Arequipa
- Arrival in Arequipa airport where you will be welcomed by an English speaking guide.
- Transfer to the selected hotel
- In the afternoon we start our city tour in the historical center, visiting the Santa Catalina Convent, the Plaza de Armas, the Jesuit Church of La Compañia and its beautifully-painted Chapel, the Church of San Francisco, the San Lazaro District, Selva Alegre and the typical Districts of Cayma and Yanahuara for a magnificent view of the Misti Volcano.
- Return to the hotel.
Overnight in Arequipa
DAY 2 Arequipa – Colca
Breakfast at the hotel.
After breakfast, you will start your trip to the Colca Canyon, taking the Yura’s highway boarding the snow-capped mountain Chachani towards Pampa Cañahuas (Reserve of White Wash and Salt Mines) habitat of vicuñas. Also you will see alpacas and the flora of the area.
- After lunch (not included), we arrive to Chivay Town and you will be transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Chivay
DAY 3 Colca - Arequipa
Breakfast at the hotel.
Today early at morning you will visit the Cross of the Condor, where you will be able to observe one of the deepest Canyons of the world and where we can appreciate the impressive and majestic flight of the Condors.
After the tour you would be transferred directly from Colca to Puno in a semi private transfer (maximum 10 pax) where you would do different stops during the way to enjoy the beautiful Andean landscape!
- Arrive in Puno, welcome and transfer to your selected hotel.
Overnight in Puno
DAY 4 Full day in Titicaca Lake
Breakfast at the hotel.
Our guide will pick you up from your hotel in Puno in the morning, to take a two-hour motor boat excursion on the waters of Lake Titicaca to the unique Floating "Islands" of the Uros. These ancient inhabitants of the lake, known as the Water Tribe, have built their own "islands" by periodically adding new layers of a type of reed unique to the area called "Totora". Their homes and boats are also made from this material.
Then proceed to Taquile islands, where its inhabitants are dedicated to agriculture and have developed an original form of "communal tourism", in which visitors share their food, homes, customs and traditions.
Return to the hotel.
Overnight in Puno
DAY 5 Touristic Bus from Puno to Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel.
Today you take the First-class Bus from Cuzco to Puno. Lunch is included and the bus stops at various points of geographical and cultural interest along the way.
Pukara: This is the most important and oldest ceremonial site this side of Tiahuanaco La Raya: The highest pass on the route between Cusco and Puno, La Raya is 4335 meters above sea level.
Raqchi: (or the temple of the God Wiracocha), this Inca temple is monumental
Andahuaylillas: Referred to as the Andean Sistine Chapel.
You will finish your fantastic journey that same evening in Cusco, where we will meet you at the bus station and take you to your hotel.
Overnight in Cusco
DAY 6 Cusco City Tour
Breakfast at the hotel.
- Morning at leisure.
- In the afternoon the half-day city tour begins. You will be shown the exact centre of the Inca empire, the Plaza de Armas. There one can find the cathedral built on the ruins of the Inca Palace. The cathedral borders on other churches on both sides. Next stop will be the old town with its magnificent renovated colonial buildings, that are being used as hotels for example. You will also visit Sacsayhuaman, a ruin located approx. 3 km above Cuzco. Sacsayhuaman also offers a fabulous view of the city. After that you will then shortly stop in Tampu Machay, the bath of the Inca, Kenko, the giant rock whose niches and gaps were carved in a strange way, and Puca Pucara, the ruin of a small fort.
- Return to Cuzco where you can relax, enjoy the local food and exciting nightlife.
Overnight in Cusco
DAY 7 Sacred Valley Excursion
Breakfast at the hotel.
- After breakfast, you will discover the Sacred Valley of the Incas; there, you will have the opportunity to purchase local handcrafts at the special and traditional Pisac Indian market. This market exhibits and sells wide variety of fine crafts of various kind: Woven goods, sweaters, Alpaca rugs, tapestry, sculpture, jewellery, etc.
On the way to Ollantaytambo, you will have free time to have lunch in a typical restaurant. Ollantaytambo is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the Americas, complete with canals unchanged since Inca times; a walk by the narrow streets will make you recall its ancient heritage.
- Return to Cuzco
Overnight in Cusco
DAY 8 Full Day in Machu Picchu
Breakfast at the hotel.
Am. Pick up from your hotel and transfer by bus to the train station where the tour starts in your Touristic train that climbs the mountain in zigzag slopes and then rattles down into the fertile plain of the Urubamba valley, passes Ollantaytambo and goes on to Aguas Calientes.
From here small busses drive up the steep mountain to the ruin town Machu Picchu called the Lost City of the Incas. You will be amazed of how the Incas were able to build this city on a mist-shrouded mountaintop.
Upon your arrival to the citadel you will enjoy a 3 hours excursion in Machu Picchu.
In the afternoon, return to Cuzco.
- Transfer from train station to your hotel
Overnight in Cusco
DAY 9 Transfer out
Breakfast at the hotel.
You will be transferred to the airport for your flight out, or you may extend your trip to other destinations.
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