PERU UNKNOWN 10 Days / 9 Nights

Itinerary Oultline:

• Day 1: Arrival to Lima and private transfer to the hotel.
• Day 2: Morning Flight to Arequipa and afteroon city tour.
• Day 3: Colca Canyon tour.
• Day 4: Colca Canyon tour and bus to Puno.
• Day 5: Titicaca Lake tour.
• Day 6: Tourist Bus Puno/Cusco with visits on rout.
• Day 7: Cusco City tour.
• Day 8: Sacred Valley Tour.
• Day 9: Machupicchu tour.
• Day 10: Flight to Lima.

*Fixed Group departures: Every Tuesday.

Day 1 / Lima

Upon arrival, private transfer to your hotel in Lima.

Day 2 / Lima – Arequipa(B)

Morning transfer to the airport to board your flight to Arequipa. Upon arrival, you’ll receive professional assistance at the airport and afterwards a transfer service to your hotel. In the afternoon, a guided visit to the city’s mayor attractions will begin.  Arequipa, “The White City” so called due to its architecture planned and made with a volcanic rock which has a white like tint, also known as Sillar.  We will visit the incredible Santa Catalina Convent founded in 1559 which with holds a congregation of religious nuns in charge of the administration and maintenance, still conserves its original features. Next, the tour will head for the Main Square, The Jesuits (or The Society of Jesus) temple and the most picturesque neighbourhoods such as Cayma and Yanahuara.  We’ll stop over at a special viewpoint from where a spectacular view of the Misti Volcano can be enjoyed.

Overnight in Arequipa.

Day 3 / Colca Canyon(B/L)

After a tasteful breakfast, we will collect you for the start of the journey to the canyon, leave Arequipa behind crossing the Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reserves, riding through Pampa Cañahuas plain, admire beautiful pre- Columbian agriculture terraces. Enjoy Lunch at Chivay.

Overnight in Colca

Day 4 / Colca - Puno(B/L)

Breakfast.  Early in the morning you’ll be lead to the “condor cross”, which is a view point from where the majestic flight of these birds can be observed, also enjoy an impressive view of the Colca canyon.

In the afternoon time, board a bus to Puno. Upon arrival, you’ll be transferred to your hotel.

Day 5 / Titicaca Lake(B/L)

At the dock we will board a speedboat that will take us to the islands on Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world.  We will begin by visiting the floating Uros Island made of reeds.  The dwellers still conserve the customs, ways and manners of their ancestors.  We will have lunch in Taquile; visit the island and the descendents of the Aymara ethnicity.

Day 6 / Puno - Cusco(B/L)

Early in the morning we will board a bus that will take us to Cusco, on the way you will visit the archaeological remains of Raqchi, La Raya and Pucara.  Enjoy lunch in the town of Sicuani and then visit the Andahuaylillas Church, considered the Sistine Chapel in America because of a series of fine art ceiling paintings.
Upon arrival you will be transported to your hotel.

Overnight in Cusco.

Day 7 / Cusco City tour (B)

Morning at leisure. During the afternoon time, You’ll be lead on a guided tour around the city, where the Qoricancha Temple and the stunning Cathedral will be visited.  Later, the nearby ruins outside the city such as the Sacsayhuaman complex, Tambomachay, Puca Pucara, will be also explored.

Overnight in Cusco

Day 8 / Sacred Valley of the Incas(B/L)

After breakfast, you will be collected from your hotel and head for the breath-taking Sacred Valley. Our first stop will be Pisaq, where you will have the chance to see and browse its colourful and traditional arts and crafts market. Next stop: the town of Urubamba, where you’ll stop over for a delicious outdoor buffet lunch in a country side restaurant.  After lunch you’ll ride until the ancient Inca village of Ollantaytambo, which still conserves its Inca architecture, water canals and agricultural terraces.

Return to Cusco through the scenic Urubamba Valley and stop in the town of Chincheros which was constructed over an important Inca centre around 1400 AD.

Day 9 / Machupicchu (B/L)

This day visit one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. In the early morning board the train that will take us trough the sacred valley of the Incas to the town of Aguas Calientes.  We will get on a bus that will take us up to the Machu Picchu Sanctuary.  Then our guided tour will last approximately three hours.  By the end of our tour we will have a delicious buffet lunch.  You will then be transported to the Aguas Calientes Train Station to catch the train back to Cusco.


Day 10 / Cusco - Lima (B)

After a tasty breakfast we will take you to the airport. On the way you will visit the necropolis of Sillustani on the Shore of Umayo Lake, admire the “Chullpas” which are tombs in the shape of cylinders from the Tiahuanaco culture.  We will then continue onward to the airport for your flight to Lima.

B=Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner

Includes:  Hotel accommodation in Lima, Arequipa, Cusco and Puno including breakfast, guided tours in English with all entrance fee, meals where specified in the itinerary and private transportation between airports and hotels with an English speaking escort.

Excludes: personal expenses, airport taxes, telephone calls, gratuities and travel insurance.

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