7-Day Machupicchu & Amazon Tambopata Natural Reserve

Day 1: Arrive on Cusco/ City Tour (Overnight in Hotel Cusco)

Upon arrival to Cusco Airport. Reception and transportation to the Hotel where you will receive an aromatic coca tea to stimulating for the height, will have a free morning to rest also we suggest you have a light lunch in either your hotel or in one of the surroundings; in the afternoon we will depart on a City tour (entrance to the archaeological centers and museums including) we will visit the Main Square, Cathedral, the Koricancha (temple of the sun) and in addition we will make a route bordering archaeological centers like Sacsayhuaman Fortress, Q’enko, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay, the tour finishes 6:30 pm approximately at the main square in order you can take dinner in one of the exquisite restaurants in the area, then overnight. (No meals included)

Day 2: Sacred Valley of the Inkas (Overnight in Hotel Aguas Calientes)

Breakfast. You will be picked up at 8:15 am. Full-day excursion to the Urubamba Valley visiting: the colorful Indian market in Pisac where a mixture of color and tradition will be able appreciated besides will have a good opportunity to try our bargain skills in their free time to interact with the local craftsmen to purchase their hand-made souvenirs. The Valley has a distance of 31 km (19 miles) from Cusco, and an altitude of 2,970 ms (9,700 p), Pisac is located to the entrance of the Sacred Valley and is followed by Ollantaytambo, the older town continuously occupied by the American continent. The narrow streets of Ollantaytambo, along with their channels that have not varied from the time Inca, evoke their ancestral inheritance, lunch in a typical restaurant and after we explore Ollantaytambo we take the train at Ollantaytambo train station 2 hours to get Aguas Calientes where we do overnight (B, L)

Day 3: Exploring Machupicchu (Overnight in Hotel Cusco)

Early breakfast and then we take the first bus at 5:30 am to be at Machupicchu at 6:00 am and we get our entrance fee to climb huaynapicchu mountain (Only 25 minutes ride by bus) where you will get a guided tour (2 hours) then free time to explore and climb huaynapicchu mountain and after you have enjoyed the lost city of Machupicchu, we will go down to the Aguas Calientes town to return to Ollantaytambo and then we will take a bus back to cusco. and then transfer to your accommodation (B,L).

Day 4:  Eco Tambopata Natural Reserve

Upon the arrival of your flight or bus to Puerto Maldonado, our guides or staff will meet you at the airport or bus station and transfer you to our office to make registration.

Your excess luggage will be stored safely in our office in Puerto Maldonado and then we will continue to the Capitania port. We take our motor boat along the Madre de Dios River for approximately – 40 minutes to Amazon Garden Lodge. A cool welcome drink awaits you.

The start of the adventure circuit has reached a tower and stairway that ascends to the treetops where a  platform that marks the start of the zip-line almost 200mts long, the breathtaking views are only matched by the excitement of overcoming our fears and the adrenaline that courses through us as we leap off the platform supported by the high-security harnesses that connect us to the zip- line cable to a platform 27mts high. The 75mts  long of the log walkway, hanging 27m above the floor, leads off this platform, a risky balancing act, and takes us to the platform at the start of the second zip line, a 160m fly back to the tower and stairwell that descends to the forest floor. And then Return to the Amazon Garden Lodge

After a well-deserved lunch, we take the kayaks to the river, well protected with  high quality  life  jackets,  and accompanied by  a motor boat that guarantees extra security; this level one activity is relaxing and accessible for all. Getting Monkey Island you will be

able to appreciate a great diversity of monkeys such as the: capuchin, tamarines y squirrel monkeys we will put on a show of swinging through the treetops charging down the trunks of the large trees that form their home in order to accept food from your hand.

Return to Amazon Garden Lodge. Nocturnal activities are available this night we have the caiman spotting.

Day 5: Sandoval Lake Full Day

After a great breakfast, distributed to each traveler lunch and snack we’ll take the boat to get to the control of Tambopata National Reserve Zone, after  1 and half hour walking trhough the rainforest we are approaching to the famous Sandoval Lake. DIts way by immense ancient trees and entangled vines; we will be able to see multihued flowers and fauna including Giant Otters, birds, colored butterflies, turtles, and a variety of fish. We will spend a few hours in a canoe on this one of the most beautiful lakes in the region. Return to Amazon Garden Lodge, dinner, and rest.

Day 6: Native Family and Rustic Fishing.

we take to the majestic Madre de Dios River and set a course downstream for an hour for the Native Community of Ese´Ejas, the largest Ese Eja community numbering about 200 families, of which we will be visiting two. The Project “Rescuing Cultural Values“, situated on Gamitana Island, is working with two families who will show us the culture of their ancestors, their language and customs, clothing and dances.

In our modern, civilized world we have all but forgotten the existence of ancestral cultures and traditions. An ancient indigenous tradition

like  the  Ese´Eja  reveals to  us  the  customs  and  way  of  life  of indigenous peoples. They gift us with the opportunity to have direct contact with a people of ancient warriors and hunters and to share their ancestral ways.and at 1.pm  lunch.

By the afternoon we have time to do rustic fishing in Madre de Dios river,  where with some  luck  we’ll  have    chance  to  catch  some species  like pictus cat fish, small mouth,armored cat fish and red eye piranha. Back to the lodge, dinner, and rest.

Day 7: Parrots and Parakeet’s Clay Lick (Cachuela)– Puerto Maldonado

Parrots and parakeets need to eat rich clay that provides them with the salts and minerals necessary to metabolize and neutralize the toxins and acids of the flowers, fruits, and seeds upon which they feed. Early each day, therefore, they congregate at the salt licks, and clay walls along the rivers and streams in the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon rainforest.

At about  7:00am we back to the lodge , have breakfast and return to Puerto Maldonado and Drop you off at the Airport or Bus Terminal.

7-Day Machupicchu Amazon Tambopata Package Includes:

Domestic Airfares

• Cusco – Puerto Maldonado Airfare
• Puerto Maldonado – Cusco Airfare

Cusco & Sacred Valley of the Incas Tour: 

• Includes Tourist bus, English Guide & Entrance fees
  Cusco Tours: / City Tour & Sacred Valley
• City Tour: Includes Tourist bus & English Guide (Tourist Attractions to see: Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara, Tambomachay)
• Sacred Valley of the Incas: Includes Tourist bus & English Guide (Tourist Attractions to see: Awanacancha, Pisaq, Ollantaytambo & Chincheros)

MACHUPICCHU:

• Entrance to Machupicchu
• Tourist Expedition Train(Round Trrip) From Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo
• Bus Up & Down(From Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Aguas Calientes)
• English Speaking Guide in Machu Picchu (02 & a half hours Guided tour Approx)
• Tourist Return Bus From Ollantaytambo – Cusco Hotel.
• Transfers

HOTEL NIGHTS:(Includes Breakfast)

• CUSCO: 02 nights of hotel accommodation
• AGUAS CALIENTES: 01 night of hotel accommodation
• AMAZON JUNGLE: 03 nights in Bungalow(Private shower and Bathroom)

Transfers:

• Private Cuzco Airport Transfers
• Private Puerto Maldonado Airport Transfers
• All Transfers Hotel Terminal/Airport Transfers

7-Day Machupicchu Amazon Tambopata Package Doesn’t Include:

• International Airfares.(Please Give us Details of your Flight Tickets to pick you up from the airport) Flight Number & Company Name.)
• All airport departure tax – Lima International Departure tax is approximately US$35 and Lima Domestic Departure tax is approximately US$8
• Additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations
• Meal Budget: Allow approx. US$10 US$15 for every meal not included.
• Sleeping bags are US$5 per day & hiking poles are US$ 4 per day (02 poles/black diamond or Leki) and can be easily rented from us. Let us know.
• The Cuzco Visitor’s Ticket (known as Boleto Turistico – Tourist Pass 130 soles) – which includes entrance to the ruins in and around Cuzco and the Sacred Valley, and many churches and museums in Cuzco.
• Tips for the guides, porters, and other staff.
• Lunch and dinner whilst staying at hotels.
• Alcoholic drinks, tickets for the hot springs at Aguas Calientes
• Travel Insurance and things of a personal nature – laundry and telephone calls, personal taxis, souvenirs, etc.
• We will gladly arrange additional accommodation for you before or after your trip: To Lima/Cuzco/Machu Picchu.
• Travel and health insurance.(bring copies with you please): Quechuas Expeditions highly recommend getting insurance of trip cancellation/interruption insurance to protect your travel investment. Included with your pre-departure package, bring your travel insurance to cover trip cancellation, interruption, baggage loss, and delay, emergency medical evacuation insurance, and emergency medical expense insurance. Quechuas Expeditions will assist in obtaining all necessary documents for you to be refunded by your insurance company.
  Any unexpected situations occurred during the journey and which are beyond our control, including changes in scheduling trains or flights, delays, strikes, cancellations, missed connections, etc.. shall be covered by the passenger as a whole. Also, if you for physical reasons of health cannot continue the trek or walk, and will need emergency evacuation then all charges incurred such as transportation, hotel, ambulance, doctors, medication, hospitalization, etc.. will be at the passenger’s expense.

7-Day Machupicchu & Amazon Tambopata Package (Prices for 2023 & 2024)

Availability: Daily Departures All Departures are 100% Guaranteed. If You’re Booked, You are Going, We won’t cancel your Trip !!!

How to Book?: Send us all Your Personal information, as well as a Deposit of 40%, and the Final Balance will be paid once you are in Cusco.

We want you to have a Memorable Lifetime Experience Trip!

and if you choose Bed & Breakfast you will stay in our Quechuas Guesthouse Homestay. Private rooms with private shower and bathroom (in Cusco only) and includes Shuttle transportation to go to the town square.(Please a detailed page of Quechuas Guesthouse above)

Double Room, Matrimonial(Twin Beds Room) Occupancy. 
Prices shown Below are per person, based on Twin bedroom occupancy and in US$ Dollars.

Group Service: Price per person: US$1150 – 2 Stars Hotel(b&b) (Private Bathroom & Shower)

(You will be joined into a formed group of people who come from different countries/Nationalities): From 04 Persons to 16 Persons (Maximum) 

Private Service: Price per person: US$1250 – 3 Stars Hotel (Private Bathroom & Shower)

Recommended for Honeymooners, Families with children & Groups of Friends (02 Person Minimum)

4 Stars Hotel/ Upon Request
5 Stars Hotel/ Upon Request

If you are a group of 02 we depart (No matter if you have paid as GROUP SERVICE). We NEVER pass our people onto another operator as most agencies do here in cusco.

LIMA (Hotel)

• 3-star la Faraona (Miraflores), El Carmel (Miraflores),Casa Andina (Miraflores), Best Western Embajadores Hotel or similar.
• 4-star San Agustin Exclusive or Sol de Oro (Casa Andina Select Miraflores opening May 2011)
• 5-star Casa Andina PC, Radisson Decapolis or similar.
• Airport Ramada Costa del Sol airport hotel.
• Deluxe Miraflores Park Plaza (Orient Express), JW Marriott, Lima Country Club or similar.

AREQUIPA (Hotel)

• 3-star Casa Andina Ciudad Blanca or similar.
• 4-star Posada del Inca Arequipa, Cabildo or similar.
• 5-star Libertador Arequipa, Casa Andina Private Collection or similar.

CUSCO (Hotel)

• B&B Quechuas Guesthouse(Homestay)
• B&B- El Virrey, Amaru I, El Triunfo
• 3-star Mirador Apu Hotel, Casona Real Cusco, Hatun Wasi or Similar
• 3-star Casa Andina Classic, San Agustin El Dorado, similar.
• 4-star Costa del Sol Picoaga, Novotel, Casa Andina Private Collection (oxygen available) or similar.
• 5-star Casa Cartagena, Libertador, or Suite at the Casa Andina Private Collection inc. oxygen, matrimonial beds only, or similar.
• Deluxe Monasterio (Orient Express), Inkaterra La Casona or similar.

Machu Picchu (Aguas Calientes) (Hotel)

• B&B- Pumas Inn, Sumaq Muyurina
• 3-star La cabaña, El MaPi (ex Machu Picchu Inn), Machupicchu Green Nature, Intipunku or similar.
• 4-star Hatuchay Tower or similar; includes dinner at Hatuchay Tower.
• 5-star Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo, Sumaq Machu Picchu or similar.
• Deluxe Sanctuary Lodge (Orient Express – includes all meals), or Suite at the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo.

PUNO (Lake Titicaca) (Hotel)

• 3-star Casa Andina Plaza, Puñuypampa Inn or similar.
• 4-star Casa Andina Private Collection (oxygen available), Sonesta Posadas del Inca or similar.
• 5-star Libertador Lago Titicaca or Casa Andina Private Collection (oxygen inc) or similar.
• Deluxe 1 night Deluxe hotel. Hotel Titilaka. Includes accommodation in a Dawn Suite; choice of excursions in and around Titicaca Lake with bilingual (Spanish and English) guide; all meals.

ISLAND OF THE SUN (Hotel)

• Standard Posada del Inca Eco Lodge, Inca Utama or similar

LA PAZ (Hotel)

• 3-star Rosario or similar.
• 4-star Rey Palace or similar.
• 5-star Radisson Plaza, Europa or similar.

COLCA CANYON (Hotel)

• 3-star Pozo del Cielo or similar.
• 4-star Casa Andina or similar.
• 5-star Libertador Colca Lodge or similar
• Deluxe 1 night deluxe accommodations (individual casitas) in Orient Express Casitas del Colca. Includes: Buffet Breakfast A la carte lunch A la carte dinner Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages excluding premium alcoholic brands and special wines Full Mini-bar A la carte activities such as Peruvian Paso horse riding, hiking tours, painting lessons, fly fishing lessons, cooking lessons and pisco sour lessons. 10% service charge

NAZCA (Hotel)

• 3-star Casa Andina or similar.
• 4-star Nazca Lines or similar.

PARACAS (Hotel)

• 3 Star Hotel La Posada del Emancipador or similar
• 4 Star La Hacienda Bahia Paracas or similar
• 5 Star Doubletree Guest Suite (weekend rate w/ view of pool) or similar
• Deluxe Hotel Paracas (Garden View) or similar

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Whilst we expect that the tour will run as per the itinerary, participants should accept that there is the possibility of changes being necessary subject to local conditions eg. strikes, and natural disasters these changes may be at the discretion of your tour company.

What you need to bring:

Most people automatically assume that the weather is hot in South America, but because of the higher altitude in the Andes, the temperature can feel quite cold, especially at night. We recommend the use of a duffel bag or backpack, whichever is easiest for you to carry. A good size daypack is also essential.

List of things you must bring:

• Original Passport (and some copies) If you have changed your passport Bring a couple of copies of the one that you have used to purchase the inca trail permit.
• Travel insurance  is essential (and some copies)
• Airline tickets (and some copies)
• US$ cash and Credit or debit card (see personal spending money)
• Any entry visas or vaccination certificates required
• Camera and Memory cards
• Rechargeable batteries and adapters
• Reading/writing material
• Binoculars
• Cover for backpacks
• Pocketknife.
• Fleece top
• Windproof/waterproof jacket
• Small towel and swim wear
• Shirts/t-shirts
• Sun hat
• 2 pairs of shorts
• 2 pairs of long trousers *zipp off
• 1 pair hiking pants/track pants
• Hiking boots/ sturdy walking shoes (with ankle protectors)
• Knee-length socks (to be used with rubber boots, if provided at the jungle lodge)
• Sport hiking sandals
• Sun block
• Sunglasses
• Toiletries (biodegradable)
• Watch or alarm clock
• Water bottle 
• Purifying tablets or filter (Micropur recommeded)
• Insect Repellent (for mosquitos)25 % of deet at least you can also by in cusco.
• Flashlight (head light recommended)
• Money belt
• Sleeping silk liner (for sleeping bags)
• Wool hat, mitts or gloves (preferably waterproof)
• Rain poncho, plastic bags for your personal stuff to keep dry
• Sleeping bag (it can be hired form us) we have goose down or syntetic sleeping bag 
• Anti-inflammatory tablets (e.g. Ibuprofen)
• Thermal underwear
• Personal first-aid kit (should contain lip salve, Aspirin, Band Aids, anti-histamine, Imodium or similar tablets for mild cases of diarrhoea, re-hydration powder, extra prescription drugs you may be taking)