Amazon And Machupichu
10D/9N
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Peru
Cultural
8D/7N
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Why this tour is
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Safe
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Your safety is our primary concern, from start to finish. We invest in our equipment, staff and food, transportation to bring you simply the best the historical Capital of the Incas has to offer. We go above and beyond and can provide.
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Sustainable
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Give Back! Southern Peru Explorers is an eco friendly, green company who sources local food and staff. Give something back with your holiday by investing in a company who invests in the environment.
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Authentic
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Do it properly! Accredited and Peruvian owned, Inca Trail operator with local, qualified tour guides who are with you every step of the way. Eat local Peruvian food, trek the original Inca steps and do it all with the people that know!
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→DAY 01
Arrival Lima – Welcome To Peru
Once you touch down in Lima, your Peruvian family vacation with SPE has officially begun! You will find us waiting at arrivals – just look for the SPE sign bearing your name. We will then whisk you away straight to your comfy hotel, where we will check you in and help you with anything else you may need. After which, we’ll leave you to recuperate from your long flight, and get a good night’s rest before before your flight to Puerto Maldonado in the morning!
→ Meals L, D → Distance 10km → Time 3 Hours → Highest Altitude 3,200m / 10,499ft
→DAY 02
Lima – Puerto Maldonado Amazon Jungle
Today, you will fly from the capital city of Lima to Puerto Maldonado to begin your adventure in the Tambopata region of the world’s largest tropical jungle, Amazon! Once you have touched down in Puerto Maldonado, we will switch from airplane to boat. Our winding boat trip will bring us to our rainforest lodge. We will have the chance to unpack and settle in before beginning a jungle trek to explore the amazing biodiversity surrounding us.
→ Meals B, L, D
→ Distance 16km
→ Time 3-4 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 3,800M / 12,500ft
→DAY 03
Explore – Tambopata National Park
Today we wlll explore a local cocha, Lake Sandoval. We will canoe peacefully around the lake to get up close and personal with the endangered giant river otter. Arround us we will have the chance to see other local wildlife such as red howler monkeys, red-bellied macaws, anacondas, side-neck turtles and black caimans. We will dock our canoes to spend the afternoon at the Canopy Inkaterra Interpretation Center. Here you can fly through the canopies from
→ Meals B, L, D
→ Distance 18km
→ Time 6-8 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 4,215m /13,828ft
→DAY 04
Explore – Tambopata Amazon Jungle
Today we will continue to explore the vast swathes of forest around us. We will take a boat ride to the nearby Gamitana creek. We will exit our boat to splash upstream. Get your adrenaline pumping as we walk past piranhas, caimans, turtles and birds. We will travel to the Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion nature and wildlife area, in the afternoon to again participate in an exciting canoe trip; this time past elegant herons. After which we will take a short siesta as the sun sets,
→ Meals B, L, D
→ Distance 18km
→ Time 6-8 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 4,215m /13,828ft
→DAY 05
Puerto Maldonado – Cusco
Upon touch down in Cusco, we will begin to wander around the cobblestoned streets of the old Incan capital. Your tour guide will point out the interesting mix between modern, colonial, and Incan architecture as well as highlight other important aspects of this wonderful ancient city. Afterwards, we will bring you out for a tasty traditional lunch. If you’d like to try one of the adventurous dishes of Peru, such as guinea pig, chicken hearts, or alpaca for example, just
→ Meals B, L, D
→ Distance 18km
→ Time 6-8 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 4,215m /13,828ft
→DAY 06
Explore – Sacred Valley Of The Incas
Today you’ll travel through the Sacred Valley and continue to delve into the wonderful combination of old and new that makes Peru so culturally divers. You will be out in the pastoral valley amongst tranquil Peruvian countrysides. Here, jagged silhouettes of the Andes frame each view, and cows and sheep seem to outnumber people, The first stop will be the historical town of Ollantaytambo, where the mark of its old Inca inhabitants
→ Meals B, L, D
→ Distance 18km
→ Time 6-8 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 4,215m /13,828ft
→DAY 07
Ollantaytambo – To Aguas Calientes
This is the day you have been waiting for. The wonderful Machu Picchu. In Ollantaytambo, we will board a scenic train for the beautiful trip to Aguas Calientes, the town of Machu Picchu. We will get an early lunch at one of the numerous resteraunts in town, before our bus trip to the entrance of the new world wonder. After we have made it to the top, our private guide will meet us to begin a 2.5 hour tour of all the most important
→ Meals B, L, D
→ Distance 18km
→ Time 6-8 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 4,215m /13,828ft
→DAY 08
Machu Picchu – Cusco Return
On the morning of Day 8, we will return to Machu Picchu with your private guide by bus. Today, you will get to see the wonderful ruins from a different angle as you hike scale the photogenic Huayna Picchu. After a seemingly endless number of stairs, you will be rewarded with a complete view of the new world wonder and even more ruins at the top. Enjoy your descent back down to Aguas Calientes, where you will pause for a delicious lunch at one of the
→ Meals B, L, D
→ Distance 18km
→ Time 6-8 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 4,215m /13,828ft
→DAY 09
Cusco – City Tour
After a restful night, we will begin to wander around the cobblestoned streets of the old Incan capital. Your tour guide will point out the interesting mix between modern, colonial, and Incan architecture as well as highlight other important aspects of this wonderful ancient city. Afterwards, we will bring you out for a tasty traditional lunch. If you’d like to try one of the adventurous dishes of Peru, such as guinea pig, chicken hearts,
→ Meals B
→ Distance 16km
→ Time 5 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 3,600m / 11,811ft
→DAY 10
Cusco – Lima, Explore Lima By Your Own
Today we will take it easy, with a short flight back to Lima. Our private transport will bring you from your hotel to the airport in Cusco for your flight back to the capital city of Peru. Once in Lima, you will be greeted at the airport and taken to Barranco, a trendy district of the city. Together we will visit the famous “Puente de los Suspiros”, a bridge surrounded by mythology and tied to young lovers, poets, and singers. Enjoy local art galleries
→ Meals B
→ Distance 16km
→ Time 5 Hours
→ Highest Altitude 3,600m / 11,811ft
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