Yagua tribe, Amazon Rain Forest
SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
Iquitos Huaca Pucllana, Lima
ITINERARY
DAY 1 • Depart U. S. • Arrive Lima, Peru Fly to Lima, Peru, where an O. A. T. representative will meet you and escort you to your hotel.
José Antonio Deluxe or similar
DAY 2 • Huaca Pucllana Join your fellow travelers— including those who took our Colombia: Medellín & Colonial Cartagena pre-trip extension— for a Welcome Briefing and orientation walk through the stylish Miraflores district of Lima. Later, discover the ruins of Huaca Pucllana, an ancient pyramid from a pre-Inca civilization located within the city.
Meals: B, L | José Antonio Deluxe or similar
DAY 3 • Overland to Paracas We’ ll drive to our hotel in Paracas, enjoying lunch along the way, arriving at the hotel later this afternoon.
Meals: B, L, D | Casa Andina Select Paracas or similar
DAY 4 • Nazca & Palpa Lines overflight • Pisco distillery
From the airport in Pisco, we’ ll board a small plane for an aerial view of the Nazca and Palpa Lines— a UNESCO World Heritage Site— in the desert of southern Peru. More than a thousand of these mysterious etchings— including geometric shapes and animals, such as monkeys, dogs, fish, birds, and spiders— can be seen over a span of over 170 square miles. Later,
we’ ll visit a pisco distillery to see how Peru’ s favorite brandy is made.
Meals: B, L, D | Casa Andina Select Paracas or similar
DAY 5 • Ballestas Islands boat cruise • Paracas Dunes excursion
This morning, we head to Ballestas Islands, a small, craggy archipelago with a dense wildlife population. We tour the islands by boat to take in the impressive natural wonders and wildlife found here. This afternoon, we set out for the desert, where we’ ll navigate the Paracas dunes on 4x4 dune buggy vehicles, allowing for maximum exploration and discovery of this sandy environment.
Meals: B | Casa Andina Select Paracas or similar
DAY 6 • Fly to Iquitos We’ ll drive back to Lima for our flight to Iquitos, a lively port city in the northern part of Peru, and your gateway to discovery in the Amazon rain forest over the next few days.
Meals: B, D | Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Iquitos or similar
DAY 7 • Amazon Forever Biopark • Iquitos We’ ll start the day with a tour of the Amazon Forever Biopark, where we’ ll get a close look at manatees, anacondas, parrots, and other protected rain forest wildlife. This afternoon, discover Iquitos on a walking tour, and learn about its historical ties to the rubber boom of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Meals: B | Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Iquitos or similar
DAY 8 • Belén floating market • Rain forest trail walk • Evening boat ride
Discover the shantytown of Belén and its floating market, then board a boat to ride down the Amazon to our first rain forest lodge. This afternoon, we’ ll enjoy a walking tour along one of the lodge’ s nature trails. After dinner, you can choose to join an evening boat ride to hear the sounds of the Amazon after dark.
Meals: B, L, D | Explorama Lodge
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
On Day 11, Spend A Day in the Life of the Amazon village of Indiana, for a glimpse of what it’ s like to live deep in the rain forest.
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