Tour 11 days Riding the Andes of Peru

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Tour Itinerary 11 days, Touring the Andes of Peru

First day:

• Reception and transfer from Lima airport to the Hotel (in the morning).
• City tour in the “City of the Kings” (from 14:00 hrs to 18:30 hrs).
• Accommodation in selected hotel in Lima.

Second day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Transfer from the hotel to the airport in Lima.
• Flight by plane from Lima to Cusco (1:15 hours) (NOT INCLUDED)
• Reception and transfer from the airport in Cusco to the hotel (in the morning).
• City tour in Cusco: The Cathedral, Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay (13:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.).
• Accommodation in the selected hotel in Cusco.

Third day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour to Sacred Valley of the Incas: Artisan Market of Pisac, archaeological center of Pisac and Ollantaytambo (8hrs – 4hrs)
• Buffet lunch included in Urubamba.
• Inca Rail Train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes (From 16:36 pm to 18:09 pm).
• Transfer from the Aguas Calientes station to the hotel.
• Accommodation at selected hotel in Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu.

Fourth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• 5:30 am. Riding by bus to Machu Picchu.
• 6:00 am. View of the sunrise in Machu Picchu.
• Guided Tour in Machu Picchu (approximately 3 hours).
• Hike to Huaynapicchu (3 hours, without guide) (optional)
• Bus return to Aguas Calientes.
• Lunch in Aguas Calientes.
• Return by train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo (From 19: 00hrs – 20:40hrs)
• Transfer from the train station to your hotel in Cusco.
• Accommodation in the selected hotel in Cusco.

Fifth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour to Moray and Salineras (08:45 – 14:00 hrs).
• Free afternoon.
• Accommodation in the selected hotel in Cusco.

Sixth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Transfer from the hotel to the bus terminal from Cusco to Puno.
• Guided tour on the route of the Sun (Cusco to Puno) (06:40 hrs – 17:30 hrs).
• Overnight at selected hotel in Puno.

Seventh day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour on Lake Titicaca: Island of Uros and Taquile.
• Overnight at selected hotel in Puno.

Eighth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour to the Chullpas of Sillustani.
• Transfer from hotel in Puno to Juliaca airport (one hour).
• Flight from Juliaca to Lima (1 hour) (NOT INCLUDED).
• Trip from the airport to the hotel.
• Accommodation in selected hotel in Lima.

Ninth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free morning.
• Transfer from the airport in Lima to the bus terminal to Nazca.
• Travel by bus cruise service from Lima to Nazca (14:00 hrs – 20:00 hrs).
• Accommodation in selected hotel in Nazca.

Tenth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Overflight on the Nazca Lines.
• Travel by bus from Nazca to Paracas (13:00 hrs – 16:00 hrs).
• Accommodation in selected hotel in Paracas.

Eleventh day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour to the islands crossbow.
• Tour to the Paracas Reserve.
• Travel by bus from Paracas to Lima (13:00 hrs – 17:00 hrs).
• Transfer from the terminal to the hotel or airport in Lima.

End of services

Tour includes:

• All transfers to the hotel, airport, terminal, stations and attractions.
• Tours to Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco city, Lake Titicaca, Sun route, City tour in the city of Kings, Moray and Salineras, On flight to the Nazca Lines, Ballestas Islands and Paracas reserve .
• All transportation for tours.
• Train tickets Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo.
• Passengers bus up and down Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes.
• Professional tour guide in English or Spanish.
• Travel by bus from Ollantaytambo to Cusco.
• Revenues to the tourist attractions to visit: Machu Picchu, Huaynapicchu, Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco city, Lake Titicaca, City of Kings, Moray and Salineras, Ballestas Islands and Paracas reserve.
• Transfer in all offices.
• 10 nights in hotel.
• 10 breakfasts.
• 03 lunches (01 in the tour to the Sacred Valley, 01 in Aguas Calientes and 01 the route from Cusco to Puno).

Not Included:

• Complete meals (lunches and dinners not specified in the program).
• Air tickets Lima – Cusco and Juliaca – Lima.

Map – Tour

Tour Description 11 days, Touring the Andes of Peru

First day: Welcome and City Tour in the city of Kings:

Upon your arrival to Jorge Chavez International Airport, where our staff will be waiting for you with a sign displaying your name, you will be transported to your selected hotel. You will be given free time to enjoy our impressive gastronomy. In the afternoon we will start our tour by stopping in the smallest district of Lima, Barranco, where the famous Bridge of Sighs, the Hermitage and the monument to Isabel Granada Larco “Chabuca Granda”. We will arrive to Miraflores to see the Park of Love with its panoramic view of the Huaca Pucllana, a Pre Inca religious temple and administrative center inhabited between the III and VIII centuries d.c. We will take a walk through the park of the olive trees, which date back from the Viceroyalty with an area of 23 hectares. After a short 6km walk we will arrive at an historical center where you will appreciate the Palace of Justice, Paseo de los Heroes Navales, the French Palace and other colonial buildings such as the Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, The Municipal Palace, the Plaza San Martin, among others.

We visit the Museum of the Nation, where you can see a collection of gold from Peru and a selection of ceramics, goldsmiths and textiles from various pre-Columbian cultures. Continuing our tour of the Church and Convent of San Francisco and highlighting the visit with its underground crypts known as Catacombs and then return to the hotel.

Second day: Travel by plane from Lima to Cusco and City tour in Cusco:

After breakfast, our staff will arrive to your hotel to transfer you to the airport for your flight from Lima to Cusco. Upon arrival to the city of Cusco our personnel will be waiting for you, with a poster displaying your name, to transport you to the hotel of your choice. You will have free time to rest, adapt to the altitude and enjoy a meal. Between 13pm and 13:30pm we will be passing by your hotel to begin the tour, we will visit: The Cathedral, colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value, the Korikancha or Temple of the Sun, where you can appreciate some of the finest work that the Incas performed on stone. Continuing with the tour we will go to Sacsayhuamán, a fortress with a strategic location, offering an unrivaled view of the city, where the Inti Raymi or “Fiesta del Sol” is held every June 24. After of which we will visit Qenqo, Tambomachay and Puca Pucará, archaeological complexes of religious character.

Third day: Tour in the Sacred Valley of the Inkas and Aguas Calientes.

At the indicated time we will pick you up from your hotel before heading along a paved road across the mountaints and into the village of Pisaq which is located 32 km from the city of Cusco. Once we arrive we will have free time to visit its colorful markets and purchase some of the most beautiful handmade crafts and souvenirs. We will continue our trip to Urubamba for a buffet lunch at a local restaurant, then we will visit Ollantaytambo (the only city where the maintains the ancient layout made by the great Inka architects). In the afternoon we board the train to Aguas Calientes.

Fourth day: Tour to Machu Picchu “The lost city of the Incas” and trek to Huaynapicchu.

After breakfast at the hotel, along with the guide you will have the wonderful opportunity of visiting the mysteriously charming, Machu Picchu which is considered as one of the 7 wonders of the world. At 11am, we will hike to Huaynapicchu (the mountain from where you have a spectacular view of the Machupicchu valley) and at the appropriate time we will begin our descent to the village of Aguas Calientes to have some lunch. In the afternoon we will board the train to Ollantaytambo where our staff will be waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel.

Fifth day: Tour to Maras, Moray and Salineras.

After breakfast we will pass by your hotel at about 08:45 hrs. In our mobility, on our way to Maras we will pass through with very colorful landscapes. We will firstly visit Moray, considered an Inca agricultural research center, where experiments were carried out at different heights. Its platforms produce a gradient of microclimates with the center of the concentric circular platforms having a higher temperature and gradually reducing outwards to lower temperatures, thus being able to simulate up to 20 different types of microclimates. It is believed that Moray could have served as a model for the calculation of agricultural production not only in the Urubamba Valley but also in different parts of the Tahuantinsuyo. Continuing with our trip we will visit the famous salt mines of Maras which are made up of about 3000 small wells, built on one side of the slope of the mountain of “Qaqawiñay”. During the dry season they are filled every 3 days, with salt water that emanates from a natural spring which is located at the top of the wells. The water later evaporates and the salt contained in it will gradually solidify. The pools are now owned and used by the locals.

Sixth day: Guided tour on the route Cusco – Puno: Andahuaylillas, Raqchi, Sicuani, La Raya and Pucará.

After breakfast you will be transferred to the bus station to Cusco. We will start our visit to Pucara, where we will visit the Lítico Museum. This museum allows us to immerse ourselves in the history and evolution of the Andean man from the primitive time. After Pucara will we take the route through the high Andean esplanades, before making a stop in La Raya, the highest point of the route from where you will be able to take excellent photographs. We will have lunch in a Restaurant of the area in Sicuani. Then we will visit Racchi, where the “Temple of God Wiracocha” is located and finally we will visit Andahuaylillas, which for its valuable works of art, is considered the Sixteenth Chapel of America. Finally we will be arriving to the city of Cusco, where our staff will be waiting for you to provide the transfer service to your Hotel.

Seventh day: Tour to Lake Titicaca, Uros and Taquile Islands

After breakfast at the hotel you will be transferred to the port of Puno where you will board the boat from which you will visit the Floating Islands of the Uros which are considered as artificial or floating islands. This part of the tour will take about 45 minutes, after of which we will continue with a visit to the Taquile Island of great landscape, ethnic, cultural and archaeological value. At 17:30 we will be returning to the hotel.

Eighth day: Transfer from hotel in Puno to Juliaca Airport and flight from Juliaca to Lima:

At the organised time, our staff is going to pick you up from the hotel before visiting the Chullpas of Sillustani and continueing on to the airport of Juliaca, where you will board the flight to the city of Lima. Upon your arriving you will be transported to your selected hotel in Lima.

Ninth day: Trip to the Nazca Lines

After a free morning of relaxationg, our staff will come to your hotel to transfer you to the land terminal where we will take the bus to the city of Nazca. After arriving to the city our staff will transport you to your hotel to give you more details of the tours to come.

Tenth day: Overflight in Nazca Lines and transfer of Nazca to Paracas.

After breakfast we will transfer you to Nazca aerodrome. Before boarding the plane you will receive previous information about the geoglyphs. The overflight in the Nazca Pampa has an average duration of 45 minutes. Many believe that these gigantic figures were made by extraterrestrials, among of which you can distinguish animals such as a monkey, a spider, a hummingbird, etc … After the flight we will board the mobility to Paracas, place where we will spend the night.

Eleventh day: Tour to the Ballestas Islands, Paracas Reserve and Paracas trip to Lima and farewell.

After breakfast we will transfer you to the port of Paracas, where you will start the tour to the Ballestas Islands passing by “El Candelabro” which is a giant image on the side of a hill. Once you reach the Ballestas Islands, you will be able to see many different species of sea lions, seals, penguins and guano birds, after this tour we will go to the Paracas reserve. At dusk we will board the bus to the Lima, where our staff will be waiting to transfer you to the hotel or airport, thus ending our services.