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Unknown Peru

(14 days / 13 nights)

DESTINATIONS

Lima, Arequipa, Colca, Puno, Cusco,Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Abancay, Nasca, Paracas

DETAILS

ITINERARY

1st day | Arrival in Lima (154 masl)

Arrival at Lima’s international airport in the afternoon or night. Meeting with our personnel, transfer and lodging in hotel (private service, English-speaking assistant). Overnight.

2nd day | Lima / Paracas (0 masl)
BY SHARED BUS

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning, visit the historical center (entrance fees to the Cathedral and San
Francisco Convent are included) and the Larco Museum (private service, English-speaking guide). Transfer
to the station to take the bus to Paracas (km. 250, schedule could change: 013.30/1650). Upon arrival,
transfer to the hotel. Overnight.

BY PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION AND SPANISH-SPEAKING DRIVER

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning, visit the historical center (entrance fees to the Cathedral and San
Francisco Convent are included) and the Larco Museum (private service, English-speaking guide).
Departure to Paracas (km. 250, almost 3.30-hour journey). Arrival at Paracas and lodging in the hotel.
Overnight.

3rd day | Arequipa / Colca Canyon (3.633 masl)

Breakfast in hotel. At 5am approximately, departure to Colca Valley (Km. 170, almost 4-hour journey) to visit the vantage point of Cruz del Condor where one can admire the real deepness of the canyon and if weather conditions allow it, travelers will see many condors majestically overflying the site seeking for food (private service, English-speaking guide). Dinner and overnight.

4th day | Colca / Sillustani / Puno (3.827 masl)

Breakfast in hotel. Departure to Sillustani necropolis, box lunch included (private service, without guide,
only Spanish-speaking driver). Upon arrival, meeting with the guide to visit to the ruins (private service,
English-speaking guide). Then, we will continue to Puno (8-hour journey, including the visit) (private service,
without guide, only Spanish-speaking driver). Arrival and lodging in the hotel. Overnight.

5th day | Puno / Titicaca Lake / Puno

Breakfast in hotel. Full day excursion to Titicaca Lake visiting the Uros floating islands and Taquile Island,
lunch at Taquile (shared service, English-speaking guide). Overnight.

6th day | Puno / Cusco

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to station to take the touristic bus to Puno, lunch buffet at Sicuani (km. 380,
schedule could change: 08.00/17.00) (shared service, Spanish/English-speaking guide). Along the way, visit
the Pukara Museum, the Raqchi ruins, and the chapel of Andahuaylillas. Upon arrival, transfer to the
hotel. Overnight

7th day | Cusco 

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning, historical center walking tour (entrance fees to the Cathedral and
Santo Domingo/Coricancha are included) and the ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara and
Tambomachay (private service, English-speaking guide). Afternoon is at leisure. Overnight.

8th day | Cusco / Sacred Valley (2.846 masl) / Aguas Calientes (2.060 masl)

Breakfast in hotel. Excursion to visit the Pisaq market and the Ollantaytambo fortress, lunch included
(private service, English-speaking guide). Then, transfer to Ollantaytambo’s station to take the train to
Aguas Calientes (almost 1.30-hour journey, subject to availability). Upon arrival, you will be picked up by
hotel staff who will escort you to the hotel for checking in. Overnight.

9th day | Aguas Calientes / Machu Picchu (2.400 masl) / Cusco 

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning, a private guide will pick you up from your hotel to take the 30-minute
shuttle bus up to Machu Picchu (private English-speaking guide only during the visit, almost 2 hours). After
the guided tour, the local guide will leave you and you will take the shuttle bus descend to Aguas Calientes
town. Then, collect your own luggage and walk around 5 minutes to the train station for your train back to
Poroy. Upon arrival, transfer to Cusco (almost 30-minute journey) (private service, Spanish-speaking
driver). Overnigh

The train ticket, allows the transport clients and their hand luggage (01 bag or backpack) with a weight of
no more than 05kg/11lb and with a maximum size of 62 linear inches/157 cm (length + height + width),
with the cars intended for this purpose. The main luggage will stay in the hotel of Cusco.

 
10th day | Cusco / Abancay (2.377 mslm)

Breakfast in hotel. Departure to Abancay (km. 197, almost 4.30-hour journey) (private service, without guide,
only Spanish-speaking driver), box lunch included, visiting the archaeological sites of Saywite (sanctuary for
worship water) and Tarawasi (Inca administrative center) (guided by Spanish-speaking guardians of the sites
if they are available). Upon arrival, lodging in the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

11th day | Abancay / Nasca (588 mslm) 

Breakfast in hotel. Departure to Nasca (km. 443, almost 9-hour journey) (private service, without guide, only
Spanish-speaking driver), box lunch included. On the way, visit the Pampas Galeras National Park, where
thousands of vicuñas in its natural habitat live. Upon arrival, lodging in the hotel. Overnigh.

12th day | Nasca / Paracas (0 mslm)

Breakfast in hotel. Departure to Paracas (km. 200, almost 3-hour journey) (private service, without guide,
only Spanish-speaking driver). During the journey, there is the possibility to visit the Huacachina oasis or
the Regional Museum at Ica. Overnight.

Optional: transfer to the local airport to flight over the Nasca Lines (almost 35-minute journey, weather
conditions could delay or cancel the excursion) (shared service, Spanish/English-speaking pilot guide).

13th day | Paracas / Lima

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to the dock and excursion to the Ballestas Islands (2-hour excursion from 08.00
to 10.00, weather conditions could delay or cancel the excursion) (shared service, Spanish/English-speaking
guide). After the excursion, departure to Lima (km. 200, almost 3-hour journey) (private service, without
guide, only Spanish-speaking driver). Upon arrival, lodging in the hotel. Overnight

14th day | Departure from Lima

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to the airport at the proper time for departure (passengers are requested to be at
the airport 3 hours before international flight).

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