Lima | MachuPicchu | Titicaca | Colca Canyon
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DAY BY DAY Itinerary
Day 1 - Arrival in Lima | Peru Travel
Reception at the International Airport in Lima, assistance with your baggage and transportation to your hotel. OVERNIGHT IN LIMA
Day 2 – Lima | Peru Travel
Today we will enjoy a tour visiting the Unique Vice-Royal mansion (XVIII century), built on top of an archaeological pyramid (VII century). Surrounded by beautiful gardens.
Its masterworks are the worldwide icons in Pre-Columbian art, after have been exhibited for 80 years in the world’s leading museums. This famous museum has the largest and finest gold, silver and jewelry collection of ancient Peru. Its Erotic art collection is one of the most visited Peruvian tourist attractions. Didactic galleries, full of highlights, make easier the comprehension of 3000 years of the Peruvian Pre-Columbian history. OVERNIGHT IN LIMA
Day 3 – Flight from Lima to Cuzco | Peru Travel
After breakfast we will take our transportation from your hotel in Lima to the Jose Chavez airport on time for your next flight to Cuzco. Reception and transportation from the Cuzco Airport to your hotel.
Visitors should take a short rest in order to adjust to altitude.
Afternoon tour to and visit to nearby ruins in Cusco. OVERNIGHT IN CUZCO
Day 4 – VistaDome Train from Cuzco to Sacred Valley
The train journey from Cuzco to Machu Picchu is a highlight of any trip to the Andes. The 3 and a half hour journey take you through a changing landscape. First there is a steep climb out of Cuzco into the surrounding hillside, by means of a series of switchback turns known locally as "the zig zag".
The train then stops at Poroy before descending into the Sacred Valley, passing by lush, green fields and colourful villages in the foothills of the Andes. After departing Poroy and going through Cachimayo, the train descends to the plateau of Anta, a patchwork landscape of typical Andean crops and passes lush fields and colorful villages in the foothills of the Andes.
The train then stops at Poroy before descending into the Sacred Valley, passing by lush, green fields and colorful villages in the foothills of the Andes. After departing Poroy and going through Cachimayo, the train descends to the plateau of Anta, a patchwork landscape of typical Andean crops and passes lush fields and colorful villages in the foothills of the Andes.
Far to the left, just below the horizon, the massive agricultural terraces of Jaquijahuana can be seen, close to the village of Zurite. Sadly, these great terraces are all that remain today of what was once a major Inca city, lost forever during the first years after the Spanish conquest.
Beyond the town of Huarocondo the great plain narrows dramatically as the track enters a deep gorge carved by the rushing Pomatales River down which the railway, too, is funneled until it meets the Urubamba River, which runs through the beautiful Sacred Valley.
The train passes through extensive areas of terracing dotted with the ruins of Inca fortresses. Bisecting this are still-visible sections of an ancient, long-abandoned highway adopted by the muleteers of the late 19th century, who used it to travel between Cuzco and the rubber plantations of the Amazon lowlands.
Five kilometers beyond Pachar, is the village of Ollantaytambo where farmers work with the same patience and skill that their ancestors must have employed to shape and then move the huge blocks of stone with which they built both their homes and the temples in which they worshipped.
OVERNIGHT AT THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
Day 5 – Vistadome Train from Sacred Valley to MachuPicchu
As the train leaves Ollantaytambo to begin the last part of its journey to Machu Picchu, the temple complex known as The Fortress, dedicated sometime in the 15th century to the many deities of the Inca pantheon, can be seen to the right above the earthwork ramp once used to drag its monolithic blocks up from the valley floor.
The railway follows the river into the Urubamba Gorge. At Coriwaynachina, known simply to the generations of hikers who have begun the Inca Trail there as Km 88, a fine staircase carved into the rock leads to a series of ruined buildings where once, it is said, Inca artisans took advantage of the constant wind that rises from the valley floor to smelt gold.
Emerging from a short tunnel, a series of beautiful agricultural terraces marks the ruins of Qente, which in Quechua means hummingbird. In this fertile microclimate fed by a nearby waterfall, giant hummingbirds are indeed a common sight in the early morning and bright flowers bloom all year round.
Surrounded by tall ceibos and rocky outcrops hung with orchids and bromeliads, the train passes Km 104 at Chachabamba, from where the one-day trek to Machu Picchu via the magnificent ruins of Wiñay Wayna begins.
At just two km from Machu Picchu, the train arrives at Aguas Calientes. Surrounded by the high, green mountains that cradle the famous lost city, as well as myriad other Inca remains, this small town, which is well known for its thermal baths, has blossomed into a popular overnight destination for travelers to Machu Picchu.
Guests disembark at Aguas Calientes for the magical ruins of Machu Picchu Tour.
In the late afternoon, train ride from Machu Picchu back to Cusco. OVERNIGHT IN CUZCO.
Day 6 – Bus transfer from Cusco to Puno | Peru Travel
Breakfast and early departure by bus to Puno stopping at Andahuaylillas, Racchi and La Raya.
Lunch is included.
Upon your arrival in Puno, we will take our transportation to the Hotel.
OVERNIGHT IN PUNO
Day 7 – Lake Titicaca | Peru Travel
Breakfast and a full day Excursion to Lake Titicaca visiting the Sillustani Graves and the famous Uros Island.
Lunch is included.
OVERNIGHT IN PUNO
Day 8 – Flight from Juliaca to Arequipa | Peru Travel
Breakfast and transfer from Puno to the Juliaca Airport for your next flight to Arequipa.
In the afternoon we will take a half day city tour and visit the Santa Catalina Convent.
OVERNIGHT IN AREQUIPA
Day 9 – Arequipa to Colca Canyon | Peru Travel
Breakfast and early bus transfer from hotel to Colca Canyon taking the road which passes between the Misti and Chachani volcanoes.
On the way you will have the opportunity to appreciate a Vicuna reserve before arriving to the picturesque town of Callalli and Sibayo. Continue to the town of Chivay, rest of the afternoon at leisure to relax or to visit the town.
OVERNIGHT AT LOCAL LODGE IN COLCA
Day 10 – Colca Canyon | Peru Travel
Early breakfast and excursion to the observation point of the Condors Cross, on the way visit the villages of Maca, Achoma and Yanque. In the afternoon return to Arequipa.
OVERNIGHT IN AREQUIPA
Day 11 – From Arequipa to Lima and Back Home
Breakfast and transportation to the Arequipa airport for your next flight to Lima and connection back home.
END OF THE PROGRAM
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