ITINERARY
DAY 1: WELCOME TO PERU - LIMA
Assistance upon arrival in Lima and transfer to your accommodation. Overnight in Lima.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 2: LIMA: CITY TOUR
We will pick you up from your hotel to start the City tour, passing through the Historic Center, Paseo de la Republica, Plaza San Martin and Plaza Mayor, with its various buildings: the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace, the Cathedral Basilica and the Municipal Palace. We will visit the Convent of San Francisco, 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: Breakfast
DAY 3: PARACAS: BALLESTAS ISLANDS - HUACACHINA: BUGGIES & SANDBOARDING - LIMA
Early in the morning transfer to the bus station for your trip to Paracas. Assistance upon arrival and 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" giant figure drawn on the side of a hill. Transfer to Ica. In the afternoon you can take a ride through the dunes of Ica, in the famous tubular sand carts that go at medium or high speed up and down the beautiful dunes, where you can also practice the sport of sand boarding known as Sandboarding. Transfer to the bus station, upon arrival in Lima transfer to your hotel.
Meals: None
DAY 4: FLIGHT TO CUSCO: CITY TOUR
Assistance upon arrival and transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon we will start our City Tour with a guided visit to the Temple of the Sun or Koricancha, the Main Square, the Cathedral, then we will visit the archaeological sites of Qenqo, Pukapukara, Tambomachay and the impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman in the outskirts of the city. Return to Cuzco. Transfer to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN
We will pick you up from your hotel at 3 am to start our excursion to Rainbow Mountain. After 2 hours and 45 minutes of travel, we will arrive at the community of Japura where we will have our breakfast. Then we will continue for 15 minutes more to Pitumarca (Quesiyono) 4,350 m.a.s.l. from where we will begin with our hike through an easy access trail for an estimated time of 3 hours and we will arrive to the Vinicunca Mountain of Colors, with magical landscapes located at 5,000 m.a.s.l. approx., where we will have enough time to take pictures and enjoy the wonder that our mother nature presents us, we will return by the same route, where our transportation will be waiting for us and we will transfer for 15 minutes to our lunch place. Return to Cusco, transfer to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
DAY 6: SACRED VALLEY – AGUAS CALIENTES
Our route begins with a visit to the artisan market of Pisac and its archaeological ruins. We will take a break for lunch at a local restaurant in the valley. We will continue to Ollantaytambo, fortress and citadel, consisting of a series of overlapping terraces. Train to Aguas Calientes. Overnight in Aguas Calientes.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
DAY 7: MACHU PICCHU
Breakfast, we will take a bus that will take us in 30 minutes to the citadel of Machu Picchu, then we will have a guided tour of approximately 02 hours, visiting the Main Square, the Circular Tower, the Sundial, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows and the cemeteries. After the guided tour there will be some free time. Lunch in Aguas Calientes and return train. Upon arrival in Cusco transfer to the hotel and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
DAY 8: HUMANTAY LAKE
We will pick you up from your hotel between 04:00 and 05:00 am. to begin our unforgettable day tour to "Humantay Lagoon". Then we will travel by car for 2 hours and a half to the town of Mollepata where we will enjoy breakfast, then continue our journey until we reach the village of Soraypampa, from this point we will start the hike (1 hour and a half to 2 hours) to reach the Humantay Lake, where we will enjoy the scenery and take unforgettable pictures and then return to Mollepata, where we will have lunch. Return to Cusco. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
DAY 9: MARAS & MORAY - LIMA
In the salt mines of Maras 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 comprises a terrace that overlaps another, forming circles that are expanding. Return to Cusco. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima.
Meals: Breakfast
