Day 1:
LIMA PICK UP
Pick up upon arrival and overnight at the Hotel located
in Miraflores, Lima
and overnight.
Day 2:
NAZCA FULL DAY TOUR
You will be picked up from your hotel around 7:00 am.
Then, you will
transfer to the airport where you will take the flight
to Ica (airfare
included). Upon arrival, change to a Cessna Aircraft,
for a better panoramic
sight of the Nazca lines archaeological site. Cut into
the stony desert are
large number of lines, not only parallels and
geometrical figures, but also
designs such as a dog, an enormous monkey, a bird with a
wing span of over
100 meters, a spider and a tree. The lines, that
represent some sort of vast
astronomical pre-Inca calendar, are best seen from the
air, we will take a
half hour flight above the Lines (included). In the
afternoon, we will
return to Ica where we will have lunch followed by the
Ica city tour, Visit
to Ica´s Regional Museum and Hucachina´s small lake.. At
the end of the
tour, we will take the flight back to Lima (airfare
included) where we will
arrive from 5 to 6 pm. Upon arrival, we will transfer to
Carmel Hotel or
similar where we will stay overnight at the Marriot
hotel. (B, L)
Day 3: CUSCO
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to take flight to
Cusco (airfare
included). Upon arrival reception and transfer to the
Hotel rest of the
morning at leisure; around 1:45pm Cusco city tour. This
tour includes the
major sites of historical interest in Cuzco, such as the
famous Inca fort at
Sacsahuaman, and the temple of the Sun. 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 at the Monasterio Hotel. (B)
Day 4: 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 5: 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 Sanctuary
Lodge hotel (B, L)
Note: Optional Deluxe train Hiram bingham available for
US$510 more per person
Day 6: MACHU PICCHU
Morning at leisure in Aguas Calientes to continue
visiting the area and
Machu Picchu (bus ticket and entrance fees not included
in the rate for this
day). In the afternoon at 3:05 pm we will take the
Vistadome train back to
Cusco, arriving at 7:05 pm. Overnight. (B)
Day 7: 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 8: 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 Hotel.
(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 Marriot Hotel.
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.
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.
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