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Lima
We will be welcomed and transferred from
Jorge Chavez airport in Lima to the hotel.
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Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. We will get to
know the Colonial Lima, reminiscent of
the viceroyalty times. We will start our
tour visiting Plaza Mayor, its cathedral;
the Government Palace, San Francisco Convent
with its beautiful cloister, its office
and catacombs, which served as cemetery
during the Colonial period, and the Huaca
Huallamarca from the pre-Inca times.
After going around the historic center,
we will head for the modern neighborhoods
such as San Isidro and Miraflores with
their charming beaches and the busy commercial
and night life. We will end our tour in
the romantic Love Park, which has a magnificent
sculpture that represents the Andean Lovers
with view to the Pacific Ocean which we
cannot miss.
For lunch we will have a typical Peruvian
dish. We will visit the Gold Museum, where
there are gold pieces of different Inca
cultures, and Larco Herrera Museum, where
we can see an important collection of
ceramics from the Inca times.
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Lima
- Arequipa
Breakfast at the hotel. We will be transferred
to Lima airport to fly to Arequipa. During
the rest of the morning we can do some
optional activities: visiting Colonial
Arequipa, the countryside and the Sabandía
Mill, or tasting the exquisite dishes
of the Arequipa cuisine.
In the afternoon, we will visit the second
biggest city in Peru: Arequipa. In Arequipa
the colonial architecture is nicely preserved,
and it combines with modern neighborhoods
such as the residential one of Selva Alegre.
We will visit Plaza de Armas, its cathedral;
the chromium-plated dome of Compañia de
Jesus Church with its cloisters and the
arcade of sculpted ashlars; the district
of Yanahuara; San Francisco Square and
Church; the Chilina Ravine and the famous
Santa Catalina Convent.
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Arequipa
- Juliaca - Puno
Breakfast at the hotel. We will set out
for Arequipa airport to fly to the city
of Juliaca. Once there, we will head for
Puno, where we will spend the night. We
will have the afternoon off to do optional
activities or just rest. In the evening,
we suggest having an Andean dinner show
to enjoy the Peruvian folklore at the greatest
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Puno
- Uros Island - Las Chullpas
Breakfast at the hotel. We will set out
for Puerto de Puno sailing on motorboats
to Uros Island, where the inhabitants
of Lake Titicaca have the same customs
and culture as their ancestors.
Uros Island is formed by a group of large
reed floating islands inhabited by the
native people called Uros. These people
are descendants of one of the America's
most ancient cultures. Their economy is
based on fishing and hunting, although
they devote much time to doing wool tapestry
and stuffing animals.
These islands are part of the Titicaca
National Reserve. In the afternoon, we
will go to the archeological region of
Sillustani situated near Puno at 4,000
meters above sea level. We will see the
Chullpas, which are stunning funeral monuments
(anciently called necropolis) built by
Indians from the Altiplano and surrounded
by the picturesque Umayo Lagoon.
The Chullpas are quadrangular and circular
structures of up to 12 meters high, and
how they were done is a challenge for
the balance laws because they are smaller
at the bottom than at the top.
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Puno
- Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel. We will head for
the bus terminal to start our new adventure
and discover the Imperial City of the Incas:
Cuzco. Reception and transfer from Cuzco
bus terminal to the hotel. We will have
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Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning off. In
the afternoon we will visit the Imperial
City of the Incas: Cuzco. We will stop at
the Temple of the Sun (Qorikancha) that
is Santo Domingo Church nowadays. Cuzco
stands out because of its typical streets
and its picturesque small squares. Also
we will go to see the ruins surrounding
the city: Sacsayhuaman Fortress, Q’
engo, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay.
We could not miss the Renaissance Cathedral
in Cuzco, especially its facade and the
inside, where we can appreciate cedar
wood carvings in the choir and the pulpit,
Cuzco school paintings and embossed silverware,
making this Cathedral an unforgettable
place.
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Cusco
- Machu Picchu
Breakfast at the hotel.
We will go into Machu Picchu Archeological
Complex. Such complex is located in the
sub-tropical region of Cuzco at 2,350
meters above sea level. We will go to
the train station where we will start
our visit.
We will be dazzled by the stunning and
marvelous Machu Picchu Complex, where
we will visit its squares, temples, platforms,
ceremonial sites and its royal palace,
apart from seeing the famous Inti Watana,
or the Solar Clock and an incredible series
of rock natural spring fountains. We will
have lunch at midday and, after our Machu
Picchu adventure, we will return to the
Imperial City of the Incas.
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Cusco
- Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from
Cuzco airport to fly to Lima. Reception
and transfer from Lima airport to the
hotel. We will take the day off to rest.
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Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the
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