Lima • Cusco • Sacred Valley • Machu Picchu • Cusco • Lima
01
… / LIMA
Welcome to Peru!
Upon your arrival to Lima international airport, you will be met by a representative and taken to your hotel situated in the residential district of Miraflores. Arrival and check – in (15:00 hours).
Overnight. ( – )
Lima: 154 masl
02
LIMA
Breakfast in the hotel.
In the morning we visit the city of Lima. The tour starts by visiting the colonial part of Lima and the main buildings of the historic part, thus achieving a better understanding of the city’s past. These main areas include the Plaza San Martín, the Plaza Mayor and the Government Palace. We will continue our visit to the monumental Convent of San Francisco, which is the largest sample of colonial religious art in America. You will appreciate The Choir Room and The Library of the Monks, the Sacristy, with its collection of canvases by Zurbarán and Rivera. The Great Courtyard of the Main Cloister, finely decorated with Sevillian tiles from the 16th century, its beautiful Moorish arches and the underground crypts, known as the Catacombs, where you will feel the presence of the colonial past. Lunch on this day will be offered at “Café del Museo” restaurant. This restaurant is besieged by beautiful nature, where you can breathe fresh air and enjoy beautiful gardens, an attractive place that revolves around a lot of culture, art and history for several decades. Then visit the Larco Herrera Museum. The Museum chronologically displays Peruvian pre-Columbian pieces of pottery, lithics and metals such as gold and silver, inside an eighteenth-century viceregal mansion. Return to the hotel.
Overnight at hotel. (B, L)
Lima: 154 masl
03
LIMA – CUSCO – URUBAMBA
Breakfast in the hotel.
At the agreed time, transfer to the airport of Lima to board the flight to Cusco. Arrival, reception and transfer to the Sacred Valley to begin the visit to the textile center Awanacancha, located in an archaeological site that was an Inca cultivation area, conditioned in the ancestral way and use, recovering and restoring the whole in its natural environment, using fundamentally mud and stones in a clear allusion to the symbiotic relationship between culture and nature proper to the man of the Andes. The visit will continue towards the town of Pisac, we will visit the picturesque craft market where you can still appreciate the tradition of exchanging your things or food, as it was done in the past. Lunch will be offered at the emblematic Hacienda Huayoccari, famous property of the Lambarri Orihuela family. The pre-Columbian and viceregal pieces that decorate the place belong to the private collection of the old family.
After lunch our visit continues to the Ollantaytambo Fortress. Here you will visit the most important sectors of the place accompanied by the story told by our guide.
Overnight (B, L).
Cusco: 3,395 masl
04
URUBAMBA – MACHU PICCHU
Breakfast in the hotel.
You will head towards the Urubamba station to board the Sacred Valley train to the town of Aguas Calientes. You will be delighted with the landscapes of the Sacred Valley from the Observatory Car. On the way you can enjoy a gourmet lunch on board that includes: an entrance, a background and a dessert accompanied by a glass of wine and delicate petit four. Arrival and reception by your guide who will accompany you to your hotel and explain about the tour the next day.
Rest of the afternoon free. Dinner included in the hotel.
Overnight. (B, L, D).
Note:
The Peru Rail Sacred Valley train runs every day except the first Sunday of every month.
Machu Picchu: 2,400 masl
05
MACHU PICCHU – URUBAMBA
Breakfast in the hotel.
This day will be the highlight of our trip, the visit to the citadel of Machu Picchu. Very early departure to the bus station to board the bus in regular service to the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, one of the 7 wonders of the world. The trip will take approximately 30 minutes. The tour will be 02 hours and 30 minutes and the tour includes a visit to the Intihuatana (the Solar Clock), the Watchtower, the Palace of the Incas, the Three Windows, etc.
Then the bus that descends towards the town of Aguas Calientes is again approached. Lunch at the Café Inkaterra restaurant.
At an appropriate time transfer to the train station to board your Sacred Valley train to Urubamba. Dinner on board.
After 3 hours approximately, arrival at the hotel and overnight. (B, L, D)
Cusco: 3,395 masl
06
URUBAMBA – MARAS & MORAY – CUSCO
Breakfast in the hotel.
Departure to the town of Maras, located in the province of Urubamba at 3,300 masl, from there you can see the Vilcanota mountain range and the snowy peaks, “El Chikón” (5530 masl), “Putukusi” and “La Verónica” (5682) msnm). At present, this picturesque town keeps attractions of the pre-Hispanic, colonial and republican period, emphasizing in the town streets and colonial portals with shields of the nobles and caciques of the XVII and XVIII centuries.
Moray, is located about 7 kilometers southwest of Maras and 53 kilometers from Cusco with an altitude of 3,385 meters above sea level. These are gigantic natural holes that were used by the Incas who built terraces or agricultural platforms with their respective irrigation channels, it is therefore a greenhouse prototype. This place is where incredible advances were made in agriculture.
Lunch at the “MIL” restaurant of Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez, who has just been awarded the 2017 Chef Choice Awards.
Finally return to the hotel in Cusco and free afternoon.
Overnight. (B, L)
Cusco: 3,395 masl
07
CUSCO
Breakfast in the hotel.
In the morning, visit to the imperial city of Cusco, Cathedral and the Temple of the Sun (Qoricancha). The visit will continue to San Blas, passing through the Inca Roca palace, today the Archbishop’s Palace. You will also have time to visit the famous stone of the twelve angles. Lunch at the Chicha restaurant of the renowned Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio.
In the afternoon, visit Qenqo (ceremonial and ritual center where Inca sacrifices were made), Puca Pucara (old tambo and Inca lookout post), Tambomachay (ceremonial center of water worship) and Sacsayhuaman Fortress (place where they are performed). the main Inca fiestas, Inti Raymi and Warachicuy). Return to the hotel. Overnight. (B, L)
Cusco: 3,395 masl
08
CUSCO – LIMA / …
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Lima. Arrival and connection with the international flight. (B)
Include
- Transfer in/out to and from Lima and Cusco.
- 07 nights of lodgements at selected hotels + breakfast.
- Transportation and guide in private service.
- HD City tour Lima Colonial and Modern.
- Lunch at “Café del Museo” Restaurant.
- HD Larco Museum.
- FD Sacred Valley: Awanacancha + Pisac Market + Ollantaytambo Fortress.
- Lunch at Hacienda Huayoccari.
- FD Machu Picchu with private local guide.
- Peru Rail Sacred Valley Train (Urubamba / Machu Picchu / Urubamba).
- Lunch at Café Inkaterra restaurant.
- FD Maras salineras and Moray terraces.
- Lunch in restaurant “MIL” by Virgilio Martinez.
- HD City tour Cusco: Cathedral, Qoricancha, San Blas and Stone of 12 angles.
- Lunch at Chicha restaurant by Gastón Acurio.
- HD 4 nearby ruins.
- All entrances to the places mentioned in the itinerary.
- Meals mentioned or according to the itinerary.
- Personalized assistance.
- Local guide in Spanish or English.
Not Included
- Air tickets national and international
- Travel insurance.
- Overweight in Luggage.
- Alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks.
- Not specified meal
- Personal charges
- Other not specified
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