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COLCA
CANYON AND MACHU PICCHU 10 DAYS
(10 days and 9 nights)
Daily Departures
Per Person Prices
The package includes: Lima
City tour, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Cusco, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
This package can be easily customized to suit your needs
Day 1: LIMA PICK UP
Pick up upon arrival and overnight at the Hotel located
in Miraflores, Lima.
(no meals)
Day 2: LIMA CITY TOUR & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM RAFAEL
LARCO HERRERA
In the morning Lima city tour , you will be picked up
from your hotel at 09:00 AM.
We will visit the colonial area and to the Plaza de
Armas where you will see the Government Palace, the
Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace and the City Hall as
well as
the XVII century church and cloister of San Francisco, a
world cultural heritage .
Then we will go to the modern downtown with a view of
the Pacific Ocean and the modern residential suburb of
San Isidro .We will also visit The Archaeology Museum
Rafael Larco Herrrera The 18th century colonial-style
museum houses the largest and most impressive ceramic
collection in the world, with about 55,000 pre-Colombian
clay pots on display.
The collection concentrates on the refined ceramics of
the Moche Dynasty, the people who lived along the
northern coast of Peru between 200 and 700 AD.
The Moche culture is recognized as accomplishing one of
the greatest imaginative languages of ancient Peru
through the use of creative pottery, providing clues to
all
aspects of their civilization without the use of the
written word. One can learn about their religion,
agriculture, transport, dance and music through their
ceramic
designs and shapes. The Moche are also renowned for
their fascinating erotic pottery and the famous
collection is on display in the separate ‘Erotic Hall’,
depicting
sexual practices of several Peruvian cultures in a
lifelike, explicit and often humorous way. At the end of
the services transfer to the Hotel (B,L)
Day 3: AREQUIPA
You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning,
transfer to the airport to take the flight to Arequipa
(airfare not included).
Upon arrival reception and transfer to the selected
Hotel.
In the afternoon around 3 pm you'll take the Arequipa
half day city tour that includes the visit at the Santa
Catarina monastery .
The city has fine spanish buildings and many old and
interesting churches built of sillar, a pearly white
volcanic material almost
exclusevely used in the construction of Arequipa.
The Santa Catalina Convent is by far the most remarkable
sight, opened in 1970 after 4 centuries of mistery.
Overnight. (B)
Day 4: COLCA CANYON
At 08:00 a.m. leave Arequipa towards nor west direcction
behind snow-covered Chachani, Yura, small valley with
thermal springs, see wild vicuñas in Pampa
Cañahuas national reserve, Alpacas & llamas in Tocra,
some bidrs like flamingoes, ibis, andean gooze, ducks,
andean eagle "Kara Kara" view point of the Volcanoes
and snow covered mountains in Patapampa (4,800
m.)(15,000ft.), See the Ampato, Sabancaya, Walca Walca,
etc.) Chivay Capital of the valley.
Afternoon visit to the termal springs & pools in La
Calera.
(Admission to the pools not included , about $2 per
person). Overnight at the hotel (B,L,D)
Day 5: COLCA CANYON
Early morning after breakfast leave for a full day
excursion in the left shore, beautiful tipical towns,
like Yanque & Maca, colonial churches, gently people
with tipical
needlework dresses, hundreds of pre inca terraces still
in use with andean growings like corn, qinua, kiwicha (Amaranto),
etc.
Lookout of The cross of the condor: see the deep of the
canyon and if we have good luck we will see the flight
of the Condor .
Stone scale models, some pre inca graves. Time for
lunch.
Return to Arequipa. (18:00 approx. in Arequipa.)
Overnight. (B,L)
Day 6: AREQUIPA-CUSCO
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to take flight to
Cusco (airfare not included) .
Upon arrival reception and transfer to the Orquidea Real
Hostal ,rest of the morning at leisure.
Overnight (B)
Day 7: CUSCO CITY TOUR
In the afternoon: Cusco City Tour From 1:15 p.m. Aprox
This tour includes the Qoricancha (Temple of the Sun)
and the Cathedral and some other famous places like the
famous fortress of Sacsayhuaman, then to Q'enqo, Puca
Pucara and Tambomachay.
You will also receive a tourist ticket valid to many
other sites you can visit on your free time.
Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 8: SACRED VALLEY TOUR
(Available on shared service on :TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND
SUNDAY ONLY!)
At 8:15 a.m. we will depart for the Sacred Valley tour,
that includes: Bus service to the market of Pisaq,
visits the ruins of Ollantaytambo, and the market at
Chinchero.
There is an English speaking guide, and lunch in a
typical restaurant in Urubamba.
Of course, throughout this trip you will have
magnificent views of the high Peruvian Andes.
At the end you will go back at the Hotel. ( B,L )
Day 9: MACHU PICCHU
All day excursion by alpine train to Machu Picchu. At
5:30 am you will leave the Hotel to the train station,
the train leaves at 6:53 am. Travel is in "Vistadome"
Class
(formerly "Autowagon"). At 9:52 a.m., you will arrive at
the Aguas Calientes Station, from where you take a 25
minute bus ride to the ruins of Machu Picchu.
Once there, you will have a guided tour, with an English
speaking professional guide.
The ruins are on the eastern slope of Machu Picchu in
two separate areas: the agricultural and the urban.
Lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (included).
Overnight at the Aguas Calientes Town Hotel. (B,L)
Day 10: MACHU PICCHU
Morning at leisure to explore the are by your own
(entrance fee and transportation not included).
In the afternoon you will take the train to Cusco at
15:20.
Upon arrival in Cusco, transfer to the hotel. Overnight.
(B)
Day 11: TRANSFER OUT
In the morning transfer to the airport to take the
flight to Lima (airfare not included) on time to get
your international flight connection (B)
END OF OUR SERVICES |
INCLUDES:
Hotel accommodation based on double or single occupancy.
All scheduled land transportation.
All transfers.
All scheduled excursions with English-speaking professional
guide services.
All entrance fees.
Meals as specified in the itinerary. (B=Breakfast , L=Lunch ,
D=Dinner)
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE:
International and domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or
visa fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the
trip due to flight cancellations,
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks,
insurance of any kind, laundry,
phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of
international flights and items of personal nature.
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