AndeanOdyssey

Andean Odyssey offers a variety of Amazon vacation packages to Puerto Maldonado and its surrounding jungle paradise. Come and see why Puerto Maldonado is called the world capital of biodiversity. Situated at the confluence of the Madre de Dios and Tambopata rivers, the airport at Puerto Maldonado provides access to the two most important concentrations of jungle wildlife in the entire Amazon River basin.

Andean Odyssey's 3 to 6 day Amazon vacation packages to Puerto Maldonado are designed to view the amazing plant and animal life of the Amazon rainforest at the pace you choose. Short of time? In 3 days, you can take a river boat for 2 nights at a jungle lodge, from where you will be guided on walking tours on jungle trails and take a canoe ride on a lake that is teeming with bird life, caimans, and other exotic species.

With a few more days you can delve deeper into the jungle. You may wish to take a river boat into the Tambopata-Candamo Nature Reserve, which houses macaws herons, kingfishers and scores of other rare birds seen nowhere else on earth. Or you may prefer to take the short flight from Cusco to the Boca Manu airport, where you board a river boat for a 4-hour river journey to the Manu Lodge in the heart of Manu National Park.

Amazon vacation packages don't get any better than Andean Odyssey's packages to Puerto Maldonado.

DAY 1 CUSCO - MANU LODGE
Depart Cusco in the early morning for a 45-minute flight to Boca Manu airstrip, at the mouth of the Manu River. Board your river boat for a 4-hour journey up the Manu River to the Manu Lodge for a chance to see, among others, large black caimans and maybe even a magnificent jaguar. Overnight at lodge. (L,D)

DAY 2 MANU - OXBOW JUAREZ LAKE
Morning excursion on the trails near Manu Lodge. Enjoy the pristine Oxbow Juarez Lake that harbors communities of amazing birds, monkeys and caymans. Now and then families of giant otters visit the lake and troops of monkeys can be seen from the lodge. (B,L,D)

DAY 3 MANU - MIRADORS
Dawn visits to miradors located near the lodge will reward you with the sighting of several species of primates and birds. Afternoon boat excursion to a spectacular macaw and parrot roosting and nesting site. (B,L,D)
* Optional canopy climbing

DAY 4 MANU
Boat ride to other trail systems and oxbow lakes, such as lake Salvador where the visitors will take a catamaran lake excursion. Learn about the wide array of medicinal plants that grow in the rainforest. (B,L,D).

DAY 5 MANU - CUSCO
Boat transfer to Boca Manu airstrip for flight to Cusco. (B).
* Itinerary subject to change according to weather conditions.
* Macaw clay lick camping 2 day trips are available only with 8 day itineraries.

DAY 1 CUSCO - MANU WILDLIFE CENTER
A 35-minute flight will take you from Cusco to the Boca Manu airstrip for a 2 hour motor canoe transfer to the lodge for lunch. The afternoon will be spent exploring some of the 30 miles of clean forest trails that surround the lodge, having an excellent chance to encounter some species of monkeys. After dinner hike for 60-75 minutes through the night forest to the Amazon's largest known tapir clay lick. (L,D).

DAY 2 MANU WILDLIFE CENTER
Rise before dawn to go on a 25-minute boat ride to see parrots and macaws at a large clay lick. A catamaran takes visitors closer for excellent view of these colorful animals. Return for lunch. The afternoon is spent visiting one of the two oxbow lakes found in the area. These lakes have a big variety of water birds, including the prehistoric-looking hoatzin, and also house giant otters. After dinner, another opportunity to visit the tapir clay lick. (B,L,D).

DAY 3 MANU WILDLIFE CENTER
A dawn rise to explore the forest trails and see the fruit trees that sustain large monkey communities as well as numerous species of birds or an early visit to one or both of the lakes before exploring the forest trails. After lunch, further opportunity to explore more of the forest in the vicinity of the lodge. It is also possible to spend time behind special blinds to observe and perhaps photograph the brilliantly colored dancing birds called manakins. After dinner, you can once again visit the tapir clay lick. (B,L,D)

DAY 4 MANU - CUSCO
Rising at dawn you board the motor canoe for the two-hour return trip to the Boca Manu landing strip, from where you will fly to Cusco bringing your jungle adventure to its end. <

REMARKS
The best time to visit this center is from late July until November.
Private departures available upon request.