Discover the Best of Peru, Machu Picchu, Amazon & Nazca Adventure 20 Days

DAY 1: ARRIVAL TO LIMA

Arrival in the Jorge Chavez International Airport of Lima, reception by a Representative of our Travel Agency and transfer to the Hotel selected in Lima, known as “The City of Kings”.

Hotel in Lima.

MEALS: None.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 2:  LIMA – IQUITOS  – CRUISE 04 DAYS – 03 NIGHTS

Arriving on a noon flight, receive a warm welcome at Iquitos International Airport by our crew. Board our private transfer to downtown Iquitos, for a panoramic city tour and a welcome lunch. Then transfer to Nauta port for embarkation.

Settle into your generously sized suite as you begin one of life’s greatest adventures. Following an introduction to our naturalist guides and a routine safety drill, gather at the restaurant for the first of many Amazonian cuisine experiences created by Aria Amazon’s renowned consulting chef, Pedro Miguel Schiaffino.

*Our Reservations team will be in touch with recommended flight and airport transfer details once you have made your booking

MEALS: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 3:  IQUITOS: CLAVERO LAKE – UCAYALI RIVER – YARAPA RIVER

We start the day searching for incredible wildlife along the Ucayali River, including parrots, egrets, hawks, and monkeys. After breakfast, choose to go fishing for Amazonia´s notoriously ferocious piranhas, canoe, kayak, or swim in the black water Clavero Lake, or visit an Amazonian village where you can interact with native riberenos (people of the river). After dinner, take a leisurely walk in the floodplain forest of San Jose de Paranapura.

MEALS: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 4:  IQUITOS: AMAZON RIVER – TAHUAYO RIVER – SAN PEDRO FOREST

As the day begins, embark on a morning wildlife excursion on the extraordinary Amazon River. After breakfast, explore the Tahuayo River, a black water tributary of the Amazon River, while our naturalist guides share stories of Amazonia. After lunch, we take a jungle walk at San Pedro or Puerto Prado’s Forest to learn about the Amazonian flora and fauna. At dusk, explore the Amazon River in search of exotic nocturnal wildlife.

MEALS: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 5:  IQUITOS – LIMA: NAUTA TOWN/ MANTEE RESCUE CENTER/TRANSFER TO THE AIPORT

In the morning, take a guided visit to the local market and marvel at the regional produce of the Peruvian Amazon. Return to Aria Amazon for breakfast before disembarkation. En route to the airport, visit the Manatee Rescue Center, where orphaned Amazonian manatees rehabilitate before they are released back into the wild.

MEALS: Breakfast

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M

DAY 6:  LIMA – PARACAS

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning around 6:30 a.m., we will pick you up from the hotel and transport  to Paracas, approximately 4 hours trip. Once we arrive, we begin the Tour to Paracas National Reserve, which is the largest natural sanctuary on the Peruvian coast. As a first stop, we will visit the RNP interpretation center.

Then we will head towards the natural rock formation known as THE CATHEDRAL, due to its whimsical shape and spectacular panoramic view. There will be a short walk to the Flamingo viewpoint and the Fusilera Zone where we will observe migratory birds, marine fossils, tirítelas and more. Overnight in Paracas.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 7:  BALLESTAS ISLANDS – ICA – NAZCA

Breakfast at the hotel. we will pick you up from the ho tel to begin the Tour to Islas Ballestas: On the tour to the Ballestas Islands you will visit the different islands for two hours and you will be able to observe up close a fabulous marine fau na, such as large colonies of sea lions on beaches and rocks, as well as seals.

It is also possible to observe groups of Humboldt penguins in small caves, as well as a great variety of coastal birds such as cormorants, boobies, pelicans, seagulls and grass birds. Later we visit the In the early afternoon we head to Ica, 1 hour away, where we will visit a bit of the city and the countryside + a buggy ride through the Huacachina desert.

To finish our full day in Huacachina we will take an exciting and fun ride in buggies or sand carts through the Huacachina desert, which includes sandboarding, traveling through a large part of the desert going up and down the dunes. At dusk we are traveling towards Nazca, approximately 3 hours of travel. Hotel in Nazca.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 8:  FLIGHT OVER THE NAZCA LINES – LIMA

After breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel and head to the Nazca airfield for a 30-minute flight over the Nazca lines, observing 16 of the mysterious geoglyphs found throughout the Nazca Pampas, figures such as the monkey, the hummingbird, among others. A unique experience. At noon we return to Lima, 7 hours trip aprox. Overnight in Lima.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 9:  LIMA – AREQUIPA

After leaving the hotel, we will transfer you to the Lima airport, where you will register and take a one-hour flight to the “Ciudad Blanca de Arequipa” where our team will receive you and transfer you to the hotel selected on your arrival.

On average at 14:00 hrs, our team will pick you up at your hotel to begin the tour of the “White City” including the Convent of Santa Catalina, undoubtedly the jewel of Arequipa, finally opened to the public in 1970, after 400 years of existence. seclusion, with countless pieces of colonial art.

Likewise, you will visit the Plaza de Armas, the cloisters of the Company of Jesus and the neighborhoods of Cayma and Yanahuara, with a magnificent view of the Misti volcano. Night at selected hotel in Arequipa.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 10:  COLCA CANYON 02 DAYS- 01 NIGHT

After breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel at 7:00 a.m. and head towards the Colca Canyon, passing through the foothills of the Chachani volcano. On the way you will cross the Cañahuas and Arrieros plains where the Vicuñas National Reserve is located, as well as the towns of Vizcachani, La Pulpera, Callalli, Sibayo and Tuti.

You will reach an altitude of 4,000 meters above sea level, where you can enjoy the flora and fauna of the beautiful natural lagoons of Bofedales and Mar Atrapado along with giant castle-shaped rocks. After this magnificent excursion we will finally arrive at Chivay, in the Colca Valley. Accommodation in the Colca Valley. (Photo: Vicuñas in the Arequipa pampas).

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 11: COLCA CANYON – AREQUIPA

Very early in the morning and after breakfast we will leave for the “Cruz del Cóndor”, the place where the Canyon begins, from this point you will be able to appreciate its depth. In this beautiful landscape you will also have the opportunity to see the condor in its natural habitat. After a brief stop at the “Cruz del Cóndor”,

we return to Chivay and then continue our trip to the city of Puno, an average of 5 hours, arriving at approximately 6:30 pm where our team will wait for you to transfer you to your hotel in Puno.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 12: VALLEY OF MAJES AND PETROGLYPHS OF TORO MUERTO

After having had your breakfast, you will be picked up to begin your trip to the province of Castilla (Valle de Majes), North-west of Arequipa, 163 km. We enter the place where the petroglyphs or cave paintings of Toro are located. Dead, the largest center or repository of rock art in the world, there you will find around 5,000 gigantic stone blocks of magma or volcanic lava engraved with different figures.

The subjects of the paintings include thousands of anthropomorphic characters (dancers, musicians, shepherds, hunters, realistic and semi-realistic figures), zoomorphic (jaguars, condors, snakes, eagles, camelids, fish), phytomorp hic: sunflowers and trees without branches, geometric symbols , zigzag, squares, rhombuses and even incomplete figures in the process of being made, engraved by various ethnic groups of the Wari and Callahuaya cultures.

At lunchtime you will be taken to one of the restaurants in the region (Punta Colorada), where you will be delighted with a typical lunch with delicious shrimp, good Paracas and other varieties of the traditional gastronomy of the place. Return to the city of Arequipa, transfer to your hotel.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 13:  FLIGHT FROM AREQUIPA – CUSCO – CITY TOUR

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport to take the flight to Cusco and Welcome to Cusco. Pick up from the Hotel between 14:00 hrs to 14:15 hrs, to begin the visit to the City and nearby Archaeological Centers: the Tour will show us the impressive Colonial City built on Inca bases; we will visit the Cathedral; of Renaissance structure and with fine paintings from the “Cuzco School”.

Qorikancha, or Temple of the Sun; known as the Royal House of the Sun in Cusco. We continue with the visit to the 4 Archaeological Centers: Sacsayhuaman; great fortress located 5 km from the city. Qenqo; sacred amphitheater, center of worship of the god Puma, place where human sacrifices were possible. Pucapucara; red fortress due to the hue that its rocks acquire with the light of twilight and Tambomachay; temple to worship water. Overnight in Cusco.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 14: SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS

We pick you up at 08:00 a.m., the tour will begin with a stop at the Corao natural viewpoint where the guide will give you an introduction to the Sacred Valley, the tour will continue enjoying a beautiful landscape, the first place to visit will be the traditional Indian market of Pisaq here you can do some shopping for souvenirs or handicrafts, you will ascend to the Archaeological Center of Pisaq where after a short walk you will reach the main Inca sites.

Continuing with the trip they will go to the city of Urubamba where in an exclusive restaurant you will be able to taste the local gastronomy.

In the afternoon we will visit the Fortress and Cita del of Ollantaytambo, built to monitor the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasions by the inhabitants of the jungle, Ollantaytambo is currently considered the living Inca town for the conservation of customs and urban style still have their streets.

Later take the train to Machupicchu (1 hour 40 minutes journey)** Overnight the Aguas Calientes (machupicchu town).

MEALS: Breakfast and lunch

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 15: VISIT MACHU PICCHU CITADEL

The city of Aguas Calientes (2000 meters above sea level), we will go up to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, then we will take a tour with our Guide through the citadel of Machu Picchu, for 2 to 3 hours, visiting the main square, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sundial, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows and the Cemeteries.

Then you will have free time to walk around the citadel of Machu Picchu to relax, take pictures and be in this mystical place. Afterwards we will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes and in the afternoon we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where we will spend the night in this beautiful sacred valley of the Incas.  Overnight in Urubamba.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 16: EXPLORING MORAY AND THE COMMUNITIES OF RAQCHI & HUAYNACOLQA

This tour begins around 08:00 hrs., with pick-up from your hotel in Urubamba. Our first stop will be Moray, a fascinating archaeological site featuring circular terraces that the Incas used as an agricultural laboratory to acclimatize crops. We then continue to Maras, where you can admire the famous salt mines, a dazzling landscape of thousands of salt pools cascading down the mountainside.

Afterwards, we head to the community of Raqchi, where you will enjoy a traditional Andean lunch and discover the daily life of the locals. Here, you will observe the raising of llamas and alpacas, learn about ancient Inca textile techniques, and see how natural dyes are made using plants and minerals.

To complete the experience, we will take a scenic 1-hour walk alongside alpacas, following trails that connect the communities of Huaynacolca and Raqchi, surrounded by beautiful Andean landscapes.

In the late afternoon, we return to Cusco, bringing an end to this enriching cultural and natural journey.

** Overnight Cusco.

MEALS: Breakfast and lunch with a local family.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 17: FREE DAY AND FLIGHT TO LIMA

Begin your morning with a delightful breakfast at your hotel, followed by some free time to relax or enjoy Cusco at your own pace. Take this opportunity for a leisurely stroll, some last-minute shopping, or simply to soak in the city’s charming atmosphere.

In the afternoon, you will board your flight from Cusco to Lima. Upon arrival in the capital, our team will assist with your transfer to your hotel, where you can settle in and prepare for the next stage of your journey. ** Overnight in Lima.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 18: CITY TOUR LIMA + GOLD MUSEUM

We will start our tour through the modern residential districts of Miraflores and San Isidro. We will visit the financial center, the Golf, El Olivar, the Huaca Pucllana (the pre-Inca ceremonial temple in the shape of a pyramid) and the Parque del Amor on the Malecón de Miraflores.

Continuing with our tour, we will go to the Historic Center of Lima, we will visit the Plaza San Martin, its balconies and old houses, the Plaza Mayor with its most important buildings and finally we will enter one of the most important convents of the 17th century.

Later we will visit one of the most recognized museums in our country, the Gold Museum, The Gold Museum of Peru shows in its eight rooms, pre-Columbian gold objects and other precious metals of the cultures Pre Incas of northern Peru.

You will be able to admire the beauty and complexity of pre-Columbian art and you will understand beyond their magnificence, the symbolic and sacred value they hold. Hotel in Lima

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 19: PACHACAMAC AND MAGIC WATER CIRCUIT

We will pick you up at 09:00 a.m. from your hotel to take the tour to the Sanctuary and Oracle of God Pachacamac or “God Creator of the World”. Located 31 km south of Lima. Sacred place of pilgrimage and ancestral worship, in which the Site Museum, the Pyramid Set, Temples and Palaces of Pre-Inca and Inca cultures stand out.

The enigmatic Temples of the Sun and the Moon, a place that was the shelter of the Virgins of the Sun. All this is accompanied by a general view of the different faces of the city and its expansion through space and time as can be seen in the tour of the beaches of Costa Verde and Salto del Fraile, the nature of the Pantanos de Villa (variety of birds especially in the summer) and picturesque neighborhoods in the surroundings.

Then we will transfer you to a tourist restaurant in the city of Lima to offer you our varied Peruvian  gastronomy, which is currently being more recognized, then you will have the afternoon free. Finally, at night, around 6.00 p.m we will also visit the Magical Water Circuit, a set of 13 ornamental fountains that were built in the Reserve Park, the nation’s cultural heritage.

These fountains have set a Guinness Record for being “The largest fountain complex in the world in a public park.”Overnight in Lima.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.

DAY 20: TRANSFER OUT

After having breakfast and at the time indicated, we will transfer you from the hotel to the Jorge Chávez del Callao airport. We must be two hours before the time of your international flight, you must take into account the payment of the airport tax of US$ 36.00, after checking in, we will say goodbye and you will take a flight to your country.

MEALS: Breakfast.

CHECK IN TIME: 2:00 P.M. / CHECK OUT TIME: 12:00 P.M.