LIMA CUSCO SACRED VALLEY MACHUPICCHU PARACAS NAZCA 8 Days and 7 Nigths

PRICE PER PERSON IN AMERICAN DOLLARS SINCE US$ 1180.00IN DOUBLE ROOM – MINIMUM 2 PASSENGER

Day 01 … – Lima

Upon your arrival at Lima Jorge Chavez international airport you will be met by our local agent and transferred to your accommodation, located in Miraflores the nicest area of Lima.
Overnight in Lima – At your Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 02 Lima – Cusco City Tour

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the Lima’s Airport to board the flight  to Cusco

In the morning day off to relax
We will pick you up from your hotel at 1:30 in the afternoon, after that we will start our City Tour. We will star visiting the Cusco’s main church the Cathedral which’s been built over the Quishuarcancha palace incan  foundation; one can see important feature such as assimilation fenomena, it means andean figures or elements have been placed soberly within the oil paintings or wooden art in a hidden way; for instance one can find the famous andean mermaid which is half woman and half potato or the Last Super in Andean version in which has been set the roasted guinea pig instead of roasted lamb. Just in this church there are an average of 350 oil paintings. The next attraction is Qoricancha the temple of the sun, it’s the greatest shrine, located in the middle of  incan downtown; there were inside it chapels or chambers dedicated to the incan gods  many of them tore down so over the incan foundation of it has been built Santo Domingo Church. Later on, we will drive to the northern outskirts of Cusco, Sacsayhuaman the sole megalithic construction and from it’s laid many theories or it’s been formulated important questions. What kind of technics have been applied to templete or match the giant boulders?.  What kind of technics have been used to move the giant boulder from the quarry to there? or What kind of technics have been used to crack the piece of stone from the main mass?. Actually there are suppositions which have been  proposed by stranger and local scholars, the idea is to tackle them in order to see the pretty acceptable one

Then, we will move onto another important Inca site known as Qenqo, a kind of rock outcrop below under the rock can be seen passageway carving on living rock;  it’s the the temple of the mother earth; eventually for others this being a kind of shrine was the place where the priests, the inca himself, philosophers, soothsayers, fortune tellers drunk psychotropic medicines to help their bodies get rid of toxins; actually they were able to forsee their future with this hallucinogens such Ayahuasca or San Pedrito; this idea has been given by american scholar Willian Sullivan in his book “The Secret of the Incas”.  The next one is Pucapucara a kind of place for resting (lodge), on the walls of it can be seen iconographical figures such as seal, pig, snake, llama, tortoise, incan dog and a happy puppy. The last one is Tambomachay called the “Bano del Inca” the incas’s bath. Known us Fertility Fountain or Eternal Youth Fountain.

Overnight in Cusco – At Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 03 Cusco Sacred Valley

Sacred Valley of the Incas was the counterpart of the Milky Way so Incas were able to set their construction or setlements following the patterns of the Milky Way: it means Incas saw in it black clouds a Snake, Puma, Condor, llama, alligator, shepherd, partridge, toad, etc; so along this valley one can see the setlements’ outlines in the shape of these constellation. Cusco has the outline of Puma, Ollantaytambo of a llama and even Machupicchu the outline of Alligator.

08:30: Cusco to Pisaq Ruins (the proper name of Pisaq is P’isaqa which means partridge) It’s located at 36 km of Cusco to explore in it colosall terraces for agriculture, these terraces are not in using anymore because they have been expropriated by the government; It’s also really nice to see the largest inca cementery, incan residences located on top of the mountains which were a kind of Pucara or redoubt. Pisaq Market located at the botton of the ruins is not a tipical market anymore, 10 years ago it used to be but nowadays more than tipical is a commercial markets. Urubamba town, located one hour down of Pisaq Market, is a especial place to have the lunch, there are crew of customers who are just coming to enjoy the Andean Gourmet. Ollantaytambo ruins, located half an hour down from Urubamba, is really awesome cause it’s been designed in the shape of a llama; It’s the sole place to talk about the Incan Architecture, the techniques to move the giant boulder from quarry to there, the techniques to template or match these boulders on the walls, the techniques to split the giant boulders form the main mass and so on. And the last ruins and incan town as well is Chincheros; it was the private residence of Tupac Inca Yupanqui the son of Pachacuted who was the greatest incan ruler. After this is to Cusco, it’s almost the full day.

Overnight in Ollantaytambo – At your selected accommodation (B, L)

Day 04 Cusco – Machupicchu tours – Cusco

Cusco to Aguas Calientes Town.- 5:30 am Pickup from your hotel and transfer to Ollantaytambo train Station by car then to board train, it will take you an average of 03:50 hours in total to get to Aguas Calientes Town.You will take a shuttle bus journey to Machu Picchu, It’s just half an hour to get there. You will have a guided tour of the most amazing and mysterious of all Inca Sites, you will learn about the history of this site, who lived there, how it was discovered in modern times and why the Spaniards never found it, but what’s Machupicchu for?. There are many answers but the pretty admissible one has been proposed by Jesuit priest Bernabe Cobo, writing in 1654, one hundred years after the conquest as a kind of “Shrine”, the shrines of Cusco’s sacred landscape; some were natural feature of the land, such as springs, rock outcrops, caves and lakes: others were constructed sites such as houses, walls and water channels which were associated with events in inca mythology; but not only this there are many theories proposed by local and stranger scientists. You will have some insight into the various features of the city and after that, you will have some free time to really enjoy yourself alone in this spectacularly located site, one of them is the unfinished Inca Bridge built on the cliff. A lifetime experience that will stay with you forever! After enjoying Machu Picchu, you will board the bus to Aguas Calientes, where you will have a light refreshing meal before the train journey to Cusco.
Afternoon: Train and bus journey back to Cusco.
Upon arrival in Cusco, you will be transferred to your Hotel.
Overnight in Cusco – At your Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 05 Cusco – Lima – Paracas

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the airport to board the regular flight to Lima. Arrival and transfer to the bus station to board the regular bus to Paracas. After 04 hours, arrival and transfer to your selected hotel. Overnight in Paracas.- At your Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 06 Paracas – Nazca

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the Paracas Pier to start the excursion to Ballestas Island by boat, sailing around the island also known as “The Little Galaoagos”, from the sea you will observe the “Candelabro” geoglyph and the tour will last 2.30 hrs.  Then, transfer to the bus station to board the regular bus to Nazca. Arrival and transfer to selected hotel.

Overnight in Nazca – At your Selected Accommodation (B)

Day 07 Nazca – Lima

Desayuno muy temprano en el hotel. Sobrevuelo las  Líneas de Nazca, se verá desde la avioneta una serie de geoglifos ubicados en el desierto de Nazca. Hay muchas formas de líneas como el mono, la mano, el velero, el perro incluso un trazo de un ET y más. Por la tarde, traslado a la estación de buses para abordar el bus regular a Lima. Después de 7,5 horas, llegada y traslado al hotel.

Pernocte en Lima – en su Alojamiento Seleccionado (B)

Day 08 Lima – And flight to your home

Desayuno en el hotel. Llegada y conexión con el vuelo internacional. (B) Hora de salida: 12:00 hrs

FIN DE NUESTROS SERVICIOS.