Tambopata – Machu Picchu

New experiences are ahead and after taking a nutritious buffet BREAKFAST, get ready for a long trek through terra firma into the Tambopata National Reserve towards LAKE SANDOVAL. Here you will understand why Madre de Dios is called the biodiversity capital of Peru, while learning about the Reserve’s conservation efforts and the lake’s formation. Navigate by dugout canoe across this mirror-like oxbow lake that is home to the endangered giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus), black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), and one of the world’s biggest fresh water scaled fish, the paiche (Arapaima gigas). Back to the lodge for LUNCH, and later the INKATERRA CANOPY WALKWAY & ANACONDA WALK await for you. Take a 20-minute ride by outboard motorized canoe to the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway Interpretation Center where you will learn about its construction and the conservation projects of ITA-Inkaterra Asociación (NGO). Ascend one of the two 98-foot towers (30 m.) and cross the 7 hanging bridges that connect the treetops at 91 ft. high (28 m). Enjoy the breathtaking vistas and get the chance to watch white-throated toucans (Ramphastos tucanus), woodpeckers, trogons, squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis) and the three-toed sloth (Choleopus hoffmani). After descending keep on feeling the incredible primary rainforest energy going along the 200-meter wooden bridge over the swamps (aguajales). You will learn about the fauna and flora of this flooded ecosystem. At night get ready for an adventure during the RAINFOREST BY NIGHT excursion, where you will explore the Amazon rainforest that gives way to nocturnal animals who display intriguing behavior patterns, and enhanced senses as adaptation mechanisms. Listen to nocturnal living nature sounds, and penetrate this hidden world. End up your day with a pleasant DINNER.

The sun rises once again and after an early BREAKFAST you will take our NATIVE FARM excursion where you will be able to learn local techniques of cultivation and taste some of the products during the visit. Then visit the BOTANICAL GARDEN, discover the immense variety of medicinal plants considered part of the “natural pharmacy” used by the habitants at the amazon region. Compare the medicinal uses of local medicine with traditional remedies. Getting back to Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion you will have LUNCH. Take a rest and get ready for the COCHA water excursion. Enjoy a dugout canoe ride on the Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion natural pond (cocha). Try native fishing applying the “catch and release” techniques, as you enjoy the scenery observing hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin), a diversity of fly catchers, and gray-necked woodrails (Aramides cajanea). Disembark at the remains of Fitzcarrald steam boat; learn about its history and how it inspired Inkaterra to ask Werner Herzog to film the award-winning “Fitzcarraldo”, best director at Cannes, 1982. You will be able to participate in the INLAND COLLPA during the evening, where you will see different species and their night routines by observing through our “blinds”. End up your day with a pleasant DINNER.

After BREAKFAST buffet, take a ride back to Puerto Maldonado by outboard motorized canoe. Arrive at the Butterfly House where you may wait for your flight back home or to your next destination, while visiting this beautiful BUTTERFLY HOUSE and learning about the fascinating transformation of these colorful insects.

Welcome at the airport of the city of Cusco (Alejandro Velasco Astete).

Check-out time is at 11:00, you could choose to stay at the lodge or go earlier to Puerto Maldonado. Although lunch is not included on the last day, you can choose to have lunch at the lodge (pay directly at the hotel) or have a snack at the Butterfly House (additional cost). For further assistance, please contact our Reception team.

Pick up from the hotel. This day you will visit the tourist attractions around the city with the combination of landscape contrasts.
The tour begins in the Cathedral, located in the Plaza de Armas, Renaissance building of the XVI century, the Cathedral houses the legendary image of the Lord of the Tremors (Jury Master of Cusco). Then you will continue to Koricancha temple, guided tour in Sacsayhuamán, better known as fortress for it’s impressive granite constructions, great example of Inca military architecture. Time to visit Qenqo, Inca temple built on limestone rock, ritual center for ceremonies in honor of the sun god, moon and stars.
Tambomachay. Explanation of the guide on this monument very remarkable for its architectural excellence. There are four walls or stepped terraces attached to the hill, built on the basis of irregular polyhedral of carved stone, masterfully assembled, forming three parallel platforms. Return to the city, free time.

Breakfast at the hotel, your tour guide will pick you up to start visiting the places of Maras, and the salt mines, you can see a large number of wells from which you get the pink salt of Maras, this salt is considered one of the 4 natural salts gourmets most outstanding worldwide for having flavor. Or also known as “Apukachi”. Its crystals have a light pink tone with notes of ivory color, its strong flavor is due to a greater presence of iron and minerals essential for health, this is an ideal salt to season all kinds of food, and to present it on the table. Then, the visit to Moray, formidable archaeological complex, formed by andenerías, terraces that overlap, taking the form of a gigantic amphitheater. These terraces formed a large agricultural laboratory, has a lot of Andean religious importance, and is now also preserved as a ritual center for offerings to the Pachamama or Mother Earth. Finally, you will visit Chinchero. Return to the hotel approximately at 2:00 p.m. Afternoon and evening free to enjoy the hotel facilities!

Pick up from the hotel to start the adventure through the famous Sacred Valley of the Incas. First stop is in Awana Kancha, this site disseminates, promotes, recovers, revalues and enforces the ancestral techniques of weaving, dyeing, handling and production of South American camelid fibers, working together with families of weavers from high Andean communities.

And to continue enjoying the natural beauty that surrounds the Sacred Valley a small stop in the viewpoint of Taray, this viewpoint is characterized by having one of the best locations for the observation of the sacred valley, where it can be seen with greater clarity, the scenic beauty which the river Vilcanota shows.
Pisaq, 33 km. From Cusco, a picturesque town of cobbled streets full of adobe houses and local people dressed in traditional costumes, on whose heights lie the Inca vestiges of the archaeological complex of Pisaq. Continuing the tour, you will pass several small towns on the way to Urubamba, you will have free time to taste the region's dishes based on quinoa, potatoes, and fresh vegetables, as well as delicious desserts at a tourist restaurant, buffet service.
Finally, visit Ollantaytambo, it is 21 km. From the Inca city, Ollantaytambo or Ollanta is now an Inca fortress of megalithic stones. Free time into your hotel.

In Machu Picchu town, you will board the bus that will take you to the entrance gate of Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu is considered at the same time a masterpiece of architecture and engineering. Its peculiar architectural and landscape features, and the veil of mystery that has woven around it much of the literature published on the site, have made it one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet.
To return to the village of Aguas Calientes, take the downhill bus, taking the time for lunch, and 30 minutes in advance to the train station to return to Ollanta, Transfer from the station to the hotel in Cusco.

Transfer out from Cusco hotel to the airport.