| This tour is a fixed departure tour but can also be done in private.
FIXED DEPARTURE PERU ITINERARY
Day 1: Lima
Arrival in Lima, reception and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2: Lima
After breakfast, a tour briefing before your city tour
of Lima; including a guided visit to the Cathedral, the
Main Square and the San Francisco Catacombs. After lunch
at Rosa Nautica, the foremost seafood restaurant in
Lima, private transfer to Nazca. Arrival and overnight
accommodation in Nazca.
Day 3: Nazca Lines
Today we fly over the spectacular Nazca lines, gigantic
drawings and figures engraved in the desert, some of
which are over 2000 years old. A tour of Chauchilla
cemetery before transferring to Paracas, located on the
coast of Peru. Overnight accommodation.
Day 4: Ballestas Islands
A tour by boat to the Ballestas islands, commonly
referred to as the "little Galapagos", here you will see
an amazing concentration of sea birds and sea lions in
their natural habitat. Return to the mainland before
visiting the Paracas National Reserve, the only coastal
reserve in Peru. Lunch is not included. Return to Lima
in the late afternoon and overnight accommodation.
Day 5: Cuzco
Flight to Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Incas. A
guided tour of Cuzco will include visits to the Inca
fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Tambomachay and the Qoricancha
temple. Dinner and folkloric show in the evening.
Overnight accommodation.
Day 6: Sacred Valley -Ollantaytambo
Excursion to Urubamba, the sacred valley of the Incas
with a visit to the ancient Inca market of Pisac
followed by a trip to the Pisac ruins above the town.
Lunch before continuing the tour to Ollantaytambo, site
of the last undefeated bastion of the Inca Empire.
Overnight accommodation in Ollantaytambo.
Day 7: Machu Picchu
Early train journey to Aguas Calientes for a full day's
guided tour of Machu Picchu, the most spectacular
ancient city in the world. Free time before overnight
accommodation in Aguas Calientes.
Day 8: Machu Picchu
Opportunity to revisit Machu Picchu at sunrise. Free
time to enjoy this unforgettable site before returning
to Cuzco aboard the afternoon train. Last night's
accommodation in the Inca capital.
Day 9: Tambopata Jungle
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Puerto
Maldonado. Reception and transfer to the Tambopata River
port in Puerto Maldonado for the canoe trip to your
jungle lodge. After arrival a short orientation and a
complete briefing on the lodge before visiting a 35
metre scaffolding tower for a spectacular view of the
river, the surrounding forest and an opportunity to
observe birds from the canopy including parrots, toucans
and macaws. Return to the lodge.
Day 10: Tambopata Jungle
Early wake at dawn for a visit to the Tres Chimbadas
oxbow lake. Here we will take a long, easy canoe ride
around the lake looking for giant river otters, turtles,
hoatzin, and wading birds. The giant river otters that
are seen in Tres Chimbadas belong to a resident family
of nine. Return to the lodge before we continue travel
up the Tambopata River for a further 5 hours into the
pristine heart of the reserve. Arrival at the Tambopata
Research Center. After lunch, we will walk the 1.5 mile
Bamboo Trail, a trail that is famous for the abundance
of rare birds that live exclusively in this habitat and
are endemic to southern Peru. It is also the home of the
frequently found Howler and Dusky titi monkeys.
Day 11: Tambopata Research Centre
At dawn we will 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. You can
expect to see ten to twelve members of the parrot
family. After breakfast we will walk the 1.5 mile Ocelot
Trail, a trail which exemplifies the quintessential
rainforest. This trail is the one which most often spots
ocelot, puma and jaguar tracks, although any one of
these three large cats is extremely difficult to spot.
We will return to the TRC for lunch and then embark on a
2 mile walk to the palm swamp, a nesting colony and
preferred roost for Blue and Gold and Red-bellied
Macaws.
Day 12: Tambopata Research Centre
We will wake up at dawn once again to visit the macaw
clay lick and then return for breakfast. After breakfast
we will take a short five minute boat ride to a small,
drying oxbow lake where we will spend the morning on a
platform in the middle of the pond observing some of its
birdlife, which may include hoatzin, duck, ibis,
woodpeckers, chachalaca, parakeets, oropendolas and
numerous flycatcher species. We will return to our lodge
further down river.
Day 13: Lima
After an early breakfast we will return to Puerto
Maldonado for our flight back to Lima and transfer to
your hotel. Last night's accommodation in Peru.
Day 14: Lima
Free day in Lima before your transfer to the airport for
your return flight home.Prices are available on request with discounts for large groups. We can also tailor make a tour to suit your needs. Optional add on tours in Lima as well as extra night accommodation.
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