1. We meet you on your arrival at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima and transfer you to your hotel.
Hotel in Lima
Breakfast. Transfer from the hotel to the airport in Lima. Reception at the airport of Cusco and transfer to your hotel.
Because of the high altitude, 11,152 feet above sea level (3400m), it is highly advisable that you take a short rest to acclimatize.
Breakfast. Free day on your own. (B)
Hotel in Cusco
We pick you up from your hotel for our short shuttle to Poroy train station. The train
ride covers 104 kilometers/64.6 miles (4 hours), and then we set out on our trek to
Wiñaywayna after that, we walk to Inti Punku ("Sun Gate"), where we can take in a
panoramic view of Machupicchu and finally arrive to Aguas Calientes town, where we
spend the night. (Box Lunch/D)
Hotel in Aguas Calientes
We take one of the first buses from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu. We have a tour of Machupicchu city. There is also an
optional climb to the top of Huaynapicchu Mountain – the pyramid-shaped peak that overlooks Machupicchu. Later you will
have free time to visit the archaeological complex. Buffet Lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge beside the ruins. Finally
we take the train to return to Cusco, where we expected our transport to get to the hotel in Cusco. (B/L)
Hotel in Cusco
In the afternoon we start to explore the city of Cusco on a tour, in which the guide
will explain the history and significance of our Inca culture and vast changes that took
place with the Spanish Conquest. You will visit the main plaza, the Cathedral, and the
Temple of the Sun or Koricancha. We then visit the ruins on the outskirts of the city,
stopping at the Inca ritual site of Quenqo, the water temple of Tambomachay, the
customs house of Puca Pucara and the impressive Fortress of Saqsaywaman, built
strategically on the hill above city of Cusco. It's famous for its enormous stone blocks,
assembled with incredible precision to form the imposing external walls of the
complex. Some of the stones stand 9 meters tall and weigh more than 350 tons. We
then return you to your hotel. (B)
Hotel in Cusco
Breakfast. (B) Transfer from the hotel to the airport for your flight to Puerto Maldonado.
Arrival and Reception by Rainforest Expeditions Guide: The guides are biologists, tourism professionals, or community
members. Unless noted otherwise, the guides speak English. Guides are assigned at a 10:1 ratio. This means groups smaller
than 10 people will be merged with other groups under one guide.
LIMA-CUSCO-PUERTO MALDONADO-LIMA
10D/09N
DAY 1 : City Lima International Airport Arrival
DAY 2 : Lima / Cusco – Free Day to Acclimatize
DAY 3 : CUSCO – WIÑAYWAYNA – AGUAS CALIENTES
DAY 4 : MACHUPICCHU – AGUAS CALIENTES – CUSCO
DAY 5 : Cusco – City Tour and Surrounding Archaeological Sites
DAY 6 : Cusco / Puerto Maldonado - Posada Amazonas

2. Transfer Airport to Rainforest Expeditions’ Puerto Maldonado Headquarters: Upon
arrival from Lima or Cusco, you will be welcomed at the airport and take a 10-minute
drive to Rainforest Expedition’s Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying
your first taste of the forest in Rainforest Expedition’s gardens, you will be asked to
pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the rest in a safe
deposit. This helps Rainforest Expedition keep the boats and cargo light. Puerto
Maldonado to Tambopata River Port. Skirting Puerto Maldonado, you will drive 20
kilometers to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno.
The port is a communal business.
Boxed Lunch
Transfer Boat - Tambopata River Port to Posada Amazonas: The forty five minute boat ride from the Tambopata Port to
Posada Amazonas will take you into the Community’s Primary Forest Private Reserve. Orientation. Upon arrival, the lodge
manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips.
Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A bannistered
staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From atop you obtain spectacular views of
the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or
macaws are seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you. (D)
Ecotourism Lecture. A daily presentation on the Infierno Ecotourism project is available every night from a staff member.
Overnight at Posada Amazonas
Breakfast. (B)
Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake: Tres Chimbadas is thirty minutes by boat and forty five
minutes hiking from Posada Amazonas. Once there you will paddle around the lake in
a catamaran, searching for the resident family of nine giant river otters (seen by 60%
of our lake visitors) and other lakeside wildlife such as caiman, hoatzin and horned
screamers.
Parrot clay lick: This clay lick is only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas.
From a blind located about twenty meters away you will see dozens of parrots and
parakeets descend on most clear mornings to ingest the clay on a river bank. Species
such as Mealy and Yellow- headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed
Parakeet descend at this clay lick. The clay lick is active at dawn, during the late
mornings and mid-afternoons. (A)
Ethno botanical Tour: A twenty minute boat drive downriver leads you to a trail
designed by the staff of the Centro Ñape. The Centro Ñape is a communal
organization that produces medicines out of forest plants and administers them to
patients who choose their little clinic. They have produced a trail which explains the
different medicinal (and other) uses of selected plants. (D)
Night walk: You will have the option of hiking out at night, when most of the
mammals are active but rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and
sounds as bizarre as their natural histories.
Overnight at Posada Amazonas
Breakfast. Transfer Boat - Posada Amazonas to Tambopata River Port. Transfer Tambopata River Port to Puerto Maldonado
Headquarters. Transfer Puerto Maldonado Headquarters - Airport.
You will retrace the river and road journey back to Puerto Maldonado, to Rainforest Expedition’s office and then transfer to the
airport for your flight to Lima, via Cusco. Reception and transfer to your hotel. (B) Hotel in Lima
DAY 7 : Posada Amazonas
DAY 8 : Puerto Maldonado / Lima

3. 09:00 am: You are picked up at your hotel to begin your tour in Lima's historic city
center.
Visit the Main Square and the Cathedral, where Conquistador Francisco Pizarro is
entombed. Tour the Convent and Church of San Francisco, which hold the oldest
collection of colonial art in the Americas, with an exquisitely carved chorus, a
library of ancient manuscripts, and the Sacristy with paintings by Zurbarán and
Rivera. The grand courtyard of the main cloister is decorated floor-to-ceiling in
blue and white Sevillian tiles, depicting scenes from the bible that dates back to
the 16th Century. Moroccan-style arches lead us to the Catacombs, a subterranean
crypt from the colonial period, where the bones of 25 thousand colonial-era Lima
residents are entombed.
The panoramic tour continues through the most traditional residential areas of the city: San Isidro, Huaca Pucllana, a pre-Inca
adobe pyramid in the heart of the seaside district of Miraflores, the Central Park of Miraflores and down to the cliff-side
shopping complex of Larcomar, a symbol of modern Lima.
We continue the visit to the Larco Museum, founded in 1926. Housed in a unique
colonial residence dating back to the XVII century, built on top of a VIII century
pyramid, this fabulous museum includes the exquisite Collection of Peruvian Gold
and Silver from the olden days, and the Pre-Hispanic Erotic Art Salon. Its pieces have
toured major world museums. Larco is among only a few museums around the world
opening their vaults to the public, with over 45,000 archaeological pieces that have
been classified by renowned specialists and scholars. Most importantly, the Larco
Museum offers a clear and demonstrative explanation why Peru has recently been
recognized as the world's Sixth Cradle of Civilization, contemporaneous with Egypt,
Mesopotamia, India, Mexico and China. (B) Hotel in Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the hotel to the airport. (B)
(B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch, (D) Dinner
End of our services
Included: Private Tours
 Transfer IN / OUT in each city.
 City Tour Cusco and surroundings in private service.
 Tickets to archaeological sites.
 Inca Trail 2days/1night in private service:
 Transfer by bus Hotel - Train Station – Hotel
 Bus : Machupicchu - Aguas Calientes (1st day) / Aguas Calientes - Machupicchu (2nd day) / Machupicchu - Aguas
Calientes (2nd day)
 Vistadome Train : Train Station – Km 104 (Chachabamba) / Aguas Calientes – Cusco
 Entrance fees: To Inka Trail and Machupicchu.
 Professional bilingual guide: 2 guides for groups over 9 people. (Guided visit to the Inca city of Machu Picchu).
 Meals: 1 Box Lunch/1D/1B. Food vegetarian available upon request prior coordination.
 Hotel: Doble accommodation in Aguas Calientes town.
 Buffet Lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (second day).
 Porters to carry your backpack – 6 Kilos.
 3 days/2 nights at Posada Amazonas (Transfers, all meal, accommodation and services described in the itinerary).
DAY 9 : Lima – City Tour and Larco Museum
DAY 10 : Lima – Transfer out

4.  Lima City Tour and Larco Herrera Museum in private service.
 Nights in each city described in the program + breakfast.
 English-speaking guides.
Included: Shared Tours
 Transfer IN / OUT in each city.
 City Tour Cusco and surroundings in shared service.
 Tickets to archaeological sites.
 Inca Trail 2days/1night in shared service:
 Transfer by bus Hotel - Train Station – Hotel
 Bus : Machupicchu - Aguas Calientes (1st day) / Aguas Calientes - Machupicchu (2nd day) / Machupicchu - Aguas
Calientes (2nd day)
 Expeditions Train: Train Station – Km 104 (Chachabamba) / Aguas Calientes – Cusco
 Entrance fees: To Inka Trail and Machupicchu.
 Professional bilingual guide: 2 guides for groups over 9 people. (Guided visit to the Inca city of Machu Picchu).
 Meals: 1 Box Lunch/1D/1B. Food vegetarian available upon request prior coordination.
 Hotel: Doble accommodation in Aguas Calientes town.
 Buffet Lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (second day).
 Not Included: Porters to carry your backpack.
 4 days/3 nights at Posada Amazonas (Transfers, all meal, accommodation and services described in the itinerary).
 Lima City Tour and Larco Herrera Museum in shared service (with audios).
 Nights in each city described in the program + breakfast.
 English-Spanish speaking guides.
Not Included:
 National or International flights.
 Non-itinerary meals or drinks.
 Extra expenses, tips or services not described in the itinerary.
 Airport departure taxes or visa fees.
HOTEL 3***
LIMA: EL TAMBO www.eltamboperu.com
CUSCO: SAN AGUSTIN DORADO www.hotelessanagustin.com.pe
AGUAS CALIENTES: EL MAPI www.elmapihotel.com
FLIGHT INFORMATION
TACA AIRLINES:
16 MAR: LIM -CUZ 09:35 AM – 11:00 AM
PRICE PER PERSON: USD 211.00
*** PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***
OR
STAR PERU AIRLINES:
16 MAR: LIM -CUZ 09:05 AM – 11:15 AM
PRICE PER PERSON: USD 177.00
*** PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***
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TACA AIRLINES:
PERÚ: LIMA- CUSCO-PUERTO
MALDONADO-LIMA
DOUBLE ROOM – Private Services DOUBLE ROOM – Shared Services
Price per person USD 2,035.00 + AIR TICKETS USD 1,788.00 + AIR TICKETS

5. 20 MAR: CUZ - PEM 11:50 AM – 12:45 PM
23 MAR: PEM - LIM 13:20 PM – 16:10 PM
PRICE PER PERSON: USD 261.00
*** PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***
Terms & Conditions
 Prices subject to IGV tax for Peruvian citizens and legal foreign residents of Peru.
 Prices and availability subject to change until booking is completed and paid.
 Some date restrictions may apply.
 Airfares are subject to change.