Coast and South Perú 13 days: Enjoy this wonderful trip along the coast and south of Peru. Visit Paracas and the Ballestas Islands, fly over the Nasca Lines, one day to the Colca Canyon and then reach the city of Cusco, the cradle of the Inca Empire. Visit one of the Wonders of the modern world; Machu Picchu and enjoy the view of the rainbow mountain "Vinicunca".
Arrival in Lima and transfer to hotel
Double accommodation at San Agustin Riviera or similar
Free Morning
Afternoon bus to Paracas
Once in Paracas, transfer to hotel
Double accommodation at Paracas Sunset or similar
Morning tour to Ballestas Island and Paracas reserve. we are going to do the Ballestas Islands tour, the tour starts to seeing the enigmatic figure of the Candelabro, which is located in the slope of a small hill and is clearly visible from the sea. In the Ballestas Islands you will appreciate from close a large variety of sea creatures such as large colonies of seals on the beaches and rocks. You can also view groups Humboldt penguins in small caves, then we will continue our tour to Paracas Reserve, one of the best marine reserves, with the highest concentration of marine birds.
Afternoon transfer to bus station and we will take the bus from Paracas to Nasca, Once in Nasca, transfer to hotel
Double accommodation at Alegria hotel or similar
Morning 30 minutes flight above Nasca Lines(depend weather conditions)
You will be picked up from your hotel, transfer to the little airport where you'll take the flight over the famous Nasca lines. Cut into the stony desert are a 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 (Airfare included)
Afternoon transfer to bus station in order to take the bus from Nasca to Arequipa.
Once in Arequipa, transfer to hotel
Double accommodation at Conde de Lemos hotel or similar
Free day
Double accommodation at Conde de Lemos
Around 02:30 AM we will pick up our passengers at their hotels and we began the journey from straight to Cruz del Condor Arequipa, it will stop for breakfast and after about a 5 hours we arrive at the Cruz del Condor. We will enjoy the impressive Colca Canyon, the landscape and of course the flight of the Condor. When we return, we will make stops in the villages of Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque. Also, we will enjoy the magnificent views from the viewpoints of Antahuilque and Choquetico. At noon, we will meet in the town of Chivay where we will visit the thermal baths of Calera.
After lunch, we will return to Arequipa, we will make a stop at the highest point of the route, Patapampa at approximately 4,800 meters above sea level; strategic place to appreciate the mountain range, animals and volcanoes in the area.
Arrival in Arequipa at approximately 17:00 hrs.
Double accommodation at Conde de Lemos
Morning transfer to the Airport
Flight Arequipa - Cusco. Once in Cusco, transfer to the hotel
Afternoon City Tour. Around 13:30 PM in the afternoon we will pick up our passengers and visit 6 archaeological sites in and around Cusco: Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), the Cathedral, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara and Tambomachay.
Double accommodation at El Puma hotel or similar
we’ll pick you up at your hotel between 8:30 to 9:00 in the morning and then depart by bus through the Urubamba River Valley. On our way to Moray, we’ll pass the bucolic countryside, where you’ll see the small family farms of corn. we’ll spend time visiting the Inca ruins of Moray, an agricultural laboratory comprising a set of circular concentric terraces, with each terrace replicating distinct microclimates, each representing a 1000m altitude difference under normal farming conditions. The guide will teach us about the site’s construction, design and use.
Our next stop will be the Maras Salt Mines. Long ago the Inca diverted a small saltwater stream from the interior of Mt Qaqawiñay and channeled it through staggered terraces along its slopes which were carved into thousands of small pools. Salt left behind by evaporating water is harvested by the families of the Maras community. After our guided visit, we will board the bus to return to Cusco.
Double accommodation at El Puma hotel or similar
08:30 Am we will pick up our customers from their hotel and go by bus to the Sacred Valley visiting the sites of Pisaq and the Indian Market, at the halfway We delight a wonderful lunch tasting flavors of the Andean food and the mix of the Andean food with the international food, after this great lunch we can go to Ollantaytambo the last Inca Alive City, visiting it’s great walls and the huge terraces, after this visiting our bus will drop us up at the Main Plaza, where we can take our way to the Train Station, this walk takes like 15 minutes, we will wait for the train around half an hour or so, depending of the available, the train journey takes like 2 hours, once in Aguas Calientes we will have one person waiting for us and take us to the Hotel to spend the night.
Double accommodation at Hatun Samay hotel or similar
Early in the Morning our guide will pass by us in order to pick us up and go to the bus station, we will take one of the first buses to the wonder of the world this journey takes like 25 minutes by a nice road enjoying the great forest that surrounds Machu Picchu, once upon in Machupicchu our guide will give us some instructions for our well visit to the site, we will start visiting Machu Picchu at the point where you can take the classical view of Machu Picchu, after that we will start walking by the streets and great palaces inside the park, it will take like 2 hours and after that we can explore Machupicchu by our own, depending of the train departure we take the bus down from Machu Picchu in order to take the train back to Cusco depending of the available we can arrive to Ollantaytambo or to Poroy 20 minutes far from Cusco, once in the arrival train station point our transfer will be waiting for you in order to take you to the hotel in Cusco.
Double accommodation at El Puma hotel or similar
Free Day
Double accommodation at El Puma hotel or similar
03:45 - 04:10 AM we will pass by your hotel in our transport, to then move on the route to the south of the city of Cusco, to the villa of Checacupe, to then take a route that will take us to the community of Anchipata where enjoy a delicious breakfast buffet. (Scrambled eggs, cheese, ham, salad fruit, hot drinks etc.) we will continue 15 minutes more until a small village called Kairawiri (4356 m / 14,287 ft.), is where we will start the trekking. Once you reach this point, our guide will give you the instructions and recommendations of the route and the last reaches to finally start. The walk will last us an approximate 2 hours, by flat land and when arriving moderate rise. On the way we will observe a great multitude of llamas and alpacas that I have never seen, that hey are at the mercy of shepherds dressed in beautiful colorful costumes. Going by then beautiful gorges leading to the highest parts, surrounded by snowy peaks (Ausangate), almost reaching the top we will observe the change of landscape, the mountain range of Vinicunca color (5020 m / 16,466 ft.). Arriving at this point between 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Here where our guide will explain in detail about the orography, ecosystem and color of the mountain, to then take from another horizon the most beautiful photos of the mountain of 7 colors, see the beautiful landscape of the highest 5080 m, after our visit we will return by the same path to our car, then we will have our delicious lunch buffet (lomo saltado, salads, pastas, etc., etc.) in Anchipata and then return to the city of Cusco. Arriving approximately between 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Double accommodation at El Puma hotel or similar
Transfer hotel - airport
Flight Cusco - Lima
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