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Peru
Route of the Sun
( 12 days and 11 nights )
With
this program You will visit all the main tourist attractions
of the Country like: Nazca Lines, Cusco, Machupicchu,
Sacred valley of the Incas, Titikaka lake cruise, Uros,
Taquile and Sun islands
Day 1: Arrival to Lima.
Reception in the Lima airport and transfer to your Hotel
(located in Miraflores) .Depending on the arrival time
of your international flight we will have the possibility
of an optional visit to the gold museum (not included
in the rate)
Day 2: Lima - Ica - Nazca Lines - Ica - Lima.
You will be picked up from your hotel at 8,30 AM, transfer
to the airport where you'll take the flight to Ica (
airfare included ), upon arrival transfer to the Nazca
lines archaeological site. Cut into the stony desert
are large number of lines, not only parallels and geometrical
figures, but also designs such as a dog, an enormous
monkey, a bird with a wing span of over 100 meters,
a spider and a tree. The lines, that represent some
sort of vast astronomical pre-Inca calendar, are best
seen from the air, we will take a half hour flight above
the Lines (included). In the afternoon you will return
to Ica where we take a lunch and the Ica city tour,
at the end we will take the flight back to Lima (airfare
included) where we arrive at 5 PM, upon arrival transfer
to your hotel. (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day
3: Lima - Cusco.
After an early breakfast, transfer to the airport where
we'll take the flight to Cusco, upon arrival reception
and transfer to your Hotel. In the afternoon :Cusco
City Tour From 2pm. to 6.30pm .This tour includes the
Qoricancha (temple of the sun) and the Cathedral . The
tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to famous
fortress of S acsahuaman
, Q'enqo , Puca Pucara and Tambomachay Including Spanish
and English speaking guide. Include Tourist ticket valid
for the entrance to many museums and ruins as well.
( Breakfast )
Day 4: Cusco - Sacred Valley
of the Incas
Breakfast .Hr. 9 am excursion to Sacred Valley of Incas
.Services included: Bus service to the market of Pisaq
, Calca , Urubamba , Ruins of Ollantaytambo , and the
Chinchero's market. English and Spanish speaking guide.
Lunch in a typical restaurant in Urubamba. Return to
Cusco at 6,30 PM Lodging at your Hotel (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 5: Cusco - Machupicchu.
Breakfast.Hr.5,30 am departure to Machupicchu . Services
included : Transfer from hotel to railway station, round
trip Train ticket first class (Autovagon or Inca class)
Cusco/Agua Calientes/Cusco, bus service to ruins and
back , Lunch at a restaurant in Aguas calientes, complete
Ruin's tour with an English and Spanish speaking guide.
Overnigth at your hotel ( Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 6: Hot Spring Village - Cusco.
Day at leisure in Aguas Calientes to continue visiting
the ruins by your own. In the afternoon we'll take the
autovagon train, the departure is around 3pm to arrive
back in Cusco around 7pm ,transfer from the train station
to your hotel, overnight at your Hotel
Day 7: Cusco - Puno.
Breakfast. Transfer to the train or bus station. Ten
hour train or bus ride to Puno , across the
scenic high Andes landscapes only dotted by small villages
and herds of the llamas and vicuñas. Upon arrival
transfer to your hotel
Day 8: Puno - Lake Titicaca (Uros and Taquile Island)
You will be picked up from your hotel 7,30 AM, after
2 and half hours motorboat you will arrive at the Uros
island. Fishermen and hunters inhabit the floating islands
of the Uros. The residents of the Uros use the cattail,
a type of rush, which grows in the lake, to create the
conditions that ensure the islands stay afloat. The
dense roots that the plants develop support the island.The
roofs are waterproof and the houses are extremely humid
because of the surrounding water. At present they speak
Quechua and Aymara. Then we will visit the Taquile island
, including lunch in the co-operative restaurant, there
is also a co-operative shop on the plaza that sells
exceptional woollen goods which are not cheap but of
very fine quality. Taquile Island is famous for its
craft production, particularly for its beautiful textiles.
The island is narrow only about 1 KM wide , but 6 to
7 KM long, on Taquile there are numerous pre-Inca and
Inca ruins and Inca terracing . You will return in Puno
in the afternoon, overnight at your hotel (Breakfast,Lunch)
Day 9: Puno - Aymara Route - Copacabana - Sun Island.
You will picked up from your hotel at 6,30 am. You will
go overland across the border through the colonial town
of Juli, and the village of Yunguyo: July and Pomata
were very important cultural centres in the 17th century
and their magnificent churches give testimony to that
old splendour.You will arrive into Copacabana after
about 3 hours .Copacana is the most important religious
sanctuary of Bolivia, thousands of pilgrims visit every
year the virgin of Copacabana al so
known as Native Madonna , you will visit the main square
and the impressive Cathedral (1/2 hour tour).You will
arrive into the Sun Island after about 1 hour of a spectacular
catamaran cruise , this island has been identified as
the birthplace of several revered entities , including
the sun itself. A source of magnetic energy , the vertex
of the earth and the cradle of the Inca Empire , the
Inca couple Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo appeared here
and founded the Sun Empire. During a 1 hour and half
Sun Island Tour (South side) you will visit :
-The Inca garden , the island micro climate provides
the ideal location for this garden that during Inca
times was full of Andean flowers , water and trees.
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Cerimony, witchcrafts,natural
medicine, art, magic, and millenary traditions are part
of the mystic world of the Kallawayas heritage.The purpose
of this mystic ceremony is to purify the souls of the
Chinkana holy temple visitors , this Ceremony take place
in a Inca altar at the top of the hill facing the temple
and overlooking the lake.
Dinner and Sun Island folkloric demonstration on board.
Catamaran overnight (Lunch, Dinner)
Day 10: Sun Island - Moon Island - Copacabana - Puno.
After 1 hour of catamaran cruise including lunch on
board You will return back to Copacabana and then to
Puno , we will arrive in Puno at 5,30 PM , overnight
in your hotel.
Day 11: Puno - Lima.
Morning at leisure in Puno. In the afternoon transfer
to the airport to take the flight to Lima, upon arrival
reception and transfer to your Hotel , overnight
Day 12: Lima - Home.
( Breakfast )Transfer to the airport and end of the
services
INCLUDED:
- All
hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy.
- All
scheduled transportation.
- All
transfers.
- All
scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services.
- All
entrance fees.
- Meals
and domestic airfares as specified in the itinerary.
NOT INCLUDED: International airfares,
airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess baggage
charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight
cancellations, alcoholic beverages or bottled water,
snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls,
radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of flights and
items of personal nature, domestic flight
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