Julie Smith Travels

Puerto Maldanado (Amazon) We started our adventure on Saturday, June 11th, 2016.  Mike dropped us off in New Orleans and we flew out at 1:15 pm headed to a layover in Atlanta, then a 6-hour flight to Lima, Peru.  Our guide was there to meet us when we landed at 1 am.  She walked us across the airport drop off lanes and straight into our hotel, Costa del Sol. While waiting in the long line to check in she answered a few questions about Peru and gave us a heads up of what to expect the next two weeks.  We woke up at 5 am to eat breakfast at the hotel and then walk across the street to our terminal for our flight to Puerto Maldanado.  Within three hours we arrived and were greeted by the staff from our lodge.  We loaded up onto a bus and the staff had to lift our heavy (50 lbs. each) bags onto the top of the bus.  The bus dropped us off at the boat dock.  From there we took a 20-minute motorized canoe ride on the Rio Madre de Dios River to...