Day 4 : NAZCA LINES AREQUIPA
Breakfast, the tour to the famous Nazca lines. 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 then you'll visit to the Chauchilla cementery, where skulls, mummies and pottery shards littering the desert.Lunch in Nazca. At 9 pm you'll take the motor coach Royal class to Arequipa where you'll arrive early in the morning ( 6 am ) transfer to your hostal . (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 5 : AREQUIPA
Around 3 pm you'll take the Arequipa half day city tour that includes the visit at the Santa Catarina monastery The city has fine spanish buildings and many old and interesting churches built of sillar, a pearly white volcanic material almost exclusevely used in the construction of Arequipa. The Santa Catalina Convent is by far the most remarkable sight, opened in 1970 after 4 centuries of mistery. afternoon at leisure, overnight (Breakfast)
Day 6 : COLCA CANYON
you will be picked up from your hotel around 8am for the Colca canyon 2 days excursion, after 4 hours trip you will arrive at the Chivay town, lunch and in the afternoon visit the hot springs of La Calera overnight at the Colca Lodge. (Breakfast,Lunch)
Day 7 : COLCA CANYON
you'll be picked up from your hotel at 7 am and visit the Colca canyon waiting for the condor's flight, late in the afternoon back to Arequipa , during the route you will visit some small villages , overnight at your hostal (Breakfast, Lunch).
DAY 8 AREQUIPA CUSCO
Breakfast, transfer to the airport where we'll take the flight to Cusco (inluded), upon arrival reception and transfer to your Hotel. In the afternoon :Cusco City Tour From 2pm. to 6.30pm .This tour includes the Qoricancha (temple of the sun) and the Cathedral . The tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to famous fortress of Sacsahuaman , Q'enqo , Puca Pucara and Tambomachay Including Spanish and English speaking guide. Include Tourist ticket valid for the entrance to many museums and ruins as well. ( Breakfast )
DAY 9 SACRED VALLEY TOUR
Breakfast .Hr. 9 am excursion to Sacred Valley of Incas .Services included: Bus service to the market of Pisaq , Calca , Urubamba , Ruins of Ollantaytambo , and the Chinchero's market. English and Spanish speaking guide. Buffet Lunch in a typical restaurant in Urubamba. Return to Cusco at 6,30 PM Lodging at your Hotel (Breakfast, Buffet Lunch)
DAY 10 MACHUPICCHU
Breakfast.Hr.5,30 am departure to Machupicchu . Services included : Transfer from hotel to railway station, round trip Train ticket Cusco/Agua Calientes/Cusco, bus service to ruins and back , Buffet Lunch at a restaurant in Aguas calientes, complete Ruin's tour with an English and Spanish speaking guide Overnight at your Hotel in Aguas Calientes.) (Breakfast, buffet Lunch).
DAY 11 AGUAS CALIENTES
Day at leisure in Aguas Calientes to continue visiting the ruins by your own. In the afternoon we'll take the train, the departure is around 3pm to arrive back in Cusco around 7pm ,transfer from the train station to your hotel, overnight at your Hotel (Breakfast)
Day 12 : CUSCO PUNO
Breakfast. Transfer to the train or bus station. Ten hour train or bus 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 your hotel, (if you choose the bus the is included visits to 3 archaeological places in the road and the buffet lunch, the road is paved)
DAY 13 CHUCUITO AND SILLUSTANI:
Breakfast, at 9:30 am we will going to visit the Chucuito town to enjoy the colonial style of this very nice village all the entrance is included, then we will going to come back to Puno at 12:00 to take the lunch (not included), then in the afternoon at 2:30 tour to the SILLUSTANI RUINS, near Puno are the chullpas /pre-colombian funeral towers ) of Sillustani. The scenery is desert but impressive in a beautiful setting on a peninsula on lake Ayumara about 32 KM. From Puno. Most of the towers date from the period of Inka occupation in the 15th century, the ingeniering involved in their construction is more complex then anything the inkas built. Trasfer to your hotel.
DAY 14 UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS
You will be picked up from your hotel 7,30 AM, after 2 hours motorboat you will arrive at the Uros island. 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 you 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 only about 1 KM wide , but 6 to 7 KM long, on Taquile there are numerous pre-Inca and Inca ruins and Inca terracing . you will return in Puno in the afternoon, overnight at your hotel (Breakfast,Lunch)
DAY 15 PUNO LIMA
breakfast, morning at leasure in Puno for you and in the afternoon transfer the airport where we'll take the flight back to Lima (AIRFARE INCLUDED), end of our services.
INCLUDED: All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy at a 3 starts hotel (first class). All scheduled transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees. Meals and domestic airfares as specified in the itinerary.
NOT INCLUDED: International airfares, airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature.
