Day 3

 

Route for the day: Cusco – Ayacucho. ?Familiarisation with vehicles. This is followed by a drive through the central highlands of Peru, an area that is relatively unknown to foriegn tourists, and yet includes one of the most attractive towns in the Peruvian Andes. Ayacucho is still redolent with the atmosphere of the colonial era. Evening meal together and hotel accommodation.

Day 4

 

Route for the day: Ayacucho – Huancayo. Travel though the Andean Highlands in Peru, in the shadow of peaks towering over 5,000 metres high. Drive on unfinished dirt tracks to the city of Huancayo, which was built in the highlands and is encircled by high mountains. Evening meal together and hotel accommodation.

Day 5

 

Route for the day: Huancao – Puerto Bermudez. ?Short trip to the Peruvian city of Conceptión. Sightseeing tour of the famous Santa Rosa de Ocopa monastery, which was built in the 18th century by Franciscan monks as a missionary station. Onward journey via minor roads into the Amazon jungle as far as Puerto Bermudez. Overnight stay in a simple hostel.

Day 6

 

Day trip to the rainforest region, which is also the home of the largest indigenous Indian population in the Amazon region in Peru. Overnight stay in a simple hostel.