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Day 1: LIMA /
CUZCO
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 2: MACHU PICCHU FULL DAY TOUR
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. 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, brunch, optional
afternoon tea at Macchu Picchu sanctuary lodge hotel, 4-course,
à la carte dinner)
Day 3: CUZCO / LIMA
Transfer from your hotel to the airport for the return
flight to Lima (breakfast and airfare included).
END OF OUR SERVICES
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
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