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DAY 1 LIMA
Pick up upon arrival at Lima’s airport and
transportation to the hotel. Overnight (No meals)
DAY 2 NAZCA FULL DAY TOUR
You will be picked up from your Hotel in Lima at 5:00 am,
we will provide a driver and a minivan, the ride will
take around 6 hours each way . On the way we will visit
the Museum of the site. The Maria Reiche tomb and we
will stop at the Over view of Nazca. 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 (Airfare included), after the over
flight we will take some time to rest and we will have
lunch (included) before to come back to your hotel in
Lima. (L)
DAY 3 LIMA - CUSCO
Transfer to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco (airfare
not included).
Upon arrival to Cusco Airport. Reception and
transportation to the Hotel where you will receive an
aromatic coca tea to stimulating for the height, will
have the free morning to rest and also we suggest you
have a light lunch in either your hotel or in one of the
surrounded; in the afternoon we will depart on a City
tour (entrance to the archaeological centers and museums
including) we will visit the Main square, Cathedral, the
Koricancha (temple of the sun) and in addition we will
make a route bordering archaeological centers like
Sacsayhuaman Fortress, Q'enko, Puka Pukara and
Tambomachay, tour finishes 6:30pm approximately at the
main square in order you can take dinner in one of the
exquisite restaurants in the area, then overnight.
NOTES:
*City tour: from 1.45pm to 6:30pm approx. (Pickup from
the hotel starts at 1:15pm)
*Optional Buffet Dinner with Folkloric Show: Adding $30
per person
DAY 4 FULL DAY SACRED VALLEY TOUR
Breakfast. You will be picked up at 8:15 am. Full day
excursion to the Urubamba Valley visiting: the colorful
Indian market in Pisac where a mixture of color and
tradition will be able appreciated besides will have a
good opportunity to try our bargain skills on the free
time to interact with the local craftsmen to purchase
their hand-made souvenirs. The Valley has a distance of
31 km (19 miles) of Cusco, and an altitude of 2,970 ms
(9,700 p), Pisac is located to the entrance of the
Sacred Valley and followed by Ollantaytambo, the older
town continuously occupied of the American continent.
The narrow streets of Ollantaytambo, along with their
channels that have not varied from the time Inca, evoke
their ancestral inheritance, lunch in a typical
restaurant and then the last visit will be to Chinchero
market.
Chinchero is believed to be the mythical birthplace of
the rainbow. Its major claim to tourism is its colorful
Sunday market which is much less tourist-orientated than
the market at Pisac. At the end, return to Cusco main
square at 6:30pm approx.
The night is free for you to eat in a restaurant of your
choice; although we always have plenty of suggestions
for you should you require them. (B, L)
Note: Take this tour on market days: Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday
Bilingual Guided tour on different days
DAY 5 CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU (*Overnight in Aguas
Calientes)
*Note: Doesn’t work on Sundays
Breakfast and at 8.15am pick up to go Poroy Train's
station. The Hiram Bingham departs from Poroy Station
(20 minutes outside Cusco) at 9.00am 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., overnight at the select
hotel in Aguas Calientes town (B)
DAY 6 BACK IN CUSCO
*Note: Doesn’t work on Sundays
Morning at leisure by your own (entrance and bus fee to
Machu Picchu archaeological site not included on the fee)
in the afternoon return to Cusco.
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. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel. Overnight.(B)
WHAT'S INCLUDED ON HIRAM BINGHAM?
On-board meals with Peruvian wine, cusqueña Beer, soft
drinks and hot drinks (brunch on outward journey, dinner
on return), on-board entertainment, guides, bus
transfers, entrance to the Machu Picchu sanctuary and
afternoon tea at Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge,
pre-dinner cocktails
DAY 7 CUSCO - PUNO
Early breakfast and transfer to the bus station so you
can take the ride to Puno. Depart Cusco on guided bus to
Puno, visiting on the route picturesque towns and
archeological sites such as Andahuaylillas, Raqchi,
Sicuani, La Raya and Pukara. Lunch included. Afternoon
arrival in Puno, reception and transfer to your
accommodation. Overnight at the hotel.(B,L)
(*) Additional fare if travelling by train. Ask for
availability.
DAY 8 UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS
You will be picked up from your hotel at 6:30 a.m., to
go to the port of Puno to take a tourist motor boat and
to direct towards the wonders floating islands of the
Uros. 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 are known as the “water tribe”,
because they must construct its own Islands periodically,
adding new layers of totora reeds, 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.
They used it as home and trade centers for the natives,
who use hand-made boats of the same material as their
means of transportation. At present, they speak Quechua
and Aymara. Following this exciting tour, you will be
led to the Island of Taquile, , place where the form of
typical and rustic experience was appraised, the place
is colorful and landscaping, where they even maintain
its customs, ritual, religious and folkloric traditions,
in the town of Taquile we will taste a typical lunch
with fresh fish (trout). There is also a craft fair 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 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 (B,L)
DAY 9 SILLUSTANI - LIMA
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to
Lima (airfare NOT included). On the route to the airport,
we will visit at the Sillustani Chullpas (pre-Colombian
funeral towers). The scenery is desert but impressive,
in a beautiful setting on a peninsula on Ayumara lake
about 32 Km. from Puno. Most of the towers date from the
period of Inca occupation in the 15th century; the
engineering involved in their construction is more
complex than anything the Incas built. Upon arrival
Lima’s airport, 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)
END OF SERVICES
INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations
based on double room occupancy. All scheduled
transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions
with English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees.
Meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast; L=Lunch;
D=Dinner.
IMPORTANT: For a better service, the company
informs you that it has autonomy to change the Hotels
mentioned in the itinerary with another one of similar
category if therefore sees it by advisable taking into
account justifiable availability of spaces or other
reasons, if this it is the case you will be notified
ahead of time.
NOT INCLUDE:
Nazca lines airport tax USD14 approx. per person.
International and domestic 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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