2-Day Rainforest Road Trip | Hidden Jungle Cusco
An authentic, local journey designed to explore Peru's untouched Amazonian biodiversity.
Explore the Amazon Rainforest
A TASTE OF LOCAL LIFE AND WILDLIFE
A gravel road winds through the mountains and deep into the jungle. As on any road trip, there are great things to see along the way. From small towns to wild monkeys, this trip offers a great glimpse into life in the Peruvian jungle.
Highlights
Travel in a private 4×4 or van, looking for animals and stopping in small towns, nature hike, birdwatching, and hummingbird sanctuary
- Private Transportation: 4x4 pick up truck or van.
- Bi-lingual tour guide from the area.
- Accommodation: lodges, camouflage house
- 3 meals per day prepared by a professional chef: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- * note: final dinner will be in Cusco after completion of tour and isn’t included.
- Daily snacks: fruit, cookies, crackers, juice, fruit.
- *Let us know if you have any dietary requests or allergies.
- Rubber boots**
- Drinking water (bring a reusable water bottle to fill up each day) .
- First Aid kit.
- **If you wear boot size 47 or bigger, let us know. These sizes of boots are not available in Peru.
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Day-by-Day Itinerary
We’ll pick you up from your hotel early in the morning in a pickup truck to begin our adventure. Breakfast is in the charming town of Paucartambo. You can enjoy a hot drink, eggs, pancakes, juice, and more.
The trip will continue into the Cloud Forest, where the scenery and climate change quickly. In the Cloud Forest, there will be chances to explore and look for wild animals like monkeys and birds, including the bright-red Andean Cock of the Rock.
In the late afternoon, we’ll arrive at our first lodge for dinner and some time to relax.
After dinner, we have the option to go on a night walk to look for creepy crawlies before falling asleep to the music of the jungle.
We will depart the lodge early in the morning and start the date with a picnic breakfast. After breakfast we will explore Machu Wasi Oxbow lake, hiking and on the balsa raft, looking for animals and birds. On the way back to Cusco we will stop at the Hummingbird sanctuary, where you can hike and explore the jungle before heading back to Cusco through the cloud forest.