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Day 1: Arrive Lima
Upon arrival in Lima, Peru, meet our local Peru tour guide
or representativeat the airport and transfer to the hotel.
You will receive a briefing about your travel program and
all documents for your trip. This afternoon enjoy a first
impression of Lima as your guide takes you around on your
City Tour.
Overnight: Hotel Boulevard, Lima (1 night)
Day 2: Fascinating Cuzco
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Cuzco. After 1
hour flight, arrival in Cuzco and transfer to the hotel.
The rest of the morning is spent at leisure in order to
get accustomed to the altitude. This afternoon, enjoy a
visit to the city, the old capital of the Inca Empire,
including the Cathedral and the Korikancha (the ancient
temple of the Sun), as well as the nearby ruins of Sacsayhuaman,
Tambomachay and Qenqo. Tonight's dinner and folklore show
are included!
Overnight: Novotel Cuzco, Cuzco (2 nights) (B, D)
Day 3: Market day in Pisac, Sacred Valley
Probably the most spectacular market in all of the Andes!
But Pisac is also a superb Inca fortress, with temple ruins
that still overwhelm with their most magnificent Inca masonry.
In the afternoon follow the Sacred Valley along Rio Urubamba
down to Ollentaytambo. How to survive under these climatic
conditions, feed an enormously numerous population? See
the a complete irrigation system in the mountains, canals
cut out of the sheer rock. The flights of terraces leading
up above the town are superb and so are the curving terraces
following the contours of the rocks overlooking the Urubamba. (B)
Day
4: Travel to Machu Picchu & Aguas
Calientes
Early in the morning transfer to the station for the train
travel to Machu Picchu. A 3 hour scenic train journey brings
you to the town of Aguas Calientes, where you will take
a shuttle bus up to the entrance of the ruins. Guided visit
to Machu Picchu, the “Lost City of the Incas”,
with its fabulous architecture and astonishing landscapes.
After free time for lunch, return by shuttle bus from Machu
Picchu to Aguas Calientes.
Overnight: Hatuchay Towers, Aguas Calientes (1 night) (B)
Day 5: Return to Cuzco
This morning, optional to return to the citadel of Machu
Picchu (additional charges). You are in the village named
after it's hot springs. (Aguas calientes = Hot waters).
Enjoy the view of the valley while you are getting soaked
in one of the pools. In the afternoon take your 1st class
train back up through the scenery of the Andes to Cuzco.
Transfer to your hotel and have a last stroll over the
baroque heart of Cusco, the Plaza de Armas.
Overnight: Novotel Cuzco, Cuzco (1 night) (B)
Day 6: Train to Puno!
Another interesting but relaxing day is waiting for you.
As you sink in to your seat, watch mountains go by as high
as 20 000 feet, snow capped & majestic. As the train
stops en route, glimpse out of the window and wonder how
the local Indians live here. See potato fields that feed
these people and which from here through the Spanish conquerors
also became a mainstay for the entire world. This evening,
check in to the hotel.
Overnight: Posada del Inca Hotel, Lake Titicaca (2 night)
(B, D)
Day 7: Lake Titicaca and its floating islands
You are at 3855 m above sea level! Sounds even more amazing
to say you are at almost 12000 feet! See today how the
Uro Indian tribe lives on floating islands in the lake
as the fish, hunt birds and live of lake plants. This afternoon
have a look at the astonishing pre-Columbian funeral towers
of Sillustani in a beautiful setting on a peninsula in
lake Umayo. Archaeologist’s attempts to rebuild the
towers have been defeated. The engineering involved is
more complex then anything the Incas built. (B)
Day 8: Along lake Titicaca to Bolivia
This morning we will be taking a cruise over lake Titicaca
with a stop on the Island of the Sun. Continue on to La
Paz, the highest capital in the world where the air is
a bit thicker! Tonight's dinner is included.
Overnight: Plaza Hotel, La Paz (2 nights) (B, D)
Day
9: City Tour of La Paz & Valley of
the Moon
Enjoy a city tour of the Bolivian capital, followed by a
special excursion to the Valle de la Luna (Valley of the
Moon). (B)
Day 10: Depart La Paz
This morning transfer to the airport for your departure flight
out. (B)
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