Aussie couple involved in horror ordeal after their bus careened off a cliff in the Amazon leaving them stranded have returned home

An Australian couple has returned home with an incredible story of survival after narrowly avoiding death when their bus drove off an Amazon cliff.

Jason and Stephanie Rowe were left behind in Peru after the bus went over a cliff and overturned three times before coming to a stop near the edge of the Amazon on November 12.

The couple landed at Brisbane Airport on Saturday afternoon, where Mrs Rowe broke down in tears and said she was extremely grateful to be home and see her friends and family again.

The holidaymakers were on their dream trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary and were on a nine-hour journey back from the jungle to see the Amazon when the driver was suspected of having some kind of episode behind the wheel.

The couple and others on board were seriously injured when Jason remained unconscious for half an hour and all ten had to climb up the steep jungle embankment to the road where they waited for rescue from passing motorists.

Remarkably, no one on board lost their lives in the terrifying accident.

Ms Rowe and other passengers had to climb the steep embankment after the tour bus veered off the road and into the thick Amazon jungle

The couple landed in Brisbane on Saturday afternoon with an incredible survival story

Authorities are treating seriously injured passengers on the road in Peru after the crash

The couple was then stranded in the South American country for almost two weeks as problems arose with their medical bills and travel insurance and they did not have the required visas to get a flight home that required a stopover in Chile.

‘We can hardly believe we are here as if it has been such an ordeal to get home. So we are extremely relieved and happy,” Ms Rowe told 9 News.

The couple said they were “extremely grateful” for the news coverage that helped them get a flight out of the country.

“The Australian embassy intervened and we got on the first flight the next day.”

“We almost died and we are so grateful to be home and see the people we love.”

Ms Rowe previously described the carnage of the crash as the bus first drove off the cliff.

“I go, ‘We’re dead… this is how I die,’” she said.

‘He (Mr Rowe) flew into the windscreen, became unconscious and was out of action for about 25 minutes.

“People were lying all over the ground, people had their arms broken, people were in shock.”

Mr Rowe suffered serious injuries to his forehead, eyes and arm, while Ms Rowe injured her neck and required a brace

The couple had traveled to Peru to celebrate their wedding anniversary, but ended up in a nightmare instead

The survivors were eventually rescued, but medical treatment had not been ideal, Ms Rowe said.

“They said, ‘There’s something wrong with your neck, your neck is wobbly, and there’s something wrong with your arm,'” she said. “That’s all they told us.”

The pair attended two separate hospitals, more than nine hours’ drive apart, but Mr Rowe has been unable to obtain head scans for any lingering injuries.

Ms Rowe had also begged for help while stuck in Lima so she could go home and receive proper treatment.

Mr Rowe in hospital after the crash

“We are waiting in great pain,” Ms Rowe said.

‘We have no idea what is happening to us. We are going crazy in Lima and praying that someone will do something so we can go home.”

The couple had contacted the Australian embassy for travel assistance and booked flights through their travel insurance.

But the route from Lima to Chile and on to Auckland, where the couple needed to catch a connecting flight to Brisbane, required visas that were difficult to obtain.

A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Ny Breaking Australia they were assisting the couple with their travel needs, but said they could not provide any further information.

“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to two Australians in Peru,” the spokesperson said.

‘Due to our privacy obligations, we are unable to comment further.’