Amazon travel is at its best in the vicinity of Puerto Maldonado, tucked away in southeastern Peru at the confluence of the Madre de Dios and Tambopata rivers.

Amazon travel is still conducted by river boat, though the jet age has brought Puerto Maldonado airport less than an hour’s flight from Cusco.

It’s no wonder that Puerto Maldonado is known as the world’s capital of biodiversity. The nearby Manu National Park and Tambopata-Candamo Reserve offer what may be the best wildlife viewing in the entire Amazon Basin.

Manu National Park, half size of Switzerland, boasts more than 200 species of mammals including 12 kinds of primates, more than 800 species of birds, the highest diversity of amphibians in the Amazon Basin, and more insect species in one tree than all the insect species recorded in the British Islands.

Tambopata-Candamo Reserve shelters dozens of endangered species, and is home to macaws, herons, kingfishers as well as scores of other rare birds that are seen nowhere else on earth.

Amazon travel near Puerto Maldonado means delightful jungle lodges that are far from civilization and dedicated to helping their visitors gain a full appreciation of the magnificent natural surroundings. It also means exploring rivers, oxbow lakes and trails deep in the pristine jungle, where the visitor can view the most astounding flora and fauna.

Amazon travel doesn’t get more rewarding than in the wilds surrounding Puerto Maldonado, and no one knows more about Amazon travel than Condor Travel.