DAY 01:
MEET AND GREET IN LIMA
Our transfer staff will be at the Lima International Airport waiting for your arrival with a sign with your name on it at the moment of your arrival in Peru. Once at your hotel, you will be provided with assistance for check-in and an explanation of the program. According to your arrival time we will proceed with the activity of the City tour We will visit the Parque del Amor located on the boardwalk, from where you can take beautiful pictures overlooking the Pacific Ocean, then we will visit the Huaca Pucllana with its great step pyramid, also the Olivar which are located in the district of San Isidro, we continue to the square of Lima, known as Plaza Mayor. There you will see the cathedrals, the government palace, the city hall and the wonderful balconies uniquely decorated with Arab influences. The tour ends with a trip to one of the oldest catacombs in America, in the monastery of San Francisco.
MEALS INCLUDED: None.
OVERNIGHT: Lima.
DAY 02:
PARACAS – ICA – HUACACHINA
The tour starts with the pick up of the tourist from his hotel in Lima at approximately 5.45 in the morning. On board of a comfortable tourist bus we will travel 259 kilometers along the Panamericana Sur highway (4 hours trip) until we arrive at the Paracas beach resort in the Ica region. Once in Paracas, we will board the El Chaco pier to depart on a modern boat to Ballestas Island. After the visit to Paracas we will depart by tourist transport to the city of Ica (1 hour trip on average). There we will visit the famous oasis of Huacachina, which is located only 5 kilometers from the center of the city. In the small town we will be able to appreciate the beautiful lagoon formed in a desert. In addition, we will be able to enjoy its simple streets surrounded by a beautiful landscape. Optionally we can do the sports activities offered in Huacachina: sandboarding, buggy rides and more.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast (BOX LUNCH)
OVERNIGHT: Lima:
DAY 03:
CITY TOUR CUSCO
After breakfast at your hotel, we will pick you up and take you to the airport in Lima where we will board our flight that has a duration of approximately 1:30 minutes that will take us to the navel of the world Cusco also called the city of the Incas located in the southern highlands of Peru where our agent will be waiting for you at the airport with a sign with your name to direct you to the designated Hotel. Right after lunch, we will begin our tour of the city of Cusco, between 13: 00h and 13: 20h. First, we will visit the Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun), as well as several of the city’s impressive archaeological ruins, such as Sacsaywaman, Qenqo, Pukapukara and Tambomachay. Our tour will end at the main square. At this time, you may wish to enjoy a tasty dinner at one of the many nearby restaurants.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco:
DAY 04:
SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
On this beautiful day we will begin our tour very early in the morning, approximately at 6:40 am: 40 am, with the pick up of our passengers from their respective lodgings, we will start the tour, we will visit the most important archaeological centers of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, (Ollantaytambo, Chinchero), then in the town of Urubamba we will have our LUNCH BUFFET Once the tour is finished in Ollantaytambo, we must go to the train station from where our train will depart, we will go to the train station from where our train will leave, we will arrive in approximately 2 hours to the town of AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHUPICCHU, where we will be greeted by a staff of the agency that will transfer us on foot to our designated lodging.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast and Buffet Lunch.
OVERNIGHT: Aguas Calientes.
DAY 05:
MACHUPICCHU TOUR
Today is the day! At a meeting point designated by the guide in the city of Aguascalientes we will receive last minute directions and then board a bus to the mountain. This bus ride takes about 25 minutes and follows a winding slope with beautiful views. Upon arrival, we will check in at the entrance gate of Machu Picchu before beginning your long awaited tour of the sacred Inca citadel. This tour will last about 2 hours. We will experience the mysteries and magic of the sacred Inca citadel of Machu Picchu by visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sundial, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows and several cemeteries. When the tour is over, you have the option to visit a restaurant to enjoy a typical and pleasant lunch. Your return to Cusco will be by train. At the Ollantaytambo train station upon arrival, our staff will be waiting for you to accompany you to your hotel in Cusco.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco
DAY 06:
SALT MINES OF MARAS AND MORAY
The tour will begin in the morning, approximately at 07:30 am. We will start this tour that will take us for approximately 01 hours from our lodging to the town of Maras, which is a town located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
We will appreciate its square and its colorful streets, then we will move to the terraces of Maras and observe its architecture and its ecological floors that are very peculiar in the form of circles that are descending in an original way, then we will visit the salt mines of Maras. We will have approx. 30 min. to take pictures in each place and then we will be picked up by a transport to take us back to the city of Cusco approx. at 1pm.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco.
DAY 07:
MOUNTAIN OF 7 COLORS
Very early in the morning, approximately at 05:00 am. We will begin this tour that will take us for approximately 03 hours from our lodging to the town of Cusipata, from where we will begin at approximately 08: 00 am, with a breakfast and indications of our professional guide in tourism, to later give beginning with our walk for approximately 2 hours, where we will enjoy a unique scenic beauty in the world, beauty that we have thanks to the Andean mountain range, once in the mountain of colors, we have approximately 30 minutes to rest and take pictures, and then proceed to the return for 2 hours more to the town of Cusipata where we will have our lunch buffet, and then return to Cusco.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast and Lunch.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco.
DAY 08:
TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
Early in the morning we will take you to the airport in the city of Cusco to take your flight back to Lima.
Once you arrive at the airport, grateful for your confidence and your visit in our country the program will conclude.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast.
