Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Lima pick up. Upon arrival reception and transfer to the select hotel - overnight (no meals)
Day 2: City tour - private service
You will be picked up from you hotel. This excursion offers the best combination of the different attractions in Lima and its three historical periods: pre-Hispanic, colonial and contemporary. In Lima, there were several different pre-columbian cultures which are dated thousands of years back. Lima was part of the Inca Empire until was founded by the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro on the 18th. of January, 1535. During our guided tour we will travel along its millenarian history.
Ancestral Lima: At the Huaca Pucllana, an archaeological precinct build in the IV century A.C., we will have a panoramic view of this magnificent ceremonial and administrative center which was considered by the Incas a holy village. We will learn about the life and rituals of its ancient inhabitants and admire its typical pyramidal building, very characteristic of sacred pre-hispanic edifications which were adored in the coast of Peru.
Colonial Lima: The Peruvian Viceroyalty was the most important one in the Spanish Empire and Lima was its capital. The highlights of its historical center are its architecture and the urban design of the city, found in tholed streets filled with colonial houses adorned with moorish-style balconies. Our trip includes the Paseo de la Republica (Promenade of the Republic), Plaza San Martin(San Martin Square) and the Plaza Mayor (Main Square), with their different buildings: Palacio de Gobierno(Government Palace), Palacio Arzobispal the (Archibishop's Palace), the Basilica Catedral (Cathedral Basilica) and the Palacio Municipal (Municipal Palace).We will enter the monumental Convento de San Francisco (Convent of Saint Francis), which displays the biggest collection of religious art in America. We can admire the Choir Room and the Monks’ Library, the Sacristy, with its collection of Zurbaran and Rivera paintings. The Big Patio of the Main Cloister, decorated with sevillan styles from the XVI century, its beautiful moorish arches and its subterranean crypts known as The Catacombs, where you will feel the presence of Lima's colonial past.
Contemporary Lima: Visit to the most traditional residential areas in the capital: The Olive Grove of San Isidro, Miraflores and Larco Mar, distinctive tourist centre of contemporary Lima.after the tour transfer to you hotel.Overnight. breakfast included.
Day 3: Lima / Nazca full day - Private service
You will be picked up from your Hotel in Lima at 6:00 am, we will provide a driver and a minivan, the ride will take around 6 hours each way . On the way we will visit the Museum of the site. The Maria Reiche tomb and we will stop at the Over view of Nazca. Cut into the stony desert are 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), after the over flight we will take some time to rest and we will have lunch (included) before to come back to Lima. Upon arrival transfer to your Hotel. Lunch, included
Day 4: Lima / Cusco
Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight to Cusco (airfare included) upon arrival reception and transfer to the select Hotel - rest of day at leisure to acclimatize to the altitude - overnight (B)
Day 5: City tour
Afternoon 2:00pm you will be taken on a city tour and visit a local archeological sites, the Cathedral, Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman and surroundings returning later afternoon 5:30pm to your hotel around and enjoy the hospitality of the local people (B)
Day 6: Machupicchu full day tour
Early morning 5:30am and after breakfast, we'll depart to the train station to our journey to Machupicchu on Vista dome Train. (4 hours) at 9:40am you will arrive to the Aguas Calientes Town from where you will have to take 20 minutes bus to the Archaeological site Once there where you will have a guided tour with an English speaking professional guide follow by some time at leisure, As an option, you may stay overnight in the area or town (highly recommended) and visit the ruins early next day when the full magnificence of the site reveals itself in all its majesty. You can also relax at the nearby hot springs . Otherwise, return to Cuzco where you will arrive around 7:30pm. (breakfast and box lunch included)
Day 7: Transfer out. Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight out (airfare included) end of our services.
Cost Includes:
- nights at select hotel based on double occupancy transfers
- professional biligual guide service
- entrance fee
- transportation and meals as specify in the program domestic airfares
Cost Excludes:
- International airfares
- airport departure taxes or visa fees
- excess baggage charges
- extra expenses for flight cancellations
- alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water
- snacks
- insurance of any kind
- laundry
- phone calls
- reconfirmation of international flights and items of personal nature.
Notes:
Airfare is included in the tour price.
Tourist Class Hotel: US$ 1194
based on double occupancy
Both prices include domestic airfares: Lima - Cusco – Lima
First Class Hotel 4stars: US$ 1377
based on double occupancy
Both prices include domestic airfares: Lima - Cusco – Lima
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