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Land of the Incas
Day 01 Lima
Arrival in Lima.
Transfer from the airport to your hotel with the rest of the day at leisure
Day 02 Lima
In the morning you will enjoy the Colonial Lima, where you will visit the Cathedral, the main square, the Presidential Palace and other interesting attractions of Dowtown Lima.
After that, guided visit to one of the Lima’s most characteristic museums, the Rafael Larco Herrera Archaeological Museum where you can appreciate the extensive Pre-Inca pottery and the erotic "huacos" collection, the only one of its kind in the world. (B)
Day 03 Lima /Cusco
Transfer from the hotel to the airport to take your flight Cusco.
Cusco – "The Archaeological Capital of America"; it constitutes the biggest tourist attractiveness in Peru, and the most visited one. Cusco, was the biggest city and capital of the Inca Empire and then taken by the Spanish conquerors; today it has an architecture that fuses the Inca with the Spanish style. Their town conserves with pride its customs and traditions.
Arrival in Cusco, transfer from the airport to the hotel.
In the afternoon; visit to the most important Cusco's landmarks of both The Inca and the Colonial times. Visit to Korikancha (the ancient temple of the Sun), and the Colonial monuments like the Cathedral and the Museum of Colonial Art. Visit the archaeological park of Saqsaywaman (the fortress-temple), the nearby shrines of Kenko (funeral worship) and Tambomachay (cleansing water rituals).
Also, the ancient Tambo of Pukapukara, Inca's storage place. In the afternoon, enjoy a walking city tour to Cusco; visit the most important Cusco’s landmarks of both, The Inca and The Colonial times. Visit to Korikancha (the ancient temple of the Sun); visit the Colonial monuments and The Cathedral of Cusco. (B)
Day 04 Cusco /Sacred Valley /Cusco
Visit to the Pisac Market, in the town of Pisac in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Departure from Pisac towards the Sacred Valley on the north, and going through the plateau, then descend to Urubamba and finally Ollantaytambo, a typical Inca community located at 21 km from Urubamba town.
One of its best preserved areas, known as Hanan Huacaypata, lies on the north of the main square and contains 15 statues built with elegantly crafted stone walls .
Lunch will be served at Tunupa Valley. (B,L)
Day 05 Cusco /Machu Picchu /Cusco
Transfer from the hotel to the Ollantaytambo train station
Machu Picchu – "The lost City of the Incas", "Cultural heritage of mankind", are some of the names given to this wonderful stone City constructed with an incredible technique for its era and even for present times. Stone upon stone, fitted together perfectly without any cement, with impressive delicacy, exquisite detail and discrimination worthy of the world’s greatest palaces.
In the afternoon; transfer by train to the Sacred Valley.
Arrival at Ollantaytambo train station, transfer to your hotel in Cusco city. (B,L)
Day 06 Cusco /Lima
Transfer from the hotel to the airport to take your flight to Lima.
Arrival in Lima, transfer from the airport to the hotel. Rest of the morning at leisure.
In the afternoon, visit the ruins of Pachacamac, a pre-Inca sacred and ceremonial place of the beginning of our Christian era where millions of peregrines arrived to leave their offers and to consult the oracle of Pachacamac that looks the past, the future and the destiny. Comprise pyramidal temples and enclosures build by several pre-Columbian cultures and by the Incas, the altar to the God Sun and the palace of the Vírgenes Del Sol (Chosen Women). The entire place is considered sacred and part of the mystic axis of the world. (B,D)
Day 07 Lima
Today, at the convenient time you will be transferred from the hotel to the airport to take your International flight back home. (B)
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*** Stay a few more days to book an extension program to the Jungle or to the North of Peru.
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