DISCOVERING THE ENIGMATIC SOUTH PERUVIAN 15 Days

First Day:  Tour Perú Packages 15 days “Welcome to Peru”

Welcome and transfer in Lima Our Staff will be waiting for you in Lima , we will transfer you to your Hotel in the Capital, you will recieve information about your trip next morning .

Second day: City tour in Lima

Once you arrive in Peru our personal will welcome you in the hall of the airport and drive you to the hotel. After resting for a while we’ll start visiting the most interesting places of the “City of the Kings” the Cathedral, Pizarro’s Tomb, the Catacombs of San Francisco, passing through the Congress, the Palace of Torre Tagle.

The residential areas of Orrantia, San Isidro, where we will visit the Huaca Pucllana, we will enjoy a spectacular sight of the Pacific Ocean. Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, where you will find a great quantity of preincaica pottery including the World biggest collection of erotic Huacos, then we’ ll spend the night at the Hotel

Third Day: Tour Ballestas Island and Paracas Reserve.

Welcome and transfer in Paracas, upon arrival we will transfer you to the port of Paracas, where we will begin the tour to the Ballestas Islands passing through “El Candelabro” a giant image on the slope of a Hill. Upon arriving at the Ballestas Islands, you will visit the different islands for two hours, observing sea lions, seals, penguins and guano birds. After arriving at the port we will make the tour to the Paracas reserve.

In the afternoon we will go to the bus terminal of the city of “Paracas” to take their bus to the city of Nazca, upon arrival our staff will be waiting for you to transfer it to your hotel in the city of “Nazca” the hard trip generally 3 hours. (Photo: Ballestas Islands in Paracas).

Fourth: Flight over the Nazca Lines

The Nazca Lines flyover is a unique experience that allows visitors to fully appreciate the mysterious figures engraved in the pampas of the Nazca desert in Peru. These lines, which date back to between 500 B.C. and 500 AD, are enormous geoglyphs that represent animals, geometric figures and humanoids, among other designs.

Some of the most well-known figures include a hummingbird, a monkey, a spider, a condor and a whale, among others. The best way to see these figures is from the air, since many of them are so large that they cannot be fully appreciated from the ground.

Flights over the Nazca Lines generally depart from the Nazca airfield and are carried out in small planes. During the flight, pilots maneuver so that passengers can clearly see the figures on the ground. It is important to note that measures have been taken to minimize the environmental and cultural impact of these flights, and restrictions are established to protect the lines.

This flyover is a fascinating experience for those seeking to explore the archeology and history of the ancient Nazca civilization, as well as those interested in the mysteries surrounding the creation of these figures and their purpose.

Once the tour is over, we will start with our trip on Bus to Arequipa where our staff will be ready to driver you to the Hotel in Arequipa.

Fifth Day: City Tour in Arequipa

City tour in Arequipa and trip on Bus to Puno We will pick you up from your Hotel starting the City tour in “La Ciudad Blanca” including the Convent of Santa Catalina cloistered convent built in 1580 and was enlarged in the 17th century. The over 20,000-square-meter monastery is predominantly of the Mudejar style, and is characterised by the vividly painted walls.

There are approximately 20 nuns currently living in the northern corner of the complex; the rest of the monastery is open to the public. We will also visit Main Square, Compania of Jesus, Cayma and Yanahuara, with a magnificent view of Volcano” El Misti”.

Sixth day:   Arequipa – Colca Valley

Arequipa – Colca Valley Early departure towards the highlands passing through Yura-Pampa Catahuas and La Pulpera with good possibility of observing groups of wild vicuñas and fighting cattle. Stop en route to see petrogliphs in the Caves of Mollepunco and in the town of Callali to see natural hill formations with the appearance of enchanted castles. Drive to La Calera to enjoy the thermal baths under the stars. Return to Chivay for overnight.

Seventh Day: Colca Cañon second day

Cruz del Condor – Arequipa To maximize your probability of seeing condors we depart very early towards the “Cross of the Condor” at about an altitude of 15,000 feet. Drive a little further in to the canyon to see some pre-Inca ruins and watch the way of life in this remote land. Return to Chivay for lunch and afternoon return to Arequipa.

Eighth  Day : Tourist Bus from Arequipa – Puno

After breakfast, we will drive you to the bus station to start with our trip to Puno this a tour lasts around 8 hours. Then we wll arrive in Puno, and our staff will take you to the Hotel.(Photo: Uros).

Ninth Day: Tour Titicaca Lake Uros+ Taquile Island

Early in the morning you will be picked up from your hotel by our local guide and then transferred to the harbor. We start off our boat excursion of Lake Titicaca by visiting The Uros Floating Island, a small community that has lived on these reed Islands for decades. Centuries ago the small indigenous Uros tribe conceived of the islands as a way to isolate and protect themselves from rival tribes, the Collas and the Incas.

The Uros people harvested the reeds in the shallows of the lake, bundled them together tightly and built floating island platforms complete with reed houses and canoes, creating in this way their own little world. After strolling around the floating Islands, we continue our journey towards Taquile Island (2 hour aprox.), a traditional Quechua speaking community, full of ancient agricultural terraces and some ruins dating back to the pre-Inca times.

The Taquile population was relatively isolated from the mainland until 1950s, and the notion of the community and family is still very strong among them. At the top of the Island, you will have free time to explore this place on your own and afterwards you will meet the group for lunch at one local restaurant. After lunch, we will descent to the harbor to take our boat back to Puno. We will be back in Puno by 17:00 h. approximately.

Tenth Day: Tourist Bus from Puno to Cusco.

After breakfast, we will drive you to the bus station to start with our trip to Cusco this tour lasts around 8 hours you will have 4 guided visits, Andahuaylillas’s temple or South American Sixtine Chapel , the Inka temple of Raqchi, Buffet lunch in Sicuani,La Raya at 4335 m.a.s.l and the Inka Aymara museum of Pukara.

Every visit has a duration of 20 or 40 minutes, where the passenger will be able to make questions, take photos and walk a for a while, doing our trip very pleasant .Then we wll arrive in Cusco, and our staff will drive you to the Hotel.(Photo: Andahuaylillas).

Eleventh day: City Tour in Cusco

This tour ends at 06:30 hrs :The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo: Religious center known as “The Temple of the Sun” where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its construction

The Cathedral:Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value.

Sacsayhuaman:Built at 3 Km. From the city of Cusco, impressive stone fortress with an excellent architecture, Famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/ 30 high,with a weigh of 350 tons. Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every year.

Qenqo:Ceremonial and ritual center, amphitheatre where sacrifices were made.Puca-Pucara: An old tambo (resting place), monitoring place throughout the Inka Empire Routes.

Tambomachay: At 7 Km. from the city of Cusco, ceremonial center of cult to the water, known traditionally as the place where water rests. At the return to Cusco we can be dropped off near to main Square or at The Dance and Music Show to watch tipical dances of Cusco. (Photo: Plaza of Cusco’s Weapon in the night).

Twelfth day: Going to Machupicchu.

Tour a Machupicchu “The lost City of the Inkas” From 05:45 hrs to 06:00 hrs., we pick you up from your Hotel in Cusco (3400 mosl) and drive you to the Train Station, located in Poroy, then we get aboard the train and the trip from Cusco starts heading to Aguas Calientes (2000 mosl).Our Guide Will be waiting there , he will lead us to the bus station, to go up by a zigzag way for 30 minutes to reach the world wide marvel The Sanctuary of Machupicchu, known as the lost city of the Incas.

Once we get to Machu-Picchu, We’ll pass throught the control, where we’ll hand in our entrance tickets and where our guided tour will start, visiting the main square, the Circular tower, the sacred solar watch, the royal rooms, the temple of the three windows and the cementeries, it lasts around two hours.

Afterwards you’ll be given enough time to have a walk around the citadel and have your meals , at any restaurant in Aguas Calientes or if you wish at Santuary Lodge (this is not included).

In the afternoon you will return to Aguas Calientes Town and head for the Hotel where you’ll spend the night, even you can go to the hot springs at night before to rest.

Thirteenth day: Machupicchu Tour

View of the sunrise of Machupicchu and the Huaynapicchu After getting up very early and having breakfast, you can head for Machupicchu in order to see the sunrise from the citadel (on your own), afterwards you can trek up to Huaynapicchu around 2 hours, you will also spend all day long in Machupicchu taking more snaps and pictures, in the afternoon you shall return to Aguas Calientes to return to Cusco on train where our staff will be wating for you to lead you to the Hotel.

Fourteenth day: Tour to the Sacred Valley of the Inkas.

This tour starts around 9 am., we pick you up from your Hotel, we have a guided tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, over the Vilcanota river, with a panoramic view of Pisac an old Inca City and a visit to

the Inka market in this village, where we will have the chance to know in a closer way its people customs and get good bargains with the handycrafts and souvenirs sellers, afterwards we’ll head for Urubamba,traveling on the borders of the river Vilcanota.

We’ll have lunch at a restaurant in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the afternoon we visit the fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to watch the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from the jungle habitants invasions.

We’ll have the chance to walk by the narrow streets and have a clear knowledge of how this militar, religious and cultural center was during the Inca empire.

On the way back to Cusco we will stop by the colorful village of Chinchero , where we will find the ruins of the Tupac Inca Yupanqui Royal House, we will appreciate its well preserve Inca wall in the man square and you will visit the beauty Colonial Temple with invaluable portraits, built over Inca Bases. Then we return to Cusco.

Fifteenth day:Transfer from hotel in Cusco to the airport in Cusco.

Farewell We’ll be at your hotel at least two hours before your flight leaves to take you to the airport where you should check your plane ticket and pay the airport tax, we’ll see you to the departure launge.