DAY 1: PERU – LIMA

Alter your schedule flight arrives in LIMA International Airport;

You are welcomed by your guide or tour assistant and taken to your hotel.

Welcome cocktail and a short presentation of PERU and your tour circuit. Night at hotel.

DAY 2: LIMA – PARACAS – ICA, NAZCA

After breakfast, we leave for the PARACAS peninsula, where we board our boat in the port for the tour of the BALLESTAS islands; we see candelabra, the flora and fauna of the ocean and specially the islands themselves which have the form of a crossbow.

On the island we can admire the beauty of the local penguins, others and, with a little luck, a school of dolphins.

We then leave for the city of ICA, and then on to NAZCA, where we sped the night in our hotel.

DAY 3: NAZCA – AREQUIPA

After continental breakfast we take a flight in light aircraft over the famous NAZCA LINES.

We then continue our route, taking the highway to the city of AREQUIPA, where we spend the might at our hotel.

DAY 4: AREQUIPA

After breakfast, we see amongst other attractions; the main square, the cathedral, the convent of SANTA CATALINA (Which is in fact a cited within the city itself).

He afternoon is free time in which you can enjoy the sights and sounds af this important colonial city. Night at hotel.

DAY 5: AREQUIPA / CUSCO (INTERNAL FLIGHT)

Breakfast, then we transfer to the airport where we take our flight to the city of Cusco, in the afternoon we tour the city where we see the Main Square (which was also the main square in inka times, with constructions built for eternity in worked stone) the KORICANCHA (or Temple of the Sun) and other famous inka imperial monuments, not to mention the inka streets and the typical neighbourhood of SAN BLAS with its inka/Spanish architecture we spend the night in our hotel in central CUSCO.

DAY 6: CUZCO/MACHU PICCHU/CUZCO

After breakfast, we dedicate the whole day to visit the world famous citadel of Machu Picchu. In the morning we transfer from the hotel to the railway station. There we board the train which takes us through the beautiful Andean scenery of the Inca Sacred Valley. In route we can appreciate the diverse vegetation which is a marvel for all lovers of nature. We leave the train at AGUAS CALIENTES to board the coach which takes us to the citadel. There we take a step-by-step tour in the company of a specialized tour guide (Machu Picchu is considered Peru’s greatest tourist attraction). At the end of our visit we return to the city of CUZCO, where we spend the night.

DAY 7: CUZCO/SACRED VALLEY/CUZCO

After breakfast, we visit the most colourful traditional market in Peru, PISAQ, where we can appreciate everything from the exotic fruits and vegetables to the fine PISAQ arts and crafts. We then visit the Sacred Valley of the Inkas (Known as having one of the best climates in all Peru an beautiful scenery surrounded by the immense peaks of the Peruvian Andes).

We then travel to the beautiful Inka city of OLLANTAYTAMBO, or the fortress of Captain Ollanta (an important city of the Inkas resistance against the Spanish Conquistadores). We then return to our hotel in Cuzco.

DAY 8: CUZCO – PUNO

After breakfast we leave for lake TITIKAKA, passing through the Cuzco Valley, we have a route we visit the archeological complex of PUKARA, one of the oldest sites in the high plains region dating to 200 bc. After the visit, we head for Puno, folklore capital of Peru. Dinner is served at our City center hotel.

DAY 9: PUNO – UROS – TAQUILE

After breakfast, we dedicate the day to the discovery of the celebrated lake TITIKAKA, wich offers some of the richest scenary in Peru being situated in the “altiplano” high plains, region that extends between Peru and Bolivia. In the morning we board our boat and first visit the famous floating islands of the Uros (an enigmatic people who live on TITIKAKA) we then continue our boat journey to the island of taquile Tis island 3 hours from Puno buit far from the modern world is very popular with both Peruvian and foreign visitors due to the ancient traditions and way of life that the taquile people preserve (The islands was self-governed for many years) and their fine hand woven textiles. We have lunch in the house of a Taquile resident, then in the afternoon visit the main town, Its craft market and museum all the time enjoying the scenery of this unique; land, dinner and lodgings is in the home of a taquile family.

DAY 10: TAQUILE-PUNO

After continental breakfast, we visit the island’s sacred mount “El Mulusina” traveling on foot via the island pathways to see both archeological remains and the beautiful scenary. After a typical island lunch. We return by boat to our hotel in the city of Puno.

DAY 11: PUNO / JULIACA / /LIMA

After breakfast, we visit the necropolis of Sillustani where we discover the “Chulpas” or burial towers of Atuncolla.

Atuncolla was the capital of the preinca Kolla culture that inhabited the coastal region of lake TITIKAK.

We then travel Manco Capac sirport in the nearby city of Juliaca to take our flight to the city of lima.

We spend the night in our hotel in the capital city of Peru.

DAY 12: LIMA

After breakfast, we tour the city of Lima which includes: The main square, the cathedral, the archeological, museum, the museum which best explains the different eras in the history of Peru, residential neightbourhoods and the famous museum of the inquisition. We then transfer to Jorge Chavez International Airport to board your return flight. Night on board.