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HUARAZ AND CUSCO 12 DAYS
(12 days and 11 nights)


Daily Departures
Per Person Prices

The package includes: Lima City tour, Huaraz, Pastoruri, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Pisac, Ollantaytambo
Include the airfare tickets: Lima - Cusco / Cusco - Lima
 

FIRST CLASS
$2378 (Double) & US$3540 (Single)
Hotels as below

Hotels included in this package
Boulevard - Lima
Club Andino Hotel - Huaraz
Novotel Cusco
El Pueblo Hotel - Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu)
 

TOURIST CLASS
$1712 (Double) & US$ 2396 (Single)
Accommodation as below

Accommodation included in this package
Carmel - Lima
Casa Blanca - Huaraz
Plaza de Armas Hostal - Cusco
Presidente Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu)

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This package can be easily customized to suit your needs

Day 1: LIMA
Pick up from the airport and transfer to the selected Hotel. Overnight (no
meals)

Day 2: LIMA CITY TOUR , SAN CRISTOBAL HILL & DESCALZOS MUSEUM You will be picked up from your hotel at 09 am .
The city tour begin with the visit to the Plaza the Armas, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Running along two sides are arcades with shops: Portal de Escribanos and Portal de Botoneros.
In the centre of the Plaza is a bronze fountain dating from 1560. Located in the Plaza is the Cathedral, note the splendidly carved stalls, the silver covered altars surrounded by fine woodwork, mosaic covered walls bearing the coats of arms of Lima and Pizarro. Then you'll visit the Monastery of San Francisco, this is famous for the Sivillian tilework and panelled ceiling in the cloisters, the catacombs under the church and part of the monastery are well worth seeing, You'll visit the old colonial streets in the centre of the city, then the San Cristobal Hill, enjoy the panoramic views of the city from the mirador on top of Cerro San Cristobal. Dwarfing houses in the Rimac district, is the volcano-shaped hillside of Cerro San Cristobal. This place is perfect for a wonderful view of the entire city. We will also visit the Descalzos Museum, this is a Franciscan religious complex located at the end of the colonial Alameda de los Descalzos (descalzos=barefeet) in the old and traditional district of Rímac.
This convent was found at the end of the 16th century and in its quiet rooms there are priceless pictures of Quito and Cuzco Art School by artists like Medoro, Diego Quispe Tito, and others. There is a collection of 300 paintings.
At the end of the services transfer to your hotel. (B,L)

Day 3: LIMA/HUARAZ
Pick up at your hotel in the morning and transportation to the Bus Station.
Bus departs at 10:30 hrs toward the city of Huaraz. Lodging at the selected hotel. (B)

Day 4: LLANGANUCO LAKE / CALLEJÓN DE HUAYLAS Breakfast. Visit to the lovely Callejón de Huaylas, with its typical towns and the beautiful Llanganuco Lake, which water of torques color reflects the majesty of the mythical Huascarán. Lunch. During the tour we will visit Caraz city. Return to Huaraz, visiting the handcraft center of Tarica. Lodging at the hotel (B,L)

Day 5: CHAVIN DE HUANTAR
Breakfast .Visit to the ruins of Chavín de Huantar. In the journey we will visit Querococha Lake and will pass the Cordillera through the Cahuish tunnel. Visit to the archeological complex looking at the famous Lance, Stone Heads, Galleries, etc. Lunch. Return to Huaraz. Lodging at the hotel.
(B,L)

Day 6: PASTORURY – PUYAS RAYMONDI / HUARAZ / LIMA Breakfast. Excursion to this easy access glacier, within the National Huascaran Square. In the journey we will appreciate the beautiful Puya Raimondi, the most important representative of the Andean flora, sources of Pumabamba gasified water and to a few meters the water eye of Pumashimin (puma's eye) of changing colors, and rupestrian art on rocky walls. Then we will arrive to the abra of Huarapasca, and a walk of approx. 30 minutes begin afterwards arrive to Pastoruri snow mountain and besides feeling that emotion slide by natural toboggans. Lunch. Transfer from the hotel to the bus station. Departure at 22:00 Hrs. Upon arrival around 6:00am transfer to the hotel in Lima. (B,L)

DAY 7: TIME AT LEISURE IN LIMA
Overnight at the hotel (B)

DAY 8: LIMA // CUSCO
Transfer to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco (airfare included).
Upon arrival, you will be met and driven to the hotel. At 2 pm 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 (B)

Day 9: CUZCO - MACHU PICCHU (overnight)
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 25 minutes 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 areas: the agricultural and the urban. Lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (included). Overnight at the hotel in Aguas Calientes town. (B,L)

Day 10: MACHU PICCHU - CUZCO
Morning at leisure to explore the area by your own (entrance fee and transportation not included). In the afternoon you will take the train to Cuzco. Upon arrival in Cuzco, transfer to the hotel. (B)

Day 11: PISAC & OLLANTAYTAMBO
(Note: This Tour is available just on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Sundays) You will be picked up at 8,45A.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 12: TRASFER TO LIMA
Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima (airfare included). (B)


END OF OUR SERVICES

INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double or single 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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