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PERU TRAVEL PLANNER
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Machu Picchu Galapagos Coral
( 10 Days and 9 Nights
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(First Class)
Standar Cabins
OCEAN VIEW ,Double Cabins with LOWER BEDS Fixed departure dates on Saturdays
Fixed departure dates on Saturdays from Quito Ecuador
First Class Hotels included in this package
Miraflores Colon Hotel Lima - Peru
Picoaga Cusco - Peru
Inkaterra Machu Picchu Hotel - Peru
Dann Carlton Quito - Ecuador
| Low Season
Rates |
Low Season Rates
Price per person $3147 based on Double Occupancy Price per person
$4955 based on Single Occupancy Low Season |
08 January to January 21,
01 March to 12 March
01 May to June 30,
03 September to 30 September,
26 November to 16 December |
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| High Season
Rates |
High Season Rates
Price per person $3248 based on Double Occupancy Price per person
$5137 based on Single Occupancy |
High Season
Rest of the year |
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Day 1: QUITO - (SATURDAY)
Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito and transfer to the Hotel.
Overnight. (No meals)
Day 2: QUITO – GALAPAGOS - (SUNDAY)
Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra (a flight of about two and a
half hours). Passengers are picked up at the airport by our guides and taken
to the Itabaca Canal, then cross to the island of Santa Cruz and travel to
Puerto Ayora.
Santa Cruz (Highlands)
One option is to travel through the highlands of Santa Cruz. Passengers will
observe the twin pit craters and visit Cerro Chato. They’ll be able to
observe the famous giant tortoises.
Additionally, travelers can walk inside the dormant lava tubes.
Day 3: GALAPAGOS ISLAND - (MONDAY)
Española (Suarez Point)
Dry landing. Visitors will learn about the lava terrain and cross the
inactive lava fields. Aside from its sea lion colonies, this is one of the
most important sites for bird watching.
Many species, like the hooded mockingbird and red-billed tropic bird, can be
spotted and observed closely. Past the nesting grounds there’s the world’s
largest colony of waved albatrosses.
From May to December their mating rituals are a highlight of the visit.
Afterwards there’s the famous blowhole, where water shoots 23 m (75 ft) up
into the air.
Española (Gardner Bay)
Wet landing on a white coral beach amidst a large colony of sea lions. This
site has no trails, so hiking is not possible.
It’s an open area where you can spot Galapagos hawks, American oyster
catchers, Galapagos doves, hooded mockingbirds, three species of Darwin
finches, yellow warblers, lava lizards, and marine iguanas.
It’s great for swimming and snorkeling, and you can see many Galapagos
marine species like king angelfish, creole fish, damsel fish, parrot fish,
manta rays, white-tipped reef sharks.
Day 4: GALAPAGOS ISLAND - (TUESDAY)
Floreana (Cormorant Point)
Wet landing on a greenish-colored beach. Passengers will hike from black
mangrove beds to a large brackish pond, which holds one of the largest
flamingo populations in the Galapagos.
This island is best known for its endemic plant life like the Galapagos
milkwort, passion flower, and button mangrove.
Novice snorkelers can practice on the main beach with playful sea lions;
experienced snorkelers can roam around Devil’s Crown.
Champions
After Cormorant Point, there’ll be a one-hour tour in a dinghy along the
coast to observe: blue footed boobies, sea lions, marine iguanas, and
swallow-tailed gulls.
Deep-water snorkeling, this unforgettable activity lasts about an hour and
it will be like swimming in an aquarium with colorful fish, tame sharks, and
rays.
Floreana (Post Office)
Located on the northern side of Floreana Island, the bay was also called
Post Office because, in 1793, Captain James Colnett installed an empty
barrel to serve as an informal mailbox for sailors who passed by the
Galapagos, taking with them the letters to their destinations.
Today, our visitors continue the tradition by placing unstamped postcards
inside the barrel which reach their destinations free of charge. It can take
weeks or months, or sometimes the cards never arrive at all!
A short walk away from the famous barrel, there’s a tunnel formed by lava
flows. Down a path you can observe the mocking bird of Galapagos, some
species of Darwin’s finches, yellow warbler and lava lizards.
After a short trip in the panga, you’ll make a dry landing at Lookout Point
where you can enjoy a great view among marine birds.
Day 5: GALAPAGOS ISLAND – QUITO (WEDNESDAY)
North Seymour
Dry landing. Guests will see swallow-tailed gulls and sea lions. This site
is a major nesting colony of blue footed boobies and has the largest colony
of the magnificent frigate bird. Travelers will also spot both iguana
species, the marine iguanas and land iguanas, and then hike around the
nesting sites.
Disembark at the docks (Baltra); passengers will take a bus to the airport
for their flight back to the mainland via Guayaquil to Quito. (Airfare
included: Galapagos - Quito).
Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito and transfer to the Hotel for
overnight. (B)
Day 6: QUITO - LIMA (THURSDAY)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your connection flight to Lima
(airfare not included) to take an exiting extension to Peru, Cusco and Machu
Picchu. Upon arrival transfer the Hotel. Overnight. (B)
Day 7 - LIMA / CUSCO (FRIDAY)
Transfer to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco (airfare not included).
Upon arrival at Cusco airport you will be met and driven to Hotel, where you
are advised to rest for a while to acclimatize to the altitude. In the
afternoon Cusco City Tour From 1.45pm 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
Sacsayhuaman , then to Q'enqo , Puca Pucara and Tambomachay Including
Spanish and English speaking guide. Also included in this is a tourist card,
giving you access toall the sites in the Cuzco area as a whole (i.e.,
including outside of the City itself). Hotel Overnight. (B)
Day 8 - CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU (SATURDAY)
At 5:30 am transfer to the Poroy train station, the train leaves at 6:57 am.
Travel is in "Vistadome" Class (formerly "Autowagon"). At 9:52a.m., you will
arrive at the Aguas Calientes Station, from where you take a 25 minute bus
ride to the ruins of Machu Picchu. Once there, you will have a guided tour,
with an English speaking guide. Lunch is included at Sanctuary Lodge
restaurant. In the afternoon you will take the train to Cusco. Upon arrival
in Cusco, transfer to hotel. (B, L).
Day 9 -SACRED VALLEY TOUR (SUNDAY)
Breakfast. You will be picked up at 8:45 am. Full day excursion to the
Urubamba Valley visiting: the colorful Indian market in Pisac where a
mixture of color, tradition will be able appreciated The Valley has a
distance of 31 km (19 miles) of Cusco, and one altitude of 2,970 ms (9,700
p), Pisac where we will visit the market, and is located to the entrance of
the Sacred Valley 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 on the evening
and then the Chinchero market. At the end, return to Cusco 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)
Day 10 - CUSCO / LIMA (MONDAY)
Transfer from the hotel to the airport for your return flight back to Lima
(airfare not included). (B)
END OF OUR SERVICES
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Galapagos Map
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Galapagos |

Galapagos
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Cusco Cathedral |

Machu Picchu Peru |
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. 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, Galapagos National Park Tax (US$132 per
person), 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 flights and
items of personal nature.
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