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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 not 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
not
included) Upon arrival reception and transfer to the hotel ,rest of
the morning at leisure . In the afternoon: Cusco City Tour From 1:30
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
(B)
DAY 7: SACRED VALLEY TOUR (departure day only on Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday)
You will be picked up at 8:30 A.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 hotel (B;L)
DAY 8: MACHU PICCHU
All day excursion by alpine train to Machu Picchu. At 5:30 am you
will leave the Hotel to the train station , the train leaves at 6:00
am. Travel is in "Vistadome" Class (formerly "Autowagon"). At 9:40
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 hotel in Aguas
Calientes town (B,L)
Day 9: 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 Cusco.
Upon arrival in Cusco, transfer to the hotel . Overnight(B)
DAY 10: TRANSFER OUT
In the morning transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima (airfare
not included) in time to get your international flight connection
(B)
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Lima Plaza
de Armas
Colca Canyon
Cathedral
Temple of the Sun
Machu
Picchu
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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 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 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. |
