Luxury Travel Peru Adventure Vacation
PAQUETES Peru
ITINERARIO DIA A DIA
Day 1 - Arrival in Lima Peru - Peru Tour starts here
Reception at the International Airport in Lima, assistance with your baggage and private transportation to your hotel. OVERNIGHT IN LIMA
Day 2 – Lima, Peru
Today we will enjoy the Unique Vice-Royal mansion (XVIII century), built on top of an archaeological pyramid (VII century). Surrounded by beautiful gardens.
Its masterworks are the worldwide icons in Pre-Columbian art, after have been exhibited for 80 years in the world’s leading museums. This famous museum has the largest and finest gold, silver and jewelry collection of ancient Peru. Its Erotic art collection is one of the most visited Peruvian tourist attractions. Didactic galleries, full of highlights, make easier the comprehension of 3000 years of the Peruvian Pre-Columbian history. OVERNIGHT IN LIMA
Day 3 – Lima, Peru Tour
Full day at your leisure. OVERNIGHT IN LIMA
Day 4 – From Lima to Cuzco. Peru
In the morning private transportation from your hotel in Lima to the Jose Chavez airport on time for your next flight to Cuzco. Reception and private transportation from the Cuzco Airport to your hotel.
Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the hotel. Visitors should take a short rest in order to adjust to altitude.
In the afternoon a walking tour to experience the mystery of the Cathedral, Temple of the Sun, the famous twelve sided stone, narrow streets with the finest walls as example of Inca Architecture, and the San Blas suburb, the residence of the best artists since the colony. OVERNIGHT IN CUZCO
Day 5 – From Cuzco to Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham Train
Early in the morning, after breakfast, we will depart to the Poroy train station. Here we will take a unique ride to Machu Picchu in one of the finest trains, the Hiram Bingham. The Hiram Bingham carries passengers on a spectacular journey through changing landscapes, passing lush fields, colourful villages and the wonderful vistas of the beautiful Andes.
The train leaves from Poroy in the morning, taking a spectacular journey through a changing landscape while guests enjoy breakfast. After departing Poroy and going through Cachimayo, the train descends to the plateau of Anta, a patchwork landscape of typical Andean crops and passes lush fields and colorful villages in the foothills of the Andes.
Far to the left, just below the horizon, the massive agricultural terraces of Jaquijahuana can be seen, close to the village of Zurite. Sadly, these great terraces are all that remain today of what was once a major Inca city, lost forever during the first years after the Spanish conquest.
Beyond the town of Huarocondo the great plain narrows dramatically as the track enters a deep gorge carved by the rushing Pomatales River down which the railway, too, is funneled until it meets the Urubamba River, which runs through the beautiful Sacred Valley.
The train passes through extensive areas of terracing dotted with the ruins of Inca fortresses. Bisecting this are still-visible sections of an ancient, long-abandoned highway adopted by the muleteers of the late 19th century, who used it to travel between Cuzco and the rubber plantations of the Amazon lowlands.
Five kilometers beyond Pachar, is the village of Ollantaytambo where farmers work with the same patience and skill that their ancestors must have employed to shape and then move the huge blocks of stone with which they built both their homes and the temples in which they worshipped.
As the train leaves Ollantaytambo to begin the last part of its journey to Machu Picchu, the temple complex known as The Fortress, dedicated sometime in the 15th century to the many deities of the Inca pantheon, can be seen to the right above the earthwork ramp once used to drag its monolithic blocks up from the valley floor.
The railway follows the river into the Urubamba Gorge. At Coriwaynachina, known simply to the generations of hikers who have begun the Inca Trail there as Km 88, a fine staircase carved into the rock leads to a series of ruined buildings where once, it is said, Inca artisans took advantage of the constant wind that rises from the valley floor to smelt gold.
Emerging from a short tunnel, a series of beautiful agricultural terraces marks the ruins of Qente, which in Quechua means hummingbird. In this fertile microclimate fed by a nearby waterfall, giant hummingbirds are indeed a common sight in the early morning and bright flowers bloom all year round.
Surrounded by tall ceibos and rocky outcrops hung with orchids and bromeliads, the train passes Km 104 at Chachabamba, from where the one-day trek to Machu Picchu via the magnificent ruins of Wiñay Wayna begins.
At just two km from Machu Picchu, the train arrives at Aguas Calientes. Surrounded by the high, green mountains that cradle the famous lost city, as well as myriad other Inca remains, this small town, which is well known for its thermal baths, has blossomed into a popular overnight destination for travelers to Machu Picchu.
Guests disembark at Aguas Calientes and are taken by bus to Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, overlooking the ancient citadel, for lunch. A private guided tour of the sanctuary follows with descriptions and history of this magnificent location.
After the ruins tour we will go directly to the Machu Pichu Sanctuary Lodge for a sumptuous dinner. OVERNIGHT IN MACHU PICCHU
Day 6 – Machu Picchu to Cuzco, Peru Tour
Free morning to enjoy a great breakfast at the Sanctuary Lodge in Machu Picchu.
In the afternoon transfer to the train station for your 3 ½ hour journey back to Cuzco. OVERNIGHT IN CUZCO
Day 7 – From Cuzco to Puno, Peru
Breakfast and free morning in Cuzco. In the early afternoon, private transportation to the airport for your next flight to Juliaca Airport.
Arrival in Juliaca and private transfer to Puno and to the Esteves Island. OVERNIGHT AT ESTEVES ISLAND
Day 8 – Lake Titicaca, Uros and Taquile Islands. Peru
Today we will enjoy a full day tour to visit two great attractions. The Island of the Uros, north of the bay of Puno, is made almost entirely of "totora" (marsh reeds), and consequently is one of the world's most unique tourist attractions. Inhabited by two thousand Uros, who claim to be "kot-suña" (the people of the lake), and so have black blood, cannot drown and never feel the cold. For this reason - they claim - they are great fishermen.
The Island of Taquile, 35 kilometers to the east of Puno, with an area of six square kilometers, is the largest of the islands found in the lake and has an interesting variety of microclimates. The town of Taquile (3,950 m.a.sl.) has some Tiahuanaco and Inca ruins. Furthermore, the Inca moral principles Ama Sua (Do not steal), Ama Quella (Do not lie), and Ama Lulla (Do not be lazy) are still observed by the inhabitants. Should one of the thousand plus inhabitants break these rules, the islands community authorities may even banish the lawbreaker as punishment.
In the afternoon return to Esteves Island. OVERNIGHT AT ESTEVES ISLAND
Day 9 – From Lake Titicaca to Puno to Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon
In the morning, private transfer from the Esteves island to Puno and to Juliaca’s airport for your next flight to Lima and immediate connection to Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon.
Reception at the airport by one of our bilingual guides. Transfer to Pacaya-Samiria Amazon Lodge. The travel lasts from 2 to 2.5 hours. Arrival at the lodge and check in and lunch. In the afternoon, we will make a hike through the rainforest that surrounds the lodge to appreciate rainforest flora and fauna. Depending of the climate conditions, we will observe a beautiful sunset from our watch-tower. Dinner and briefing about the activities of the next day. OVERNIGHT AT PACAYA SAMIRIA LODGE PERU
Day 10 – Peruvian Amazon Adventure
Jungle wild dawn. Bird watching. Breakfast and right after departure to the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Boat excursion to Nauta creek and the surrounding lakes (cochas). Chance to observe flora and fauna (monkeys, sloth’s and wide variety of aquatic birds). Lunch. Swimming. Fishing. Exploration of seasonally flooded forest (flat lands flooded each year by the seasonal rainfall). Return to lodge. Dinner. OVERANIGHT AT PACAYA SAMIRIA LODGE PERU
Day 11 – Peruvian Amazon Adventure
Bird watching. Breakfast. Departure to the Pacaya Samiria Lodge. Excursion in search of gray and pink dolphins down the Yanayacu River. Visit to Japon and Plantano lakes (cochas) with a wide variety of flora and fauna. The black water of the river reflects with the fidelity of a mirror, that is why Pacaya Samiria National Reserve is known as the "jungle of the mirrors". Box lunch. Swimming. Fishing. Plants and trees identification. Return to lodge. Dinner. Observation of stars and planets. OVERANIGHT AT PACAYA SAMIRIA LODGE PERU
Day 12 – From Peruvian Amazon to Lima
Breakfast. Visit a riverbank village to know more about river people lifestyle and their daily activities. The people make their living hunting, gathering, fishing or from agriculture. Lunch. Mid-day departure to the city of Iquitos. Arrival to the city and transfer to the airport on time to board your flight to Lima.
Arrival in Lima and private transportation to your hotel. OVERNIGHT IN LIMA
Day 13 – Nazca Lines Peru
Breakfast and transfer to the Lima’s Airport. This tour begins with an hour and a half flight that will take you 310 km. (193 miles) south to Ica where you will be transferred to a smaller plane to over-fly the world-famous Nazca markings. Lunch in Ica and a brief city tour before flying back to your hotel in Lima. OVERNIGHT IN LIMA
Day 14 – Lima, Peru
Full morning and mid afternoon at your leisure to rest and enjoy the city of Lima.
Mid-afternoon check out from your hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight back home. END OF THE PROGRAM
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