Day
01
UK - Lima
Board the flight to Lima.
[X] Breakfast [X] Local Lunch [Y] In Flight Dinner
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Day
02
Lima
On arrival, you will meet your guide & transferred to your hotel, check in the hotel and rest of the day at leisure.
[Y] Breakfast [X] Lunch [Y] Dinner
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Day
03
Lima - Puerto Maldonado
After breakfast depending on your flight timing you will be transferred to airport for flight to Puerto Maldonado.
CONCEPCION Trail (shared service – group tour)
On arrival, our representative will welcome you and provide the necessary information for your stay. Navigate by outboard motorized canoe along the Madre de Dios River to your hotel for approximately 25 minutes. Enjoy LUNCH with organic ingredients and native flavors. After lunch, take a walk-through CONCEPCION TRAILS, our inside property nature trails, where you will discover and learn about primary and secondary rainforest, its components, uses, transformations by the human being, and its relevance for the world. At dusk navigate by outboard motorized canoe, at the twilight river excursion. By sailing on the Madre de Dios River, you will learn about its ecosystem, Amazonian creeks, nocturnal animals’ behavior, and the southern constellations. In the evening enjoy a local dinner.
[Y] Breakfast [Y] Local Lunch [Y]Local Dinner
NB: JUNGLE Because the jungle is constantly changing, there may be changes in day to day activities, depending on the weather. The suggested itinerary may be altered due to flight schedules, so the itinerary will be finalized once flight times are confirmed.
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Day
04
Puerto Maldonado
CONCEPCION Trail (shared service – group tour)
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 Canopy Walkway & Anaconda walk waits 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 Association (NGO). Ascend one of the two 98-foot towers (30m.) and cross the 7 hanging bridges that connect the treetops at 91ft. high (28m.). 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 at the hidden rainforest 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. Return to the lodge and enjoy a nice evening dinner.
[Y] Breakfast [Y] Local Lunch [Y] Dinner
NB: JUNGLE Because the jungle is constantly changing, there may be changes in day to day activities, depending on the weather. The suggested itinerary may be altered due to flight schedules, so the itinerary will be finalized once flight times are confirmed.
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Day
05
Puerto Maldonado
CONCEPCION Trail (shared service – group tour)
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.
After lunch and little rest, you will 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 flycatchers, 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.
[Y] Breakfast [Y] Local Lunch [Y] Dinner
NB: JUNGLE Because the jungle is constantly changing, there may be changes in day to day activities, depending on the weather. The suggested itinerary may be altered due to flight schedules, so the itinerary will be finalized once flight times are confirmed.
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Day
06
Puerto Maldonado - Lima
CONCEPCION Trail (shared service – group tour)
After a buffet breakfast, take a ride back to Puerto Maldonado by outboard motorized canoe. Arrive at the Butterfly House, while visiting this beautiful Butterfly House and learning about the fascinating transformation of these colorful insects, bred in our laboratory. Later you will be transferred to airport for your flight to your next destination.
[Y] Breakfast [X] Local Lunch [Y] Indian Dinner
NB: JUNGLE Because the jungle is constantly changing, there may be changes in day to day activities, depending on the weather. The suggested itinerary may be altered due to flight schedules, so the itinerary will be finalized once flight times are confirmed.
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