Travel to Puerto Maldonado

Land

The road to Puerto Maldonado from Cusco is improving since it is part of the Inter oceanic highway, but currently the bus trip still takes 12 hours, so most tourist opt for the quicker and more comfortable 30-minute flight. Some lodges, including Wasai, even offer mountain biking tours from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado. This trip, however, is not for the casual beginner; it's a serious trek for serious athletes. Also since 2007, the popular well-known freelance bike trip adventure guide Cesare Ricci offers custom able cyclo tourism trips from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado in 12 days at budget prices for minimum 4 travellers. He is well-known for being the first biker to travel from Cusco to Rio Branco, Acre-Brazil on a bicycle for 1,200km. in 38 days, when it was still dirt road in 2007.

Bus

Cusco to Puerto Maldonado takes approx. 10 hours and costs S/35-50. Lima to Puerto Maldonado takes approx. 36 hours and costs S/130. The Inter oceanic Highway is completed and the road is well maintained, although the section from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado is quite curvy.

Water

You can reach Puerto Maldonado from either the Tambopata or Madre de Dios rivers, but this is not likely for tourists