Only 12 or so hours after finishing the Inca Trail we headed from Cusco to the Jungle in Puerto Maldonado for 4 days. 4 days ended up being too much as the heat and humidity was unreal not to mention the amount of insect bites we suffered despite plastering on insect repellent every day. It took almost 2 hours by boat down one of the amazon tributaries to reach the Eco Amazoinia lodge. When we arrived the first thing we did was take a boat to Monkey island. We seen about 5 different species of monkey and one in particular was pretty viscous and hogging all the food. It was really sureal being surrounded by monkies in the wild with some literally jumping right over your head. They were right beside our legs as well and one monkey jumped on the back of a guy in our group. The next day we went on an 11 km trek through the thick jungle and seen loads of cool stuff, like Telephone trees ? Used for communication in the jungle, Elephant trees and Justice trees ? Years ago if you broke the law,they would tie you to the tree and the fire ants living inside the tree would come out in the hundreds and sting you all night long. Pretty painful way to die. At one point we climbed a structure around a tree trunk to view over the Canopy at the rest of the jungle, was a great view from up there.  Had a run in with some tarántulas and caymens-like alligators too. Finished off the trek by rowing a boat 3 km down stream in the open sun, pretty greuling but got there streaming sweat in the end. When we got back Siles face was swollen which must have been an allergic reaction to the Mallerone tablets, we had random bites over us aswell, lovely! Went fishing for piranas! in the amazon the next day but didnt catch anything. Relaxing enough and the food in the lodge was grand but bit too hot for the jungle climate. Got to snooze in the lodges hammocks aswell, that was awesome! The next day we were glad to be out of the jungle and back to a cooler climate before heading to Arequipa but it was still a once in lifetime experience, once being the operative word!