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Day 01 … – Lima

Upon arrival at Lima International Airport Jorge Chavez will be welcomed by our local agent and transferred to your accommodation, located in Miraflores the best area of Lima.

Overnight in Lima – in your selected accommodation (B)

Day 02 Lima – Arequipa.

By the afternoon: Guided tour to Arequipa

Arequipa was built from the white sillar rock that expectoro of Volcán Misti, one of the trios of the imposing volcanos that appear behind; Because of that lava is known as the “White City”. The quality of the Sillar is soft and porous and lends itself to making intricate Baroque façades, which combine Western motifs of mermaids, vines and shells with New World elements such as parrots, papayas and jungle vegetation; The best example of this style is the facade of the Church of the Company of Jesus, near the Plaza de Armas. Arequipa is the second largest urban area of Peru and one of the most prosperous departments.

09:00 Visit on foot (around the center to see the imposing Cathedral of two towers that has the largest Custody in Peru in pure gold, Santa Catalina Convent, Juanita Mummy Museum, Yanahuara the point to take the photo of the Majestic Volcan Misti.

Includes: Tickets and guide

Accommodation in Arequipa – In your selected lodging (B)

Day 03 Arequipa – Cañón del Colca

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and start the trip to Chivay and the imposing Colca Canyon; On the way through the Pampa Cañahua Park you will see unique South American camelids such as the elegant vicuñas, alpacas, llamas, guanacos and vizcachas. This trip offers spectacular views of the most impressive volcanoes in the Andes, such as the Misti, Chachani, Ampato, etc.

14:00 Afternoon: Relaxing Hot Springs Las Galeras.

Overnight in Chivay – In your Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 04 Cañon del Colca – Puno

The Sacred Condor.- “(Vultur gryphus) can be traced back to the Colca Canyon, it is easy to see early in the morning and sometimes in the afternoons.Incas and other Andean peoples considered as a Sacred Bird. Wings using only the thermals in a spiral so high in the sky that it can disappear from view.The condor is the largest flying bird in the world with a weight of more than 10 kg and a wingspan of more than 3 meters But apart from its size, the condor is easy to detect because of its white collar around its neck, the feather-shaped feathers at the end of its wings, its main source of food for the condor is to be a scavenger, Is able to detect its prey thousands of meters high from the air due to its extraordinary vision and the sense of its smell ”

06:00 After breakfast, you will be taken to the Cruz del Cóndor to observe the gliding of this majestic bird; From Chivay to the Cruz del Condor is about 60 km (1 hour and a half). Cruz del Cóndor is the best place in the world to see them – usually around 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. you can observe the glide and sometimes in the afternoon. The best time to see them is in the dry months, between April and December. After the Condor flight, you will continue to enjoy the views of the world’s deepest Canyon, with its platforms, which have been used by local farmers since pre-Inca times for agricultural purposes.

After lunch, you will board the bus to Puno.
Upon arrival in Puno you will be contacted with our representative and transferred to your lodging.

Overnight in Puno. In its selected housing (B)

Day 05 Puno – Titicaca Lake – Puno

Breakfast at the hotel. Lake Titicaca, the most sacred lake in the entire Inca Empire, covers an area of 8000 square kilometers or 3100 square miles, the highest navigable lake in the world. It houses more than 30 islands and one of them, the most outstanding, is Uros or the Floating Islands of the Uros, which is inhabited by the ancient Aymaras. These people have maintained their traditions and customs from generation to generation. In the afternoon, visit the Chullpas of Sillustani, which is located 35 kilometers or 21 miles away from Puno. The age of the burial chambers, which are up to 40 feet or 12 meters high, remains in mystery, but a Spanish chronicler described them as recently completed in 1549. It is one of the largest archeological sites in America. These impressive funerary monuments were used by the Aymara Indians to bury their important leaders. Back to the hotel.

Overnight in Puno – in your Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 06 Puno – Cusco

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the bus station to board the tourist bus to Cusco and you will have one of the most fabulous trips through this beautiful route with spectacular views of the Andes mountains, an experience Unforgettable through the Altiplano Region. The bus trip includes visits to La Raya, Pukara, Raqchi and Andahuaylillas.

Upon arrival at the Cusco bus station you will be met by our local representative and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Cusco – in your selected accommodation (B)

Day 07 Cusco

In the morning free to relax:

You will be picked up from your hotel at 1:30 in the afternoon, we will start our activity with City Tour. We will visit the Cathedral of Cusco, which has been built on the palace Quishuarcancha simiento Inca; In it one can appreciate the phonemes of syncretism, which means the juxtaposition of Andean figures or elements placed with sobriety within pictorial paintings or paintings; For example, one can find the famous Andean mermaid that is half woman and half of the potato or the Last Supper in Andean version, in which the guinea pig has been painted instead of roasted lamb. Only in this church there are an average of 350 oil paintings. The next attraction is the Temple of the Sun Qoricancha, which is the largest Shrine, located in the center of the city itself; There were chapels or rooms dedicated to the Inca gods; Many of them have been destroyed and the Church and the Monastery of Santo Domingo have been built on Inca monuments. After Qoricancha we will continue to the outskirts of Cusco, Sacsayhuaman the only megalithic construction and it has been proposed many theories or that have been asked important questions. What techniques have been applied to temper or amalgamate the lytic structures? What techniques have been used to move the stone structures of the quarry to the building site? O What techniques have been used to cut the lithic structures of the main mass? In reality there are theories that have been proposed by foreign and local researchers, the issue is to address which of the theories would be the most acceptable.

Then we will move to another important Inca site known as Q’enqo, a kind of outcropping or intrusive rock formation and underneath the rock you can see a passageway in the living rock; Which is the temple of the mother earth; For others this is a sort of Adoration, it was the place where the priests, the Inca, philosophers, agoreros, fortune-tellers ingested psychotropic substances to enter in a state of ecstasy and to contact the spiritual world of their ancestors; In fact they were able to predict the future; This possibility has been given by the American professor Willian Sullivan in his book “The secret of the Incas”. The next attraction is Pucapucará a place of rest, Lodge type, more properly a Tambo, you can see in the Inca walls, iconographic figures as: turtle, Inca puppy, snake, llama, seal, bear, pig, etc. The last attraction will be Tambomachay called the “Bath of the Inca” better known as “The Fountain of Eternal Youth or The Source of Fertility”.

Overnight in Cusco – In your Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 08 Cusco – Machupicchu – Cusco

Cusco – Aguas Calientes. 5:30 am. You will be picked up from your accommodation and transferred to Ollantaytambo Station, board the train to Aguas Calientes, which will last for 3:50 hrs. Then you will have to take the bus service to Machu Picchu, it is only half an hour to get to the resort. You will have a guided tour of the most amazing and mysterious of all the Inca sites, you will learn about the history of this site, who lived there, how Machupicchu was discovered in modern times and why the Spanish never found it, but that Is or was Machupicchu ?. There are many answers, but the most surprising has been proposed by the Jesuit priest Bernabé Cobo, written in 1654, one hundred years after the conquest as an “Adoratory”, the worshipers of sacred sites of Cusco; Some of these sites were natural features of the Earth, such as fountains or mangroves, rocky outcrops, caves and lakes; Other Built Sites such as houses, walls and waterways; Which were associated with events of Inca mythology; But not only this version, but there are many theories proposed by scholars both local and foreign. You will have an overview of the various characteristics of the complex. Then you will have some free time to enjoy yourself this spectacular site, a fabulous site is the Inca Bridge built unfinished on the cliff. An unforgettable experience for life that will be amazed forever. After enjoying Machu Picchu, you will board the bus to Aguas Calientes; Where you can take a light meal. Return to Cusco by Train

Upon arrival in Cusco, you will be transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Cusco – in your selected accommodation (B)

Day 09 Cusco

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day for personal activities. Overnight in Cusco – the Accommodation selected. (B)

Day 10 Cusco – Lima

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport to board the regular flight to Lima. Arrival and connection with international flight. (B) Departure time: 10:00 hrs

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