It's the capital city and the starting point for the trips to Tambopata, Piedras and Madre de Dios rivers. There are daily flights from Lima or Cusco. For the most adventures, there is a road from Cusco that takes three days by truck, taking in account, all the delays and predictable inconvenience.
Puerto Maldonado is the capital of the region, and the most important town of the southern jungle. It's located at 210 about the sea, in the confluence of the Madre de Dios and Tambopata river which connects it with Rivera Alto in Bolivia (a 5-hour trip to the border, by river) and with Assis, in Brazil (242 km/150 miles). Despite its commercial history, Puerto Maldonado has a slowly growth of population, but since 2000 it maintains the highest growth rate of the country.
The high season for tourism in Puerto Maldonado is from May to November, a lot of young people walk around the downtown, where you can find restaurants, pizza places, commercial centres even discos. All of these offer a great opportunity to have a pleasant stay, before and after to visit the depth jungle.
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