8 Day – Kuelap and Machupicchu
Exploring the quaint streets of Cusco
INCLUDED:
- All internal flights from Lima to Chachapoyas to Lima; Lima to Cusco; and Cusco to Lima.
- Private ground transportation
- Hotels for all nights.
- All breakfasts and lunches. Dinners as noted.
- Private, English speaking guide
- Buses to/from Machu Picchu
- Train to/from Aguas Calientes
- Entrance fees to all the sites in Chachapoyas, Kuelap, Gocta Falls, Sacred Valley, MachuPicchu and Cusco
- Water Daily
ARRIVE LIMA
On your arrival at any time in the capital city, Lima, you will be taken to your hotel. If you arrive early, optional tours of the city sights, including museums and other attractions may be arranged via Washington.
LIMA – CARAL FULL DAY
Caral is the OLDEST know city in the Americas. Developed simultaneously with the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt about 5000 years ago. The archeological site of Caral is among Peru’s most impressive and makes a popular day trip from nearby Lima. The UNESCO World Heritage listed site covers an area of around 60 hectares in the arid Supe Valley. Although initially discovered in 1948, recent excavations of Caral revealed an elaborate complex of temples, sunken plazas and some of the largest terraced pyramids in the world, leading archeologists to ponder the possibility of Caral being the fabled ‘Mother City’ of ancient civilizations. Now open to the public, the site has garnered acclaim for its beautifully preserved ruins and intriguing collection of artifacts, which include a quipu (a unique knot system used by ancient Andean civilizations) and a number of musical instruments fashioned from animal bones, but significantly, no trace of warfare or weaponry. In the afternoon, return to the hotel for another great night with dinner provided at a wonderful restaurant
CARAL – CHACHAPOYAS (KUELAP)
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, then drive back to the Lima Airport for your short flight to Chachapoyas, the capital of the Amazon region, with your personal guide. Our driver will pick you up and walk with you through one of the most beautiful colonial cities of Peru, founded on September 5, 1538. After a one hour drive through the jungle you will reach our hotel overlooking the waterfalls of Gocta, the second highest in the world. After a short rest we will have dinner and prepare for tomorrow.
CABLE CAR TO ANCIENT SITE OF KUELAP
We will leave the hotel and drive to see many archaeological sites and the Mirador de los Cóndor. Be sure to bring your binoculars! We will also see native communities. Arriving at the Kuelap tourist center, we will take the cable car to this ancient citadel built by the Pre-Incan Chachapoyas culture. Our professional guides will show you around the area and give you a detailed explanation of the most important and interesting areas of Kuelap fortress and the ancient city, the second most visited site after Machu Picchu. Box lunch provided at the village of Maria. Afterwards back to the hotel for another great night experience.
GOCTA TO NORTHERN PERU
Pick up at noon after breakfast. See the village of Cocachimba see the Gocta Waterfall, it is the third highest waterfall in Peru with 770 m of height. There are a wide variety of fauna and flora (monkeys, toucans, orchids, giant ferns, etc. Back to the Airport and via Lima flight to the Northern Peru and to a nice hotel
THE SUN AND MOON HUACAS AND CHAN-CHAN
After a good Breakfast. We will pick you up at 9:00 a.m to drive to visit the Sun and Moon Temples. located 8 km south of the city of Trujillo, doing a tour of the Moche huacas where these are, especially MOON HUACA, religious center of the Moche composed 3 and 4 places ceremonial platforms, which have been discovered overlapping six buildings built around 600 years. Also visit the New Museum of Huaca of the Moon. Before Lunch Visit the Horse show or Caballo de Paso, which this show is unique in Peru. Lunch provided at Horse Show place or a good restaurant of the Huanchaco Town looking over the ocean. After we will TOUR the biggest adobe city in the world CHAN – CHAN and its 1 palace. Afternoon back to the Hotel for diner on you own.
HUACA DE DRAGON AND HUACA EL BRUJO (IN CHICAMA VALLEY) – CHICLAYO
Morning Pick up from the Hotel in Trujillo after breakfast to do morning walk to the Emancipation House, The toy museum house and Church of San Francisco for after drive and then After a good lunch we will drive visit the ARQUELEOLÓGICO COMPLEX " El Brujo" and the MUSEUM LADY CAO, which is located in the valley of Chicama, located about 60 kilometers north of Trujillo. Which is being prepared a special exhibition hall for this mummy. This mummy belongs to a ruler of the Mochica culture believed governed the north of present Peru in the fourth century AD. It is believed that the lady had status in the ruling theocratic society Chicama river valley, besides being considered an almost divine character. The luxury of the decorations and costumes that accompany the funerary bundle of women confirmed the status of the ruling. You will pass by Fruits and Rice Plantations and Arrive late Afternoon to the City of CHICLAYO for another amazing evening.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOURS AND THE ROYAL TOMBS OF SIPAN
We will start today at 9:00 am to first visit the HUACA RAJADA or Cracked Huaca and after the Royal Tombs of Sipan ( Lambayeque) National Museum of Sipán which expose the golden tomb of Sipan and is located at the Province of Ferreñafe, burial chambers and the Museum site where you can see the replicas of excavations. After good Lunch visit the Túcume Pyramids, and museum, lookout mountain stripe and walk through the archaeological zone. Afternoon back to the Hotel to Pick up Lugagges and flight back to Lima to connect home, good night. (B, L)
Key: (B)reakfast (L)unch (D)inner
HOTELES: Are listed in each day, you can get more information by entering to their Web page.
*Please note that exact pick up times and tour start times will be reconfirmed daily with your the Guide.
*For more extended tours, it will be our pleasure to help you, just contact us and we will give you the best option.
*Hotel upgrades are available; please contact us to discuss your best options.
Notes: All hikes will be at a leisurely pace and would qualify as moderate although altitude makes a difference. None are long. You have the option to stay in town instead of participating on any hike.
- Day Backpack
- Waterproof Jacket
- Good camera and extra battery, memory card
- Good flash light
- Insect repellent (you can buy it there if needed)
- Sun block
- Clothing: Pack in LAYERS. It can be hot in the sun during the day (up to 80 degrees), and cold at night (low 30’s.)
- Expect rain.
- Wind proof jacket, mostly clothes for mild weather 60-70 degrees F.
- Rain jacket
- Fleece or down sweater
- Warm jacket
- T-shirts
- Long sleeve shirts
- Hiking Pants (zip-offs or stretch)
- 1 pair shorts
- Comfortable Walking or Hiking Shoes/socks
- Sun Hat, Sunglasses
- International airfares. Home – Lima – Home
- Most dinners and lunches as noted.
- Extra beverages.
- (bellmen, waiters, guides, cooks, drivers)
