Day 1: (✈) / Arrival To Lima
Arrival at Lima International Airport. Reception by your guide
Transfer to the hotel located in the Miraflores district in a private service with English speaking tour guide.
Key handover and room installation
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Lima
Day 2: Lima (✈) / Arequipa
Breakfast at the hotel
After your breakfast, pick-up at the hotel to start your city tour of Lima in shared service with english speaking tour guide. We will begin with the modern part and have a panoramic visit of the Huaca Pucllana, belonging to the Lima culture. Next, we head to downtown Lima to explore the colonial part. Visit the Plaza de Armas and the catacombs of San Francisco. The monastery has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991. It is a Spanish Baroque-style religious building. We will end this visit at the Park of Love, located in front of the Pacific Ocean. Return to the hotel.
Free lunch
Transfer to Lima airport to take your Lima / Arequipa flight in a private service with english speaking tour guide
Lima / Arequipa flight
Arrival in Arequipa and private transfer to your hotel with English speaking tour guide
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Arequipa
Day 3: Arequipa
Breakfast at the hotel
After breakfast, you will take a walking tour of the white city of Arequipa in a shared service with english speaking tour guide. You will go to the Plaza de Armas, the cathedral (exterior visit), and then discover the Church of the Company, as well as the Santa Catalina Convent, a true city within a city with its streets lined with colorful houses.
Free lunch . Free afternoon
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Arequipa
Day 4: Arequipa / Puno
Breakfast at the hotel
In the morning, transportation will pick you up from your hotel to take you to the city of Puno. This will be a shared service with no visits along the way (the 5* program offers this service privately).
Free lunch
Arrival in Puno. Free afternoon
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Puno
Day 5: Puno / Lago Titicaca / Puno
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the port of Puno where we will board a motorboat in a shared service with english speaking tour guide. On the way, we visit the floating islands, inhabited by the legendary Uros, fishermen who have made the use of Totora reeds a way of life. Next, we will depart for Taquile Island, then slowly head towards the town. We will observe an indigenous community that preserves ancestral ways.
Local trout lunch on Taquile Island.
After lunch, we take a three-hour boat ride back to Puno.
Transfer to the hotel from the port of Puno in shared service with English speaking tour guide
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Puno
Day 6: Puno / Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel
After breakfast, transfer to the bus station to take the Tourist Bus that will take you to the city of Cusco (shared service with english speaking tour guide). Along the way, you will enjoy the landscape of the Peruvian Andes and make several stops to visit the main tourist attractions, such as:
La Raya: On the way from Puno to Cusco, you will find this magnificent midpoint or border between Cusco and Puno called La Raya. After visiting La Raya, you will continue your journey.
Raqchi: The Temple of Wiracocha is one of the most important sites in Raqchi, with its 92 meters in length and 25 meters in width. It also has a central adobe wall approximately 15 meters high.
Lunch at a local restaurant
Andahuaylillas: Known as the "Sistine Chapel of America" due to the beauty of its frescoes, gold leaf work, and Cusco school paintings housed inside.
Optional: "The luxe Titicaca Train "
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco
Day 7: Cusco / Pisaq / Ollantaytambo / Sacred Valley
Breakfast at the hotel
In the morning, we will visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas in a shared service with english speaking tour guide (the 5* program offers this service privately). Our first stop will be at the Taray viewpoint, where we will observe the beauty of this valley, surrounded by mountains and the Vilcanota River. We will continue to the archaeological complex of Pisac to visit the agricultural area as well as the pre-Hispanic cemetery. Then we will stop at the craft market where we will have free time to interact with the locals and artisans, as well as shop for beautiful crafts and souvenirs. We will continue to Urubamba, where you can optionally have lunch.
Free lunch
Next, we will visit Ollantaytambo, a town of Inca origin with notable canals and cobblestone streets still in use. At its upper part, there is an impressive ceremonial center and fortress that guarded the entrance to the lower part of the valley.
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in the Sacred Valley
Day 8: Sacred Valley / Machu Picchu / Cusco
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the Ollantaytambo station in a private service (driver only) to board the train to the town of Machu Picchu, also called Aguas Calientes. After the train ride, you will arrive at the Machu Picchu station where you will be welcomed by our staff, who will accompany you to our office to introduce you to your guide and then assist you in boarding the bus that will take you to the entrance of the citadel. The guided tour is conducted by our expert guides in a shared service with english speaking tour guide (the 5* program offers this service privately), who will ensure you have a memorable experience and achieve what you came for (nature, history, photographs). At the end of the visit, our staff will assist you in boarding the train back to Cusco.
Free lunch
Reception at the train station and transfer to your hotel in a private service (driver only)
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco
Day 9: Cusco / City Tour
Breakfast at the hotel
Walking tour of the city of Cusco in a shared service with English speaking tour guide (the 5* program offers this service privately)
San Blas neighborhood: It is one of the most traditional neighborhoods of Cusco, known as the artisans' neighborhood. In its narrow, cobbled streets, you will find the most emblematic workshops of the city's crafts. Located above the Plaza de Armas, it offers one of the most beautiful views of Cusco.
Plaza de Armas: The central square of the city, housing two churches and one of the most beautiful colonial squares in Peru. Also, the Cathedral (exterior visit), the ancient heart of the capital of the Inca Empire. It was built with stones from the Inca site of Sacsayhuamán over nearly a century starting in 1560.
San Pedro Market: A quick visit to one of the most frequented markets by Cusqueños, where we can appreciate different products and crafts.
Coricancha or Temple of the Sun (view from outside): Built by Emperor Pachacútec, this temple was used by the Incas to worship their main gods: Viracocha, the supreme god; Inti, the sun god; Quilla, the moon; Chaska, the stars; Illapa, thunder and lightning; K'uychi, the rainbow.
Free lunch. Free afternoon
Free dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco
Day 10: Cusco/ Free Day Or Optional Excursion
Breakfast at the hotel
Free day to enjoy Cusco or optional excursion.
Free lunch and dinner
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco
Day 11: Cusco (✈) / Lima (✈) / Departure
Breakfast at the hotel
Private transfer with english speaking tour guide to Cusco airport to catch your flight Cusco / Lima
Flight Cusco (✈) / Lima
Arrival in Lima and international connection
