Day 1
International arrival in Lima
Assistance on arrival at the international airport of Lima and transfer to your hotel (not included). Here you will receive a briefing on your tour; receive vouchers for the provision of all services included in the tour and the start of its journey through Peru.
Meals: None
Day 2
Lima / Cusco: City tour and visit to nearby ruins
Breakfast. Early in the morning transfer to Lima airport to take a flight to Cusco (not included). Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel. Will the rest of the morning free to rest and acclimatize. In the afternoon, we guided tour of Cusco visiting the Main Square, the Cathedral and the Temple of the Sun or Korikancha. The tour continues outside the city to visit the Inca sites of Kenko, Tambomachay, Puca Pucara and the impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman, strategically built on a hill overlooking Cusco complex. Famous for its enormous carved stones joined with astounding precision to form the outer walls of the complex. Some of them standing over 9 meters. tall and weigh over 350 tons. Return to Cusco ( Regocijo Square)
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3
Cusco: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Guided excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, over the Vilcanota River for a panoramic view of the Inca citadel of Pisac and visit a typical Indian market town of Pisac, where we will have the opportunity to learn about the customs of its inhabitants and haggle prices with vendors in the Indian market.
Lunch at a country restaurant in the Sacred Valley. In the afternoon, stroll through Calca and Urubamba on the way to the Fortress and Citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasion from the tribes of the jungle. We will have the opportunity to walk through the narrow streets and get a clear idea of what this strategic military, religious and cultural center during the Inca Empire. Return to Cusco (Plaza Regocijo). Free night. We suggest strolling through the Plaza de Armas and enjoy the nightlife and try a delicious pisco sour in one of the many pubs around the Square.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Day 4
Cusco / Machu Picchu / Cusco
Very early it will take breakfast in your hotel. Transfer to the station for a 3 ½ hours to Aguas Calientes, a town at the foot of Machu Picchu, discovered in 1911 by the American explorer Hiram Bingham. Arrival: Upon arrival at Aguas Calientes, climb to the "Lost City of the Incas" in a 25-minute bus ride, on a zigzagging climb up the hillside. We tour the ruins for approximately 3 hours. Our guide will explain the surprising degree of technology achieved by the builders of this incredible work. The exact precision in the construction of solid stone, channels water supply that reveal deep knowledge of hydraulics, the staircases carved into the living rock of the mountain, and the Intihuatana (or "the highest point of the Sun"), which served as a solar calendar governing planting and harvesting, they are tangible and concrete expression of deep knowledge and technological advancement of the empire. All these buildings, along with the Temple of the Sun, the Royal Tomb, the Priest's House, the Inca Baths and the Temple of the Three Windows, allow us to go back in time and, with the help of our guide, revive the existence of those truly admirable builders.
By mid-afternoon, we will take the train back to Cusco, where our representative will be waiting for transfer to the hotel.
Note: Possible overnight in Machu Picchu (Aguas Calientes) extending the tour one day (subject to availability). Meals: Breakfast
Day 5
Cusco / Lima - International Departure
You will enjoy breakfast at your hotel in Cusco. Transfer to the airport to Lima, where he was one of our representatives will wait for transfer to your hotel (not included). Rest of the morning and free afternoon. We recommend lunch on around the hotel. In the afternoon, guided tour of the most important and attractive places of Lima, the "City of Kings". The tour includes tour of the Historic Center of Lima, panoramic view of the Plaza San Martin, Plaza Mayor, Government Palace, Cathedral, Archbishop's Palace, Municipal Palace, Church of Santo Domingo, where the tombs of Santa Rosa and San Martin de Porres, Lima Colonial and balconies. Then visit the Convent and Church of San Francisco, the greatest monumental complex of Colonial Art in America and Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The tour includes a visit to the Basilica of 21 altars, convent cloisters and chapter rooms and tangerine, Chorus and Library of the monks, museum that displays 11 paintings of the Rubens School, the Sacristy with paintings by Zurbaran and Rivera, great patio decorated with Seville tiles of XVI century, Moorish arches and underground catacombs. Then visit the residential districts of San Isidro and Miraflores, passing by the Huaca Pucllana, ceremonial and administrative center of the Lima Culture built in the second century A.D. and considered by the Incas as Ñaupallaqta, "Holy People"; Park El Olivar de San Isidro, with olive trees brought from Spain in the fifteenth century; the Central Park of Miraflores and Larcomar, tourist and entertainment center, a symbol of modern Lima and vantage point to appreciate a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean. Then return to your hotel. A time transfer to airport to board the international flight (not included).
Meals: Breakfast
End of our services
Our recommended tours cover the circuits that allow a better understanding of our country. In all of them you will find most of the destinations you are interested in knowing. If this were not the case, we will design the tour to the measure that meets your requirements.
All circuits are quoted based on 2 people have daily departures and a combination of regular and private service, with an optional private service throughout the tour.
Tour to Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
All our programs can be modified according to your requirements, whatever the length of your tour, interests or specific activities, flight reservations or additional destinations.