete briefing on the lodge before visiting a 35 metre scaffolding tower for a spectacular view of the river, the surrounding forest and an opportunity to observe birds from the canopy including parrots, toucans and macaws. Return to the lodge.

Meals: B, L & D

Day 10: Tambopata Jungle (B, L & D)

Early wake at dawn for a visit to the Tres Chimbadas oxbow lake. Here we will take a long, easy canoe ride around the lake looking for giant river otters, turtles, hoatzin, and wading birds. The giant river otters that are seen in Tres Chimbadas belong to a resident family of nine. Return to the lodge before we continue travel up the Tambopata River for a further 5 hours into the pristine heart of the reserve. Arrival at the Tambopata Research Center. After lunch, we will walk the 1.5 mile Bamboo Trail, a trail that is famous for the abundance of rare birds that live exclusively in this habitat and are endemic to southern Peru. It is also the home of the frequently found Howler and Dusky titi monkeys.

Meals: B, L & D

Day 11: Tambopata Research Centre (B, L & D)

At dawn we will cross the river and enjoy the world's largest macaw clay lick where hundreds of parrots and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily. You can expect to see ten to twelve members of the parrot family. After breakfast we will walk the 1.5 mile Ocelot Trail, a trail which exemplifies the quintessential rainforest. This trail is the one which most often spots ocelot, puma and jaguar tracks, although any one of these three large cats is extremely difficult to spot. We will return to the TRC for lunch and then embark on a 2 mile walk to the palm swamp, a nesting colony and preferred roost for Blue and Gold and Red-bellied Macaws.

Meals: B, L & D

Day 12: Tambopata Research Centre (B, L & D)

We will wake up at dawn once again to visit the macaw clay lick and then return for breakfast. After breakfast we will take a short five minute boat ride to a small, drying oxbow lake where we will spend the morning on a platform in the middle of the pond observing some of its birdlife, which may include hoatzin, duck, ibis, woodpeckers, chachalaca, parakeets, oropendolas and numerous flycatcher species. We will return to our lodge further down river.

Meals: B, L & D

Day 13: Tambopata - Lima (B)

After an early breakfast we will return to Puerto Maldonado for our flight back to Lima and your connecting flight home.

Meals: B

End of our services.

Unique Adventure & Nature Peru Itinerary Overview:
Day 1. Lima
Day 2. Lima - Ica - Lima (B)
Day 3. Cuzco (B)
Day 4. Cuzco (B)
Day 5. Sacred Valley (B & L)
Day 6. River Rafting Urubamba (B, L)
Day 7. Royal Inca trail to Machu Picchu (B & L)
Day 8. Machu Picchu - Cuzco (B)
Day 9. Cuzco -Tambopata Jungle (B, L & D)
Day 10. Tambopata Jungle (B, L & D)
Day 11. Tambopata Research Centre (B, L & D)
Day 12. Tambopata Research Centre (B, L & D)
Day 13. Tambopata - Lima (B)
End of our services.
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WHAT IS INCLUDED / NOT INCLUDED
Our Price Includes:
  • Accommodation 4, 5 star hotels.
  • All meals as indicated on the itinerary.
  • Train ticket in Expedition class.
  • Airport transfers based on private service.
  • Tours with English speaking specialist guides in small group.
  • All entrance fees excluding Rainforest Fee.
Our price does not include:
  • International flight to Peru.
  • Airport taxes.
  • Personal expenses such as telephone bills, laundry expenses, beverages, etc.
  • Insurance against theft, loss, illness and/or accident etc.
  • Gratuities, baggage porterage and other extras not specified.
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