11 DAYS & 10 NIGHTS TOUR LIMA – CUSCO – VALLE – MACHUPICCHU – LAGO TITICACA

FIRST DAY: CITY TOUR IN LIMA WITH VISITS THE HUACA PUCLLANA

• Welcome and transfer from the airport in Lima to the Hotel
• In the afternoon City tour around the City of the Kings.
• Night in your Hotel.

Once you arrive in Peru our personal will welcome you in the hall of the airport and transfer you to the hotel. After resting for a while we’ll start visiting the most interesting places of the ” City of the Kings “: the Cathedral, Pizarro’s Tomb, the Catacombs of San Francisco, passing through the Congress, the Palace of Torre Tagle.

The residential areas of Orrantia, San Isidro, where we will visit the Huaca Pucllana, we will enjoy a spectacular sight of the Pacific Ocean. Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, where you will find a great quantity of preincaica pottery including the World biggest collection of erotic Huacos, then we’ ll spend the night at the Hotel. (Photo: Huaca Pucllana in Miraflores – Lima).

SECOND DAY: CITY TOUR AROUND CUSCO AND OUTSKIRTS

• Transfer from the hotel to the airport of Lima.
• Trip on plane from Lima to Cusco (1 hour)
• Transfer from the airport in Cusco to the hotel.
• Tour around the City and outskirts (In the afternoon 13:30 hrs – 18:30 hrs)
• Cusco music and dance show (de 19:00 hrs a 20:00 hrs)
• Night in your Hotel.

You must be in the airport of Lima at least two hours before your flight leaves to Cusco,you only have to approach to the airline counter and display your ID’s to check in ,the flight to Cusco lasts 1 hr and 10 minutes, In Cusco ” The Archaeological Capital of America “, Our staff will be waiting for you to drive you to the Hotel, where you will drink coca tea then you can rest for a while. Around 13:30 hrs we’ll pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following attractives with a professional guide:

1. The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo: Religious center known as “The Temple of the Sun” where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its construction.
2. The Cathedral:Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value.
3. Sacsayhuaman: Built at 3 Km. from the city of Cusco, impressive stone fortress with an excellent architecture, famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/ 30 high,with a weigh of 350 tons. Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every year.
4. Qenqo: Ceremonial and ritual center, amphitheatre where sacrifices were made.
5. Puca-Pucara:An old tambo (resting place), monitoring place throughout the Inka Empire Routes.
6. Tambomachay: At 7 Km. From the city of Cusco, ceremonial center of cult to the water,known traditionally as the place where water rests.

At the return to Cusco we can be dropped off near to main Square or at The Dance and Music Show to watch tipical dances of Cusco. (Photo: Plaza of Cusco’s Weapon in the night).

THIRD DAY: TOUR A MACHUPICCHU “THE LOST CITY OF THE INKAS”

• Transfer from hotel in Cusco to the train station
• One way by train from Cusco to Aguas Calientes (4 hours).
• Free day (Optional: Visit to Machu Picchu on your own)
• Hotel night in Aguas Calientes

From 05:45 hrs to 06:00 hrs, we pick you up from your Hotel in Cusco (3400 mosl) and drive you to the Train Station, located in Poroy, then we get aboard the train and the trip from Cusco starts heading to Aguas Calientes (2000 m.a.s.l.). Our Guide Will be waiting there, he will lead us to the bus station, to go up by a zigzag way for 30 minutes to reach the world wide marvel The Sanctuary of Machupicchu, known as the lost city of the Incas. Once we get to Machu-Picchu, We’ll pass throught the control, where we’ll hand in our entrance tickets and where our guided tour will start, visiting the main square, the Circular tower, the sacred solar watch, the royal rooms, the temple of the three windows and the cementeries, it lasts around two hours. Afterwards you’ll be given enough time to have a walk around the citadel and have your meals , at any restaurant in Aguas Calientes or if you wish at Santuary Lodge (this is not included).You stay at your Hotel in Aguas Calientes

FOURTH DAY: VIEW OF THE SUNRISE IN MACHUPICCHU

• 5:30 am. Uploaded by bus to Machu Picchu
• 6:00 am. Sunrise view of Machu Picchu
• Huayna Picchu Inca Trail to 3 hours( Optional )
• Guided tour of the Inca citadel (10:00 hrs)
• Lowering bus to Aguas Calientes
• In the afternoon return to Cusco by train
• Transfer from the train station at your hotel.

After getting up very early and having breakfast, you can head for Machupicchu in order to see the sunrise from the citadel (on your own), afterwards you can trek up to Huaynapicchu around 2 hours, you will also spend all day long in Machupicchu taking more snaps and pictures, in the afternoon you shall return to Aguas Calientes to return to Cusco on train where our staff will be wating for you to lead you to the Hotel. (Photo: Sunrise in Machupicchu).

FIFTH DAY: TOUR TO THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INKAS

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour to Sacred Valley of the Inkas (all day from 08:00 hrs – 19:00 hrs)
• Night in your Hotel.

This tour starts around 09:00 hrs., we pick you up at your Hotel, we have a guided tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, over the Vilcanota river, with a panoramic view of Pisac an old Inca City and a visit to the Inka market in this village, where we will have the chance to know in a closer way its people customs and get good bargains with the handycrafts and souvenirs sellers, afterwards we’ll head for Urubamba, traveling on the borders of the river Vilcanota.

We’ll have lunch at a restaurant in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the afternoon we visit the fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to watch the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from the jungle habitants invasions. We’ll have the chance to walk by the narrow streets and have a clear knowledge of how this militar, religious and cultural center was during the Inca empire.

On the way back to Cusco we will stop by the colorful village of Chinchero , where we will find the ruins of the Tupac Inca Yupanqui Royal House, we will appreciate its well preserve Inca wall in the man square and you will visit the beauty Colonial Temple with invaluable portraits, built over Inca Bases. Then we return to Cusco.

SIXTH DAY: TOURIST TRIP FROM CUSCO TO PUNO, VISITING RAQCHI

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer from the Hotel to the Bus station – Cusco to Puno.
• Guided Tour Cusco- Puno (08:00 hrs – 18:00 hrs)
• Night at the Hotel in Puno

After breakfast, we will drive you to the bus station to start with our trip to Puno this a tour lasts around 8 hours you will have 4 guided visits, Andahuaylillas’s temple or South American Sixtine Chapel , the Inka temple of Raqchi, Buffet lunch in Sicuani,La Raya at 4335 m.a.s.l and the Inka Aymara museum of Pukara. Every visit has a duration of 20 or 40 minutes, where the passenger will be able to make questions, take photos and walk a for a while, doing our trip very pleasant. Then we wll arrive in Puno, and our staff will take you to the Hotel. (Photo: Raqchi).

SEVENTH DAY: TOUR TO THE TITICACA LAKE, UROS ISLAND AND TAQUILE

• Breakfast at the Hotel
• Tour to lake Titi-Caca, Urus Island, Taquille
• Night at the Hotel in Puno

Early in the morning you will be picked up from your hotel by our local guide and then transferred to the harbor. We start off our boat excursion of Lake Titicaca by visiting The Uros Floating Island, a small community that has lived on these reed Islands for decades. Centuries ago the small indigenous Uros tribe conceived of the islands as a way to isolate and protect themselves from rival tribes, the Collas and the Incas. The Uros people harvested the reeds in the shallows of the lake, bundled them together tightly and built floating island platforms complete with reed houses and canoes, creating in this way their own little world. After strolling around the floating Islands, we continue our journey towards Taquile Island (2 hour aprox.), a traditional Quechua speaking community, full of ancient agricultural terraces and some ruins dating back to the pre-Inca times. The Taquile population was relatively isolated from the mainland until 1950s, and the notion of the community and family is still very strong among them. At the top of the Island, you will have free time to e xplore this place on your own and afterwards you will meet the group for lunch at one local restaurant. After lunch, we will descent to the harbor to take our boat back to Puno. We will be back in Puno by 17:00 h. approximately. (Photo : Taquile Island on the Titicaca Lake in Puno)

EIGTH DAY: CHULLPAS OF SILLUSTANI AND FLIGHT JULIACA TO LIMA

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer from the hotel in Puno to the airport in Juliaca (one hour).
• Flight on plane from Juliaca to Lima (1 hour)
• Transfer from the airport in Lima to the Hotel
• Night at the Hotel in Lima

After Having breakfast and once we’re ready we will head to Juliaca’s Airport (1hr from Puno), but on the way to the Airport we will visit the Chullpas of Sillustani for around 30 minutes.The archaeological site of Sillustani is located 22.3 miles away from the city of Puno (34 Km., 35 minutes drive) and at an altitude of 12,858 feet (3,840mts.) above sea level. This visit allows visitors to enjoy stunning highland landscapes and imposing pre-Inca architecture. The site is strategically positioned on the top of a peninsula surrounded by a beautiful lagoon called Umayo lagoon.

The archaeological site of Sillustani was a cemetery built in the XIII century by a civilization that occupied the area before the Inka domination. The creators of the imposing burial towers are known as Kolla people. The most imposing burial towers were built for the chiefs and priests. For our ancient cultures, the cemeteries were important resting places for the deceased people. Therefore, our ancestors would strategically choose for burial ground exceptionally beautiful spots. Cemeteries were considered sacred places.

After all this we will get to Juliaca’s Airport, we will display our IDs and get checked in , then we will fly to Lima where our staff will be waiting to take you to the Hotel where you can rest for the trip to Nazca the next day. (Photo: Chullpas of Sillustani in Puno)

NINTH DAY: TOURIST TRIP FROM LIMA TO NAZCA

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer from the Hotel to the Bus station Royal Class
• Trip on Bus to Nazca (08:00 hrs – 18:00 hrs)
• Night at the hotel in Nazca

This trip starts around Noon, so you will have free time in the morning to have walks around Lima at an agreed time our staff will pass by your Hotel to drive you to the Bus Station to Nazca, you will travel through the coast, in Nazca a local guide will be waiting to take you to the Choosen Hotel. (Photo: Raqchi).

TENTH DAY: NAZCA LINES

• Flight over Nazca lines.
• Trip on Bus from Nazca to Paracas (13:00 hrs – 17:00 hrs)
• Night at the hotel in Paracas

At the designated time, our staff will pick you up from your hotel and afterwards you will be transferred to the local airport of Nazca, located just 4 kilometers away from downtown. Upon your arrival at the airport, our staff will show you a video film about The Nazca Lines. This interesting documentary lasts about 40 minutes and involves serious information about the Nazca Culture, as well as the figures you will see from the air. For this aerial tour, you will board a small Cessna single-engine aircraft (Station air, Skyhawk or Skyline type), which has spacious room for 5 people, each person with a window seat. After the video, our English speaking pilot will proceed to give you a briefing about this air tour and also will give each participant a map of the archaeological zone, which shows all the figures you will see from the air. After some basic information about the Lines and safety instructions, you will board the airplane and will take off. In a matter of just 2 minutes you will be flying over the Nazca Lines zone, and the first figure you will see from the air it will be the whale.

This beautiful marine deity is located on the eastern part of the archaeological complex, and was drawn over a big rectangular figure (see Nazca Lines map). As soon as we get close to the whale our pilot will let you know and then will fly in circles over it. The next figure you will see is a triangle, which appears over a small hill featuring 3 points. On the other side you will also see the famous trapezoids that, according to Erick von Daniken were ancient runways for visitors from another planet. These trapezoids are about 2 kilometers long and their perfection is stunning. Some kilometers further west we will find one of the strangest creatures on the Nazca desert The Astronaut. Unlike the other drawings, the astronaut was etched on the slope of a small hill, and not on the desert surface. His body is facing to the south and according to Maria Reiche it does not represent an astronaut, but a shaman or ancient Nazca priest, someone with magic powers who could predict the weather. Later on we will fly over the monkey figure, an enormous drawing that measures about 90 meters in length, and shows at one hand five fingers and on the other just four, symbolizing the 9 month of drought the Nazca people suffered every year. The monkey figure was discovered in 1954 by Maria Reiche, and according to her point of view it is associated to the big deeper constellation. After the monkey, we will fly over the dog figure, a small drawing that according to some scholars it represents a divinity worshipped by the Nazca people. Then it comes one of the best preserve figures of the whole area The hummingbird, a gorgeous design perfectly made on a dark plateau located at one corner of the archaeological complex. According to Maria Reiche this figure is associated with the summer solstice, as one of the lines connected to its beak, points towards the place where the sun rises every year during our summer solstice. Not very far from the hummingbird, you will find the spider, a figure that according the local knowledge, represents the fertility and water, as this insect used to appear when it is going to rain or the water in the rivers is about to come. Some meters away we will find the huge condor figure, featuring a straight line that crosses its wings and points towards the place where the sun sets every year on summer solstice. Our next figure will be the flamingo, which is the longest figure on the desert, with over 300 meters. According to Maria Reiche the beak of this bird points towards the place where the sun rises every year on winter solstice. Then we will fly over the parrot figure, a huge bird with about 230 meters in length. In addition to the parrot you will also see several geometric designs around, and the beautiful valley of Ingenio. Finally we will fly over the Pan-American Highway, where you will see 2 figures; the hands and the Huarango tree. If you look carefully, you will find next to the tree, another figure representing a big lizard. Unfortunately when the people built the highway in 1937, they had no idea that ancient figures were drawn there, so the cut the lizard figure in two, destroying mainly the central part of its body, leaving the tail on one side of the road and on the other side part of its back, and its complete head with its two hands. After flying over these figures, we will return to the airport and during the way back you still can enjoy other straight lines that run for kilometers and a stunning panoramic view of the Nazca desert.

ELEVENTH DAY: TOUR BALLESTAS ISLAND AND PARACAS RESERVE

• Tour to Islas Ballestas
• Trip on Bus from Paracas to Lima (13:00 hrs – 21:00 hrs)
• Transfer to the Hotel or Airport

 Very early in the morning You will be picked up from your hotel in Paracas by our local guide. Then you will be transferred to the Paracas harbor located nearby. At the Paracas dock you will board a speed-boat equipped with life vests and comfortable seats. At this point is advisable to wear a good jacket or wind breakers as it gets very windy once the boat gets in motion. We will leave then towards the Ballestas Islands. Along the way we will see the famous figure known as The Candelabro, an enigmatic design etched on the desert floor hundreds of years ago. The Candelabro is overlooking the Ocean, so here you will have the chance to take pictures, as well as to learn about the most popular theories about it. Afterwards we will continue to the Ballestas Islands.The Ballestas Islands are inhabited by an amazing marine life, with over 200 types of migratory and resident birds, including Peruvian Pelicans, gulls, Humboldt penguins, guanay cormorants, red-legged cormorants, Inca terns, Peruvian boobies, turkey vultures, among others. In addition you will also see around the Islands hundreds of sea lions resting at the beaches, sleeping on the rocks or swimming nearby. The Islands also provide shelter to the shy Humboldt penguins which are usually seen at the entrances of small caves near the cliffs. After touring around the islands for about 1 hour we will return to the Paracas harbor. During our excursion to the Paracas Reserve you will visit the centre of interpretation of Paracas, an interesting building that displays through photos, all the fauna, flora, and many other important facts about the Paracas Peninsula. Afterwards we will drive to the Paracas Peninsula, driving throughout a lifeless desert till we reach an area where once stood a great natural rock formation known as the Cathedral. Unfortunately this old formation did not withstand the 2007 earthquake that virtually left in ruins the most of the cities near that zone. At the place our local guide will give you more details about it and then you will have free time to walk along the edge of the peninsula. At this zone you will have amazing views of the desert and the blue Pacific Ocean. Later on we will return to our private vehicle and continue driving along the shore of the ocean passing the beach of Yumaque. After some time we will arrive in the little fishing village of Lagunillas, where we will have plenty of time to walk around and also to enjoy great Peruvian food at any of the local restaurants overlooking the ocean. After all our visits we will take a bus to return to Lima where our Local guide will be waiting to take you to the airport where our tour will end

PRICE PER PERSON IN DOUBLE ACCOMMODATION

Prices	Hotels
USD 3445	in 5 stars hotel: Libertador/Sol Meliá/Isla Esteves – Expedition Train
USD 2740	in 4 stars hotel: Antara/Andean Wings/Novotel/Picoaga – Expedition Train
USD 2215	in 3 stars hotel: Faraona/San Agustín/Samay/Casona Plaza – Expedition Train
USD 2040	in 2 stars hotel: Faro Inn/Sol Plaza inn/Helena Inn – Expedition Train

 

Optional services				prices
To go by Panoramic Train you must add				USD 45	reserve ahead in time
To go by Hiram Bingham Train you must add				USD 765	reserve ahead in time

PRICE PER PERSON IN SINGLE ACCOMMODATION

Prices	Hotels
USD 5145	in 5 stars hotel: Libertador/Sol Meliá/Isla Esteves – Expedition Train
USD 3680	in 4 stars hotel: Antara/Andean Wings/Novotel/Picoaga – Expedition Train
USD 2850	in 3 stars hotel: Faraona/San Agustín/Samay/Casona Plaza – Expedition Train
USD 2395	in 2 stars hotel: Faro Inn/Sol Plaza inn/Helena Inn – Expedition Train

 

Optional services				prices
To go by Panoramic Train you must add				USD 45	reserve ahead in time
To go by Hiram Bingham Train you must add				USD 765	reserve ahead in time

PRICE PER PERSON IN TRIPLE ACCOMMODATION

Prices	Hotels
USD 3295	in 5 stars hotel: Libertador/Sol Meliá/Isla Esteves – Expedition Train
USD 2580	in 4 stars hotel: Antara/Andean Wings/Novotel/Picoaga – Expedition Train
USD 2125	in 3 stars hotel: Faraona/San Agustín/Samay/Casona Plaza – Expedition Train
USD 1995	in 2 stars hotel: Faro Inn/Sol Plaza inn/Helena Inn – Expedition Train

 

Optional services				prices
To go by Panoramic Train you must add				USD 45	reserve ahead in time
To go by Hiram Bingham Train you must add				USD 765	reserve ahead in time

Important – Hotel booking is subject to space availability.

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• 2 Transfer from the airport in Lima to the Hotel
• 1 City tour in Lima Ciudad de los Reyes
• 2 Nights at hotel in Lima including breakfast
• 3 Nights at hotel in Cusco including breakfast
• 2 Nights at hotel in Puno including breakfast
• 1 Night at hotel in Nazca including breakfast
• 1 Night at hotel in Paracas including breakfast
• 1 Night at hotel in Aguas Calientes including breakfast
• 1 Flight Lima – Cusco (1 hour)
• 1 Flight Juliaca-Lima (1 hour)
• 1 Flight over the Nazca Lines (40 minutes)
• 1 transfer from the airport in Cusco to the Hotel
• 1 Tour in Cusco and suroundings (13:30 hrs – 18:30 hrs)
• 1 Dance and Music Show ( 19:00 hrs.a 20:00 hrs)
• 1 Tour to Machupicchu (06:00 hrs – 20:00 hrs)
• 1 Sacred valley Tour including breakfast (08:00 hrs – 21:00 hrs)
• 1 Transfer to the Tourism Bus terminal Cusco to Puno.
• 1 Guided tour from Cusco to Puno + lunch (08:00 hrs – 18:00 hrs)
• 1 Tour to Lake Titi Caca,Urus Island, Taquile
• 1 Transfer from the hotel in Puno to the airport of Juliaca (1 hour ).
• 1 Transfer from the hotel in Lima to the bus terminal in Lima
• 1 Trip on Bus from Lima to Nazca (08:00 hrs – 13:00 hrs)
• 1 Trip on Bus from Nazca to Paracas (13:00 hrs – 17:00 hrs)
• 1 Tour to Ballestas Island
• 1 Trip on Bus from Paracas to Lima (13:00 hrs – 21:00 hrs)
• 1 Transfer from the bus terminal to the hotel or airport