The department of Madre de Dios is one of the tropical areas in Peru. It is located east of Cusco and borders on Bolivia. The most important river is the Madre de Dios river. The main city is Puerto Maldonado.
You can go by road from Cusco, Lima, Puno and Brazil. LAN Airlines has daily flights from Lima or Cusco to Puerto Maldonado (IATA: PEM).