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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
n 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 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 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: CUSCO
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to take flight to
Cusco (airfare
included) Upon arrival reception and transfer to the
Monasterio hotel ,rest
of the Day at leisure - overnight (B).
DAY 7 CITY TOUR PM
In the afternoon: Cusco City Tour From 2 PM to 6.30pm .This
tour includes
the Qoricancha (temple of the sun) and the Cathedral.
The tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to
famous fortress of
Sacsahuaman, then to Q'enqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay,
including Spanish
and English speaking guide. Include Tourist ticket valid
for the entrance to
many museums and ruins as well. Overnight at the
Monasterio Hotel (B)
DAY 8: SACRED VALLEY TOUR (departure day only on
Tuesday, Thursday and
Sunday)
You will be picked up at 8,45A.M. 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 and overnight at the
Monasterio hotel
(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
6:15 am. Travel is in
"Vistadome" Class (formerly "Autowagon"). At
10:10 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 arcas: the agricultural and
the urban. Lunch at
the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (included). Overnight
at the Sanctuary
Lodge hotel (B,L)
Note: Optional Deluxe train Hiram bingham available for
US$510 more per person
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
Cuzco.
Upon arrival in Cuzco, transfer to the Monasterio 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)
END OF OUR SERVICES
INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations
based on 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.
Note : We can replace above Hotels with other one
with the same
characteristics in the case that it becomes necessary
for operative and
other reasonable causes
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. |
