A magnificent experience of 13 days and 12 nights in the land of the Incas, where you will know the best natural and cultural places of Perú. Enjoy the magic of Arequipa and visit one of the deepest canyons in the world; spend a night in the highest navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca; get to know the Inca laboratory of Moray and the fascinating salt mines of Maras; walk between the archaeological remains of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the magnificent citadel of MachuPicchu; and finally, we will pass through the Q'eswachaka Inca Bridge and delight ourselves with the spectacular Rainbow Mountain, Palccoyo.
Arrival at Lima International Airport, where our transport will be waiting for you to transfer you to the hotel. Accommodation in San Agustín Riviera or similar 3 stars hotel.
Early in the morning, our transport will pick you up in the hotel to transfer you to the airport to take the flight to Arequipa, once in Arequipa, transfer to the hotel. At 14:00hr we pick up you at your hotel in the direction of the Monastery of Santa Catalina, sample of ancient Arequipa architecture, small streets colorful and full of flowers, will revive the way of life of the convents many years ago, then, we will go to one of the most beautiful squares in Peru, the Plaza de Armas in Arequipa. At the end of our visit to the square, we will visit the Jesuit Church of the Company, which has a beautiful construction, also, we will go to the Tristán del Pozo mansion and at the end we will enjoy a spectacular view of the city from the districts of Carmen Alto and Yanahuara, ending our tour at 17:00hrs approx. Accommodation in Conde de Lemos or similar 3 stars hotel.
At 09:00hrs, we will pick you up at the hotel in the direction of La Campiña; before starting the tour, our guide will give us the safety instructions for the activity. In an average of 3 hours, we will pass through the traditional village of Paucarpata and its pre-Inca platforms, the beautiful district of Yumina and the magnificent Sabandia Mill. After having enjoyed the urbanity and countryside of Arequipa, we will return to the center of the city, around noon; we will have the afternoon free to meet and walk around the city. Accommodation in Conde de Lemos or similar 3 stars hotel.
Around 07:30hrs, we pick up our passengers at their hotels in Arequipa, in the direction of the deepest canyon in the world. We will pass through the National Reserve of Aguada Blanca and Salinas, where you can see majestic vicuñas, a South American camelid national symbol of Peru, and a variety of migratory birds. We will make a stop in Patapampa at 4,800 meters above sea level, the highest part of the route, to observe the western mountain range and the volcanoes. We will arrive in Chivay at approximately 13:30hrs, we arrange our belongings in the hotel Casa Andina or similar 3 stars hotel, and we have our lunch. After lunch, we will take our transport to Yanque district, where we will start our Horseback Riding tour, we can observe the colonial temple Immaculate Conception dating from the seventeenth century; crossed the Cervantes Bridge towards the same site of the Archaeological Complex of Uyu-Uyu where we find Collahua and Inca constructions. Continuing with the cavalcade we descend towards the Colinas de Chininia located under the Siphon Bridge, these were storage places for agricultural products, and then we headed to the Yanque district where we will finish the circuit and take or car to return to Chivay. Accommodation in Casa Andina or similar 3 stars hotel.
After breakfast, we will visit the viewpoint of the Cruz del Cóndor, where we can appreciate the depth of the Colca Canyon and enjoy the flight of the Andean Condor. Upon return, we will visit the towns of Yanque, Pincholo and Maca.
After lunch, we start the tour to Puno, where we will stop at the viewpoint of Lagunillas, a strategic place where small lakes that look like mirrors reflect the sky and diversity of birds, like flamenco. At approximately 20:00hrs, we will arrive at the city of Puno. Accommodation in Conde de Lemos or similar 3 stars hotel.
Approximately at 06:45hrs we pick up our passengers at their hotel in Puno, in the direction of the bay of Isla Esteves, we will receive the indications to carry out the activity and we will start the tour in our kayak. We will roam for an approximate period of 1 hour and 30 minutes, surrounded by a spectacular landscape, we will be captivated by the flora and fauna of the place until we reach the Floating Islands of Uros. We received the review of the place and then we will have free time to travel and know the area. After the visit, we will take our motor boat to Amantani Island where we will meet the family where we will spend the night. We will have place for our lunch in the house of our Amantani family and in the afternoon we will walk to the Pachatata temple, return to the family house for dinner and at night we will have a "Peña Show", overnight in family house.
After breakfast, we will take our motor boat for around 1 hour to the Natural Island of Taquile. Upon arrival, we will walk to the village where we will be able to appreciate the beautiful and famous weavings of the place, after the visit, we will return to Puno in our motor boat, arriving at the city at approximately 15:00 hrs.
At 10:00hrs, our transport will pick you up in the hotel to transfer you to the Juliaca airport to take the flight to Cusco at 13:00hrs, once in Cusco, transfer to the hotel; we will have the afternoon free to meet and walk around the city. Accommodation in Hotel El Puma or similar 3 stars hotel.
We will pick you up at your hotel between 8:30hrs to 9:00hrs 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 will 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, arriving around 13:00hrs. Free afternoon and overnight in El Puma or similar 3 stars hotel.
At 08:30hrs we will pick up you from the hotel and go by bus to the Sacred Valley visiting the sites of Pisaq and the Indian Market, at the noon we delight a wonderful buffet 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 visit, our bus will drop us off at the Main Plaza, where we can take our way to the Train Station, this walk takes around 20 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 Hatun Samay Hotel or similar 3 stars hotel. Optional, we can visit visiting the hot springs.
Early in the morning, we take our bus for around 30 minutes to Machu Picchu. Once in Machu Picchu our guide will give us some instructions for our visit and start the guided tour in Machu Picchu for around 2 hours and after that we can explore Machu Picchu by our own, depending of the train departure we take the bus down in order to take the train back to the Ollantaytambo or Poroy train station. At the train station, we will be waiting for you to take you to the hotel. Accommodation in El Puma or similar 3 stars hotel.
Around 05:00hrs, we will pick you up at your hotel in the direction to Combapata, where we will take a detour and arrive at the Q'eswachaka Inca Bridge, we will pass this magnificent bridge made with "Ichu" (vegetable fiber straw) and enjoy the beautiful lagoons surronding. Then, we will return to Combapata for lunch and continue our way to Checacupe, where we will take a detour of land and then we will make a walk of approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes until the beautiful Mountain of Colors of Palccoyo located to 4900 m.a.s.l., after enjoying the panorama, we will return by the same route with destiny to Cusco, arriving to the 18:00hrs approximately.
Early in the morning, our transport will pick you up in the hotel to transfer you to the airport to take the flight to Lima.
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