Day 1: Lima
Upon arrival, our representatives will meet and escort you to your hotel.

Day 2: Lima
Breakfast. Start with a panoramic city tour of Colonial Lima, including a visit to the Main Square, located in the heart of downtown to view the Government Palace, the Town Hall, the Bishop's Palace with its beautiful balconies and the Cathedral of Lima, where you will visit inside. Its outstanding features are the choirstalls, the Churrigueresque Chapel of the Immaculate, the main altar and a Christ made of carved ivory. On the right is the crypt with remains of conqueror Francisco Pizarro. You will pass by the church and convent of San Francisco, considered to be the most important religious monument of Lima, built in 1542 in Baroque style and consecrated in 1673. Your drive through Lima will pass by several Colonial squares, churches and mansions, then you will continue to the Modern Districts of San Isidro and Miraflores, for a glimpse of life in this huge city, as well as its beautiful parks, modern buildings and great ocean views.(B)

Day 3: Lima – Puerto Maldonado
Breakfast. Flight from Lima to the City of Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival at Puerto Maldonado, meeting, assistance and transfer to the Tambopata River Port.(Puerto Maldonado is located between Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers).After a brief tour of the town you will depart on the 2 hours boat trip by motorized canoe to “Posada Amazonas”. During your boat trip you will see bird species typical of the rain forest river banks, such as: Black Skimmer, Pied Lapwing, Capped Heron, Jabiru Stork, Roadside Hawk, and several species of Kingfishers, swallows and flycatchers. Posada Amazonas is a luxurious yet unobtrusive 24 room lodge owned jointly by Rainforest Expeditions and the Ese' eja Native Community of Tambopata. You will receive a short orientation tour and a complete briefing about the lodge and the Ese'eja Ecotourism Project before your afternoon activity "Ethnobotanic" in which you will hike the jungle trails around Posada Amazonas with an Ese'eja native, who will explain to you the everyday uses of forest plants such as for medicine, construction, food and textile fibres. At some point in our walk, we will visit a small clay salt lick. Dozens and sometimes hundreds of Blue Headed Parrots, Orange-Cheeked parrots and parakeets come to obtain salt. This congregation creates a humours and colorful scenes that can last for hours. (A video about the tropical rain forest of Tambopata will be shown at lunch.) Dinner will be served in the evening at the Posada Amazonas Lodge. (B,L,D)

Day 4: Puerto Maldonado
You will be up at the crack of dawn to visit the Tres Chimbadas Oxbow lake. After an early breakfast we depart, fifteen minutes from Posada Amazonas by boat or 30 minutes by foot, to the lake's shore. From here you take a long, easy canoe ride around the Oxbow Lake. You will observe giant river otters, turtles, hoatzin, and wading bird. Then you will return to the lodge for lunch before embarking on your afternoon outing. In the afternoon, you will visit a native community that lives on a slash and burn farm. Slash and burn agricultural systems are often thought of as wasteful because the fields are burnt, cultivated for a few years, and then abandoned. You will return to Posada Amazonas for dinner and overnight. An Optional night walk to look for amphibians and insects is organized. (B,L,D)

Day 5: Puerto Maldonado - Cusco
Early breakfast. Transfer to the City of Puerto Maldonado for your connecting flight to the imperial Peruvian city of Cusco. Upon arrival in Cusco, mid-morning, transfer to your hotel. Take the remainder of the morning to nap or relax as you adjust to Cusco's high altitude. In the afternoon your guided tour of the Inca Royal City of Cusco starts in the very impressionable Central Square, known as the "Plaza de Armas," which is surrounded by a beautiful stone arcade. In the Plaza is the Cathedral, which is exceptional because of its contrasts of styles. The outside façade is in Renaissance style, in contrast to its Baroque and plateresque style of its interiors. The Church of the Society of Jesus, (commonly known as the Jesuits), is highlighted by its carved stone façade and its large alter carved in cedar, plated in gold. The Covent of Santo Domingo was built above the most important Inca Temple, the Temple of the Sun, or "Koricancha," as it was known in the Inca language Quechua. Gold laminas or sheets covered the original Inca Temple walls. Near the City of Cusco, you will visit the extraordinary Inca Fortress Sacsayhuaman, made up of three gigantic terraces, superimposed in a zigzag form, and surrounded by enormous walls of rock, some of which are up to 300 meters in length.Q'enqo, was a religious centre formed by a singular flowering of calcareous rock. It has underground galleries and a semicircular amphitheatre with a series of stone seats. Puca Pucará or the "Red Fort" was military base made up of stone stairways, terraces, and walls. Nearby is Tambomachay, well known as "Baths of the Incas", a place dedicated to the cult of the water, formed by aqueducts, channels and small cascades worked in the rock. (B)

Day 6: Cusco - Machu Pichu - Cusco
To travel to Machu Pichu today, you will take a train ride from Cusco to Aguas Calientes, followed by a motorcoach transfer to Machu Pichu. Enjoy an early breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to San Pedro Station to take a three-hour train ride along the Urubamba River to the Aguas Calientes Station. By minibus you will climb the switchback road up to the ruins of Machu Pichu. "Discovered" in 1911, Machu Pichu, called the Lost City of the Incas, represents the cultural heritage of mankind. It is a stone city constructed by incredibly sophisticated techniques, even in present-day terms. Stone upon stone are fitted together perfectly without cement, with exquisite detail worthy of the world's greatest palaces. After a guided visit to the ruins, you will have lunch , transferring back to Aguas Calientes for the train ride back to Cusco. (B,L)

Day 7: Cusco – Sacred Valley (Urubamba) - Cusco
Breakfast. Today you will embark on full day tour to The Indian Market of Pisac & The Fortress of Ollantaytambo. Pisac is located at the beginning of the Sacred Valley of the Incas it is 31 km from the City of Cusco The town of Pisac is famous for its Sunday market fairs, where the tourists can mix with the people dressed in their colorful traditional cloths, each being unique to the remote village from where they come to sell their goods, and exchange local gossip. Soon it becomes a natural folkloric. Here, people quite often still use the barter system, trading oranges for apples, potatoes for cucumbers. It is also a well-known archaeological spot known as "the Old Village" and is located on the sides of a hill dominates the river Vilcanota where you can marvel at the splendid old forts, esplanades and temples, alongside the modern village. The town of Ollantaytambo is located 97 km from the City of Cusco. It has preserved the Inca style in the layout of its streets, squares, walls and the construction of houses. The town is flanked by an impressive fortress that was an integral part defense system of the Sacred Valley. At the entrance to the Fortress there is a steep stairway of sheer stone, and once you reach the summit two esplanades can be seen. One where was a temple with 10 niches and other where the Temple of the Sun was formed by 6 rectangular monoliths, and the Baths of the Ñusta or the Baths of the Princess, the Mañaracay or Royal Living room, or the Incahuatana.

Day 8: Cusco – Lima - USA
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take a flight to Lima, the City of the Kings to connect you’re your flight back home.(B)