DAY
1. LIMA: Arrival
in Lima, and private transfer with only driver to the hotel. Overnight.
DAY
2. LIMA / PUERTO MALDONADO: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport to take the
next flight to Puerto Maldonado.
After picking you up from Puerto Maldonado Airport, we will take a
short city tour, and then we will go to the "Puerto Capitanía" to
take the motor boat to go inside the jungle for 2 hours.
We will arrive at the lodge to accommodate, and enjoy lunch. In the
afternoon, we will have an expedition to Cocha Caiman, a small lagoon, to
observe the large number of black and white alligators that live in this zone.
You will love the spectacular sunset and the beautiful heaven colors.
We will return to the lodge for a good dinner, and rest.
DAY
3. PUERTO MALDONADO: One of the best moments of sleeping in the
jungle, is waking up listening to the sounds that nature gives to us. After
breakfast, we will start a walk towards the depths of the jungle, to observe
the flood forest until arriving to the majestic Lake Apu Victor, with beautiful
landscapes and crystal clear waters.
We will go up to the Amazon viewpoint, and to appreciate the
wonderful Peruvian jungle, and a great variety of flora and fauna. We will
return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, we will visit the Monkey
Islands, located in the heart of the Madre de Dios River.
During the walk, we will observe different types of monkeys, and
animals in general. We will enjoy a beautiful sunset. At the end, we will
return to the lodge for dinner.
DAY
4. PUERTO MALDONADO / CUSCO: After breakfast, we will return to Puerto
Maldonado city, and take you to the airport for your next flight to Cusco.
Arrival in Cusco, and transfer to the hotel. Rest of the afternoon at leisure.
Overnight.
DAY
5. CITY TOUR CUSCO.
Breakfast
at the hotel. Later, we’ll pick you up from the
hotel, and start the half day trip visiting the Temple of Coricancha, aslo
known as Golden Temple, for its gold richness that this place housed.
Then, we’re going to visit
the Cusco Cathedral located in the Plaza de Armas, to
appreciate a beautiful religious paintings of the Cusco School.
The tour continues to the archaeological complex
of Sacsayhuaman, an amazing place with huge carved stone walls which fit
each other in a perfect way. Later, we will visit the religious temple
of Qenqo, place where the Incas worshiped their Gods like the Sun, the
Moon and the Earth.
We will continue this entertaining excursion in the military
compound of Puca Pucara, which means “Red Fortress” for its reddish
infrastructure. Then we will go the water’s worship center of Tambomachay,
with aqueducts and waterfalls provided from nearby springs.
At
the end, we will drop you off at El Regocijo Square, located one block from
Plaza de Armas. Overnight.
DAY
6. CUSCO / SACRED VALLEY / CUSCO: Breakfast at the hotel. We will pick you
up from the hotel in Cusco, to start a 30 Km. journey until Pisac. This
fantastic place has an amazing market, and archaeological temples of stone
buildings, with incredible views to the valley and the magnificent Inca
platforms.
Then,
we will continue until Urubamba to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch, and later we
will reach Ollantaytambo. Its temple was the headquarter of Inca’s army, as
well as a religious and agricultural place. It has stunning views, and more
than a hundred Inca platforms with an advanced irrigation canal for that
period.
We
will visit Chinchero, and its typical and colorful Inca market, full of
traditional craft as ceramics and Andean looms. After the visit, you will be
taken to El Regocijo Square in Cusco. Overnight.
DAY 7. CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU / CUSCO: Early in the morning, we
will pick you up from the hotel in Cusco to go to the train station
of Poroy in private transport. You will take the train and start
the travel to Machu Picchu a little more than 3 hours’ journey
to Aguas Calientes train station. Upon arrival, you will board the
bus until the entrance of the wonderful Citadel of Machu Picchu.
The
guided tour will let you explore this awesome archeological site, also known
as The Lost City of the Incas, for 2 hours. This place has an
important local flora and fauna, surrounded by different types of orchids, and
tree forests. Also, in this area lives insects, mammals, and birds as
the “Gallito de las Rocas”, declared the Peruvian national bird.
Enjoy
your free time in Machu Picchu taking pictures or if you are brave
you can climb Huayna Picchu mountain (optional), and admire the
entire citadel around. Huayna Picchu means “Young Mountain” and it has an
altitude of 2,700 meters above sea level. It is a challenging climbing;
however, it could be the best experience of your life.
After
enjoying a full day in Machu Picchu, you should arrive at the train
station of Aguas Calientes at the arrange time to back to
Cusco City, arriving to Poroy train station first and take a
private transport to the hotel.
DAY 8. CUSCO / PUNO: Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the
bus station. After boarding the tourist bus located at
the bus station in the city of Cusco, we will begin a 1-hour
journey towards the beautiful south valley in order to make
the first stop in Andahuaylillas situated at 3,093 meters
above sea level.
This
lovely Andean town has an incredible jewel of the architecture dating back to
the seventeenth century known as the Sistine Chapel, with an
impressive work covered in gold leaf and paintings of
the art school of Cusco.
The bus
ride continues, for one hour and a half, until reach the archaeological
site of Raqchi, our second stop located at 3,450 meters above sea level.
The temple of Wiracocha was built next to the Vilcanota River
during the fifteenth century and, currently, it has huge walls that belonged to
temples, as well as aqueducts and tombs.
The
tour to Puno by bus continues until we reach the city
of Sicuani to enjoy a buffet lunch in a local
restaurant, that offers local and regional dishes, vegetables, desserts and hot
drinks like mate de coca.
After
lunch and a travel of 40 minutes by bus, we are going to reach the highest
point of the tour called La Raya Pass, situated at 4,335 meters
above sea level. This is the border of the cities of Cusco and Puno,
and here, we are going to make a short stop to admire the snow-capped Chimboya
and take pictures of beautiful landscapes.
The
next and the last visit will be at Museum of Pucara, after a trip
of more than an hour from La Raya pass. This museum has an excellent collection
of monoliths, stone sculptures and ceramics belonging to the culture of
Pucara, a civilization developed in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia.
At
the end, we will take the tourist bus to travel for two more hours towards
the city of Puno.
Arrival
at the bus station and transfer to the hotel. Overnight.
DAY 9. PUNO: After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to
the lake port of Puno, where a regular boat will take you to the floating
islands of the Uros. The Uros are an ancestral society that populate a
series of artificial islands built on the basis of the totora plant, which
grows in the same lake. The islands are constructed by weaving the totora in
the places where it grows thicker and forming a natural layer. On top of it
they built their houses, also of totora, and cook outdoors to prevent possible
fires.
After Uros visit and, an hour and a half boat trip, you will
continue your journey to the island of Taquile. This is Quechua, unlike the
other Aymara speaking islands on the lake. It was part of the Inca empire and
vestiges of this culture can still be seen in its constructions.
Once there you will be given a brief explanation of the island and
witness a cultural activity. After lunch, you will return to the port of Puno,
where our transport will be waiting to take you to your hotel. Overnight.
DAY 10. PUNO / AREQUIPA: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the bus
station to take the touristic bus to Arequipa (6:30 hours). Arrival in Arequipa
and transfer to the hotel. Free afternoon, and overnight.
DAY 11. AREQUIPA: Breakfast at the
hotel. Free morning for rest or personal activities. In the afternoon, the
journey begins with the transfer from the hotel to the center of Arequipa city,
in the colonial district of San Lazaro, place where the city has been founded.
Then, we will visit the Main Square, one of the
most beautiful in Peru, and neighbor of the imposing Arequipa cathedral built
in the seventeenth century and completely rebuilt after several earthquakes. We
will see the Cathedral and the Church Compañía de Jesús (1590), considered a
classic example of the local baroque architecture that keeps inside a sample
exceptional paintings and murals.
From there we will go to Santa Catalina
Monastery, an authentic medieval cloister built in 1579 and is still in use to
this day. Then, we will visit Yanahuara and Carmen Alto districts to have
a Panoramic view of the countryside, without a doubt a fantastic
image.
You will explore the district of Cayma visiting
the Plaza Mayor and the Church San Miguel Arcángel de Cayma located
in front of the square. Inside the church, you will find an anonymous
collection of paintings that show the miracles of the Virgin. Return to the hotel and
overnight.
DAY 12. AREQUIPA / LIMA: Breakfast at the
hotel. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima. Arrival in Lima and
transfer to the hotel. In the night, we will go to the Larco Museum in a shared
transport, to visit it with knowledgeable local guide.
Enter the museum and begin your enriching
exploration of the exhibitions; see over 50,000 ancient Peruvian pots; admire
glittering jewelry and intricate masks; marvel at the accurate detail of Moche
portrait vessels, ceramic sculptures resembling human faces; and discover
ceramics created by ancient Inca, Nazca and Chancay cultures.
After gaining heightened historical insight,
take a seat in the elegant dining room to begin your culinary experience.
Enjoy the ambient atmospheric and beautifully sculpted gardens as you sip a
freshly mixed pisco sour and converse with your companion. Pleasure your palate
with regional specialties.
After dinner, you will be driven back to
your hotel. Overnight.
DAY 13. LIMA / OUT: Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time
you will be transferred to the airport to take your international flight.
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