Bike and Pongo de Mainique
Day 1.
Today we begin our descent down into the jungle. Taking our private transport or local bus we head out of the valley, north to the town of Quillabamba. Driving over the Abra de Malaga at 4300 m.s.n.m , we will descend until the 2750 m.s.n.m Alfamayo where we will take the bicycles and we will make the unforgettable descent until Santa María at 1430 m.s.n.m into high jungle with its coffee and banana plantations to our rest place for the night, the small lodge in Santa Maria - Quillabamba.
Day 2.
Breakfast and we continue further north following the mighty Urubamba River, with its twists and turns. Our guide will teach us about the area, the spectacular flora and fauna, the birds and the fruit in this vibrant area in Cusco, Peru. Tonight we will sleep and eat under the stars in Ivochote.
Day 3.
Passing through small jungle towns with their effervescent atmosphere we make our way to the port of Ivochote. Here we will board our motorized canoe for the journey through the magical Pongo de Mainique and the rich jungle. On arrival to the Pongo we will have the opportunity to admire the beauty of this truly spiritual area and the waterfall portal to the afterlife for the Machiguenga Indians.We will then leave the Pongo camping in tent for the next few days.
Day 4.
An early rise so that we may visit a Macaw Claylick, which is feeding area for Macaws and is situated near our campsite. On our return we will have breakfast and an expertly guided tour of the various plantations that make up our jungle centre. For those that want we will take to the jungle trails to see the incredible scenery, to learn about the indigenous plants and animals in the area.
Day 5.
We Take the early Breakfast and we undertake the return trip to Ivochote where we will eat lunch in our Lodge, it stops then to continue to the quillabamba city, capital of the forest of the convention, here we have dinner and we spend the night in Hostal
Day 6.
After the Breakfast we go to the bus station to take the bus of return to Cusco, after having lived the best experience in our lives!
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About Pongo de Mainique
- It is a global biodiversity hotspot; six square miles of rainforest around the canyon contains more species of life than any other similar-sized area on Earth.
- The rapids of the Pongo de Mainique were used as a filming location for key scenes of Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo starring Klaus Kinski. In a 2006 survey of "15 of the world's top travel writers" by The Observer, Monty Python actor and BBC travel documentarist Michael Palin named it his "favourite place in the world".
