Overview & Highlights
A wildlife-focused holiday including Tambopata Reserve in Peru’s verdant Amazon and a cruise to observe the unique fauna of Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands.
- Guided walking tour of Cusco
- Guided expeditions from the jungle lodges at Tambopata
- Private guided coffee, chocolate and pisco tasting experience
- Mangrove discovery adventure
- 5 day cruise around the Galápagos Islands with guided land excursions
This wildlife-focussed holiday in Peru and the Galápagos Islands offers a real variety of outdoor experiences in a natural environment with a vast range flora and fauna.
From the Inca Imperial capital and Spanish colonial masterpiece Cusco you head down to the rainforest. Refugio Amazonas is a popular and well respected lodge in the Tambopata region, the most accessible area of Peru's vast Amazon territory. On this holiday, not only will you have the chance to view wildlife but you may also be able to observe the conservation-focused scientists and researchers in the jungle.
Continue by air to Guayquil, Ecuador's principal Pacific port, and fly on for an 5-day cruise around the Galápagos Islands. It was on a similar trip 200 years ago that Darwin returned to the archipelago to write the seminal book ‘On The Origin of Species’. Step into his shoes and explore the diversity of land and marine life which inhabit the islands.
The different ecosystems you will visit, from humid lowland jungle to the volcanic islands of the Galápagos ensure that you will observe a multitude of species. Just look at the statistics -Peru alone has over 1,800 species of birds (120 endemic to Peru), and 500 species of mammals and over 300 species of reptiles.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Cusco and transfer to your hotel in the city centre.
Day 2
Guided walking tour of Cusco.
Day 3
Fly to Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon and transfer to jungle lodge.
Day 4
Continue by river deeper into the jungle to the the Tambopata Research Centre.
Day 5
Visit parrot clay lick.
Day 6
Return to Cusco, chocolate and pisco tasting tour.
Day 7
Fly via Lima to Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Day 8
Guided expedition to a mangrove forest
Day 9
Fly to the Galapagos islands, board motor vessel for you expedition cruise.
Days 10-12
Land excursions from the cruise around the Galápagos Islands.
Day 13
Fly to Guayaquil, connect with international flight home.
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Accommodation
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Peru / Cusco
Hotel Rumi Punku

Peru / The Peruvian Amazon (south) / The Amazon
Tambopata Research Centre

Peru / The Peruvian Amazon (south) / The Amazon
Refugio Amazonas

Ecuador & Galapagos Islands / Guayaquil
Hotel Oro Verde

Galapagos Islands / Isabela (Albemarle) / Ecuador & Galapagos Islands
Coral I & Coral II
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Millie Davies - Travel Expert
Having caught the travel bug as a child, Millie has travelled all over Latin America before making her home in Buenos Aires for 3 years.
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