3
nights Manu Wildlife Center, Machu Picchu and Cuzco with
city and Pisac/Ollantayambo tour
10 days / 9 nights
From $3338 per person, double occupancy for 2009
Includes
domestic air, accommodations, guided excursions, transfers
and meals as specified
All Lost World Adventures itineraries are
privately guided, and may be modified to suit personal
travel dates, interests and budgets.
Day 1: US - Lima
Upon arrival at Jorge Chavez International Airport,
claim your baggage and proceed to Customs & Immigration.
You will then be met by our local representative and transferred
to your Lima hotel.
Overnight accommodations at the new (opened
June 2007) Hotel Costa del Sol Ramada Lima, with daily
buffet breakfast included. Conveniently close to the airport,
this four star hotel features 130 rooms, restaurant, bar,
business center, wireless internet, spa, and beauty salon.
Day 2: Lima
- Cuzco
Proceed on own to the Lima Airport (located across the
street). Check in for your flight to Cuzco. Airport reception
in Cuzco and transfer to your hotel, the Posada
del Inca Hotel or similar.
After settling in set off on a tour of
Cuzco and the nearby Inca ruins. Cuzco, the oldest continuously
inhabited city on the continent, was the capital of the
Inca Empire and is considered by many Quechua peoples
to be the spiritual center of the world. Much of colonial
Cuzco was built on Inca foundations, and your guide will
point out Inca stonework along the many streets. Visit
the main square, the Cathedral, Santo Domingo Church,
as well as a first introduction to Inca stonework at the
ruins of Puka-Pukara, Qenqo, Tambo Machay, and the renowned
fortress of Sacsayhuaman overlooking Cuzco and the surrounding
valley. (B)
Day 3: Pisac
& Ollantaytambo
This morning depart with your guide for a full-day excursion
to the village and ruins of Pisac located 20 miles from
Cuzco. After exploring the ruins you will visit a colorful
Indian market where you'll be able to trade with locals
for a variety of handicrafts. Lunch will be served in
Urubamba, followed by a tour of the town and fortress
of Ollantaytambo located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
(B,L)
Day 4: Cuzco
- Machu Picchu
Set off on a scenic four-hour trip through the Urubamba
Valley, followed by a 20-minute bus ride up to the breathtaking
"Lost City of the Incas"--Machu Picchu. Set in the saddle
of a mountain 1,000 feet above the Urubamba River, Machu
Picchu escaped ransacking by the Spaniards. Explore the
walls, stairways, temples and terraces with your guide.
For the more energetic, a moderate 2-mile hike up to the
Sun Gate offers fabulous views overlooking this ancient
wonder. Overnight at Machu
Picchu Pueblo Hotel, or for an additional charge,
upgrade to the Machu
Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, located adjacent to
the ruins. (B,L)
Day 5: Machu
Picchu - Cuzco
Enjoy a full morning visit to the citadel. In the afternoon,
return to Cuzco by train, where you'll be met and transferred
back to your hotel, the Posada
del Inca Hotel. (B)
Day 6 (Monday/Wednesday/Friday):
Cuzco - Manu Wildlife Center
Early this morning our representative will pick you up
from your hotel to transfer you to the Cuzco airport.
A thirty-five minute flight in a radar-equipped
twin engine plane takes you to Boca Manu. Here you take
a motorized canoe for the 90 minute journey down the Madre
de Dios River to Manu Wildlife Center to arrive for lunch.
Manu Wildlife Center, located east of the
Manu River on the north bank of the Madre de Dios River,
and reached by a 35-minute light plane flight from Cusco,
offers the Amazon's finest short, in-depth wildlife safari.
The lodge contains 22 double-occupancy
fully screened private bungalows with private baths and
a large, fully screened dining room and bar.
The afternoon will be spent exploring some
of the 30 miles of clean forest trails that surround the
lodge. On these trails you have an excellent chance to
encounter some of the 12 species of monkeys, which include
the Monk Saki and Emperor Tamarin, which inhabit the surrounding
forest.
After dinner we will leisurely hike for
60-75 minutes through the night to the Amazon's largest
known Tapir clay lick. We climb up a 17 foot observation
platform perched 17 feet above the lick itself where we
wait for the lumbering Tapirs to arrive, then using powerful
flashlights we observe and photograph them in action.
(B,L,D)
Day 7: Manu
Wildlife Center
Rising before dawn, we take a 25 minute boat journey downstream
to the only large parrot and macaw clay lick in the Manu
area. From a floating catamaran blind we are afforded
excellent views and photo opportunities as first hundreds
of medium-sized and large parrots, and then the large
Red-and-Green Macaws arrive to eat the clay. Please note
that the clay lick is not as active in May, June and July.
Returning for lunch, the afternoon is spent visiting one
of the two oxbow lakes found in the area. These lakes
have populations of a variety of water birds, including
the prehistoric-looking Hoatzin, and also house Giant
Otters.
After dinner back at the Center there will
be another opportunity to visit the Tapir clay lick.
(B,L,D)
Day 8: Manu
Wildlife Center
Rising at dawn we will explore the forest trails with
the emphasis on visiting the fruiting trees which our
researchers and native guides have been monitoring. Here
we will hope to encounter more monkey species as well
as numerous species of birds. Or, we will have an early
visit to one or both of the lakes before exploring the
forest trails.
After lunch at the Center there will be
a further opportunity to explore more of the forest types
which can be found in the vicinity of the lodge. Alternatively,
some visitors may wish to spend time in special blinds
to observe and perhaps to photograph the brilliantly colored
dancing birds called manakins.
After dinner, those particularly determined
visitors can once again visit the tapir clay lick. (B,L,D)
Day 9: Manu
- CUZCO
After early breakfast, you leave near dawn by motor canoe
for the two hour return trip to the Manu landing strip,
taking advantage of valuable early morning wildlife activity
along the river. From here you fly to Cuzco, where your
jungle adventure ends. Arrival at Cuzco Airport, reception
and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at the Posada del Inca Cuzco,
breakfast included. (B) Hotel pickup and transfer to the
airport for your fliight to Lima.
Day 10: Cuzco–
Lima - Int'l Departure
Proceed to the international terminal.
Check in for flight. (B)
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