Family Peru

Start your journey arriving to Puerto Maldonado, where you are met and transferred to the port. Navigate by outboard motorised canoe along the Madre de Dios River to Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion for approximately 25 minutes. After lunch, take a walk through our nature trails, where you will discover and learn about primary and secondary rainforest. At dusk navigate by outboard motorised canoe. By sailing on the Madre de Dios River, you will learn about its ecosystem, Amazonian creeks, nocturnal animals behaviour, and the southern constellations. 

In the morning visit a native farm where you will be able to learn local techniques of cultivation and taste some of the products during the visit. From here 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. Take a rest and get ready for the Cocha water excursion. Enjoy a dugout canoe ride on the Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion natural pond. Try native fishing applying the catch and release techniques, as you enjoy the scenery observing hoatzins, a diversity of fly catchers, and gray-necked woodrails.

After breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel in the Sacred Valley to be transferred to the town of Maras where the ride starts. Here you will be briefed on the activity and then begin your fun bike tour through the fascinating landscape of the valley (the ride time will depend on the speed of the group). After your visit ends, you will be transferred back to your hotel.

We pick you up early in the morning from your hotel and drive you to the train station to board the train that will take us to km. 104 (the starting point of the hike). After crossing the suspension bridge over the Urubamba River we visit the archaeological site of Chachabamba (2,150m / 7,052ft). From here, we will hike upwards for about 8km (approximately 4 hours) and get to the magnificent archaeological site of Wiñayhuayna (2,700m), an impressive complex made up of an agricultural center with numerous terraces, a religious sector as well as an urban sector. On the way we will appreciate the vegetation of the forest. After having the box lunch we will continue for about one hour further onto 'Inti Punku' (The 'Sun gate') at 2,730m (8,792ft), from where you will have your first dramatic and impressive view of Machu Picchu (2,430m / 7,972ft). As we are going down, we will take a side path off the trail to take a bus that transports us to Aguas Calientes where you will check into your accommodation.

A tour to stretch your legs. San Blas quarter was originally used as dwellings for the Inca nobles, who built impressive stone constructions at a short distance of what used to be Huacaypata and it is the current place of the Main Square. It is still possible to see the unmistakable rigor of the Inca walls at the base of many constructions. Today the quarter is a conglomerate of charming small cobblestone streets that are very popular among craftspeople, who sell their works on the street. Among its top attractions is the San Blas Church, a temple that houses a pulpit that is a priceless work of art.

Private transfer to Cusco airport for your flight back to the UK via Lima.