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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 - Ica - Nazca - Ica
Breakfast at the hotel. From Lima we will
head for another attractive place that will
excite us: the mysterious Nazca lines. To
go there we have to travel by bus to the
city of Ica, where we will accommodate in
a hotel. Then we will head for the airfield
to take a light airplane to the city of
Nazca, where we will fly over the mysterious
Nazca lines.
Once back, we will set out for Ica to
visit its Plaza de Armas, Señor
de Luren Church, the Regional Museum –where
we can see the high-quality Peruvian ceramics
and fabrics– and end our tour in
the beautiful Huacachina Lagoon, where
we will enjoy a spectacular Ica landscape
with plenty of attractive palm trees,
dunes and be captivated with its interesting
legends.
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Ica - Paracas - Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. We will leave Ica
and head for Puerto de Paracas, where we
will embark on comfortable speedboats towards
the Ballestas Islands. In the trip to the
Ballestas Islands we will have the opportunity
to appreciative the famous Candelabro considered
the starting point of the Nazca lines.
These are rocky formations where there
is plenty of sea animals including many
colonies of guano birds such as the guanay,
piquero and Inca tern among others, as
well as Peruvian Penguins (also called
Humbolt penguins), which are endangered
species, and a lot of seals (fur seals
and southern sea lions) among other species
from this beautiful place.
After sailing for a few hours, we will
get back to Puerto de Paracas. Then we
will stroll around the National Reserve
of Paracas and visit the Cathedral, which
is another natural rocky formation eroded
by the wind and sea where countless birds
live in. After that, we will return to
Lima.
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Lima - Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel. Tansfer from the
hotel to the airport to fly to Cuzco. During
the morning we will get used to Cuzco's
altitude, since we will be at 3,360 meters
above sea level.
In the afternoon, we will visit the Imperial
City of the Incas: Cuzco. We will visit
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 - Cusco
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 by train
to the Imperial City of the Incas.
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Cusco - Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. We will be transfer
to the Cuzco airport to fly to Lima. We
will get to know the Colonial Lima, reminiscent
of the viceroyalty times. We will start
our tour visiting Plaza Mayor, which is
located exactly where Francisco Pizarro
founded the city of Lima in 1535.
We will also get to know its Cathedral,
the Government Palace (the change of guard
is an attractive ceremony that takes place
every day at 11:45am). We cannot miss
San Francisco Convent with its beautiful
cloister, its office and catacombs, which
served as cemetery during the Colonial
period, and the pyramid-shape Huaca Huallamarca
from the pre-Inca times, entirely built
on sun-dried brick.
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.
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Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. We will be transferred
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