PERU – SOUTHERN SIERRA
CUSCO
Airports: Cusco (CUZ)
Art Museums: Cusco: Museo Maximo Laura
Archaeology and Anthropology Museums: Cuzco: Qoricancha Site Museum
Natural History and Earth Museums: Cusco: Museo De Historia Natural
Zoos: Cuzco: Cochahuasi Animal Sanctuary
Hospitality Legends: Cusco: Inkaterra La Casona Hotel
Bizzarium: Cuzco: Área 21Tentative WHS: Peruvian Central Railway
ON Viajero Cusco Hostel Deluxe 12 Bed Mixed Dorm Total Price CA$24.37
Phone +51 84 315224
Email cusco@hostelkokopelli.com
Address Calle San Andres 260, Cusco, Peru
ABANCAY
ANDAHUAYLAS
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars
Belmond Andean Explorer: Luxury Sleeper Train
Ferrocarril Central del Perú Experience
PeruRail
Vestiges of the Past
Andahuaylas: Complejo Arqueologico Curamba
Chullpas de Ninamarca
Cuzco: Q’enco Archaeological Complex
Moray Circular Terraces
Ollantaytambo Sanctuary
Parque Arqueologico Tipon
Pikillaqta Archaeological Site
Temple of Wiracocha
Religious Temples: Andahuaylillas: San Pedro Apóstol Church
World of Nature: Maras Salt Mines, Megantoni National Sanctuary, Otishi NP, Vinicunca (Rainbow Mountain)
Botanical Gardens
Aguas Calientes: Los Jardines de Mandor
Pisac: Felipe Marin Moreno Botanic Garden
Trails 1 – Treks
Ausangate Circuit
Cordiliera Vilcabamba Trek
Lares Trek
Salkantay Trek Machu Picchu
Trails 2 – Hikes: Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu hike
Markets: Chinchero: Mercado de Chinchero
Well-being: Thermal Spa: Aguas Calientes
Pedestrian and Historical Bridges: Abancay: Puente Colonial Pachachaca
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PERU – MADRE de DIOS (Puerto Maldonado) and UCAYALI
MANU NATIONAL PARK WHS has a biodiversity that rarely can be found in any other place on Earth.
The isolated park comprises the catchment basin of the Manu River and part of that of the Alto Madre de Dios River. It holds an extremely broad range of ecosystems, resulting in high diversity and a high degree of endemism. Virtually all flora and fauna species are present in abundant numbers: more than 15,000 species of plants are found in Manú, up to 250 varieties of trees have been found in a single hectare and the park is home to over 800 species of birds. Furthermore, it’s a refuge for globally threatened mammal species such as Giant Otter, Giant Anteater, Ocelot and Jaguar. Enormous variety of trees, plants and monkeys.
The real indigenous are the Mashco Piro who still run naked through the jungle and live as nomads with low contact with people. It’s dangerous to meet them as we can not communicate with them. They have already killed two civilized locals on encounters with bow and arrow. Even more dangerous for the forest though are the Matchiguenkas as they as well as the Mashco Piros are allowed to hunt and cut trees in the national park. However, they originally came from the mountains/ Cusco region. Now they use their privilege to kill special animals and cut special trees to sell. The park rangers belong to the same ethnia so they will not stop them.
Bonanza Tours Peru Feb 26 – Mar 05 Manu Reserve Zone and Blanquillo Macaw Clay Lick to Pto Maldonado 8D/7N
Deposit US$105 paid 24/12/25
E Mail: info@bonanzatoursperu.comCalle Suecia 343 – Cusco – Perú. Mon. – Fri. 9 am until 5 pm
Start: Cusco End: Cusco. 4-8 people
Altitude Cusco (3,300m) Andes (3830m) Elfin Forest (3159m) Cloud Forest (1,500m) Amazon Basin (290m)
DAY 1: Cusco – Rainforest Lodge.- Leave Cusco by private bus, drive through the mountains to Paucartambo for a short walk. Tres Cruces, the entrance to the Cultural Zone of Manu and the cloud forest. San Pedro walk for one hour to visit the complex courtship lek displays of Cock of the Rock national bird of Peru (Rupicola peruviana), quetzal, trogon, monkeys and lot orchids. private Rainforest Lodge.
DAY 2: Rainforest Lodge – Bonanza Ecological Reserve.- Private bus to Atalaya – coca plantation, view point. Boat to Aguas Calientes, natural hot springs. Bonanza Lodge, afternoon walk one hour plus a night walk for spiders, insects and snakes.
DAY 3: Bonanza Ecological Reserve – (Mammals clay lick).- Vast trail system, monkeys, collared peccaries and birds such as eagles, parrots and toucans, medicinal plants, and giant trees. mammals clay lick Tapirs, Deers, Monkeys and many small rodents. Stay the whole night taking shifts to watch for nocturnal animals.DAY 4: Bonanza Ecological Reserve – Jaguar Eco Lodge (Biosphere Reserve).- Boat down river to Boca Manu, continue along the Manu River in Manu National Park 7 hours to Lodge Casa Matsiguenka. See herons, egrets, geese, Amazonian gulls, graters and raptors such as the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja), Black Caiman (Melanosuchus Niger), White Caiman (Caimán crocodylus), as well turtles on the cedar trunks. Jaguar, 11 species of monkeys. Jaguar Ecolodge, night walk to observe arachnids, tarantulas and snakes.
DAY 5: Jaguar Ecolodge.- Cocha Salvador from a catamaran, see gamin herons and spider monkeys, giant otters fishing. Boat down river to Cocha Otorongo Lake, 26m high observation tower to see giant otters and black caimans, jungle monkeys.
Day 6: Jaguar Ecolodge – Blanquillo Lodge.- Boat Pakitza ranger station, the first biological station in Manu, trails. Tamarin monkeys are the smallest monkeys in the world. Afternoon trails, native plants, traditional medicines. Boat 6 hours trip down river to Tambo Blanquillo for the night. Jaguar
DAY 7: Blanquillo Lodge – Puerto Maldonado.- Boat to see parrots and Macaw Clay Lick, weather dependant. Boat downriver to Boca Colorado. bus to Puerto Maldonado, local lodge.
DAY 8: Puerto Maldonado – Cusco or Lima.- bus 8 hours to Cusco.
DARE: Purús Province (Ucayali extreme east)
World Heritage Sites: Manú National Park
PUCALIPA
Airports: Pucallpa (PCL), Puerto Maldonado (PEM)
Art Museums: Pucallpa: Agustin Rivas Museum
Religious Temples
Pucallpa: Catedral de Pucallpa
Pucallpa: Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Botanical Gardens: Pucallpa: Jardin Botanico Bio-Kuka
PUERTO MALDONADO
Zoos: Puerto Maldonado: Mariposario Tambopata
World of Nature
Manu NP
Tambopata National Reserve and Bahuaja-Sonene NP
Lakes: Sandoval Lake
Rivers: Madre de Dios River
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PERU – CENTRAL SIERRA (Ayacucho, Junin)
DARE: Peru – Ayacucho region – Huanta and La Mar provinces (extreme north)
Tentative WHS
Battlefield of Ayacucho
Cultural Landscape of the Sondondo Valley
Peruvian Central Railway
Santa Bárbara mining complex
HUANCAYO World Cities and Popular Towns
Airports: Ayacucho (AYP)
Archaeology and Anthropology Museums: Huancayo: Museo Salesiano Vicente Rasetto
Military, War and Police Museums: Huancayo: Lugar de la Memoria de la Región Junín
World of Nature: Huancayo: Torre Torre (Rock formations)
AYACUCHO
Tentative WHS: Battlefield of Ayacucho
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Ayacucho: Museo Historico Regional Hipolito Unanue
House and Biographical Museums: Ayacucho: Casa Museo Joaquín López Antay
Religious Temples: Ayacucho: Basilica Cathedral
The Dark Side: Ayacucho: Museo de la Memoria
Villages and Small Towns: Huancavelica
Road – 30A/B/C: Nazca-Cuzco-Puerto Maldonado
Road – National highway 3S and 3N (Cajamarca-Huancayo-Cusco-Juliaca)
World of Nature: Huaytapallana Area of Regional Conservation, Junin National Reserve
Otishi NP, Pampa Galeras–Barbara D’Achille National Reserve, Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary, Titankayuq Area of Conservation
Botanical Gardens: Chumpi: Jardín Botánico Andino Pitunilla
Waterfalls
Bayoz Falls
Junín: Tres Hermanas Falls
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines: Cueva de Huagapo
Lakes: Lake Junin or Chinchaycocha
Rivers: Mantaro River
Zoos: La Merced: Mariposario Zhaveta Yard
