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PERU 10 DAYS 9 NIGHTS |
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Daily
Departures
Per Person Prices /
flight tickets included
Lima - Cusco /
Juliaca - Lima
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Tren Category |
SWB |
DWB |
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$ 6636 |
$ 4222 |
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Day 1 -
LIMA
Meeting and assistance upon arrival and transfer to the
Hotel.
Day 2 - LIMA / CUSCO
You will be picked up from your Hotel in Lima and
transferred to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco
(airfare included). Upon arrival, you will be met and
driven to 5stars deluxe Hotel. In the afternoon pick up
between 1:15pm and 1:30pm. This tour includes the
Qoricancha (temple of the sun) and the Cathedral. The
tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to famous
fortress of Sacsayhuaman, then to Q’enqo, Puca Pucara
and Tambomachay Including Spanish and English speaking
guide. Also included in this is a tourist card, giving
you access to all the sites in the Cuzco area as a whole
(i.e., including outside of the City itself). This tour
finishes at 18:00, Overnight. (no meals)
Day 3 - SACRED VALLEY TOUR (DEPARTURE DAYS: Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Sundays)
after breakfast at your hotel, You will be picked up
between 8.15am and 8.45am. Full day excursion to the
Sacred Valley of the Incas, visiting: the village of
Pisac, a picturesque town of Creole and colonial aspect
and its Indian 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 Chinchero market. At the end, return to Cusco
arriving at 6:30pm approximately (B, L)
Day 4 - CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU (overnight)
private transportation from your hotel to the Poroy
train station. The Hiram Bingham departs from Poroy
Station (20 minutes outside Cusco) at 9am which gives a
more leisurely start to the day than the traditional 6am
departures of other train services to Machu Picchu.
Brunch is served on board the train whilst passengers
watch the spectacular scenery unfolding before them.
From the agricultural plains of the Sacred Valley, to
the crashing waters of the Urubamba river, and as you
get closer to Machu Picchu the soaring mountains, the
scenery is constantly changing, and the Hiram Bingham
travels at a speed where this can be appreciated. The
train arrives into Aguas Calientes where private
minibuses await passengers to escort them on the fifteen
minute journey up to the citadel, avoiding the queues.
Upon arrival at the Machu Picchu entrance, passengers
can go straight into the citadel as tickets will have
been pre-purchased for all guests. A guide will escort
you around the citadel in small groups, pointing out the
best of the ruins and recounting the history of this
Inca settlement. After the guided tour, guests are given
the choice to wander alone through this fascinating
World Heritage site, or to enjoy Afternoon Tea at the
Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, the Orient-Express hotel
located right at the entrance to the citadel. (breakfast,
brunch, optional afternoon tea at Macchu Picchu
sanctuary lodge hotel, dinner at hotel)
Day 5 - MACHU PICCHU / CUSCO
Morning at leisure to explore the area by your own (entrance
fee and transportation not included). In the afternoon
you will take the train to Cuzco. Upon arrival in Cuzco,
The Hiram Bingham departs at 18.00. Guests are welcomed
back on board with pre-dinner cocktails served in the
Bar Car with live musical entertainment. Later a 4-course,
à la carte dinner is served in the dining cars. The
train pulls into Poroy station just outside Cusco at
21.25. private transportation from Poroy train station
to your hotel in Cusco city. (breakfast, 4-course, à la
carte dinner)
Day 6 - PUNO
Transfer to the train or bus station. Ten hour bus or
train 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 hotel
for overnight. (B, L) *Additional fare of $250.00 per
person if travelling by train. Ask for availability.
Day 7 - UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS - TITICACA LAKE
You will be picked up from your hotel at 7:30 am, after
a 2 hour motorboat ride, you will arrive at the Uros
island. 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.
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 hotel in Puno. (B, L)
Day 8 - SUN ISLAND - TITICACA LAKE
You will be picked up from your hotel at 6:30 am. You
will go overland across the border through the colonial
town of Juli, and the village of Yunguyo: July and
Pomata were very important cultural canters in the 17th
century and their magnificent churches give testimony to
that old splendor. You will arrive into Copacabana after
about 3 hours. Copacabana 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
Capac 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 Steps 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 eternal
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 take place in an 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 and
overnight at hotel (B, L)
Day 9 TRANSFERS TO LIMA
Morning at leisure and in the afternoon transfer to the
airport where you will take a flight to Lima (airfare
included). Upon arrival transfer to Hotel for overnight.
(B)
DAY 10 TRANSFERS OUT
Transfer to the airport for your international flight
and end of the services (B)
INCLUDED IN THE FEE
All hotel and lodge accommodations based on deluxe
accommodations. 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.
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
Visa Requirement for US Citizens to enter in Bolivia
******************************************************
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, Republic de Chad, Congo, Ruanda,
Somalia, Republic Yemen, Indonesia, China and Taiwan has
been affected by this decree. Please make sure to have
all necessary documents before traveling!
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