Madre de dios river

A large navigable river that flows through several national parks and reserves in Peru, it is one of the most important transportation routes in the southern Amazon. Many Lodges have settled along the river, especially near the city of Puerto-Maldonado. It is one of the easiest places in Peru to visit the Amazon with direct and wide-body flights from the cities of Cusco and Lima. The river follows its course towards the Bolivian Amazon.