Imperial Classic Circuit: Lima – Cusco – Puno in 07 days


Duration: 7 days / 6 nights
Highlights: Cusco, Machu Picchu, Cusco tours, Cusco excursions, Cusco tours, Machu Picchu tours, Lima Tours, Lima tours, Lima excurs
Type of tour: Cultural, Traditional
Place: Lima, Cusco, Puno - Peru

ITINERARY

Day 1: LIMA

Day 1: LIMA
Day 1: LIMA

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Reception at the airport and transfer to your hotel.

The day begins with the pickup of our participants from each of their hotels in Lima, after the pickup we will start with a short visit to the Intihuatana Park, located on the Miraflores Malecon, where we will observe the Pacific Ocean. We will continue our tour through the modern residential districts of Miraflores and San Isidro, we will also observe outside the Huaca Pucllana, a pre-Inca ceremonial temple in the form of a pyramid that has endured the urban expansion of Lima.

Then the tour will continue to the Olivar Park and the Financial Center and then head to the Historic Center of Lima, listed by UNESCO in 1991 as a World Cultural Heritage Site, where the center of the Spanish colony was established in the 16th century in where the first buildings were erected. We will appreciate the Plaza San Martín, its balconies and old houses, the Plaza Mayor and its most important buildings such as the Government Palace, the Cathedral of Lima, the Archbishop and Municipal Palace, the Station of Desamparados and others.

We will enter one of the most important convents of the 17th century. Where the relics of the three most important Peruvian saints are still preserved, Santa Rosa de Lima, San Martin de Porres and San Juan Macías, and then return to Miraflores where we will finish our tour, you will have the option of staying in the Indian market, in Larcomar or return to your hotel.


Day 2: LIMA - CUSCO

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Breakfast at the hotel

At the pre-established hour, the transfer will be made from your hotel to the airport.

Flight from Lima - Cusco (by account the passenger)

Reception at the Cusco airport and transfer to your hotel.

Free acclimatization afternoon, (you can do activities on your own).


Map - Day 2: LIMA - CUSCO
Map - Day 2: LIMA - CUSCO

Day 3: SACRED VALLEY

Day 3: SACRED VALLEY
Day 3: SACRED VALLEY

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Breakfast at the hotel.

We will start the day with the pick up of our participants from their hotels in Cusco, we will visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas that is located on the bank of the Vilcanota river, we will visit the Inca citadel of Pisac, where we will appreciate platforms and architectural structures located on the slopes of Said place and at the top of the mountain, we will return to the traditional town of Pisac to visit the Indian market, where we will be able to learn about the customs of its inhabitants.

We will have lunch in one of the traditional restaurant located in Urubamba Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the afternoon, we will visit the fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo, erected to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from invasions by the inhabitants from the eastern jungle.

Back to Cusco we will visit the picturesque traditional town of Chinchero, where the remains of the royal hacienda of Túpac Inca Yupanqui are located. We will appreciate its well preserved Inca Walls in the main square and you will also appreciate the beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes in the portico, built on the bases of an Inca construction.

Accommodation night in Cusco.


Day 4: MACHU PICCHU

Day 4: MACHU PICCHU
Day 4: MACHU PICCHU

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Breakfast at the hotel (Depending on the pickup time of the train schedule)

We will transfer you from the Hotel in Cusco to the Ollantaytambo Train Station and then head to Aguas Calientes.

After arriving in the town of Aguas Calientes, we will board a bus to visit Machu Picchu the Inca City. We will have the opportunity to visit the Inca city with a professional bilingual guide, for approximately 02 hours.

We will return by bus to Aguas Calientes, where we will have a delicious buffet lunch, and then wait, in the afternoon, for the return train to Ollantaytambo.

We will arrive at the train station, where they will be waiting for you and will be transferred to Cusco and their respective Hotel.

Accommodation night in Cusco.


Day 5: CUSCO - PUNO

Day 5: CUSCO - PUNO
Day 5: CUSCO - PUNO

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After a delicious breakfast at the hotel, we will transfer you to the bus station to Puno. If the hotel corresponds to the 4 or 5 star category, the trip will be by Perurail Titicaca train, the departures for this service are only on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, if there is no coincidence with your departure day from Cusco to Puno, the trip will be by Tourist Bus, which stops along the route doing little excursions.

Welcome in Puno.

Accommodation night.


Day 6: PUNO: TITICACA LAKE

Day 6: PUNO: TITICACA LAKE
Day 6: PUNO: TITICACA LAKE

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Breakfast at the hotel

At the agreed hour, we will transfer you to the starting point of the excursion to Titicaca Lake, where you will be able to visit 2 of the most visited islands, Uros and Taquille, "The Uros´floating islands", an ancestral town that currently lives in middle a platform made entirely of Totora (aquatic plant of the Altiplano), in which you can find more than 90 islands.

After a gratifying experience on the island of the Urus, we will arrive at the island of Taquile where we will make an excursion of about 35 minutes where we will know its history, customs and where we will taste a traditional lunch.

The excursion will be lightened arriving in a short time of 1 hour and 30 min from Taquile to Puno, in this period we will have more time to visit both Islands.

Return to Puno and overnight accommodation.


Day 7: PUNO OUT

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Breakfast at the hotel

At the required time, transfer to the airport.


End of our Services

INCLUDES

  • Transfers inn and out at each destination.
  • 01 night accommodation in Lima with breakfast
  • Traditional city tour in Lima
  • 03 nights’ accommodation in Cusco with breakfast
  • Full Day Sacred Valley + Buffet Lunch
  • Full Day Machu Picchu
  • Round trip tourist train
  • Round trip transfer to train stations
  • Entrance to Machupicchu
  • Bus Consetur up and down.
  • Ollantaytambo train - Aguas Calientes - Ollantaytambo
  • 02 nights’ accommodation in Puno with breakfast
  • Full Day Titicaca Lake + Typical lunch.

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED

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