Today, we start with a visit the highlights of Lima and the Peru’s iconic museum called Larco,  you will start visiting the pre-Incan temple of Huaca Pucllana, a very old religious construction located in the middle of the modern city of Lima.  After that, you will go walking along the important places of the capital, such as San Martin Square, Main square where we see the government palace, the basilica cathedral, archbishop’s palace, the municipality of lima, typical colonial streets with nice mansions. Then we will visit the convent of Sain Francis where we will see beautiful cloisters, catacombs, the religious museum, the choir, the library of the monks, the sacristy with the collection of Rivera and Zurbaran’s canvas. Our next place to visit is the Larco Museum, a place that holds about 30,000.00 artifacts from the pre-incan cultures and Incan empire from the different parts of Peru, a perfect museum to learn about the life, economic and farming development, ideology of the ancient Peruvians. After the museum visit, you will get one of the local restaurants for Lunch.

• Hotel: JW Marriott Hotel Lima, The Westin Lima Hotel, or a similar hotel.

Amazon Jungle awaits us! 3 hours prior to the flight departure time pick up from the hotel for a transfer to the airport. The flight to the Amazon jungle is about 1 hour. Upon our arrival, our local representative will meet you at the airport, you will then be transferred to a welcome lobby where you will have a briefing about the Amazon Jungle and its activities. Next, you will drive for about 1 hour to reach the river, once at the river you will take a local boat (type of skiff) to arrive at the lodge, the boat trip will be for 45 minutes.

Upon arrival at the lodge, nice drinks will welcome you and you will get to know your rooms, in the evening you will have an activity, which is a night walk to observe the nocturnal creatures, this will be a fascinating adventure. Breakfast and dinner included.

• Lodge: Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion or Refugio Amazonas.

A La Carte Activities

In this jungle experience, you will have many activities to select from, which means that you will choose the activities that you are really interested in for every day, this will be planned with your guide a day before or in the mornings for the afternoons and evenings. Any further questions, please refer to your guide.

What You’ll Do in The Amazon Jungle

A perfect opportunity to immerse into the Amazon jungle and discover its authentic wildlife, culture, food, etc., always led by our local guide, and there will be a lot of activities to do! Upon arrival in Puerto Maldonado, one of the resident guides will meet you and escort you to the river port. Together, you will take a motorized canoe for approximately 1 hour upstream of the Tambopata River to Refugio Amazonas Lodge. Suddenly enjoying the intimacy of a mysterious forest looming close on either side. Occasional views of native homes and children splashing by the banks are interspersed with long quiet stretches where we may spot herons, hawks, cormorants, and Orinoco Geese.

Hiking between 1 to 3 hours every day with our naturalist local guide and sometimes by canoe in an area rich in wildlife, birds abound for birding so we’ll do it! and you’ll also search for river otters, caimans, monkeys, and beautifully colored butterflies. You’ll have a dawn boat trip that provides beautiful views of the sunrise over the river to look for wildlife en route, as this is when the birds and mammals are particularly active.

Kayak on the Tambopata River and zipline on the canopy if you are not interested in these activities, a different activity is provided, or rest at the lodge for a while. You’ll have a night walk in the jungle searching for nocturnal wildlife like tarantulas, ants, caimans, etc., and feel the authentic warmth of the Amazon. Some mornings you’ll wake up very early to go to Parrot’s clay lick, where you’ll spot the colorful different types of parrots and macaws of the Amazon, along with other small parakeets, and other birds. We’ll interact with local people by engaging them in games, this will be a memorable experience for both you and the locals. And we’ll eat amazing food (breakfast, lunch, dinner), all fresh, just made and local food of course. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Lodge: Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion or Refugio Amazonas.

After having breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport to take the flight to Cusco, the flight could be either via Lima or a direct flight, it will depend on the flight company. Upon arrival in Cusco City, our guide will meet you at the airport and drive together to Sacred Valley Urubamba, making stop-offs at scenic places en route. Only breakfast included.

• Hotel: Tambo del Inka a Luxury Collection Hotel or a similar one.

At 8:00 AM, we will pick you up from your hotel and drive for 30 minutes to reach Ollantaytambo, which is an awe-inspiring site and famous for its temple of the sun whose construction rocks were brought from about 5 miles away, you can also visit the town of the same name, this town still holds the original foundations from the Incan time and the streets are still Incan original streets at the most part, so the denomination as “Living Inca Town”.

We will then drive to Maras salt ponds for 45 minutes, this picturesque site was a main source of salt in the pre-Inca and Inca times, and today the locals still farm the salt by hand as the Incas used to make it centuries ago. After Maras, we will visit Moray, which is famous for its circular-shaped terraces, these terraces were used as a greenhouse and laboratory center to research plants like quinoa, potatoes, etc, and because of this today Peru has over 3000 varieties of potatoes. After visiting the town, we will drive back to our hotel located in Urubamba Town (around 5:00 PM). Only breakfast included. Only breakfast included.

Hotel: Tambo del Inka a Luxury Collection Hotel or a similar one.

We will pick you up from your hotel in the morning and transfer you to the airport for your flight home, End of the adventure.