ITINERARY
DAY 1: WELCOME TO PERU - LIMA
Assistance upon arrival in Lima and transfer to your accommodation. Overnight in Lima.
Meals included: None
DAY 2: LIMA: CITY TOUR
We will pick you up from your hotel to go to the Larco Museum, recognized as one of the 25 best museums in the world and has an important collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Here we will enjoy a refreshing typical drink.
Then we will visit the Historical Center, the Paseo de la Republica, San Martin Square and the Main Square, with its different buildings: the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace, the Cathedral Basilica and the Municipal Palace. We will also visit the San Francisco Convent, where we will appreciate its famous subway crypts known as Catacombs. Then we will visit the Olivar de San Isidro, Miraflores and Larcomar, contemporary and representative areas of Lima.
Meals included: Breakfast and typical drink.
DAY 3: LIMA - PARACAS
Breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel to go to Paracas. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel with swimming pool and overnight.
Meals included:: Breakfast
DAY 4: BALLESTAS ISLANDS - NAZCA LINES - LIMA
Breakfast, transfer to the pier to start a boat ride to the Ballestas Islands, where we will observe birds, pelicans, Humboldt penguins, sea lions, rock formations, and "the Candelabro", a gigantic figure drawn on the side of a hill. Then we will head to Pisco, where we will board a small plane that will fly over the impressive astronomical calendar known today as "The Nazca Lines"; huge and linear drawings of animals, birds and geometric figures, made on the desert floor and visible only from the air. Return to Lima. Overnight.
Meals included:: Breakfast
DAY 5: FLIGHT TO CUSCO: CITY TOUR
Breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Cusco. Assistance upon arrival and transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon we will start our pedestrian City Tour with a guided visit to the Temple of the Sun or Koricancha, the Main Square, the Cathedral, then we will visit the central market of Cusco, to know local products, we will also know the famous Stone of the 12 Angles, the neighborhood of San Blas, known for its artists, stores and craft workshops. Overnight.
Meals included:: Breakfast
DAY 6: SACRED VALLEY - PISAC
Breakfast, transfer to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, first we will stop at an alpaca and llama farm, so you can get to know these wonderful creatures up close and if you wish to feed them, then we will visit the artisan market of Pisac and its archaeological ruins. Then we will continue our route through the valley, until we arrive at "La Hacienda Huayoccari", a private hacienda, where we will enjoy a delicious lunch. Transfer to your hotel in the sacred valley and overnight.
Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch.
DAY 7: SACRED VALLEY – MACHU PICCHU
In the morning, transfer to Ollantaytambo, one of the last Inca refuges during the Spanish colonization, to take the train to the town of Aguas Calientes. Upon arrival you will visit the impressive ruins of Machu Picchu, "The Lost City of the Incas" and begin your private tour around this sacred Inca site. On this visit you will learn about its history and tour the Sun and Condor temples, see aqueducts and houses, while learning some interesting facts about the sacred Inca terraces. Afterwards we will have lunch at the Belmond Sanctuary Lodge Hotel restaurant located in Machu Picchu. Transfer to the train station for your return to your hotel in the Sacred Valley. Overnight.
Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch.
DAY 8: MARAS, MORAY & CHINCHERO
Breakfast, today we will visit the Salt mines of Maras, where we will appreciate how since the time of the Incas, the ancient Peruvians were supplied with salt, and that to this day is preserved and is still used as a source of income for the community, then we will go to Moray (Inca agricultural research center), where they conducted crop experiments at different heights; this place is composed of terraces as concentric rings. Each circle includes a terrace that overlaps another, forming circles that are expanding. We will close this tour visiting the cultural town of Chinchero and its market. Transfer to Cusco. Overnight.
Meals included: Breakfast
DAY 9: CUSCO AND SURROUNDINGS
Breakfast, free morning. In the afternoon we will visit the archaeological sites of Qenqo, Pukapukara, Tambomachay and the impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman. Return to Cuzco. Transfer to the hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast
DAY 10: TOURIST BUS CUSCO - PUNO
After breakfast, we will transfer by tourist bus to the city of Puno, our tour begins at 08:15 visiting the San Pedro de Andahuaylillas Church known as the famous Sistine Chapel. At 10:45 approx. we arrive at Raqchi at 125 Km, is an archaeological center that has an impressive building with more than 90 meters long and 25 meters wide. We arrive to Sicuani at 12:30 approx. for lunch. At 14:40 we arrive to La Raya, (the highest point of this trip 3540masl). We stop for about 10 minutes to take pictures, it is the highest point of our trip with a wonderful view of the mountain range. At 15:40 approx. we arrive to Pukara, considered the most important and ancient ceremonial center of the Altiplano, where we will visit its museum and we will have 30 minutes of guided. Arrival to the city of Puno and transfer to your hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast and lunch
DAY 11: TAQUILE & UROS FLOATING ISLANDS
Breakfast, at 6:30 approx. we will transfer you to the dock to board a motor boat on Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, 40 minutes of excursion approximately to reach the complex of Floating Islands of the UROS built with the only material that abounds in the area, the totora, are inhabited by Quechua-speaking natives. After a beautiful boat ride, we will arrive at Taquile Island, place of the best weavers of ancient Perú and the only indigenous community that is preserved almost intact. Lunch. Return to the city of Puno.
Meals included: Breakfast and lunch.
DAY 12: PUNO - COLCA VALLEY
Breakfast, transfer to the Colca Valley. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel and overnight.
Meals included: Breakfast
DAY 13: FLIGHT OF THE CONDOR - AREQUIPA
After breakfast, we will go to the Mirador de la Cruz del Condor, a strategic observation point of the canyon and the spectacular flight of the condor. On the way back we will stop in the villages of Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque, which have beautiful colonial churches, as well as in the viewpoints of Choquetico and Antahuilque, from where you can see the impressive terraces of the valley, tombs and pre-Inca models. Transfer to Arequipa. Overnight in Arequipa.
Meals included: Breakfast
DAY 14: AREQUIPA: CITY TOUR
Breakfast, today we will visit the San Camilo Market, to taste delicious fruits, then we will go to the Plaza de Armas and the Cathedral, we will visit the church of La Compañía and its cloisters, as well as the beautiful Convent of Santa Catalina, to finish we will stop at Mirador de Yanahuara, La Plaza de Cayma and the Mirador de Carmen Alto with stunning views of the city. Return to your hotel. Overnight.
Meals included: Breakfast, fruit tasting.
DAY 15: AREQUIPA - AIRPORT TRANSFER
Breakfast, at the agreed time transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima and international connection.
Meals included: Breakfast
