Puerto Maldonado reports

Puerto Maldonado – It’s a Jungle Out There! 
Our adventure in the Madre de Dios rain forest was an afterthought. We wanted something to do after hiking the Inka Trail, but in the end it was a fantastic journey that in some ways surpassed Machu Picchu. We flew from Cusco into Puerto Maldonado and let... more

Puerto Maldonado - frontier town on the Rio Tambopata 
Puerto Maldonado is the starting point to head further up the Rio Tambopata in the Amazon to the Madre de Dios rainforest reserve. The town itself is pretty basic, but it has an underlying energy like it knows that it is a long way from anywhere which it... more