In the present circuit you will have the opportunity to know the most requested destinations of our majestic Peru, like for example; the city of the Kings, also we will have an exquisite dinner in the Restaurant Dama Juana. Then we will continue our journey to the south and make the excursion to the Ballestas Islands where we will observe penguins, sea lions and the figure of the candelabrum on a dune in front of the sea. We will continue to the city of Nazca and then fly over the majestic Nazca lines.
The circuit continues to the beautiful White City of Arequipa to visit the Plaza de Armar and the Yanahuara Viewpoint. We will continue our visit to the Colca Canyon where we will have the opportunity to see the majestic flight of the Condor, then we will go to the city of Puno and sail on Lake Titicaca, to continue our circuit we will visit the imperial city of Cusco.
On the tour of the Imperial city of Cusco, we will visit the Cathedral and the Qoricancha temple, as well as visit the 4 ruins near the city. The next day we will continue our visit to the Pisac Ruins, the traditional market of Pisac, we will appreciate the majestic landscape of the Sacred Valley and we will finish the day with the visit to Ollantaytambo.
We will discover our wonderful citadel of Machupicchu, taking the short Inca Trail used by our ancestors for 2 days, ending at the citadel of Machupicchu to appreciate its entire splendor.
Welcome, reception and transfer to the selected hotel.
Free day free activities, not included in the program.
Breakfast at the hotel - Free morning.
19:00 Hours.
At the scheduled time in the evening, we will transfer you to a theme restaurant, where you will enjoy of a Buffet Dinner + a spectacular show of typical Peruvian dances.
The restaurant La Dama Juana is the perfect choice for this night. Our assigned driver will pick him up and transfer him to the restaurant. You will have as an option a variety of typical Peruvian dishes in a full buffet dinner. Enjoy the show and the exquisite dinner.
After the dinner show, our driver will be waiting for you to take you back to the hotel.
22:00 Return to the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel choiced.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Rest of the day free to enjoy the wonders of the city.
Overnight in Lima
Pick up time from hotel - 2:50 am
We will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the bus station to Paracas.
The bus will leave at approximately 4:00 am, after 3 hours we will arrive in Paracas.
Arrival in the city of Paracas, reception and transfer.
Visit to Paracas Reserve.
This is a large protected area located southwest of the city of Pisco.
The name of this beautiful place is derived from a Quechua word that means; rain of sand, probably because of the strong winds that batter the nights in this place. The Paracas Reserve is also very important because its waters are abundant quantities of zooplankton and phytoplankton, allowing for a variety of fish that industrial and artisanal fishing. This is a very important activity in the town of Pisco. The Paracas Reserve is located in an area of 335,000 hectares and is considered one of the the most important ecosystems on the planet. During our visit, we will be able to appreciate the beautiful cliffs and beaches, in this place we can learn about the marine flora and fauna of the Paracas Reserve.
We will take the bus back to Paracas and head to Ica for about 3 hours. Upon arrival in Ica we will continue with the tubular excursions by the dunes of the Huacachina, being a fantastic adventure in the middle of the desert where we will enjoy the high and low dunes and where you can feel the adrenaline rush on these natural desert roller coasters.
In the same tour through the desert, you will be able to practice sandboarding; our guide will instruct you so that you can do it safely and if in case you do not have experience in this sport, our guide will instruct you in such a way that you will feel safe to do so.
At about 06:00 pm we will take the bus to Ica where we will spend the night.
Hotel in Ica.
Breakfast at the hotel.
At the agreed time in the morning, we will pick you up from the hotel and leave for the Nazca where we will board a light plane for an unforgettable air tour over the Nazca Lines. Our bilingual guide (Spanish / English) will assist you at all times until to board the plane.
This flight over the Nazca Lines will extend over most of the famous located in the Nazca Desert, whose surface is marked by gigantic drawings and geometrical figures that you will be able to appreciate along the way.
The overflight to the Nasca lines is for approximately 35 minutes and this is the best way of appreciating these extraordinary and fascinating lines intrinsically drawn that have been a mystery for many years.
We will be able to appreciate the different figures drawn in the surface of the Nazca Desert, with animal and plant representations perfectly stylized, distributed in a large maze of lines, trapezes, triangles and spirals that have lasted for almost 2,000 years. This place is one of the most unbelievable that a culture has left behind and that can only be appreciated from the sky to an altitude of 1500 feet.
At the end of the flight, we will have time to have lunch and take a bus to Arequipa at 02:30 pm arriving at our destination at 11:30 pm approximately.
We will be assisted on our arrival in Arequipa and we will transferred to the hotel where we will spend the night.
Hotel in Arequipa.
Breakfast at the hotel.
We will have the morning free to be able to rest, to walk a little for the center of the city and lunch.
Arequipeña (optional and additional tour)
Around 2:00pm, you will be picked up from your hotel to start the tour through the Arequipa countryside. This interesting tour begins with a visit to the monuments architectural and most beautiful natural viewpoints that surround the white city. Our mobility will go to the outskirts of the city where we will visit the beautiful Mirador de
Sachaca, which will offer us a spectacular natural panorama of Arequipa and its volcanoes.
Our vehicle will continue towards the Mansion of the Founder, a beautiful construction from the colonial period, where the founder of the city of Arequipa, García Manuel de Carvajal lived in the 15th century.
To finish, we will travel through a spectacular Andean landscape and arriving this is the Sabandia Mill, a majestic construction made of volcanic rock known as sillar, in the place you will appreciate an old stone mill that was built in the year 1785. The tour ends at 06:00pm in the city centre.
Overnight in Arequipa.
Breakfast at the hotel.
08:00am - 08:30am
At the scheduled hour of departure to Chivay. We will start the tour by the road to Yura, where we will admire the natural and cultural landscape of this area.
We will border the majestic Chachani volcano and we will continue through the Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reserve until we reach Pampa Cañahuas, in where the guide will explain about the flora and fauna of the zone, we will be able to appreciate the natural habitat of the South American camelids within them LA VICUÑA. We will continue the tour until we reach a small stop in Patahuasi (house at the top) to drink the hot coca tea, very for height where we will be.
We will continue journey to the bofedales where different species live of both migratory birds to the area according to season.
We will reach Patapampa, the highest point of the trip located at 4900 m.a.s.l. which I also know how to Viewpoint of the Andes, here you can see different volcanoes like Misti, HualcaHualca, Sabancaya, Ampato, Ubinas and Chachani.
At midday we will be arriving at the town of Chivay where we will have lunch and stop at followed by a transfer to the hotel, you will have some time to rest and then meet up and visit the thermal baths of La Calera. These open-air baths have thermal water where you can enjoy a very relaxing moment, after the bus tour of the tomorrow.
After a prudent hour, we will return to the hotel so that we can rest and spend the night in the town of Chivay.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Pick up time from hotel - 06:00 am. approx.
After enjoying a delicious breakfast at the hotel, we will leave for the Viewpoint of Cruz del Condor, where you will be able to observe the majestic flight of the condors and the depth of the canyon. On the way, we will make a stop in the town of YANQUE to observe its colonial church, Wititi dances as well as the typical costume of the area. On the way back to Chivay we will visit the villages of PINCHOLLO, MACA, ACHOMA, where the guide will explain the different customs of the area as well as the Lito models, colonial churches and terraces.
Arrival to Chivay - 11:30 am approx.
Lunch - 11:45 am approx.
At 01:30 pm approx - We will board the bus to Puno.
The bus stops during the trip to Puno, where we will appreciate a little more of the fauna and flora on the way to Lake Titicaca.
Upon arrival in Puno, we will be assisted and we will transferred to the hotel of your choice.
Hotel in Puno.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Pick up time from hotel - 07:00 am. approx.
Our staff will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the port of Lake Titicaca; our local guide will be waiting for us with the boat to start our great adventure on Lake Titicaca.
We will leave in the direction of Uros, on the way our guide will explain important points of this majestic lake, soon after we will arrive at the famous floating islands of the Uros.
We will make the excursion in the island of Uros, visiting its inhabitants and learning about customs of these communities that have lived for years in the highlands.
After visiting these, we will return to the boat and continue our trip towards the Island of Taquile.
We will sail for approximately 3 hours on the Titicaca in the direction of Taquile, a huge island that is characterized by its magnificent and beautiful fabrics.
Here you will have the opportunity to observe how people of the island produces splendid textiles such as ponchos, belts, gloves and other typical high
After appreciating these beautiful handmade works, we will continue until we reach the top of the island, where we will walk along a beautiful path, somewhat inclined that offers spectacular landscapes of the lake. The most advisable is to walk slowly, take it easy and enjoy as much as possible, since they are walking over 3800 meters high in a world.
Approximately 45 minutes later, we will arrive at the center of Taquile, where we will finally we will rest and visit a small site museum, which through photos shows aspects important part of the lives of the people of Taquile. We will have lunch in a typical restaurant around the after lunch, visitors will have free time to visit the workshops of the knitting and taking pictures with the friendly locals. In the afternoon, we will go down to the pier and we will undertake our return trip to Puno, arriving in the city at approximately 05:00pm.
Overnight at the hotel choiced in Puno.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Pick up time from hotel - 06:15 am. approx.
At the agreed time our staff will pass by the hotel to transfer you to the bus station in the Puno terminal
During our tour that lasts 10 hours, approximately we will have 4 excursions and guided visits to the places of tourist interest of the south corridor of the altiplano visiting the temple of Andahuaylillas or Sistine Chapel of America, the Inka temple of Raqchi, the passage of the Raya to 4335 msnm and the Inka Aymara museum of Pukara. Each visit lasts from 20 to 40 minutes, where the passenger can ask questions, take pictures and explore the attraction at their own discretion, making this experience an unforgettable one.
We will be arriving in Cusco at 4:30 pm. We will be picked up and we will be transferred to the hotel where we will spend the night
Overnight in Cusco.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning free to acclimatize or do some shopping.
City tour in Cusco
Our transfer will visit you at your hotel to take you to the starting point of your tour, between 13:00 hrs and 13:30 hrs. The tour begins at the Cusco Cathedral, decorated with fine carved woodwork and impressive altars and beautiful paintings, made by the hands of local artists from the Cusqueña, which hold hidden elements of indigenous thought.
Then we will take a short walk through the streets of the historical center towards the Qoricancha o Temple of the Sun considered an indigenous religious sanctuary. Where we will appreciate the fine work of lithic technology made by the Incas, with the highest level of hard stone cutting without insert a sheet of paper and that despite the earthquakes they remain stable to date.
Completed the visit to the Qoricancha we will board the bus that will take us to Sacsayhuaman located 3km. from the city of Cusco, Sacsayhuaman offers us a panoramic view of the city of Cusco, Sacsayhuaman was built with large blocks of limestone weighing from 25 to 130 tons. It is made up of three terraces superimposed in a serpentine form (zigzag).
We will also reach Qenqo, which means labyrinth, is located one kilometer from Sacsayhuaman, establishes a construction based on limestone rock that shows stone sculpture in 500 mts2 accompanied by structures that according to the historians served for the astronomical study, religious and embalming and/or mummification.
Then we will know Puca Pucara: from two Quechua words that mean Puca (red) Pucara (fortress) "red fortress", a strategic place for control and surveillance of access and exit from the city Imperial Cusco, which was used as a territorial border to divide the regions and establish the displacement regimes.
Finally, we will visit Tambomachay: a place to rest, located 9 km from the city of Cusco, more known as the Baths of the Inca for the water sources, or also known as the waters of the eternal youth by the constant flow of its waters that offers us part of the Inca road that goes from Cusco to Machupicchu. This city tour in the city of Cusco ends at 18:30 hrs approximately near the Plaza de Armas.
Hotel in Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel.
Pick up time from hotel - 8:00am.
This day, we will make the tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The tour will start at 08:30 hrs, when we will pick you up at your hotel, the first place to visit is Pisaq with its typical craft market, and you will visit the archaeological group of Pisaq with its picturesque terraces cultivated in the mountains. Then we will go to Urubamba where we have included a buffet lunch. Continuing with the tour, we will go to the Fortress of Ollantaytambo known also as the living Inca city.
Finally, we will go to the train station of Ollantaytambo, to board the train that leaves at 16:36 hrs (can change according to the date reserve) to Aguas Calientes, where we will arrive at 18:09 hrs. (According to schedule), we will spend the night in a selected hotel in Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town).
Optionally, visit the town's hot springs.
Overnight at the selected hotel in Aguas Calientes.
Meals: Box Lunch and dinner.
Distance: 16kms / 10 mls (6 hours more or less of walking)
Difficulty: Easy / moderate.
Walking time: Approximately 6 hours (includes lunch on the route).
Walk and terrain: Walk on open roads, some steep trails
Breakfast at the hotel (subject to pick-up time depending on train schedule)
Transfer from the Hotel to the Aguas Calientes Train Station towards Km 104.
TREKKING KM 104 "CHACHABAMBA TO INTI PUNKU, THE SUN GATEWAY
We pick you up at 4:30 a.m. from the hotel and transfer you to the train station. Along the train we will see picturesque landscapes, until we reach km 104 (Chachabamba), also known as the beginning of the 2-day Inca Trail around 10 am. After 3 hours of walking, we will arrive at the archaeological group of Wiñaywayna (2650 m.a.s.l.) which is also the main attractive archeological site of the Inca trail, guided visit of the archeological complex
In the afternoon, we continue our hike to Machu Picchu through a semi-tropical forest to Intipunku (the door of the sun) from where we can enjoy a panoramic visit of the majestic Machupicchu.
We will rest and after 01 hour, we will arrive to the Inca City of Machupicchu, brief rest for then descend to Aguas Calientes or Machupicchu Town by tourist bus, arriving approximately at 4:30 pm, transfer to the hotel and rest.
Overnight in Aguas Calientes.
Meals: Breakfast
Distance: 8.9kms / 5.5ml
Bus in 25 minutes.
Difficulty: Easy
Meals: Breakfast
Distance: 8.9kms / 5.5mls
Difficulty: Easy
Breakfast at the hotel.
5:00am, after breakfast, we will take the bus to the Inca city of Machupicchu, to to get out on time and enjoy the sunrise, then we will have approximately 2 hours a visit to the most important sites with your guide, then you can explore the mysterious city at its own pace. If you still have energy, you can also climb Wayna Picchu (2720m/8923ft) (which is optional).
It takes 45 minutes to reach the summit, this walk is additional and optional and you may have to leave the Machu Picchu tour to be able to get a permission to climb this mountain.
On the way, back we will take the bus to the village of Aguas Calientes for the afternoon to take the train back to Ollantaytambo. Expedition service (to Ollantaytambo) and bus of tourism to Cusco. We will be in Cusco at approximately 10:30pm.
Breakfast at the hotel
Free day to personal activities.
Overnight in Cusco.
Breakfast at the hotel
At a previously coordinated time, transfer to the airport.
Flight Cusco Puerto Maldonado.
Reception in Puerto Maldonado and transfer to Ecoamazonia.
We will start our program, with the city tour. Then we will go to the Port Captain's office, where our boat will be waiting for you to sail the Rio Bajo Madre de Dios (Rio Serpenteante), after approximately 02 hours, we will arrive at our Hostel, located thirty kilometers from the city of Puerto Maldonado. On this journey, we will be able to observe rural sites for agricultural and livestock activities near the city. If the weather we will see colorful plants, such as the giant flowering heliconias, and the possibility of observe animals, such as capybaras, alligators, water turtles, herons, cormorants, carrion birds and of prey. Upon arrival at our lodge, you will be greeted with a delicious tropical fruit nectar and taken to their comfortable rooms (bungalow), conditioned for such a special occasion.
Settled in place, a delicious lunch will be waiting for you, in a very cozy dining room of rustic design.
CAIMAN COACH
In the afternoon, our specialized guide will lead you through a trail interpreting the wonders of the place, duly signposted to Cocha Caiman, a small lagoon hidden in the middle of the jungle. We will be waiting for you, where we will have the chance to observe the black alligator and white alligator, very efficient predators located at the top of the food chain; these Predators live in the abundant water fauna of the lake, represented by an abundant species of fish.
When you return to the lodge, we will be waiting for you with a delicious dinner and you will have free time to share unforgettable moments in our bar, equipped with an excellent table games and provided with all the drinks you can imagine. At night, the fauna the nightly music will lull you to the tune of an infinite number of songs and voices of various birds nighttime.
For this morning, the magic begins with the songs of birds of paradise in the Amazon, along with the howling monkey song. A delicious breakfast will recharge them with the energy they need for a morning full of new experiences.
LAKE APU VICTOR:
After breakfast, we will begin a walk into the forest following the route of trails very prepared for this tour, which are conveniently preserved and signposted. On this route, we will pass through the riverine forest towards higher forests, and then descend into the floodplain forest and then climbback to the hill forests. During this journey, we will witness a very varied range of species of flora and fauna in the wild.
On this wonderful journey, you will also have the opportunity to identify species of fruit trees, and medicinal plants, which support the animal and human populations located in the Amazonian forests. In which stand out the aguaje, the mahogany, the chestnut, the catahua, the cedar, the cético, the copaiba, the shihuahuaco.
With a lot of luck and in silence, we will be able to see larger mammals, like the sachavaca and the huangana, rodents like the giant otter, the ronsoco, the majaz and the armadillo; primates such as the howler monkey and the puffin lion, black martin or capuchin; reptiles such as the iguana and the pallet; amphibians such as the toad and birds such as the kettle-paw, the partridge, the golden parakeet and the blue, yellow and red macaw. In the rainforest, you will see insects like butterflies (Lepidoptera), beetles (Coleoptera), crickets, cicadas, ants, centipedes and millipedes of various species.
We will arrive at the majestic Lake Apu Victor surrounded by extensive swamps and huge proportions. We will visit the Mirador Amazónico (observation platform), where you can you will enjoy a panoramic view of the lake, where we will observe Parrots, Macaws, Toucans, Camungos, Shanshos, Herons and other animals such as Caymans, Turtles, etc. Varieties of fish enter Lake Apu Víctor with the annual floods in the (growing) rainy season. In addition, there are also other species of fauna that live in the lake, such as the motelo, the matamata, the charapita de aguajal, the friar, the chozna, the red deer, the añuje and the giant otters of the Amazon Forest. From return to the lodge, they will be waiting for you with a refreshing lunch, in ISLA DE LOS MONOS
In the afternoon, we will accompany our specialized guide to visit the Monkey Island, located at minutes from the lodge in the heart of the Madre de Dios River. This island details an enormous variety of flora exotic and hosts many primate specimens, such as the maquisapa, the capuchin and the puffin and little lion. Also other species of small mammals such as the coati (Nasua), the squirrel and a vast variety of colorful birds.
Finally, we will complete our visit of the island, enjoying the laying of of the Sun, with a stunning sunset in the jungle. Back at the lodge, you will enjoy an unbeatable farewell dinner.
After a restful night's sleep, accompanied by the powerful roars produced by the howler monkey will remind you that you are still in his domain and that it is time to leave.
In our dining room, you will be served breakfast before returning to Puerto Maldonado.
Transfer to Puerto Maldonado Airport
Flight Puerto Maldonado Cusco
Reception in Cusco and transfer to the hotel
Overnight in Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel.
At the appropriate hour transfer to the airport in Cusco.
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