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DAY 1: JUNE/19 LIMA PICK UP
Pick up upon arrival and overnight at the Hotel located in Miraflores, Lima
DAY 2: JUNE/ 20 CUSCO
Transfer to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco (airfare not included).
Upon arrival .reception at the Cusco airport ; you will be taken to your
hotel.
In the afternoon: Cusco City Tour From 1:15 p.m. Aprox
This tour includes the Qoricancha (Temple of the Sun) and the Cathedral and
some other famous places like the famous fortress of Sacsayhuaman, then to
Q'enqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay.
You will also receive a tourist ticket valid to many other sites you can
visit on your free time.
Overnight at the Hotel.
DAY 3: JUNE/21 SACRED VALLEY TOUR - PRIVATE SERVICE
At 8:15 a.m. we will depart for the Sacred Valley tour, that includes: Bus
service to the market of Pisaq, visits the ruins of Ollantaytambo, and the
market at Chinchero.
There is an English speaking guide, and lunch in a typical restaurant in
Urubamba.
Of course, throughout this trip you will have magnificent views of the high
Peruvian Andes.
At the end you will go back at the Hotel. ( B,L )
DAY 4: JUN/22 MACHU PICCHU TOUR
At 5:30a.m. you will be picked up from the hotel to the Poroy train station
which leaves at 06:53a.m.
Travel will be in a "Vistadome" Class (formerly "Autowagon").
You will arrive to the Aguas Calientes Station, from where you will take a
25 minutes bus ride to the ruins of Machu Picchu.
Once there, you will take a guided tour, with an English speaking guide.
Lunch at Sanctuary Lodge hotel included.
Overnight at the Hotel in Aguas Calientes (Machupicchu). (B, Lunch)
DAY 5: JUN/23 MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO
Morning at leisure in Aguas Calientes to continue visiting the area and
Machu Picchu (bus ticket and entrance fees not included).
In the afternoon at 15:20 pm we will take the Vistadome train back to Poroy
station.
Upon arrival , tramsfer to your hotel in Cusco. (B)
DAY 6: JUNE/24 INTI RAYMI
Cusco celebrates the Inti Raymi with occasion of the winter solstice -the
solar new year - for a town which main cult object was the god Inti (the sun).
In time of the Incas was a religious ceremony, now it is a theater
representation. However this expression generates a feeling of identity in
the town that
evokes values and memories that are still excellent in our days, it also
brings to the memory a time that lives in the heart of the town of Cusco (Qosqo).
The version is expressed in the original, Quechua language. The celebration
starts on the Temple of the Sun (Koricancha) then continues to the
Sacsayhuaman, we will
provide you the transportation and entrance. Afternoon transfer to the Hotel
and overnight. (B, Box Lunch)
DAY 7: JUN/25 PUNO
Transfer to the bus Station. Ten hours aprox. Bus or Train 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 the Hotel and overnight. ( B,L )
(*If travelling by train, ask for price and availability).
DAY 8: JUN/26 UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS
You will be picked up from your hotel 6:40 am, after 2 hours motorboat you
will arrive at the Uros island, in the Titikaka lake. 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 at about 1 Km. wide and 6 to 7 Km.
long. The visit could be exhausting because of the 533 steps on the stone
stairway to climb to get to the village and because of the altitude (13,000
ft above sea level). On Taquile there are numerous pre-Inca and Inca ruins
as well as Inca terracing. We will return in Puno in the afternoon.
Overnight at the Hotel . (B,L)
DAY 9: JUN/27 SUN ISLAND FULL DAY
You will picked up from your hotel at 6,30 am. Land transfer to Copacabana
Sanctuary. You will arrive into Copacabana after about 3 hours. Copacabana
is the most important religious sanctuary of Bolivia, thousands of pilgrims
visit every year the virgin of Copacabana also 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 including lunch on board, 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 2 hours Sun Island Tour 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 Inca Stairs that was built by the Incas in order to reach the Inca
Water spring.
-The Inca water spring, a natural water spring with 3 different openings of
different tastes, this Inca made water fountain is
supposed to be a source of eternal youth.
-The Sun Island Inti Wata Complex,that contains the largest amount of
archaeological items founded in the island and the largest demo variety of
Andean flora and fauna available in Bolivia.
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Ceremony, 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.
You will then proceed back to Copacabana and then to Puno, we will return in
Puno at 6:30 pm. Overnight. ( B,L )
DAY 10: JUN/28 SILLUSTANI - LIMA
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima (airfare not
included).
On the route visit at the Sillustani Chullpas (pre-Colombian funeral towers).
The scenery is desert but impressive, in a beautiful setting on a peninsula
on Ayumara lake about 32 Km. from
Puno. Most of the towers date from the period of Inca occupation in the 15th
century; the engineering involved in
their construction is more complex than anything the Incas built.
Upon arrival reception and transfer to the hotel. Overnight. (B)
DAY 11: JUN/29 LIMA CITY TOUR & PACHACAMAC RUINS
In the morning Lima city tour, you will be picked up from your hotel at 09
AM. We will visit the colonial area and
to the Plaza de Armas where you will see the Government Palace, the
Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace and the City Hall as
well as the XVII century church and cloister of San Francisco, a world
cultural heritage.
Then we will go to the modern downtown with a view of the Pacific Ocean and
the modern residential suburb of San Isidro.
We will visit a place that is near Lima, there is an archaeological
enclosure whose constructions conserve the mysticism and religiosity of
their past,
Its name: Pachacamac. When traveling this sanctuary, where hundred of years
ago the natives surrendered cult to the sun and to the Earth, one
can feel the magic attraction of a place that will always be sacred.
Finally, return to the hotel. Overnight. (B,L)
DAY 12: JUN/30 TRANSFER OUT
Transfer to the airport in time to get.
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