Live Like a Local

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Live Like a Local

4 Days/ 3 Nights

Overview

Enjoy a taste of daily life in the Peruvian jungle. Spend a few days visting a local town, trying local flavors, all the while savoring the surrounding nature. 

Highlights

Travel by boat on the river, clay lick platform, local cooking class, reforestation workshop, harvest fresh crops, learn from local family members.

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The Plan
A Cock of the Rock perched on a branch in the cloud forest between Cusco and the Manu Biosphere

Day 1: Cusco, the Cloud Forest, Pona Lodge

We’ll pick you up from your hotel early in the morning in a private van, and travel through the Andes Mountains. Breakfast is in the charming town of Paucartambo. You can enjoy a hot drink, eggs, pancakes, juice, and more. Breakfast isn’t included in the price of the tour. 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 Pona Lodge for dinner and some time to relax.

Traveling by boat down the Madre de Dios River

Day 2: Pona Lodge to Atalaya Port to Nuevo Eden by Boat

After breakfast, our journey continues into the jungle. Passing through the small towns of Patria and Pilcopata, there will be a chance to stop at a basic pharmacy or shop if needed. Our boat will be waiting in the port town of Atalaya. The trip down the Madre de Dios River is a beautiful way to enjoy the jungle. Along the way, we’ll be on the lookout for animals on the riverbanks, such as water birds and capybara. In the late morning, we’ll pay a visit to a local hot spring, and enjoy lunch on the boat afterward. After a couple more hours, we’ll arrive close to Nuevo Eden and walk from the riverbank to the Bungalow. After settling in, it’s time to go to the camouflage house for the night to watch for tapirs and deer at the clay lick. You’ll sleep in a sleeping bag, be given a mosquito net, and have a boxed dinner while enjoying the darkness and sounds of the jungle.

A traveler enjoys a reforestation workshop in Nuevo Eden

Day 3: Around Nuevo Eden: cooking class & reforestation

We’ll head back to the Bungalow early in the morning for breakfast and prepare for a day learning about local life in Nuevo Eden. After a tour of the town and a visit to the local school, we’ll have a cooking class led by one of our family members. You’ll prepare a local dish called “juane” using local flavors from around the bungalow. After the cooking class, you’ll have some time to rest and enjoy the swimming hole and other activities in the bungalow. In the late afternoon, we’ll meet another family member for a reforestation and farming workshop. Dinner will be prepared in the bungalow. After dinner you’ll have the option of going on a night walk with your guide, or having a bonfire with the family. .

A private van will transport you through the beautiful cloud forest

Day 4: Nuevo Eden to Atalaya by Boat, Return to Cusco

We’ll leave the Bungalow early in the morning, where the boat will be waiting to retrace our steps upriver to Atalaya, then back to Cusco. We have plenty of tips for restaurants for a post-jungle feast.

logistics

Whats Included:

– Private Transportation: 4×4 pick up truck or van, boat

– Bi-lingual tour guide from the area

– Accommodation: lodges, tents

– 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**, Rain poncho

– 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

how to book:

We ask for a deposit of 25% per person to reserve your tour. The rest of the payment can be submitted when you arrive in Peru. 
 
 

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