12-Day Amazon, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu & Lake Titicaca

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Today, you'll walk back to the airport and fly to Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival, you'll be met and taken on a road and river transfer to your beautiful lodge located deep within the heart of the Amazon. Hacienda Concepción can only be reached by taking a scenic canoe ride from the town, and once there, you'll see 25 cabanas sit majestically on stilts and a five-room casa grande with high ceilings and a rustic thatched roof are peppered around the property.

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This morning, you'll visit Lake Sandoval, a glassy, ox-bow lake located inside the protected Tambopata National Reserve. You'll then board a dugout wooden canoe to quietly paddle through mangroves and glide onto Lake Sandoval, flanked by picture-perfect palms. After lunch at the lodge, you'll take a 20-minute boat ride across the Madre de Dios River to climb the exhilarating Inkaterra Canopy Walkway and navigate the Anaconda Walk. Come nightfall, you'll explore the rainforest on foot.

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After breakfast, you'll discover the rainforest's tropical plants and their intriguing medicinal uses by visiting our organic bio-orchard. You'll continue to the 30-hectare Palmetum, a collection of 19 Amazonian palms in a plot reserved for rainforest restoration. After a tasty lunch, you'll enjoy a relaxing paddle in a dugout canoe on Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion’s oxbow shaped lagoon or cocoa. You can fish for piranha-like the local indigenous communities do, using a simple wooden rod.

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This morning, you'll enjoy your final breakfast and morning of activities at the Inkaterra Hacienda Concepcion Lodge. When you're ready, a boat will take you back to Puerto Maldonado and your driver will meet you to take you to the airport. You'll fly to Cusco and upon arrival, you'll be met once again by a car and taken to your hotel in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. You'll have the rest of the evening to relax.

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This morning, you'll head out on a privately guided tour to the Maras Salt Pans. A great photo opportunity where salt production has changed little over generations in a spectacular landscape. You'll then visit the mysterious ruins at Moray, once used as an Inca crop laboratory. Your final visit is to the large ruins of Ollantaytambo, one of the last stands of the Inca Pachacuiti against the Spanish conquistadors in 1536.

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This morning, you'll head off on a magnificent trek in the footsteps of the Inca. You'll take a private transfer to Ollantaytambo train station and board the train to the KM 104 trail marker to Machu Picchu. With a professional guide, Inca Trail permits and entrance to Machu Picchu, you'll make your grand entrance to Machu Picchu via the Sun Gate for an unforgettable moment. A delicious box lunch is included. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu trek is around six hours and cover six miles in total.

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This morning, you'll have free time to re-enter Machu Picchu and explore further. You'll catch the bus up to the site and take your opportunity to visit some of the other attractions that are not included on a standard tour. Your entrance to the Huayna Picchu Mountain Trek will be included and no guide is needed on this short trek. You'll then head back to Aguas Calientes by shuttle bus and catch the Expedition Train to Ollantaytambo Train Station, followed by a transfer to your Cusco hotel.

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South America's oldest continuously inhabited city, Cusco's immense history oozes from its streets, bustling squares and surrounding valleys. Today, you'll have the entire day free to explore this city and spend your time as you wish. In Cusco, you can spend your time strolling the cobblestone streets, admiring the colonial period architecture, seeking out cool cafes, visiting quirky museums and taking a Peruvian cooking class.

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After breakfast at the hotel, you'll take a private transfer to Cusco Airport. Here, you'll catch a flight to Juliaca, the gateway to Puno and Lake Titicaca. Upon arrival, you'll be taken by your driver to Puno where you'll check into your hotel and have the rest of the evening free. For a wonderful taste of French-Peruvian fusion food, it is highly recommended that you have dinner at La Table del Inca.

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Today, you'll feel the serenity of Titicaca. Lake Titicaca is a sacred place among indigenous Andean peoples. The Uros islands have a unique civilization of people living on them – there are no trees, and all of their houses and boats are made of knitted reeds. It is alleged the inhabitants fled from the mainland to escape the Inca in the 13th century and found refuge on these floating islands, in the middle of the largest navigable lake in the world and South America’s largest freshwater lake.