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The Cathedral of Lima, The Company of Cusco and Machupicchu

Magical Travel to the Wonders of Southern Peru
13 days


“Discover the natural and cultural wonders of Southern Peru.”

Discover with this program "Magical Journeys to the Wonders of Southern Peru" that combines natural, archaeological and living cultures attractions. Complete Circuit: Lima (Capital of Peru), Ica (Desert Region), Arequipa (White City), Puno (Capital of Peruvian Folklore) with its Lake Titicaca (the highest lake in the world), the cultural richness of the Navel of the World - Cusco and culminating in one of the wonders of the world "Machu Picchu", the jewel of the Tahuantinsuyo.

Difficulty: Challenged

Schedule: Subject to change.

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Magical Travel to the Wonders of Southern Peru
13 days

 

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Difficulty
Challenged

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Travel Details


Highlights

  • Day 01: Arrival, Welcome to Lima.
  • Day 02: Lima City Tour - The City of the Kings and Larco Museum.
  • Day 03: Lima - Paracas - Ballestas Islands - Ica - Nazca.
  • Day 04: Nazca - Nazca Lines Overflight - Arequipa.
  • Day 05: Arequipa - City Tour In The White City of Arequipa.
  • Day 06: Colca Valley and Canyon Full Day - Puno.
  • Day 07: Puno - Lake Titicaca: Uros and Taquile Islands.
  • Day 08: Puno - Cusco.
  • Day 09: Visit Cusco and its surroundings.
  • Day 10: Sacred Valley of the Incas.
  • Day 11: Secrets of Machu Picchu.
  • Day 12: Andenes De Moray and Salinas De Maras.
  • Day 13: Cusco - Departure Lima

Itinerary

Reception upon arrival and assistance at the airport in Lima and then transfer to your chosen hotel and you will have the afternoon free to rest.

Overnight in Lima.

We visit the modern and colonial part of the city of Lima, we will start the visit by the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro, where we will have a panoramic view of the magnificent Huaca Pucllana, which is a pre-Inca Ceremonial Center.

We continue our tour to the Historic Center of Lima, where we will appreciate monuments and colonial buildings. Then we visit the Convent of Santo Domingo, declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity, stroll through the Plaza Mayor, which is surrounded by the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace, the City Hall and the Cathedral, among others, at the end of this tour, we will stop for a small tasting of the typical Pisco Sour.

Finally, we will visit the Larco Museum, located in a colonial mansion of the XVIII century A.D., surrounded by beautiful gardens and which houses the unsurpassed collection of 5,000 years of Treasures of Ancient Peru.

  • Alojamiento en Lima.
  • Food included: Breakfast.
  • Duration: 08:30 - 18:00 Hours.

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Paracas, the trip lasts about 04 hours. From there, we will go to Chaco station, where we will embark by boat to the Ballestas Islands, in the National Reserve of Paracas; natural reserve of beautiful geological formations, where we will be able to appreciate a great variety of endemic birds, colonies of sea lions, Humboldt Penguins and with a little luck, we will be able to see dolphins.

After this excursion we will visit the city of Ica (Cathedral, some wineries and the Huacachina Lagoon).

Then we move to the city of Nazca.

  • Overnight in Nazca.
  • Food included: Breakfast.
  • Duration: 04:00 - 20:30 Hours.

After our breakfast we transfer to Maria Reiche Neuman Airport for our overflight to the mysterious Nazca Lines, where we will make a flight of 1 hour and 30 minutes by plane over the desert, composed of huge linear figures of animals that form a monkey, a spider, a condor and geometric figures, drawn in the desert, in large dimensions that reach 15 to 300 meters each, and a depth of about 30 centimeters and that can only be seen from space.

In the afternoon, we have to make a 10-hour drive to the city of Arequipa. Upon arrival we settled in our respective hotel.

  • Overnight in Arequipa.
  • Food included: Breakfast.
  • Duration: 07:00 - 23:00 Hours.

City tour in Arequipa, starts with the pick up from your hotel and we go to the square, where we visit walking: Plaza de Armas and its magnificent Cathedral built during the seventeenth century. The complex of the Company of Jesus, Casa Tristan del Pozo, San Francisco Complex and the Museum of Santa Catalina.

  • Overnight in Arequipa.
  • Food included: Breakfast.

Pick up from your hotel in Arequipa and travel by bus to the Colca Valley.

After a journey of 3 hours and a half we arrive to the town of Chivay and breakfast in Chivay.

Then we continue the trip for 2 hours to the viewpoint of the Cruz del Condor.

At the Cruz del Condor, we have free time to admire the natural beauty of the Canyon and observe the flight of the Condors, as well as the depth of the Canyon.

Afterwards, we board our transport back to Chivay, making stops along the way in villages such as: Pinchollo (Wayrapunko viewpoint), Antahuilque viewpoint, Maca and Yanque.

1:00 pm We board the tourist bus from Chivay to Puno with stops en route: Patapampa or Mirador de los Andes, Alto Sumbay, National Reserve of Salinas and Aguada Blanca, habitat of species such as the Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco and especially the Vicuña and arrival at Plaza de Armas-Puno.

  • Overnight in Puno.
  • Feeding: Desayuno y almuerzo en Chivay.
  • Duration: 02:45 - 20:00 Hours.

Breakfast, transfer from the hotel to the dock to visit the floating islands of the Uros, which are artificial islands of totora reeds. We continue our adventure to the Natural Island of Taquile, part of the Tahuantinsuyo and the locals continue to live according to their ancient traditions and Inca rules.

  • Overnight in Puno.
  • Food included: Breakfast, Lunch.
  • Duration: 07:00 - 17:00 Hours.

We head towards the city of Cusco, we will travel along the Collao plateau, we will have the opportunity to visit the Temple of Kalasaya in Pukara, an ancient Pre Inca civilization. Continuing on we will pass through the streak where we can appreciate herds of vicuñas and llamas, is the division between Puno and Cusco, at 4335 meters above sea level. Then lunch in Sicuani, where you will enjoy the delicious culinary art of the region.

Then we will visit the Inca archaeological complex of Raqchi, ceremonial center dedicated to the great Creator God Wiracocha.

On the route we will appreciate two lagoons (Urcos Lagoon and Wacarpay). In the beautiful town of Andahuaylillas, we will visit its Sistine Chapel of America. Then we pass by the beautiful gate of Rumiqolqa, Inca Hydraulics in the passage of the Qhapaq Ñan. If we still have time we can visit Pikillacta, the pre-Inca walled city of Wari which literally means city of fleas.

  • Overnight in Cusco.
  • Food included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
  • Duration: 07:00 - 18:00 Hours.

In the morning, we get away from the crowds to visit the archaeological park of Sacsayhuaman, an impressive citadel of colossal constructions. Then we visit Qenqo, the Inca shrine. Finally, we arrive at PucaPucara and the Tambomachay Water Worship Center.

We return to the Casona del Inca, where we will have lunch and enjoy a panoramic view of the city of Puma Cusco.

Then exclusive tour of the main streets, Inca and colonial monuments, located within the historic center.

First we will go to visit the typical market of San Pedro, where we will soak up the local flavor and know, more closely, the products that supply the city of Puma.

Then, we will visit the Temple of Qoricancha, with all its magnificence; Recinto de Oro is its name in Quechua and it was once completely covered with gold.

Then, we will walk through the neighborhood of the Artisans of San Blas, from there, we walk down the street Hatun Rumiyoc, finding our way the Inca Roca Palace, today the Archbishop's Palace, we will have time to admire the world famous Stone of the Twelve Angles and thus arrive and visit the charming Huaqaypata - Plaza de Armas of Cusco and its beautiful Cathedral, which houses colonial works of incalculable value.

  • Overnight in Cusco.
  • Food included: breakfast and lunch.
  • Duration: 08:30 - 18:00 Horas..

Pick up from your Hotel and travel in our Tourist Transport, in that stretch we make a brief stop at a Textile center "Manos de la Comunidad", to appreciate the Auquenidos of the Andes Peru and see the beautiful work of local artisans.

Then we go to the Taray viewpoint, from this place, you can take excellent pictures of the Andes Mountains and the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Afterwards, we will head to the traditional town of Pisaq. There, we visit its traditional market and its archaeological complex of Intihuatana. After an hour's drive, we will be in Urubamba for our buffet lunch.

From there we will visit the archaeological center of Ollantaytambo. Where you should walk through the streets of this small living city, to see its cobbled and winding streets.

Finally, we head to the train station to continue our journey by train to Aguas Calientes.

  • Lodging in Aguas Calientes.
  • Food included: breakfast and lunch.
  • Duration: 08:30 - 20:00 Hours.

After breakfast, we take a bus that takes us to the entrance of Machu Picchu.

Time to enjoy, walk through the Sacred City of the Incas and with the company of our guide, who will inform us the history and secrets of one of the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of the tour we have free time to enjoy, relax and take pictures.

The sacred city will be captured in your mind, heart and soul. Then return to Aguas Calientes for lunch and take the train back to Ollantaytambo.

Finally, we will pick you up to transfer you to your hotel.

  • Lodging in Ollantaytambo.
  • Food included: Breakfast.
  • Duration: 08:30 - 20:00 Hours.

The tour begins in the living city of Ollantaytambo, for which we will pick you up at your hotel. We start after Machu Picchu, we say goodbye to the treasure of the sacred valley and its amazing archaeological site of Ollantaytambo. To continue our visit to the terraces or agricultural experimentation center of Moray.

After this visit, we pass through the picturesque colonial town of Maras and its beautiful square.

Our next point of visit is the famous salt mines of Maras "a sea of salt in the mountains", exploited by the locals and which are exported to different countries, and then head to Cusco.

En route we make a stop in Chinchero, where you can visit one of the centers of textile production, to observe their ancestral techniques of dyeing and processing. Then we will observe and have an impressive view of the archaeological center of Chinchero from the viewpoint.

  • Overnight in Cusco.
  • Food included: breakfast and lunch.
  • Duration: 09:00 - 17:00 Hours.

Breakfast at the hotel. Free time in Cusco and at the scheduled time, you will be transferred from your hotel to the airport.

  • Important:
  • The breakfast of the day will depend on the time of transfer from the hotel.
  • Excursion times will be reconfirmed at the destination.

Includes / Does not include

What is included?

  • Pick up and transfer airport/hotel/airport.
  • Bus ticket Lima - Paracas - Nazca - Arequipa with Cruz del Sur and/or Similar in Cruise Service.
  • Tourist transportation to the places to visit.
  • Two nights lodging in Lima.
  • One night lodging in Nazca.
  • Two nights lodging in Arequipa.
  • Two nights lodging in Puno.
  • Three nights lodging in Cusco.
  • One night accommodation in Aguas Calientes.
  • One night accommodation in Ollantaytambo.
  • Daily breakfast at the hotel, lunches and dinners as specified in the itinerary.
  • Entrance tickets to the attractions mentioned in the itinerary.
  • Train tickets (Ollantaytambo /Aguas Calientes/Ollantaytambo).
  • Professional guide.
  • Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu.
  • Bus ticket up and down to Machu Picchu.
  • Permanent assistance.

What is not included?

  • Food not mentioned.
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages during meals.
  • Personal expenses (laundry, telephone calls, travel insurance, etc.).
  • Entrance ticket to Huayna Picchu Mountain.
  • Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu Mountain.
  • Airplane tickets.

Recommendations

  • Take an infusion of coca leaves to avoid altitude sickness.
  • Drink liquids on your tours.
  • Everything you should wear and carry in your small backpack.
  • Wear sneakers or light shoes or tennis shoes.
  • Raincoat (long poncho) in rainy season.
  • Long sleeve shirts.
  • Long pants.
  • Insect repellent.
  • Sunscreen, wide-brimmed hat for sunny days.
  • Binoculars, camera or camcorder and film.
  • Sunglasses, plastic bags.
  • Medicine and/or personal items (liquid for contact lenses).
  • One backpack or light briefcase per person.
  • Bring original documents with which you made your reservation.
  • Have your migration card with you (in case you stay overnight in Machu Picchu town hotel).
  • Have on hand bills and coins in small denominations of dollars, euros or soles.

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