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Day 1: LIMA PICK UP
Pick up upon arrival and transfer to the Hotel, located in Miraflores, Lima.
(no meals)
Day 2: LIMA CITY TOUR & PACHACAMAC RUINS In the morning Lima city
tour, you will be picked up from your hotel at 09 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 visit a place that is
near Lima, there is an archaeological enclosure whose constructions conserve
the mysticism and religiosity of their past. Its name: Pachacamac. When
traveling this sanctuary, where hundred of years ago the natives surrendered
cult to the sun and to the Earth, one can feel the magic attraction of a
place that will always be sacred. Finally, return to the hotel. Overnight.
(B,L)
Day 3: PARACAS
You will be picked up from your hotel in Lima at 6:30 am ,transfer to the
bus station, at 7:30 am you will take the Royal class motor coach (best
there is) to Pisco (3 hours). Upon arrival transfer to the hotel, then
excursion to Paracas of about 2 1/2 hours. Paracas is one of the best marine
reserves, with the highest concentration of marine birds. In the afternoon
return to the hotel. Overnight. (B)
Day 4: BALLESTAS ISLANDS
At 7:15 in the morning transfer to the mole where you will take a motorboat
excursion to the Ballestas island. This islands are spectacular, eroded into
numerous arches and caves, which provide shelter for thousands of seabirds,
some of which are very rare, and seas lions. The islands are known as "the
Galapagos of Peru", at the end private transfer to Nazca (2 hours aprox),
during the route you will visit to the Chauchilla cemetery, where skulls,
mummies and pottery shards littering the desert. Overnight. (B)
Day 5: NASCA LINES
You will be picked up from your hotel, transfer to the little airport where
you'll take the flight over the famous Nazca lines. Cut into the stony
desert are large number of lines, not only parallels and geometrical
figures, but also designs such as a dog, an enormous monkey, a bird with a
wing span of over 100 meters, a spider and a tree. The lines, that represent
some sort of vast astronomical pre-Inca calendar, are best seen from the
air, we will take a half hour flight above the Lines (included). At 1:30 pm
you will take the motor coach Royal class to Lima where you will arrive
around 7:30 pm. Upon arrival transfer to the Hotel. Overnight. (B)
Day 6: CUSCO
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to take flight to Cusco (airfare
included). Upon arrival reception and transfer to the hotel, rest of the
morning at leisure to allow your body acclimatize to the altitude.
Overnight. (B)
Day 7: CUSCO CITY TOUR
You will be picked up from your Hotel at 2:00 pm for Cusco city tour. This
tour includes the major sites of historical interest in Cuzco, such as the
famous Inca fort at Sacsayhuaman, 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 18:30. Overnight. (B)
Day 8: SACRED VALLEY TOUR
This tour is available on Tuesdays , Thursdays or Sundays only . Breakfast .
You will be picked up at 8:45 am. 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 at 6:30pm . Overnight (B,L)
Day 9: 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 25 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 areas: the agricultural and the urban. Lunch at the
Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (included). Overnight at the hotel. (B,L)
Day 10: 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
Cuzco. Upon arrival in Cuzco, transfer to the hotel. Overnight. (B)
Day 11: TRASFER OUT
In the morning, transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima (airfare
included), in time to get your international flight connection. (B)
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