(Includes: Flights within Peru)
This package includes a city tour of Lima and Cusco, a tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu, a visit to Machu Picchu, as well as the flights from Lima to Cusco and back.
ITINERARY
Day 1 : Lima in
Reception in the airport and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight in Lima.
Day 2 : City Tour Lima Colonial – Lima out
We will begin the tour visiting the Huaca Pucllana, which is the Panoramic View, but we will not enter. Then we will walk around the Historic Center of Lima: the Main Square, the Government Palace, Lima's Cathedral, the Archbishop Palace, The City Hall, the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank and Main streets and colonial houses with balconies in Mudejar style. After this, we will visit the San Francisco Convent, and the Catacombs (underground crypts of the colonial era). We will continue in the new financial center of the city, El Olivar San Isidro, Central Miraflores Park, The Park of Love and Larco Mar.
Afternoon/evening: Transfer from Hotel to the airport and flight to Cusco.
At the scheduled time, our uniformed personnel, with a sign with your name, will be waiting for your arrival at Cusco airport. We will take you to your hotel. The tourist mobility service that we offer is fully equipped for your comfort. Travel time will vary according to the location of your hotel.
Arrival at the hotel, registration and accommodation.
Overnight in Cusco
Day 3 : Cusco City Tour
13:30 City Tour
At the scheduled time we will pick you up from your hotel and at 14:00 pm we will start our tour of the city, where our professional guide will provide you with all the detailed information on all the attractions that we will visit. The tour guide will be attentive to any questions and / or need that each of our visitors require.
The places we will visit are: the main temple of the Sun known as the "Qoricancha", "Sacsayhuaman" known as the head of the Puma in reference to the city of Cusco which was built in a shape of a Puma, and the head of the puma was exactly in the place of Sacsayhuaman. We will visit Qenqo Temple in honor of Mother Earth or Pachamama. Then we will continue with our bus to Pucapucara which in the time of the Incas was an entry control to the sacred city of Cusco. Later, we will visit Tambomachay, an Inca temple in honor of the natural element of water.
When we return to Cusco, you can decide if you want to be taken back to your hotel or if you want to remind in the beautiful main square of Cusco.
INCLUDES
Best of Peru 9 Days / 8 Nights
- Pickup and transfer Lima airport to hotel in Lima
- City Tour in Lima (includes bus, guide, entrance fees)
- Transfer from hotel to Lima airport
- Flights from Lima to Cusco and return
- Pickup and transfer Cusco airport to hotel in Cusco
- City Tour in Cusco (includes bus, guide, entrance fees)
- Sacred Valley of the Incas Tour (includes bus, guide, lunch, entrance fees)
- Salkantay Trek, see Salkantay Trek 4D/3N (Day 5-8) below
For what is included
- Pickup and transfer from hotel in Cusco to airport
Salkantay Trek (Days 5 to 8)
- Transfers In / Out
- Transportation Cusco-Mollepata. (Start walking)
- Professional bilingual tour guide English /Spanish.
- Entrance Fee to Machu Picchu.
- Bus tickets to Machu Picchu Inca City (One Way)
- 4 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 3 dinners during Salkantay Trek. Meals after the breakfast on Day 8 are not included
- Cook. (Professional)
- Dining tent with tables and chairs
- First aid kit
- 01 Oxygen tank
- Horse handlers + Horses (to carry tents, food and cooking equipment)
- Quadruple (4 person) camping tent (cap. 4 fitting 2
- 1 sleeping mattress per person
- 1 night in a touristic hotel in Aguas Calientes
- Expedition train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo
- Transfer from Ollantaytambo train station to your hotel in Cusco
NOT INCLUDES
- Meals not mentioned in itinerary
- Sleeping bag for Salkantay Trek
- Extra Porters or Horses for carrying personal items (Optional US$ 60.00 per 4 days)
- Entrance fees to Hot Springs US$ 4.00
- Hotels in Lima and Cusco
- Other items or activities not mentioned in itinerary
