4 nights on the Inca Trail, 4 nights
in the Amazon
12 days / 11 nights 
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Includes domestic air, transfers, accommodations,
guided excursions and meals as specified
Most definitely, the best way to arrive
at the ruins of Machu Picchu is via the Inca Trail Trek.
For those travelers up to it, porters will carry your
backpack, cook your meals and set up camp in the evening.
All you need carry is a daypack with your camera for the
incredible views of the Andes and smaller ruins you'll
encounter along the way. Tambopata Research Center offers
the best insight of the Amazon Jungle in Peru with opportunities
to see monkeys and birds up close.
All Lost World Adventures itineraries are
privately guided, and may be modified to suit personal
travel dates, interests and budgets.
Day 1: US – Lima
Most flights arrive in Lima late at
night. Airport reception and transfer to your hotel. Overnight
at the Hotel
Antigua Miraflores.
Day 2: lima - Cuzco
You will be picked-up at your hotel
and transferred to the national airport.
Airport reception in Cuzco and transfer
to your hotel. Overnight accommodations at the centrally-located
Sonesta
Posada del Inca Cuzco, breakfast buffet included.
(B)
Day 3: CUZCO
- CHILLCA - HUALLABAMBA (SACRED VALLEY)
After breakfast, set off by bus into
the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Upon arrival at Chilca,
the head of the Inca Trail, meet your native “Quechua”
porters and set off along the Inca Trail. You’ll
reach your first camp at the ruins of Llactapata (7,550
feet) in the early afternoon in time for lunch and a relaxing
afternoon of exploration. (B,L,D)
Day 4: Llulluchapampa
After a hearty breakfast, start the
slow uphill climb to the Inca hamlet of Huayallabamba,
a small agricultural community. From here the trail climbs
steeply towards the first pass, cutting through dense
vegetation until reaching an open meadow, and your second
night’s camp at Llulluchapampa (11,000’). From
here you’ll enjoy breathtaking views of Mount Hayanay.
(B,L,D)
Day 5: Chakicocha
Today your uphill trek continues to
the highest pass on the trail, Warmiwañusqa pass
(13,276 feet). Pause here for a while and savor the landscape,
before heading down to the Pacamayo River. From here the
trail climbs once again past the ruins of Sayacmarca up
to a small lake, where you'll camp. (B,L,D)
Day 6: Machu Picchu
The trail continues along a buttress
past the Phuyupatamarca ruins before joining a remarkably
well preserved flagstone path built by the Incas. The
terrain and vegetation change dramatically, giving way
to dense tropical cloud forest. Afternoon arrival at Inti
Punku, the Gates of the Sun, which overlooks the magnificent
ruins of the Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu. Continue
to the town of Agua Caliente. Overnight accommodations
at the Machu
Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Superior room, buffet breakfast
and dinner included. (B,L,D)
Day 7: machu picchu - Cuzco
Set in the saddle of a high mountain
1000 feet above the Urubamba River, Machu Picchu remained
"lost" in jungle undergrowth until it was rediscovered
by American explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911. Consequently
the city escaped ransacking from the Spaniards and is
reasonably well preserved. This morning you'll set off
with your guide to explore the walls, stairways, temples
and terraces of Machu Picchu.
In the afternoon, you'll transfer to the
train station, and set off on a four-hour scenic ride
back up the Urubamba Valley to Cuzco. Overnight
accommodations at the Posada
del Inca. (B)
Day 8: CUZCO - PUERTO MALDONADO
- Posada
Amazonas
Transfer to the airport for your flight
to Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival you will be met and
transferred to the Posada Amazonas administrative office
in town. Here you will have the opportunity to leave excess
luggage before heading into the jungle. You are encouraged
to travel light.
Puerto Maldonado is situated at the confluence
of the mighty Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers and is
a bustling tropical frontier town. Its principal activities
are gold mining, Brazil nut collection, timber extraction,
agriculture and ecotourism. After a brief survey of the
town depart on the 2-hour boat trip by motorized canoe
to the Posada Amazonas lodge on the Bajo Tambopata River.
During the voyage look out for bird species typical of
the river or forest edge such as: Black Skimmer, Pied
Lapwing, Capped Heron, Horned Screamer, Bat Falcon, and
several species of kingfishers, swallows and flycatchers.
Upon arrival, unpack, unwind and explore
the lodge's surroundings while waiting for dinner. Posada
Amazonas is a comfortable, unobtrusive 23-room lodge owned
jointly by Rainforest Expeditions and the Ese'eja native
Community of Tambopata. You will receive a short orientation
and a complete briefing of the lodge and the Ese'eja Ecotourism
Project over lunch.
In the afternoon, enjoy a 15-minute
walk to the scaffolding tower for spectacular views of
the river and the surrounding forest. This is an excellent
opportunity to observe birds from the canopy including
parrots, toucans and macaws. (B,L,D)
Day 9: Tambopata
Research Center
After an optional pre-breakfast outing
to observe wildlife at peak time, you will travel up the
Tambopata River for 3-4 hours into the pristine heart
of the reserve.
After the first hour you will leave the
final traces of human habitation as you cross the northern
boundary of the 2.2 million acres, completely uninhabited,
proposed Tambopata National Park. You'll immediately notice
the increased abundance of wildlife, so keep your eyes
peeled for macaws, herons, kingfishers and cormorants,
as well as capybaras, caiman, storks, ducks and other
wildlife.
You will arrive at Tambopata
Research Center in the late morning, where you'll
been assigned to your accommodations.
The trails around the center offer easy
access to explore the rain forest surrounding Tambopata
Research Center, which offers a mosaic of seven distinct
rain forest habitats, including floodplain forest, terra
firme forest, bamboo forest, and palm swamps.
After lunch you will hike the 1.5-mile
Bamboo Trail concentrating on birds of southwestern Amazonia.
Bamboo forests are famous for the rare antbirds and ovenbirds
that live exclusively in this type of habitat. It is also
the home of the frequently found Howler and Dusky-headed
titi monkeys.
After dinner tonight, you'll be given
a slide-show presentation on Tambopata Research Center
and past and present research projects, before visiting
the light traps to identify nocturnal arthropods, principally
moths. To cap off a fulfilling day take a short nightwalk
on the beach looking for caiman and gazing at the stars.
(B,L,D)
Day 10: Tambopata Research
Center
At dawn 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.
During this spectacle, described by National Geographic
as "one of the world's most dazzling wildlife gatherings,"
look out for Red-and-green, Blue-and-gold, Scarlet and
Red-bellied Macaws; Mealy and Yellow-crowned Amazons;
Blue-headed, Orange-cheeked and White-bellied Parrots;
and many other species. This show will continue until
the macaws sense danger, usually in the form of an eagle,
and depart simultaneously in an explosion of sound and
color.
After breakfast set off on a hike along
the 1.5-mile Ocelot Trail to become acquainted with the
low, middle and upper floodplain forest. The focus of
this morning's walk will be general rainforest ecology,
and your guide will point out the flora of the forest,
which is estimated to be 200 to 300 years old and includes
truly huge Ceiba trees and Strangler figs.
After a late lunch set off on a five-minute
boat ride to a small creek where you will paddle small
canoes following the creek into the forest. The creek
is so narrow it is almost like walking a natural trail.
As dusk settles in, you may be lucky enough to spot a
tapir, whose tracks are all over the creek's sandy beaches.
After dinner, you may embark on a fascinating "frog
walk". (B,L,D)
Day 11: TAMBOPATA RESEARCH
CENTER – POSADAS AMAZONAS
You will rise at dawn once
again to visit the clay like before returning for breakfast.
Afterward, you will take a five-minute boat ride to a
small, drying oxbow lake where you will spend the morning
on a platform in the middle of the pond observing the
wildlife around the lake, including Hoatzin, Duck, Green
Ibis, Kingfisher and Woodpeckers.
Directly after lunch, you will return
to Posada Amazonas, arriving in the late afternoon. You
will spend your last night in the rainforest relaxing
in this wonderfully designed lodge. (B,L,D)
Day 12: Posadas Amazonas -Puerto
Maldonado - Lima
After an early breakfast, you will
depart for the return trip to Puerto Maldonado. From Puerto
Maldonado you will fly to Lima and connect with your departing
international flight. (B)
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