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ANDEAN
PERU 10 DAYS 9 NIGHTS |
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Daily
Departures
Per Person Prices :
US&3078 (Double) & US$4912 (Single) Deluxe hotel
accommodations
flight tickets included
Lima - Cusco
Juliaca - Lima
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DAY 1
LIMA PICK UP
Pick up upon arrival and overnight at the Marriot Hotel
or similar located
in Miraflores, Lima.
DAY 2 CUSCO
Transfer to the airport to take flight to Cusco (airfare
included) upon
arrival reception at Cusco airport and transfer to the
Monasterio hotel. In
the afternoon: Cusco City Tour from 2 pm to 6:30 pm.
This tour includes the
Qoricancha (Temple of the Sun) and the Cathedral. The
tour drives along the
Circunvalacion Road up to famous fortress of Sacsahuaman,
then to Q'enqo,
Puca Pucara and Tambomachay with Spanish and English
speaking professional
guide. Includes Tourist ticket valid for the entrance to
many museums and
ruins as well. Overnight. (B)
DAY 3 SACRED VALLEY TOUR (Departure day only on
Tuesday, Thursday and
Sunday)
This tour is available on Tuesdays , Thursdays or
Sundays only . Breakfast
. You will be picked up at 8:45 am. Full day excursion
to the Urubamba
Valley visiting: the village of Pisac, a picturesque
town of creole and
colonial aspect and its lndian market and craftfair.
Lunch provided. In the
afternoon you'll visit to the fortress of Ollantaytambo,
an architectural
group that in the days of the Tahuantinsuyo empire was a
gigantic agricultural, administrative, social, religious
and military
complex, then the Chincero market. At the end, return to
Cusco at 6:30pm .
Lodging at Monasterio hotel (B,L)
DAY 4 MACHU PICCHU
At 5:45 a.m. you will be picked up from the hotel to the
train station which
leaves at 06:15 a.m. Travel will be in "Vistadome" Class
(formerly
"Autowagon"). At 10:10 a.m. you will arrive at the Aguas
Calientes Station,
from where you will take a 25 minute bus ride to the
ruins of Machu Picchu.
Once there, you will take a guided tour, with an English
speaking guide.
Lunch at Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (included).
Overnight at the
Machupicchu Sanctuary Lodge. (B, Lunch)
Note: Optional Deluxe train Hiram bingham available for
US$510 more per person
DAY 5 MACHU PICCHU
Morning at leisure in Aguas Calientes to continue
visiting the area and
Machu Picchu (bus ticket and entrance fees not included
for this day on the
rate). In the afternoon at 3:05 pm we will take the
Vistadome train back to
Cusco, arriving at 7:05 pm. Overnight at the Monasterio
hotel. (B)
DAY 6 PUNO
Transfer to the train or bus station. Ten hour train or
bus ride to Puno*,
across the scenic high Andes landscapes only dotted by
small villages and
herds of the llamas and vicuñas. Upon arrival transfer
to the Libertador
Isla Estevez Hotel and overnight ( B, L )
(*If travelling by train, ask for price and availability.)
DAY 7 UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS
You will be picked up from your hotel at 6:40 a.m.
aprox., after a 2 hour motorboat
ride, you will arrive at the Uros island in the Titikaka
lake. Fishermen and
hunters inhabit the floating islands of the Uros. The
residents of the Uros
use the cattail, a type of rush, which grows in the lake,
to create the
conditions that ensure the islands stay afloat. The
dense roots that the
plants develop support the island. The roofs are
waterproof and the houses
are extremely humid because of the surrounding water. At
present, they speak
Quechua and Aymara. Then we will visit the Taquile
island, where we will
have lunch in the cooperative restaurant. There is also
a cooperative shop
on the plaza that sells exceptional wool goods which are
of very fine
quality and somewhat expensive. Taquile Island is famous
for its craft
production, particularly for its beautiful textiles. The
island is narrow at
about 1 Km. wide and 6 to 7 Km. long. The visit could be
exhausting because
of the 533 steps on the stone stairway to climb to get
to the village and
because of the altitude (13,000 ft above sea level). On
Taquile there are
numerous pre-Inca and Inca ruins as well as Inca
terracing. We will return
in Puno in the afternoon, overnight at the Libertador
Isla Estevez. (B,L)
DAY 8 SUN ISLAND FULL DAY
You will picked up from your hotel at 6:30 am. Land
transfer to Copacabana
Sanctuary. You will arrive into Copacabana after about 3
hours. Copacana is
the most important religious sanctuary of Bolivia,
thousands of pilgrims
visit every year the virgin of Copacabana also known as
Native Madonna, you
will visit the main square and the impressive Cathedral
(1/2 hour tour). You
will arrive into the Sun Island after about 1 hour of a
spectacular
catamaran cruise including lunch on board, this island
has been identified
as the birthplace of several revered entities, including
the sun itself. A
source of magnetic energy, the vertex of the earth and
the cradle of the
Inca Empire, the Inca couple Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo
appeared here and
founded the Sun Empire. During a 2 hours Sun Island Tour
you will visit:
-The Inca garden, the island micro climate provides the
ideal location for
this garden that during Inca times was full of Andean
flowers, water and
trees.
-The Inca Stairs that was built by the Incas in order to
reach the Inca
Water spring.
-The Inca water spring, a natural water spring with 3
different openings of
different tastes, this Inca made water fountain is
supposed to be a source
of ethernal youth.
-The Sun Island Inti Wata Complex, that contains the
largest amount of
archaeological items founded in the island and the
largest demo variety of
Andean flora and fauna available in Bolivia.
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Ceremony,
witchcrafts,natural medicine,
art, magic, and millenary traditions are part of the
mystic world of the
Kallawayas heritage. The purpose of this mystic ceremony
is to purify the
souls of the Chinkana holy temple visitors, this
Ceremony takes place in a
Inca altar at the top of the hill facing the temple and
overlooking the
lake. You will then proceed back to Copacabana and then
to Puno, we will
return in Puno at 6:30 PM, overnight. at the Libertador
Isla Estevez (B;L)
DAY 9 TRANSFER TO LIMA
Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima (airfare
included), upon
arrival reception and transfer to the hotel and
overnight (B)
DAY 10 TRANSFER OUT
Transfer to the airport for your international flight
and end of the
services (B)
INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations
based on single or double
occupancy. All scheduled transportation. All transfers.
All scheduled
excursions with English-speaking guide services. All
entrance fees. Meals
and domestic airfares as specified in the itinerary.
B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE
International 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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Visa
Requirement for US
Citizens to enter in
Bolivia
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if you are North
american and have
decided visit Bolivia,
you must take note of
this recent information:
In the first hours of
2007, The Bolivian
President Evo Morales
suppressed by decree the
right of US citizens to
enter this country
freely, in reciprocity
with a similar measure
taken by the US
government.
Also the citizens of
Angola, Bhutan,
República de Chad,
Congo, Ruanda, Somalia,
República Yemen,
Indonesia, China and
Taiwán has been affected
by this decreee
Please make sure to have
all necessary documents
before traveling! |
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