Description

Package Includes:

In Lima:

• Reception and transfer from the airport to the chosen hotel.
• Visit to the colonial and modern city of Lima
• Hotel for TWO (2) nights in Lima with breakfast and taxes.
• Transfer from the hotel to the airport

In Cusco:

• Reception and transfer from the airport to the chosen hotel.
• Hotel for THREE (3) nights with breakfast and taxes.
• Visit to the city of Cusco and surrounding ruins: Plaza de Armas, Cusco Cathedral, Korikancha, Tambomachay, Puca Pucará, Kencco, Sacssayhuman.
• Full day excursion to the citadel of Machu Picchu by Expedition Train does NOT include lunch
• Full day mountain of colors: breakfast, lunch, entrance fees, guide and transport (starts at the hotel and ends 1 block from the main square)
• Transfer from the hotel to the airport
• Entrance to tourist attractions.
• Attention 24 hours a day.
• Travel assistance insurance.

Important Notes:

• Rates per person, according to accommodation
• Rates subject to availability and change without notice
• Air ticket not included
• Reserve with USD 75.00 per person
• Non-domiciled foreigners will be exempt from the IGV or VAT in hotels, present a passport or identity card and the entry voucher granted in Migrations of Peru. Otherwise, you will need to pay the VAT / IGV hotel before checking out.

Itinerary

DAY 1 / Lima

Reception at Jorge Chavez airport in the city of Lima and transfer to the hotel of your choice.

Free afternoon.

Overnight in Lima.

DAY 2 / Lima

Breakfast.

HD CITY TOUR COLONIAL AND MODERN LIMA – SIC

At the coordinated time, we will start the visit to the city of colonial and modern Lima, this tour presents the best combination of the various attractions of Lima in its three historical periods: ancestral, colonial and contemporary.

ANCESTRAL LIMA: Panoramic view of the “Huaca” (pre-Inca archaeological center) where you will observe ceremonial and administrative centers made of mud. We will learn about the way of life and rituals of the ancestral inhabitants.

COLONIAL LIMA. In the Historic Center of Lima, the architecture and urban layout of the colonial period of Peru stands out, in its old streets with colonial mansions with Moorish style balconies.

The Paseo de la República, Plaza San Martin and the Plaza Mayor, with its distinctive buildings: Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Cathedral Basilica and the Municipal Palace, entering a monumental Convent belonging to the first orders that came to Lima Viceroyalty and which is the largest sample of colonial religious art in America.

CONTEMPORARY LIMA. View of the most traditional residential areas of the capital: Miraflores and Larco Mar, distinctive tourist center of Lima today and privileged point to appreciate a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean.

Overnight in Lima

DAY 3 OUT LIMA / CUSCO – FLIGHT MUST ARRIVE BEFORE 10 AM

Breakfast.

Transfer Lima: Transfer Hotel / Airport.

Transfer Cusco: Reception at the Velasco Astete airport in Cusco and transfer to the chosen hotel.

HD CITY TOUR CUSCO AND SURROUNDING RUINS – SIC

13:00 hrs. approximately 

We will start the excursion to the city of Cusco, we will visit the cathedral of the city of Cusco.

• The Plaza de Armas, this square is the symbolic center of the Inca Empire.
• Korikancha Temple or Temple of the Sun, built during the rule of the Inca Pachacutec.
• Ruins of Tambomachay, known as the baths of the Inca. Through its stairways you can appreciate crystal clear waterfalls and it is said that the liquid element was worshipped here.
• Red Fortress of Puca Pucara, fortification formed by platforms, stairways, passages, towers, niches and platform.
• Amphitheater of Kencco, it is said that it was an Inca shrine. Its construction is made of stones. There are passages, canals and stairways with engravings that represent the puma, which is the sacred animal of that time.
• Sacsayhuaman Temple: It presents immense walls formed by monumental stones distributed in a zigzag form in three platforms that have an average of 360 meters long. There are stones up to 9 meters long and 5 meters wide. Lodging in Cusco.

DAY 4 / MACHU PICCHU

At the agreed time we will start the excursion to Machu Picchu:

Transfer to POROY or OLLANTAYTAMBO train station where you will board the train to Machu Picchu Archaeological Complex located at an altitude of 2,350 meters above sea level.

Excursion to the majestic citadel of Machu Picchu where you will visit its squares, temples, terraces, ceremonial enclosures and its royal palace, also appreciate the famous “Inti Watana” or sundial and a unique succession of natural water fountains carved into the rock.

In the afternoon bus to the town of Aguas Calientes, where you will have lunch (AT CUSTOMER’S ACCOUNT) in a local restaurant. Then return by train to the city of Cusco. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel.

Overnight in Cusco.

DAY 5 / MOUNTAIN OF COLORS

Pick up from the hotel at 4:30 am and then head to the south of Cusco for about 2 hours to the village of Kusipata where we will have an energetic breakfast. From there we will start our hike through an easily accessible trail for an estimated time of 2:00 to 2:30 hours and arrive at the Mountain of Colors, where we can appreciate magical landscapes located at 5,200 masl. Approx.

After enjoying the wonder that our mother nature presents us, we will return by the same route, where our transportation will be waiting for us and then we will go for 1 hour to the place where we will have lunch. Afterwards we will return to Cusco, approx. 6:30 and 7:00 pm (Ending at Plaza Regocijo). 

DAY 6 CUSCO /LIMA

Breakfast.

Transfer from the hotel in Cusco to the airport to take your flight to Lima and international connection.