Escorted Peru Tour 4

Arrival in Lima, reception and transfer to your hotel.

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.

Catacombs in the Church of San Francisco

Church of San Francisco

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.

Nazca Mommy

Lines Nazca

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.

Ballestas islands - Paracas

Candelabro - Paracas

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.

Coricancha Inca Sun Temple in Cusco

Main Square - Cusco

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.

Sacred Valley Cusco

Sacred Valley - Ollantaytanbo Cuzco

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.

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.

Machupicchu Cusco

Intihuatana Cusco

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tambopata Jungle - Puerto Maldonado

Tambopata Jungle - Puerto Maldonado

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.

Free day in Lima before your transfer to the airport for your return flight home.

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• Accommodation in a choice of hotels, resorts, hosterias and jungle lodge, including breakfast and taxes.
• All private transfers, tours and excursions as per itinerary with local English speaking guides and a permanent English Speaking tour leader.
• All entrance fees excluding the Amazon Reserve fee.
• All internal flight tickets.

• International return air tickets to South America.
• Domestic and international airport taxes.
• Meals not mentioned in your itinerary.
• Personal expenses such as telephone bills, laundry expenses, etc.
• Insurance against theft, loss, illness and/or accident.