Itinerary Expand all Lima hotel to Lima airport Day 1 Start Lima; overnight in hotel The first night is spent in a hotel in Lima's Miraflores district (your stay in Lima is on a B&B basis). Provided Exodus has your flights details, an arrival transfer from Lima airport to the Lima hotel is included today. Accommodation: Hotel El Tambo I or II, Lima (or similar) Day 2 Fly to Puerto Maldonado; transfer to Amazon Lodge A car and a driver will collect you from your hotel early this morning and take you to Lima airport in time for the early morning flight to Puerto Maldonado. Puerto Maldonado is a small jungle town and you will be met by a guide at the airport, who will accompany you to the jungle lodge. The transfer is a short (45 minute) drive to the river, from where you continue by boat to the jungle lodge in the Tambopata Reserve (between 1.5 and 3 hours depending on which lodge you are staying in). On the way it is possible to see caiman, River turtles and a wide variety of bird life. A light lunch/snack is served on the boat. You will make a stop at the lodge's office in Puerto Maldonado town en route where you will be provided with a duffel bag and be asked to take only what you need with you, whilst your main luggage will be stored securely at the office during your stay in the rainforest. Accommodation: Amazon Rainforest Lodge Meals included: Breakfast Lunch Dinner Days 3-4 Two days exploring the forest, rivers and lakes surrounding the lodge, on foot and in both motorised and paddle canoes in search of wildlife and birdlife. The next two days are spent exploring the forest, rivers and lakes surrounding the lodge, on foot and in both motorised and paddle canoes. Although a lot of the wildlife tends to hide in the dense foliage, we should expect to see a wide variety of birds, including herons and egrets, jacanas, macaws and the almost prehistoric-looking hoatzin, as well as several species of monkey, reptiles and insects, and with luck the giant otters which live in the rivers of the Amazon Basin. Accommodation: Amazon Rainforest Lodge Meals included: Breakfast Lunch Dinner Day 5 Fly to Lima and end Dawn start for a boat transfer back to Puerto Maldonado, then continue by road to Puerto Maldonado airport via the lodge's office to collect your main luggage. A flight from Puerto Maldonado airport to Lima is included today. Upon arrival into Lima you will be transferred to the start hotel of your main Exodus holiday. Meals included: Breakfast
Peru Visas are not required by UK citizens, Western European nationals, Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans and most other nationalities. If you are in any doubt please contact the nearest Peruvian Embassy.
Peru There are no mandatory vaccination requirements. Recommended vaccinations are: Polio, Tetanus, Typhoid, Hepatitis A. Zika fever is a mosquito‐borne viral disease and a known risk in places visited on this trip. There is currently no vaccine or prophylaxis available, we therefore strongly recommend you take the usual precautions to avoid mosquito bites. If you are travelling to the Tambopata reserve in the Amazon rainforest, the risk of malaria is slight, but you may wish to consult your GP or travel health clinic for further advice. We also strongly recommend that you obtain a Yellow Fever vaccination. Dengue fever and/or Chikungunya are known risks in the Amazon region. Both are tropical viral diseases spread by daytime biting mosquitoes. There is currently no vaccine or prophylaxis available for either, and therefore the best form of prevention is to avoid being bitten. We recommend you take the usual precautions to avoid mosquito bites: always apply insect repellent and wear long-sleeved shirts and trousers while in the rainforest to avoid being bitten.
Amazon Lodge 3 nights in an Amazon Lodge and 1 night in a hotel in Lima are included in this extension. Please note that the itinerary is reversed if booked before your main Exodus tour: for pre-tour extensions a hotel night in Lima is included at the start of the extension instead of at the end. In Lima we usually stay at Hotel El Tambo I or II, located within the Miraflores district of the city. Although we usually use Cayman Lodge, this is subject to availability and we work with a variety of lodges in the Tambopata Reserve within the Amazon. All offer a similar standard of accommodation and rainforest experience, and each has a network of walking trails through the forest. The lodges are between 1½ and 3½ hours by boat from Puerto Maldonado, and each has a main building surrounded by lodge/bungalow accommodation. The rooms are usually based on two people sharing, and all have private bathrooms with a shower as well as mosquito nets over the beds. Some lodges also have mosquito screens on the windows, but this will vary from lodge to lodge. There is usually no electricity in the bedrooms, and lighting is provided by lanterns or candles. The main buildings each have a dining room and bar, as well as a small selection of books relating to the rainforest and its flora and fauna. These are usually the only areas of the lodge with an electrical supply (not 24 hour). A compulsory single supplement or sole traveller supplement may be applicable.
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