In recent years, the rise of ecotourism and the promotion of Manu National Park, Tambopata National Reserve and Sonene Bahuaja have endowed this city of global concern about the high degree of biodiversity among forest. National and foreign tourists, scientists and scholars, arrive each day to the city of Puerto Maldonado and strengthens despite historically been abandoned. The most important attractions are the Mirador de la Biodiversidad, built in the center of the city, where you can see an incredible panorama of the jungle and rivers coupled with the urban progress. They are also very close to the famous macaw clay lick "Tambopata River, the beautiful Lake Sandoval, monkey island, the native community" Hell ", the scenic beauty from the Port Captain, and of course the cheerful and friendly people Puerto Maldonado. From the year 2010 will have the paved road from Cusco to the border with Brazil, this method called "Inter-Oceanic Highway" will give access to various attractions along its route, where Puerto Maldonado will be a fixture in the tourism agenda.

Also, so tourism has jungle tribes such as the Machiguenga, the Huarayos, the Mashcos, the Arasaris (virtually exterminated), the Huachiparis, the Shirenis, the Iñaparis, the Amaricaris, almost all civilization built by Protestant missionaries, but retain much of their ancestral customs.