We experienced the Urubamba River both on our train trip from Cusco to Aguas Calientes,, walking along a beautiful riverside park in Aguas Calientes, and the view from our hotel room. As you go down the river, you see fast water, deep canyons, and occasional Inca ruins and terraces. The further down you go, the more lush it becomes. Out hotel was just on the north side of Aguas Calientes. Here there is lush vegetation, plunging mountains, and tropical flowers replete with happy hummingbirds. Loved sitting on the deck our hotel room, listening to the river and watching the shifting light on the water and mountains, a zen moment.

The Urumbamaba river comes out of the andes and is the major river of the Amazon river. the Pongo is amazing. you can go down the pongo sometimes of the year when the water is right. then you can reach all the way to sephahua which is on the lower Urumbamaba to Atalaya to Pucallpa