What is the best way to get there from Machu Picchu? We didn't really want to go back to Cusco to fly in since we will be in Aguas Caliente already.
Hello,
Machupichu it's in the north of cuzco, and the jungle where we are it's on the southeast, no matter where you want to go after machupichu you will have to get back to cuzco, from Cuzco you can fly or you can take an overnight bus to the jungle where we are Puerto Maldonado (PEM) there are no helicopter services from machupichu, which would be the only direct way to skip Cuzco, the only way is by waking for a "while" or taking the train.
From Cuzco to PEM there are plenty of busses from decent ones to super nice ones, they all departure to here from 8-9 pm, flying there is only one direct flight from LATAM airlines and it arrives around 1 pm. You could take a later or earlier flight but you will have to fly to Lima first for the connection.
Warm regards