DAY 2: LIMA CITY TOUR

In the morning a trip to the essential Lima, “The City of Kings” including the most important architectural icons of the city, such as the Main Square, where you can find the Government Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and the Archbishop’s Palace.)

Then, we continue with a visit to the San Francisco Convent, an architectonic jewel dating back to the 16th century. On our way to the modern area of the city, we will cross the exclusive district of San Isidro, the new financial heart of the city, we conclude our circuit in Miraflores, where we will visit the “Parque del Amor” (Love Park) an excellent spot to enjoy a great view of the Pacific Ocean.

In the afternoon visit the Larco Herrera Museum (or other you prefer). Explore more than 5000 years of ancient Peruvian history and the intimate bond that existed between pre-Columbian societies and the natural world. (B)

Overnight Lima: Hotel B, Marriot or Similar

DAY 3: LIMA - MALDONADO - SPY THE MOST AMAZING WILDLIFE

Our representative will pick you up from the hotel to take you to the airport, where he will assist you with check-in procedures for your domestic flight to Puerto Maldonado. Arrive in Puerto Maldonado, capital of Madre de Dios, and join a 1-hour bus and 1-hour boat journey to the lodge. Your first taste of the Amazon culinary will be in the river while you let the city behind to enjoy the amazing jungle landscapes.
Refugio Amazonas awaits– a spacious ecolodge, with a bar, a massage center, and buffet service with the Tambopata National Reserve behind it. This eco-lodge is home to Wired Amazon, the first citizen science project which turns explorers into citizen scientists.

We are building a Big Grid to answer Big Questions. Become a researcher and explore the world of camera traps and the amazing wildlife they reveal’ it’s a Big Neighborhood.

We will help researchers collect the data from the camera traps and install some new ones! We will try them and make sure they are working correctly, and on the way back to the lodge, will get to see what we got on the cameras!. The light glares against the sheet, highlighting its white color against the dark jungle night. As the bright light flickers, moths begin to flutter towards it. You study them carefully, noting their shapes and patterns. By the end of the night, you might have discovered a new species unknown to science. Now, you get to name it yourself! (B,L,D)

DAY 4: DISCOVER THE OXBOW LAKE

You might paddle around Condenado oxbow lake on a canoe, looking for lakeside wildlife such as hoatzin, caiman, and horned screamers, hoping to see the otters which are infrequently seen here. You will also be rewarded with overhead sightings of macaws.

Connect your kids with nature, join this great scavenger hunt and look for the Shahijani (Agouti) Treasure! Your guide will take you through different trails to look for seeds, like the brazil nut or palm trees, previously hidden. These seeds have been prepared and are ready to build bracelets and necklaces. Continue the discovery trail and you will reach the great Ceiba tree where the treasure is hidden and get ready to receive the sacred message from the Masters of the Forest. Our guides are trained to explain and engage with kids on a level they learn and also have fun!
Getting tattooed in the Rainforest? No worries, we´ll prepare a paste from a fruit called “Huito”, and achiote or other natural dies to draw tattoos on ourselves. We can draw different shapes of animals or other patterns associated with the forest. They only last a few days.

Sunsets in the jungle are one of nature’s most beautiful spectacles, and one of the best places to enjoy them is from a boat on the Tambopata River. In the afternoon, your guide will take you to a boat for an easy-going, two-hour ride on the Tambopata. Your guide will talk about the dynamics of this Amazonian river as you watch for rainforest wildlife and see macaws fly overhead before enjoying the jungle sunset. (B,L,D)

DAY 5: JOIN A PARTY FULL OF COLORS & SOUNDS

Two hours from the lodge, deep in the Tambopata National Reserve you will stop at the Chuncho clay lick. After a brief walk (~5 minutes) you will have the chance to see dozens of large macaws feeding on the special sodium-rich clays of the riverbank. The Chuncho clay lick probably attracts more large macaws than any other clay lick in the world and the sight of dozens of macaws taking flight is truly unforgettable.

The details of our stopover will depend on the weather and the amount of macaw activity, as the birds don’t visit the clay lick when it is raining.

Why point to the stars when you can reach the canopy! Experience the incredible diversity of Amazon Trees and Plants from the Air! Throw a Drone from a 35-meter-tall scaffolding tower and get an incomparable view of the canopy, feel like a star! This canopy tower experience is a quick 20-minute walk from the lodge and provides access to the tops of huge rainforest trees. We will get the chance to observe the researchers programming the drones for their daily route, and we will get unique and amazing pictures and videos of the canopy from the air!
From ancient times the wisdom of the forest has been inherited by the Ese’ejas on these lands, they used to live completely apart from the rest of the world and everything they learned came from observing the interactions of every single habitat in the wilderness.

We’ll gather around a circle of fire and hear from themselves some of the most magic histories explaining how simple is their lifestyle and how connected we’re to the forest Ese’eja legends and a warm moment to connect even further with nature, the gift of nature is ideal to connect our kids thru stories from the forest. (B,L,D)

DAY 6: REFUGIO AMAZONAS - MALDONADO - CUSCO - SACRED VALLEY

It is time to say goodbye, as the expedition comes to the end.
Your visit will make a direct contribution to the scientific projects of Wired Amazon and their conservation efforts onwards learning about the biodiversity of the Tambopata National Reserve.
You will take the journey back to the city to the airport for your flight to Cusco. Upon arrival our personal staff and private driver will greet you at the airport to head straight to the Sacred Valley.  (B)

Overnight Sacred Valley: Aranwa, Taypikala or similar

DAY 7: OLLANTAYTAMBO - MORAY - MARAS & THE SALT MINES

Tour to the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, where people are still living in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago; the ancient Incan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO, with its very impressive constructions built with huge boulders and its ancient heritage that will leave us astonished. Later visit MORAY a very unique archaeological site in the region; enormous natural depressions where the Incas built huge circular agricultural terraces used as a prototype of a greenhouse or experimental biological station, very advanced for its age.

Special Pachamanca Lunch: Traditional Inca cooking technique where meats, potatoes and vegetables are cooked with wood-fired stones under ground. Watch the Pachamanca being unearthed before sitting down for a delicious lunch.

If you prefer (paying an extra) you can choose the next optional activities: Zip Line, Biking, Horse riding, River Rafting.

After lunch enjoy beautiful views of the farming fields and the Urubamba snow capped range going towards MARAS town and the famous “Inca Salt mines” that are constituted by more than 4000 small pools constructed in a slope, where people extract the salt still using the same traditional methods as 500 years ago. (B, L)

Overnight Sacred Valley: Aranwa, Taypikala or similar

DAY 8: SACRED VALLEY - ROYAL INCA TRAIL TO MACHUPICCHU

Transfer to the Ollantaytambo Train Station to catch the VISTADOME train until the Km 104 (1:20 minutes train ride, altitude 8250 feet), where we start to hike - with wonderful landscapes of the Cloud Forest, its flora and fauna - on the Royal Inca Trail to Machupicchu visiting first the Inca remain of Chachabamba.

Later we continue hiking up-hill for about 3 - 4 hours until getting, visiting the famous and fascinating Inca Citadel of Winayhuayna (8860ft.). The hike continues after lunch for 1 - 1 1/2 hours until Inti Punku (Sun Gate, altitude 9050). From where we will have the first fantastic view of the "Holy City of the Incas": Machupicchu; the highlight of any trip to South America. Finally you hike downhill until Machupicchu (altitude 8000 feet) for 45 minutes. From Machupicchu you take a bus for 30 minutes to Aguas Calientes town (altitude 6600 feet) to overnight. (B, Bx L, D)

Overnight Aguas Calientes Town: Hotel Inkaterra or Sumaq. Paying the extra (on request) you can stay at the Belmond Sanctuary Lodge in Machupicchu

PLEASE YOU HAVE TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THIS HIKE, THE 3 - 4 HOURS UPHILL IT IS NOT EASY

DAY 9: MACHUPICCHU - SACRED VALLEY

Early visit of Machupicchu; to spot the amazing sun rise and guided visit (2 1/2 hours) of the wonderful temples and palaces, later you can take the optional hike to Huaynapicchu Peak (2 hours) & the temple of the Moon.

You can also hike to Montana Machupicchu ( 3 - 4 hours) or the Inca Bridge (1.5 hours). 

Afternoon return to Ollantaytambo by train (1 1/2 hours) and transfer to the hotel. (B,L)

Overnight Sacred Valley: Aranwa, Taypikala or similar.

NOTE: If you are interested in climbing to Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu you have to let us know in advance, we must buy tickets ASAP, there is a short limit per day.

DAY 10: PISAC RUINS & MARKET - AWANACANCHA - SACSAYHUAMAN - KORICANCHA - CUSCO

Visit PISAC the amazing Inca city that constitutes one of the most important Archaeological Parks in the region. Visit the fine temples, palaces and the well preserved and vast farming terraces; built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their straight sometimes vertical aqueducts; an imposing and unforgettable sight that also offers very beautiful landscapes. Later visit PISAC the Colonial Village, where you will see the famous "Indian Market" and the handicrafts or "souvenirs" market, this is your chance to enjoy a blend of color, traditions and people, and bargain for exotic craftworks.

On the way back to Cusco visit Awanacancha the alpaca farm, where you will learn (step by step) how Andean people still make very beautiful textiles using very old traditional techniques.

Special typical Lunch at a restaurant for locals: Roasted guinea pig, stuffed chili peppers, Alpaca, etc

After lunch visit Sacsayhuaman and Koricancha: The temple of the sun. (B, L)

Overnight Cusco: Hotel Palacio Manco Capac, Aranwa, or Hilton.

DAY 11: WALKING CITY TOUR & COOKING CLASSES

In the morning visit the main square, inca streets and the Food market (Mercado Central); where we will see and buy all the fresh ingredients for cooking lunch.

We will provide a unique culinary experience in a very well equipped and nice kitchen where you will prepare your own creations with the freshest and organic regional ingredients; you will experience a new way of learning, sharing and enjoying Peruvian cuisine.

Free afternoon. (B, L)

Overnight Cusco: Hotel Palacio Manco Capac, Aranwa, or Hilton

• BEST COOKING CLASSES: HALF DAY TOUR
• 2 COLORS CANYON HIKES
• WAQRAPUCARA: FULL DAY HIKE
• RAINBOW MOUNTAIN FULL DAY HIKE: PRIVATE or with a GROUP
• PALCOYO 3 NEW RAINBOW MOUNTAINS: FULL DAY PRIVATE HIKE
• HUMANTAY TURQUOISE LAKE FULL DAY HIKE: PRIVATE or with a GROUP
• CHONTA CONDORS FULL DAY HIKE
• HUCHUY QOSQO & MACHU PICCHU: 2 DAYS PRIVATE HIKE
• PRIVATE APURIMAC CANYON & WATERFALLS
• WHITE WATER RIVER RAFTING
• MOUNTAIN BIKING IN MARAS & MORAY: PRIVATE FULL DAY TOUR
• HORSE RIDING IN MARAS & MORAY: FULL DAY TOUR
• ATV TOURS IN CUSCO

• NAZCA LINES & PARACAS
  

• AMAZON: TAMBOPATA RESERVE | MANU NATIONAL PARK