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DAY 1 LIMA
Reception in the Lima airport and transfer to Carmel Hotel or
similar located in Miraflores, Lima. Depending on the arrival time
of your international flight, we may have the time to visit the
Peruvian Gold Museum (not included in the rate). (No Meals)
DAY 2 CUSCO
After an early breakfast, we will transfer to the airport where we
will take the flight to Cusco (airfare not included). Upon arrival,
reception and transfer to our Orquidea Real Hostal or similar,
followed by a few cups of mate de coca, while you ask any questions
that you may have about the tour. At 13:45, you will leave on the
Cusco City Tour. This tour includes the major sites of historical
interest in Cusco, such as the famous Inca fort at Sacsahuaman, and
the temple of the Sun. Also included in this is a tourist card,
giving you access to all the sites in the Cusco area as a whole
(i.e., including outside of the City itself). This tour finishes at
18:00 hrs. ( B )
DAY 3 RAFTING
Breakfast. At 09:00 hrs. we leave for Urubamba river on the Sacred
Valley of the Incas (North of Cusco), where our guide will give a
introductory chat on safety and equipment for our trip running the
Urubamba. After lunch we return back to Cusco, arriving at around
17:00 hrs. Overnight at Orquidea Real Hostal or similar (B,L)
INCLUDED:
*Private Round Trip Transportation.
*Professional English/Spanish speaking rafting guide.
*Lunch (Meal, salad, sodas, tea, coffee, desert, fruits) *Complete
Rafting Equipment (helmet, life jacket, rain coat, paddle, wetsuit,
boat).
OPTIONAL: Video and photos service.
WE RECOMMEND TO BRING:
*Bathing suit
*Towel
*Sandals or running shoes
*Short pants (to use over the wet suit)
*Hat, sun block
*Photo camera.
DAY 4 INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU (4 days 3 nights) Pick up at
your hotel. We start our trek escorted by native "quechua"
porters going through semi-arid terrain along the Urubamba river
with magnificent views of snow capped mount Veronica, later going
through Llactapata, an ancient Inca citadel that protected the entry
to two
valleys.(B+L+D)
Kilometers walking: 12 Km. (Km.82 to Huayllabmba)
Altitude: Cusco (3400 m) - Chillca (2720 m) - Huayllabamba (2950 m)
DAY 5 INCA TRAIL
Today the first part of the trek takes us to the Inca Hamlet of
Huayabamba.
Later, we will go through Warmiwañuska pass (4200 mt), known as "dead
woman's pass".(B+L+D)
Kilometers walking: 12 Km. (Huayllabamba to Pacaymayo)
Altitude: Huayllabamba (2950 m.) - Pakaymayu (3600 m.)
DAY 6 INCA TRAIL
Today, we will walk on a remarkably preserved Inca Trail passing
ancient archaeological sites covered by dense jungle overgrowth,
later visiting the Phuyupatamarca (city above clouds) with
spectacular view of snow covered Andean ranges, camping at
Wyñaywayna, probably the most spectacular archaeological complex
during the trek.(B+L+D)
Kilometers walking: 16 Km. (Pacaymayo to Wiñayhuayna)
Altitude: Pakaymayo (3600 m.) - Wiñaywayna (2700 m.)
DAY 7 INCA TRAIL
Passing through the Intipuncu (Gate of the Sun), we arrive to Machu
Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, complete guided tour. Overnight
in Agues Calientes at Presidente Hostal or similar. (B)
Kilometers walking: 5 Km. (Wiñayhuaina to Machu Picchu)
Altitude: Wiñayhuayna (2700 m.) - Machu Picchu (2400 m.)- Cusco
(3400 m.)
HEIGHTS:
Cusco City: 3,360 m.a.s.l.
Machu Picchu: 2,400 m.a.s.l.
Urubamba Valley: 2,850 m.a.s.l.
Inca Trail highest point: 4,200 m.a.s.l.
INCLUDES :
-Transportation to head of trail
-Entrance ticket to Inca Trail
-Tents, and camping equipment
-Meals as specified in the above itinerary -Porters and cook
-Professional bilingual guide -Train ticket back to Cusco (Backpacker)
-Mattress
NOT INCLUDED:
-sleeping bag rental US $ 35.00 per person for
the 4 days available upon request
-extra porter for your personal items: Available for US$125 for 16
pounds for the 4days 3nights
-Lunch at 4th day.
YOU SHOULD BRING
-Personal sleeping bag
-Warm Jacket or Sweater
-RainGear (from nov to april)
-T-shirt , short, long pants.
-Back pack, trekking shoes, sandals
-Sun Hat , wool hat , sun glasses
-Water bottle,flash light, hat
-Personal clothing for trek
-Insect repellent – Suncream
-Personal medication
-Water Purification Tablets.
-Towels
-Toilet paper,
-Extra US$50 changed in soles for any emergency and for tipping the
porters,
use the hot shower on day 3 - 2 soles and for luch on day 4
MEALS
3 Breakfasts (the first day breakfast is not included) Breakfasts
varies from day to day and can include:
- tea, coffee or hot chocolate
- pancakes or bread (with butter/jam)
- eggs (fried, omelet) or Fruit
3 Lunches (the last day lunch is not included) Lunch includes:
- soup
- seconds (spaghetti or rice with veggies and meat)
- tea or coffee
3 Dinners (the last day dinner is not included) Dinner consists of:
- soup
- seconds (fish or chicken accompanied by potatoes en vegetables)
- tea or coffee
Vegetarian food available on request.
KIDS under 12 years old or Students up to 25 years old -Discount
$25.-usd per person.
Note: To apply to this discount It is necessary to send us your
scancopy ISIC (Internationational Student Identity Card). Without this copy we
will not be able to make the discount . The group is form up to 16
persons
IMPORTANT NOTE OF INCA TRAIL
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*Reservations need to be done two months prior to arrive to Cusco.
Nevertheless take note there is a limit of visitors per day so I
suggest you to book the trip as soon as possible to guarantee your
spots.
*Remember to take your original passport and isic card on the inca
trail because without them you are not going to be able to do the
hiking and take only the necessary items for the trek,the rest of
your luggages you can leave it at your hotel in Cusco (most of
hotels and hostals has an storage where to keep until your return)
* Participants need to be in good physical health and condition to
be able to enjoy the Inka Trail. The trekking will be difficult if
you have not exercised regularly before your trip. To fully enjoy an
Inka Trail adventure, we advise passengers to get into an exercise
program for their own safety and enjoyment. If a passenger suffers
from any medical condition, we advise him/her to consult a physician
about joining an Inka Trail Expedition.
DAY 8 MACHUPICCHU - CUSCO
Morning at leisure in Aguas Calientes to continue visiting the area
and Machu Picchu (bus ticket and entrance fees not included). In the
afternoon train back to Cusco . We will stay overnight at Orquidea
Real Hostal or similar. (B)
DAY 9 MEETING IN THE JUNGLE
Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Pto Maldonado (airfare
included). We are met by our guide at Puerto Maldonado airport and
transferred to the port on the Tambopata River. Here we board a
motorized canoe for a four-and-a-half hour journey to the Heath
River Wildlife Center.
After descending the Tambopata River for 5 minutes to the confluence
with the larger Madre de Dios River, our boat heads east, downstream
on the mighty Madre de Dios River, passing small gold prospecting
barges before reaching the Peru-Bolivia border.This stretch of the
Madre de Dios River is particularly attractive, as more than 75% of
the riverbank is still covered by towering, virgin rainforest, and
periods of 15-20 minutes go by without a single sign of forest
cutting. (For comparison,a similar length of river travel up the
Tambopata River features only 10-15% of primary forest along the
riverbank---the rest is in agriculture and freshly burned forest
clearings). Here we transfer to a smaller motorized canoe and head
up the narrow, intimate Heath River, which forms the wilderness
border between Peru and Bolivia, to arrive at our 100% Indian-owned
lodge, the only all-Indian-owned lodge in the Tambopata region. We
will provide a complete box lunch during the river trip. PLEASE NOTE
THAT VALID PASSPORTS MUST BE BROUGHT FOR THIS JOURNEY. In the late
afternoon, our Ese Eja Indian hosts will take us to explore the
forest surrounding the lodge in search for the various species of
monkeys and hundreds of species of birds that make the rainforest
home. After dinner we explore the forest by flashlight, including a
visit to a small mammal clay lick if it is active.(L, D)
DAY 10 RAINFOREST
Rising before dawn we once again board the canoe for the journey up
the Heath River to the Macaw and Parrot Clay Lick. Depending on the
level of the river this journey can take up to one hour. During the
river trip upstream, we nearly always see one or two families of
Capybaras on the banks of the river. At 120 pounds (55 kilograms),
this simply gigantic relative of the guinea pig is the largest and
most photogenic rodent in the world. Once at our specially-designed
floating blind, our breakfast is served as we marvel at the medium-sized,
emerald-green and electric-blue parrots and the large blazing Red-and-Green
Macaws that arrive in two shifts to eat the clay. Note that in some
years ALL macaw and parrot licks in southern Peru are less active in
May, June, and early July than in the rest of the months of the year.
Thus, bear this in mind if you are especially interested in
photography of the parrots and macaws. Returning to the lodge after
the a beautiful parrot display our native guides take us on an ethno-botanical
walk through the forest, explaining how they use many of the forest
trees and plants in their daily lives, either as medicines or for
bows and arrows and in home construction. After lunch and a short
rest we go first by canoe then a short walk to a natural forest of
towering, 170-foot-tall
(55-meter-tall) Brazil nut trees to learn how the slight, yet
surprisingly powerful, men of the village harvest these nuts, which
fall from the treetops encased in rock-hard brown spheres the size
of small grapefruits.
Our Ese Eja Indian hosts have harvested these delicious, valuable
nuts for thousands of years, and now they will show you the mystery
and splendor of this wonder of the Amazon. Starting at some point in
mid-2002, our hosts also will feature a new canopy attraction in the
top of a huge canopy emergent tree. The details will be available as
this attraction is completed. (B, L, D)
DAY 11 JUNGLE TRAILS
Extra day exploring the jungle trails. Overnight at Heath River
Wildlife Center with full board. (B, L, D)
DAY 12 MACAW & PARROT CLAY LICK
Rising before dawn we once again board the canoe for the journey up
the Heath River to the Macaw and Parrot Clay Lick. Depending on the
level of the river this journey can take up to one hour. During the
river trip upstream, we nearly always see one or two families of
Capybaras on the banks of the river. At 120 pounds (55 kilograms),
this simply gigantic relative of the guinea pig is the largest and
most photogenic rodent in the world. Once at our specially-designed
floating blind, our breakfast is served as we marvel at the medium-sized,
emerald-green and electric-blue parrots and the large blazing Red-and-Green
Macaws that arrive in two shifts to eat the clay. Note that in some
years ALL macaw and parrot licks in southern Peru are less active in
May, June, and early July than in the rest of the months of the year.
Thus, bear this in mind if you are especially interested in
photography of the parrots and macaws. After the spectacle of the
lick we return to the lodge to pack and then boat back upstream on
the Madre de Dios River to Sandoval Lake Lodge, which is located on
the banks of the lake that most experts consider to be the most
beautiful in all the southern Amazon of Peru. A box lunch will be
eaten during the journey. Arriving at the trail head to Sandoval
Lake Lodge we take a 45-minute walk or rickshaw ride through the
forest to a small canal where we board a canoe and then transfer to
one or more hand-paddled catamarans, each of which has a capacity
for 20 people. Arriving on the lake in the cool golden light of the
late afternoon, we enter into a flooded palm forest and drift
beneath dozens (and often
hundreds) of babbling Red-bellied Macaws as they return to the palm
forest for the night. This macaw species is found locally in parts
of the Amazon, always living in flooded palm forests such as the
beautiful palm stand at Sandoval Lake. At 500-800 birds, this flock
of macaws at Sandoval Lake is currently the largest reported in the
world for this highly-specialized macaw. We return to the lodge
around nightfall for dinner.
(B, L, D)
DAY 13 EXPLORING THE JUNGLE
After a dawn breakfast, we explore the western end of the lake in
the hope of encountering the family of nine Giant Otters that live
in the lake. For those with lots of energy, our guide will take us
hiking through the forest, and will bring the forest to life with
stories of the rain forest and the medicinal uses of the plants.
Following lunch and an optional rest, in the late afternoon we once
again board the catamaran and set off to explore the eastern end of
the lake. Here we might see Brown Capuchin and Bolivian Squirrel
Monkeys as they forage along the lakes' edge. After dinner we can
return to the catamaran to look for large Black Caiman, the rarest
of the crocodilians of the Amazon. If it is a clear starlight night,
we will also be able to float in the middle of the lake and marvel
at the brilliance of the night sky. There is a final after-dinner
opportunity to look for Caiman on the lake, or to explore the lodge
trails by flashlight. (B, L, D)
DAY 14 BACK TO LIMA
After a dawn breakfast we return to Puerto Maldonado for the flight
back to Lima. (airfare not included). Upon arrival transfer to Carmel
Hotel or similar.
Overnight . (B)
DAY 15 TRANSFER OUT
Transfer to the airport in time to get your international flight
connection
(B)
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