19 Day – All Peru and Amazon

19 Day – All Peru and Amazon Majestic Peru in a tour made for you 19 days Price: contact us Limited to 10 guests Request more information INCLUDED: Flights from Lima – Cusco. Lima – Puerto Maldonado – Lima. Arequipa – Lima. Private ground transportation for all trips in Cusco and to Lake Titicaca / Puno to Colca Canyon / Colca Canyon to Arequipa, Nazca, Paracas, Lima, Puerto Madonado and Lima. Hotels for all nights. All breakfasts and lunches Shaman-trained Guide and expenses. Boat in Lake Titicaca, Paracas and Puerto Maldonado Entrance fees to Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco, Lake Titicaca, Colca Canyon, Nazca, Paracas, and Puerto Maldonado Train fares (VISTADOME) Airplane for Nazca Lines. Entrance fees to Nazca Lines Bottle drinking water every day Bread and Hot Chocolate to share with the children. ITINERARY WHAT TO BRING NOT INCLUDED 1 FLIGHT FROM HOME TO LIMA, PERU Usually you will arrive in Lima around midnight. Your guide will transfer you to the Hotel for overnight in Lima. Dinner on your own (usually you will have eaten on the plane.) Welcome to Peru. 2 LIMA Day in Lima to rest and recuperate from your long flight. Meeting with your guide to exchange money, and learn more about your upcoming adventure. After lunch walk to the HuacaPucllana and Huallamarka Pyramid from the pre Inca Lima culture, build with Adobes. Dinner on your own. (B, L) 3 LIMA – PARACAS Good breakfast and late pick up around 11:00 AM from the hotel for a short walk at the plaza. We then board our private transportation to drive for approximately 3 1/2 hour to Paracas (known as a Peruvian Galapagos Island). You will enter the small town of El Carmen were Afro Peruvians live and you will see their customs. Also visit the Hacienda San Jose Chincha, located 200 km south of Lima, which is the home of Afro-Peruvian Culture. This dates back to the 17th century, when rich landowners imported slaves from Africa to help pick cotton and cultivate sugar on their lands. We will pass by the coast, desert towns and beautiful beaches. Early evening walk in town after we check in to your amazing hotel at the ocean front. Note: Paracas is at sea level, which is why we begin here to ease your acclimation to the altitude. For your convenience, we provide water every day. (B, L) 4 PARACAS – NAZCA Breakfast starting at 6:00 a.m. Pick up at 7:30 or 9:30 a.m. to walk for 10 minutes to the port for boat transportation. It is approximately 25 minutes to the Peruvian Galapagos Islands, (Ballestas Islands), were we will see Gumball penguins, birds, turtles and more animals. The tour explores this place for about 2 hours. You can take many beautiful photos of the natural arches as well. On the way back from the islands we will see the Candelabro, which is carved on the sand mountain by the ancient cultures that have lived in this region – The Paracas Culture. Back to town for a nice early lunch and to pick up our luggage and drive for About 2 1/2 hours to Nazca Town. On the way we stop at The Casa Museo y Mausoleo of Dra. H.c. MARIA RAICHE, the spearhead of the study of the Nazca Lines. Arrive to the town and for a great night at the Hacienda hotel. (B, L) 5 NAZCA – ICA – LIMA Breakfast starting at 7:00 a.m. Pick up and then private transportation to the Aeropodromo for your flight to see all the Nazca Lines. The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru. They have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, lizards, etc. The largest figures are over 200 metres (660 ft) across. Visit Museum and Spiritual Ceremony with the last descend of the Nazca People – Felix Quispe Sarmiento After lunch in a local restaurant, drive to visit the Oasis of the Huacachina that is located just 4 miles from Ica City, to our next adventure – the sand buggy on the incredible desert drive and enjoy the sun set and amazing views, just like our ancestors’ eyes saw. Transport back to Lima, where we check into our hotel. (B,L) 6 LIMA – PUERTO MALDENADO After a nice breakfast at your hotel, transport to the airport for your flight to Puerto Maldenado. Arrive at Puerto Maldenado. You will be greated by your guide and transported by boat to the incredible Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica. Travelling to Tambopata National Reserve offers a rare opportunity to discover a lively biodiversity of birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and trees. Record-setting numbers of animal species are concentrated within small areas, and the variety of plant life is greater than almost anywhere in the world. To help you experience the wonder of this magic place, we have prepared a suggested itinerary for your stay at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica. Welcome in Puerto Maldonado. Visit the Butterfly House near the airport and in only 15 minutes, you can get to the boarding wharf. Begin to experience the enchantment of the rainforest, as you take a 45-minute boat ride along the Madre de Dios River to arrive at Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica lodge. After a short briefing, settle into your beautiful cabaña and enjoy your lunch in the dining room. Take a nap, followed by a refreshing tea time and get ready for the afternoon excursion. After gathering with your Inkaterra Explorer Guide, choose from the various excursions available at Inkaterra Reserva Amazónica. On your first day, we recommend a guided walk along the

8 Day – Machupicchu, Service and Laketiticaca

8 Day – Machupicchu, Service and Laketiticaca Stop at Piñi Pampa town and learn 8 days Price: Contact us Limited to 10 guests Request more information INCLUDED: Internal airfares (Lima –Cusco/ Lake Titicaca – Lima) and airport taxes. Private ground transportation. Hotels All breakfasts and lunches Shaman-trained Guide and expenses Entrance fees to Machu Picchu (2), Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Cusco sites and Lake Titicaca. Bus to Machu Picchu round trip (2) Train fares. (Luxury) Boat at Lake Titicaca Water and energy bars daily. Bread and Hot Chocolate to share with the children at Poth restaurant. ITINERARY WHAT TO BRING NOT INCLUDED 1 FLIGHT FROM HOME TO LIMA, PERU. Usually you will arrive in Lima around midnight. Your Driver will transfer you to the Hotel for overnight in Lima. Dinner on your own (usually you will have eaten on the plane.) Welcome to Peru. www.hotellimaq.com 10 minutes from Airport. 2 LIMA TO CUSCO Morning departure for flight to Cusco, center of the Inca Empire. Magical Tours Peru guides pick you up at the airport for a quick tour of the beautiful Plaza De Armas. From there, you will be taken to the Hotel, where you will be free for the remainder of the day to relax and acclimatize to the altitude (10,856 ft). Diner on you own. www.antiguacusco.com (B, L) 3 CUSCO – CITY AND SURROUNDS and POTH Restaurant. Cusco Today you will spend learning about the region’s rich cultural history. The day starts with a guided walking tour through Cusco’s craft markets. You will visit the colonial cathedral and Koricancha, the Inca’s Temple of the Sun, before enjoying a delectable lunch of regional cuisine. You will visit the “Restaurant of the Universal Heart” supported by Path of the Heart. If you would like, you can help serve lunch to the school children who eat here free of charge (optional). The afternoon will be spent visiting by private transportation the other significant Inca ruins in the vicinity of Cusco including: the mammoth fortress of Saqsayhuaman above the city, noted for its megalithic stone terraces; Kenko with its distinctive zig zag – patterned carved stone and subterranean altars; the hillside outpost of Puka Pukara, a small fortress that formerly protected the royal capital; and the Tambo Machay water temple that served as royal baths. You will be returned to you hotel for another evening in colonial Cusco, dinner on your own. www.antiguacusco.com (B, L) 4 CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY Embark upon a day-long guided excursion through snowcapped mountains to the legendary Sacred Valley, as majestic today as it was during the reign of the Incas. Along the way, Inca terracing climbs the steep valley walls and the beautiful temples of Pisac inspire panoramic views of the jagged granite mountains. Pisac is the location for one of the best textile markets in the Andes. There, your bargaining skills and enjoy the local culture. After lunch, reach Ollantaytambo archeological site. http://www.ollantaytambo.org/en/ You will spend about 2 hrs at this site. There are several temples of pink granite and the famous Princess’ Bath. Spend the night and take a walk through the town, which has been continuously inhabited and is mostly unchanged since Inca times. gain. Dinner on your own. www.samanapaq.com (B, L) 5 SACRED VALLEY – OLLANTAYTAMBO – MACHU PICCHU This morning enjoy a walking tour of the Ollantaytambo ruins after breakfast. Take the mid-morning train from Ollantaytambo along the trek to Machu Picchu. On the journey, you enjoy some of the highlights of our Peru ecotour along the Urubamba River and through a magnificent cloud forest to reach Aguas Calientes where a bus will take you the rest of the way to Machu Picchu (7,875 feet). Take the entire day to explore the famous ruins of this magnificent mountain citadel and then return in the late afternoon to nearby Aguas Calientes to soak in hot springs and enjoy a delicious dinner of regional cuisine. (B,L) Dinner on your own. Tierra Viva MachuPicchu (B ,L) 6 MACHU PICCHU – OLLANTAYTAMBO – CUSCO Bus to Machu Picchu in time to avoid the crowds and see the sun illuminating the walls of this sacred and magical place. (Distance 1.5 miles) good morning to climb to the sacred peak of Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain after a great Buffet lunch with a view of the Sacred Mountains close to the ruins. Late afternoon train back to Ollantaytambo. Meet your private van at the train station to travel to the collective Chincheros textile market, featuring an explanation of the traditional weaving methods of the Sacred Valley and some of the best textiles available in Peru. This is the ideal place for last minute shopping before returning to your Cusco for another amazing night at: www.antiguacusco.com. (B, L) 7 CUSCO – PUNO Breakfast at the hotel starting at 6:00 a.m. Pickup at the hotel in Puno at approximately 7:30 a.m. Stop at Piñi Pampa town and learn how they make the clay tile roofs and also stop Oropesa village to see how make the largest bread, which everyone loves here. After Visit the site of Racchi, also known as the Temple of Wiracocha, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqchi the spiritual God of the Incas. Magical ruins built with adobes and stone at the same time. Lunch buffet and after stop at various attractions on the way to the city of Puno – Lake Titicaca to take amazing photos, snowcapped mountains and other beautiful scenery. Capital folkloric of Peru. Visit the Puma Temple of Pukara, which is very beautiful for its stone carvings. Get to Puno around 6:00 p.m.; check in to your beautiful Hotel. Farewell dinner included. Altitude in Lake Titicaca about 12,500 ft. www.qelqatani.com (B,L,D) 8 LAKE TITICACA -LIMA After breakfast, 7:30 a.m. pick up at the hotel for a boat ride to the floating islands. There are 70 islands where the locals still wear the beautiful costumes of their ancestors’ heritage. You will ride on a reed boat like the ancient people used, seeing a diversity of colorful birds.

6 Day – Machupicchu and Lake Titicaca

6 Day – Machupicchu and Lake Titicaca Great lunch Kankacho a traditional Sheep cook 6 days Price: contact us Limited to 10 guests Request more information INCLUDED: Internal airfares (Lima –Cusco/ Juliaca – Lima) and airport taxes. Private Comfort ground transportation. Assistance in Lima for Check inn flight and transportation if need. Great Hotels in Each Destination All breakfasts, lunches and some dinners Shaman-trained Guide and expenses Entrance fees to Machu Picchu Entrance fees to Huayna Picchu if required Entrance fees to Sacred Valley sites Ollantaytambo, Cusco sites, Lake Titicaca and museums. Bus to Machu Picchu round trip (2) Train fares. (Vista dome) Boat at Lake Titicaca Water daily. Bread and Hot Chocolate to share with the children (optional service) ITINERARY WHAT TO BRING NOT INCLUDED 1 HOME TO LIMA – CUSCO Our Peru tour begins when you are met by our representative in Cusco Airport after your short flight Included to colonial Cusco, in the heart of the Inca Empire. On the way to the Sacred Valley, Magical Tours Peru guide will take you on a quick tour of picturesque Plaza de Armas after this visit the circular terraces of Moray – the Navel of the Earth. At this sacred site we will feel the connection with the three worlds represented by the Condor, Puma and Snake sacred animals. See how our ancestors built an amphitheater-like structure to study different microclimates. We will also visit an amazing salt flats operation en route to Ollantaytambo, and for those who want to stretch their legs and get a little exercise, there is an opportunity to hike down into the valley for a while and meet up with the bus further down the road. Buffet Lunch at Tunupa Restaurant at the Sacred Valley in a Spanish old Hacienda. Then, the next stop is Ollantaytambo site (9,185 ft.), a small town with an impressive Inca fortress, the princess baths and pink granite temples which we will explore. Beautiful hotel and good night. (B, L) Note: Ollantaytambo is lower than Cusco which will make it easier to acclimatize to the altitude. For your convenience, we provide water daily. 2 OLLANTAYTAMBO TO MACHU PICCHU Begin today with a walking to the train station at Ollantaytambo. The train travels along the scenic the Urubamba River before gaining elevation and mountain views and passing through a magnificent cloud forest before reaching the town of Aguas Calientes. We will take the bus to Machu Picchu the ruins to avoid the crowds and see the sun illuminating the walls of this sacred and magical place. Exploring the mountain citadel of Machu Picchu (7,875 ft.) for about 3 hours. Late Lunch Included near the Ruins. Spend the remain of the day climbing to the gate of the SUN or to the Inca Gate, returning in the late afternoon to the hotel at the ruins and a delicious dinner of regional cuisine included at the Luxury Hotel or Restaurant (Indio Feliz )- MachuPicchu (B, L, D) 3 MACHU PICCHU – CHINCHEROS MARKET – CUSCO Start the day with the unforgettable experience a Machu Picchu sunrise, the best time for photographing the ruins. Continue your explorations, climbing to the sacred peak of Huayna Picchu or walking through cloud forest vegetation to reach the Temple of the Moon. Return to the train station for a ride back to Ollantaytambo where you will meet your driver who will take you to the Chincheros artisan market. Here, local artisans explain their craft of textile work, describing their traditional ways of shearing, processing, dyeing, and weaving from alpaca wool. After some last minute shopping, return to Cusco where you are transferred to your hotel and dinner on your own (B, L) 4 CUSCO CITY TOUR Our next stop is an Incan adventure! Begin with a guided walking tour through Cusco to see the colorful markets, the colonial cathedral and Koricancha, the impressive Temple of the Sun. After a lunch of tasty local dishes, you’ll stop at several prominent Inca sights, including: the megalithic stone fortress of Sacsayhuaman; Kenko, with its carved stone surfaces and subterranean altars; the small Puka Pukara fortress that protected the royal capital from attacks; and an Incan water temple, Tambo Machay. In the late afternoon, you’ll return to the comfort of your hotel to relax or explore further on your own. (B, L) 5 CUSCO TO LAKE TITICACA Breakfast beginning at 6:00 am. Pickup from the hotel at 7:30 am. On the way we visit Piñi Pampa town and learn how they make the clay tile roofs and also stop Oropesa village to see how make the largest bread, which everyone loves here. After Visit the site of Tipon, also known as the Temple of the Water. Great lunch Kankacho a traditional Sheep cook on a clay oven (they have other options as well). On the way and then visit the site of Racchi also known as the Temple of Wiracocha, the spiritual God of the Incas with impressive store houses and ceremonial fountains. Stop at various attractions on the way like Pukara sites and Museum. Check inn at your beautiful hotel in Lake Titicaca for another night. Dinner on your own in Puno. (B, L) Note: Lake Titicaca is at 12,500 ft. 6 LAKE TITICACA – LIMA After breakfast, 7:30 a.m. pick up at the hotel for a boat ride to the floating islands. There are 70 islands where the locals still wear the beautiful costumes of their ancestors’ heritage. You will ride on a reed boat like the ancient people used, seeing a diversity of colorful birds. Your boat will take you to the amazing Island Takile. This is a great location to see the Bolivian side of the lake and their part of the Andean snowcapped mountains. Surface elevation of the lake is 12,507 ft. Climb to an ancient temple (2 miles round trip, 650 ft elevation change); have a lunch of local trout on the island of Takile, which is famous for its food and weavings. Back