Day 1: LIMA PICK UP
Pick up upon arrival and transfer to the Hotel, located in
Miraflores, Lima. (no meals)
Day 2: LIMA CITY TOUR & PACHACAMAC RUINS
In the morning Lima city tour, you will be picked up from your
hotel at 10 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 visit a place that is near Lima, there is an
archaeological enclosure whose constructions conserve the
mysticism and religiosity of their past. Its name: Pachacamac.
When traveling this sanctuary, where hundred of years ago the
natives surrendered cult to the sun and to the Earth, one can
feel the magic attraction of a place that will always be sacred.
Finally, return to the hotel. Overnight. (B,L)
Day 3: PARACAS
You will be picked up from your hotel in Lima early in the
morning, transfer to the bus station, at 7:30 am you will take
the Royal class motor coach (best there is) to Paracas (3 hours
1/2).
Upon arrival transfer to the hotel, then excursion to Paracas of
about 2 1/2 hours. Paracas is one of the best marine reserves,
with the highest concentration of marine birds. In the afternoon
return to the hotel. Overnight. (B,L)
Day 4: BALLESTAS ISLANDS
At 7:15 in the morning transfer to the mole where you will take
a motorboat excursion to the Ballestas island. This islands are
spectacular, eroded into numerous arches and caves, which
provide shelter for thousands of seabirds, some of which are
very rare, and seas lions. The islands are known as "the
Galapagos of Peru", at the end private transfer to Nazca, during
the route you'll visit to the Chauchilla cementery, where
skulls, mummies and pottery shards littering the desert.
Overnight at the Hotel. (B,L)
Day 5: NASCA LINES
You will be picked up from your hotel, transfer to the little
airport where you'll take the flight over the famous Nazca
lines. Cut into the stony desert are large number of lines, not
only parallels and geometrical figures, but also designs such as
a dog, an enormous monkey, a bird with a wing span of over 100
meters, a spider and a tree. The lines, that represent some sort
of vast astronomical pre-Inca calendar, are best seen from the
air, we will take a half hour flight above the Lines (included).
At 1:30 pm you will take the motor coach Royal class to Lima
where you will arrive around 7:30 pm. Upon arrival transfer to
the Hotel. Overnight. (B,L)
Day 6: CUSCO
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to take flight to Cusco
(airfare included). Upon arrival reception and transfer to the
hotel, rest of the morning at leisure to allow your body
acclimatize to the altitude. Overnight. (B)
Day 7: CUSCO CITY TOUR
You will be picked up from your Hotel at 2:00 pm for
Cusco city tour. This tour includes the major sites of
historical interest in Cusco, such as the famous Inca fort at Sacsayhuaman, and the Temple of the Sun. Also included in this
is a tourist card, giving you access to all the sites in the
Cusco area as a whole (i.e., including outside of the City
itself) This tour finishes at 18:30. Overnight. (B)
Day 8: SACRED VALLEY TOUR
*Must be Tuesday, Thursday, Sundays.
At 9:00 am 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
18:30 hrs you arrive back at the hotel. Overnight. (B,L)
Day 9: MACHU PICCHU
All day excursion by alpine train to Machu Picchu. At
5:45 am you will leave the Hotel to the train station, the train
leaves at 6:00 am. Travel is in "Vistadome" Class (formerly
"Autowagon"). At 9:40 a.m., you will arrive at the Aguas
Calientes Station, from where you take a 20 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. Upon arrival
in Cusco, transfer to the hotel. Overnight. (B)
Day 11: TRASFER OUT
In the morning, transfer to the airport to take the flight
to Lima (airfare included), in time to get your international
flight connection. (B)
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