Day 1: Lima

Arrival to Lima's airport. Meet with your guide and transfer to your hotel.

Activities and Services

Day 2: Lima

Breakfast in your hotel.

Transfer from Hotel B to Tampu Qasikay.

On route, visit to Pachacamac, the most reknowned pre-Inca and Inca pilgrimage site of the coast. Dating back to 200 AD., it was originally devoted to the worship of the earth god Pachacamac: "he who sustains or gives life to the universe". Over the centuries, temples for other gods of the coastal cultures were erected throughout this immense ceremonial center. When the Incas arrived, they respected the religion of the conquered peoples but, at the same time, built their temple of the Sun and the Moon, and the Ajlla Huasi (House of the Virgins of the Sun).

Here, you will see the weathered adobe temples of Peru's ancient cultures, dominated by the Inca's temple of the Sun and the Moon, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Looking landward, observe one of the verdant oases that were home to ancient coastal civilizations. Such areas occur in river valleys in the vast desert along the coast. Visit the site museum, which features ceramics, textiles and a wooden idol found in the original temple of Pachacamac. 

Lunch at Tampu Qasikay.

Afternoon at your leisure to enjoy the hotel facilities. You can choose to do one of the many activities they offer: yoga, massage, detox theraphy, theraphy of biomagnetism, ATV's, Sauna or Jacuzzi.

Dinner in the hotel

 

Day 3: Lima

Breakfast in your hotel

Morning hike to Lomas de Lucumo, a dose of nature outside of the big metropolis of Lima. This ecosystem boasts impressive vegetation, mostly from June to November, when the hills change from brown to bright green. . On the diverse hiking trails, which last from 2 to 4 hours according to the chosen route, you will be able to see altars, holes, cave paintings, a variety of plant life and animals such as vizcachas, owls, foxes and vermillion flycatchers, all of which are local to the area. The eastern part of the hills is ideal for rappelling, climbing, mountain biking and rock climbing. 

Lunch at Tambo Qasikay.

Afternoon at your leisure to enjoy the hotel facilities. You can choose to do one of the many activities they offer: yoga, massage, detox theraphy, theraphy of biomagnetism, ATV's, Sauna or Jacuzzi.

Dinner at Tambo Qasikay

Activities and Services

Lomas de Lucumo

Included

- Private transportation 

- English - speaking private guide

- Entrance fee

Day 4: The Sacred Valley of the Incas

Morning transfer from Tambo Qasikay to Lima's Airport for your flight to Cusco.

Upon arrival to Cusco, you will be transfered to the Sacred Valley. 

Lunch on your account.

This afternoon, you will be driven to Pisac, a Peruvian village full of color and tradition in the Sacred Valley on the Urubamba River. The village is well-known for its market, an event which attracts travelers from all over the world.

Transfer to your hotel in the Sacred Valley.

Pisac Market Pisac Market

Activities and Services

Garden Lunch at Sonesta Yucay

Museum of living culture of Yucay

Day 5: The Sacred Valley of the Incas

Morning departure from your hotel with a scenic drive to the agricultural terrace of Moray. You will explore the experimental Inca terraces and then continue to the salt panes of Maras. Finally you will be transferred to our next stop, the massive fortress of Ollantaytambo, a formidable stone structure that climbs massive terraces to the top of a peak, was the valley’s main defense against the Antis and was the site of the Incas’ greatest victory against the Spanish during the wars of conquest.

Lunch at Wayra restaurant.

Return to your hotel.

Activities and Services

Fd Visit to Maras Salt Mines, Moray Archaeological site & Ollantaytambo - Lunch at Wayra restaurant

Day 6: Machu Picchu Pueblo

Breakfast in your hotel

Transfer from your hotel to the Ollantaytambo train station. 

Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu

Visit the impressive Inca citadel located 113 Km. from Cusco at 2400 meters above sea level. This complex has several stone constructions that leave the tourist breathless because of the amazing design.

Accompanied by your guide, explore the city's ruins, and feel its pulse as you visualize the lives of the priests, craftsmen, and servants who inhabited this seemingly uninhabitable citadel. 

Excavations at the site have revealed skeletons, artifacts and woolen clothing, but no gold.  The same precision of assembled stones exists here as in other Incan sites. 

Overlooking the raging Urubamba River and discovered in a hidden tangle of vines and trees atop the mountain, the city of Machu Picchu will forever hold the secret of its destruction - the Incas left no written record.

Lunch at Sanctuary Lodge restaurant.

Return to your hotel in Aguas Calientes.

Rest of the afternoon at your leisure.

Dinner in your hotel

*Guide returns to Cusco in the afternoon. 

**Free of cost activities are included in your overnight. Please check with front desk.

Activities and Services

Day 7: Cusco

Breakfast in your hotel

Optional second visit on your account to Machu Picchu (second entrance fee & bus not included), or  you can take one of the free of cost activities included in your stay (check with the hotel front desk), or you can enjoy the hotel facilities.

 Lunch on your account

Transfer to the train station to return to Poroy - Cusco

Vistadome train to Poroy

Arrival to Poroy and transfer to your hotel in Cusco

Activities and Services

Morning at your leisure.

Lunch on your account

Day 8: Central Andes Peru

Breakfast in your hotel. 

Cusco- Condors of the Apurimac in Chonta

After breakfast we drive for 3 hours to the village of Chonta. The special location is set between the Cordillera de Vilcabamba and the Apurimac Canyon. After lunch we will take an easy walk of about 90 minutes to the Condor viewpoints overlooking the spectacular Apurimac Canyon. As we wait and enjoy the scenery the condors will be rising with the afternoon thermals.  Around 5 pm we walk back to our campsite where we enjoy a nice sundowner overlooking the Cordillera Vilcabamba. We rest en enjoy our beautiful glamping location.  After dinner we will look at the sky and its thousand stars.

Overnight in tents.

Activities and Services

90 minute walk to the condor viewpoint.

Stargazing

Day 9: Cusco

Breakfast.

We rise early to enjoy the spectacular mountain view and the clouds rising between the massiv mountains. After breakfast we will visit the community members in Chonta and learn about their lifestyle. Everybody will participate in harvesting herbs, potatoes and ingedients so we can jointly prepare a Pachamanca, a meal prepared in a large hole Inka Style.

After enjoying the Pachamanca with the community, you will return to your hotel in Cusco.

Enjoy a free afternoon doing last minute shopping.

Activities and Services

Visit to Chonta Community

pachamanca lunch

Day 10: End of Itinerary

Breakfast in your hotel.

This morning, you will embark on a guided city tour of Cusco, visit the most important places of the Archaeological Capital of America which was the capital of the Inca's Empire. Observe the mixture of the 3 cultures: the native quechuas Indians, the Spanish conquerors and the actual people. We include the visit of the Main Square, the Cathedral, the church of "La Compañía", the attractive neighbourhood of San Blas and the Santo Domingo Church former Koricancha Temple. Finally a visit to the surrounding ruins: Puka-Pukara, Saqsayhuaman, Qenqo y Tambomachay. 

Lunch on your account

Transfer from your hotel to Cusco's airport. 

Activities and Services

Cusco City tour & Nearby ruins

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