MISTIC PERU: CUSCO PARACAS NAZCA

MISTIC PERU: LIMA, CUSCO, ICA, NAZCA & PARACAS
DURATION: 9 DAYS 8 NIGHTS
DAILY DEPARTURES

INCLUDE:
- Air Tickets Lima / Cusco / Lima.
- Bus Tickets Lima / Ica - Paracas / Lima.
* LIMA - All transfers in Lima.
- 03 nights of hotel in Lima with breakfasts.
- City Tour Lima (SIC).
* CUSCO
- All transfers in Cusco.
- Tourist Ticket, entrace fee to Cathedral and Korikancha.
- 02 nights of hotel in Cusco with breakfasts.
- 01 night of hotel in Aguas Calientes with breakfast.
- City Tour Cusco including 04 archaeological ruins, cathedral and korikancha (SIC).
- Visit to Machu Picchu with Overnight in Aguas Calientes (includes touristic train Cusco / Aguas Calientes / Cusco, 01 Bus up and down to Machu Picchu, 01 entrance to Machu Picchu, 01 guided visit).
- 01 Turistic Lunch in Aguas Calientes.
- Professional tourist Guides.
- Hotel taxes and permanent assistance.
* ICA - NAZCA - PARACAS
- Transfer in Ica.
- 01 Noche de Alojamiento en Ica con desayuno.
- City Tour Ica.
- 01 night of hotel in Paracas with breakfast.
- Transfer Ica - Nazca - Paracas in Private Service.
- Flight over the Nazca Lines.
- Tour to Ballestas Islands by Motor Boat.
- Tour to the National Paracas Reserve.
- Entrances fees and professional tourist guides.
- Hotel taxes and permanent assistance.

:: ITINERARY

DAY 01: ARRIVAL TO LIMA CITY - VISIT TO THE CITY
- Arrival and Transfer to the Hotel.
Welcome Pisco sour. Pisco is the tipical peruvian drink. It is a drink made of the destilation of the quebranta grape from a city with the same name located 250 Km. soth from Lima in the department of Ica. This licuor as the Tequila in Mexico is wordly famous.
- City Tour Lima (You can take this tour at the end of your travel in Peru)
In the afternoon we visit the historical center of Lima, including "Paseo de la Republica", "Plaza San Martín", the Main Square and the surroundings monuments: " The Goberment Palace, the Cathedral, the Archbishop`s Palace; City Hall, the Desamparados Train Station, and the Moorish-style houses and balconies along Lima`s old streets. In the catedral, the tour guide will show you the sacristy, the side chapels, the impressive Choir seating, and the tomb of Lima`s founder, Francisco Pizarro. The Next stop is San Francisco convent, with the best exhibition of Colonial art in Latinoamerica. After we will visit the traditional neighborhood near the San Isidro Golf Club, the olive Grove park and the modern Larco Mar shopping and the entertaiment complex including the love park of Love where we will finish with a spectacular sight of the Pacific Ocean.
- Overnight in Lima.
DAY 02: LIMA / CUSCO / CITY TOUR CUSCO
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Pick up from the hotel and transfer to the airport.
- Flight Lima / Cusco.
- Arrival to Cusco. Pick up and transfer to the hotel. Welcome coca tea. Free morning to rest and acclimatize.
It is normal the altitude sickness wjen you arrive to the city of Cusco. We recommend to be quiet ans rest the first hours after your arrival. Bring water with you to any place you visit.
14:30 Hrs. In the afternoon we will visit the city observing the fusion between the inca and the colonial architecture. Visit to the Temple of the sun: "Korikancha" and the Cathedral. After we will visit the ruins of Q'enqo, Tambomachay, Puca Pucara and Saccsayhuaman fortress.
- Transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cusco.
DAY 03: MACHU PICCHU "THE LOST CITY OF THE INKAS"
- Breakfast in the hotel.
VISIT TO MACHU PICCHU
06:00 Hrs. Transfer to San Pedro train station to get the train to the Sacred citadel of the inkas "Machu Picchu".
- Visit to the Historic Sanctuary of Machupicchu. It is Well-known universally for their imposing and original remains of the Inca culture for its incomparable location on the edge of the abyss in whose bottom the waters of the Urubamba run. We will visit the main staggered constructions, perrons, Temples, Turrets, the Solar Clock or Intiwatana, Platforms, etc.
- Tourist Lunch.
- Overnight in Aguas Calientes.
DAY 04: MACHU PICCHU
- Breakfast in the hotel.
(Hotel Check out in Aguas Calientes: 09:00 AM - You can leave your stuff ready and pick it up after your personal visits when it is time to catch your train back).
- Free Morning. Free time to visit Machu Picchu on your own for second time. You can meditate and absorve the energy that grows up in this sacred place. Also you can walk up to the intipunku, the entrance to Machu Picchu from the Inka Trail or to Huayna Picchu (In the top of this mountain you will find the temple of the moon). Return to Cusco in the afternoon.
16:30 Hrs. Train Aguas Calientes - Cusco. Tranfer to the hotel.
- Overnight in Cusco.
DAY 05: CUSCO / LIMA
- Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the airport in Cusco.
- Flight Cusco - Lima.
- Pick up from the airport in Lima and transfer to the hotel.
- Rest of the day free. We recommend to make as an optional tour a visit the Archaeological and antropological museum. This museum offers and excellent oportunity to know the history of the cultures that lived in the old Peru. Also the private collection "Larco Herrera" or the Gold Museum of Peru, where you will find thousands of gold pieces from different cultures of Peru.
- Overnight in Lima.
DAY 06: LIMA / ICA
- Breakfast in the hotel and transfer to the bus station.
07:30 Hrs. Bus Lima / Ica.
- Arrival to Ica, pick up from the bus terminal and transfer to the hotel.
- City Tour Ica. We will visit the main square, the church of Lord of Luren, the Regional Museum of Cachiche, also we visit the town of witches, the Huacachina Lagoon and the Countryside. Visit to the wineries of the zone where we will be able to taste delicious wines and piscos of the place, candy purchase and others.
- Overnight in Ica.
DAY 07: FLIGHT OVER NAZCA LINES / PARACAS
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Transfer Ica / Nazca in Private Car.
- Arrival to the aerodrome in Nazca to flight in a monomotor airplane and observe the misterius Nazca Lines. We will see huge drawings that only can be seen from the sky and represent different insects and animals like the "Colibri", the "condor", the aligator, the spider, the whale, the tree, the hands, the astronaut and a lot of more lines that cross all the area of Nazca. The scientists still don`t know how they were made. There is theory that says that it was a Great Astronomical Calendar that represented the constellations. We will have an explanation from the pilot in the airplane.
- Transfer Nazca / Paracas in Private Car.
- Arrival to Paracas. Transfer to the hotel.
- Overnight in Paracas.
DAY 08: NATIONAL PARACAS RESERVE
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Tour to Ballestas Islands. Very early in the morning, we will go into the motor boat to make a marine excursion to the Ballestas Islands. In the way we will appreciate the "Candelabrum", that is engraved on the slope of a hill and oriented to Nazca. In the islands we will be in real contact with the nature listening to the sea dogs, guaneras birds, penguins, etc.
- Tour Paracas National Reserve. This reservation has a surface of 3.350 hectares, is one of the most important, protected areas of Peru, being the only one that has a marine ecosystem. The place is a refuge for sea dogs, Humboldt penguins, flamingos and others. It is located at 250 kilometers from Lima.
Transfer to the Bus Terminal.
- 17:30 Bus Paracas - Lima.
- 20:00 Aprox. Arrival to the City of Lima. Pick up and Transfer to the Hotel.
- Overnight in Lima.
DAY 09: LIMA / RETURN TO YOUR COUNTRY
- Breakfast in the hotel.
At the convenient time, transfer to the airport.


SUGGESTED HOTELS IN THE DIFFERENT PLACES TO VISIT
IN CASE THERE IS NO AVAILABILITY BOOKINGS WILL GO TO SIMILAR HOTELS

CATEGORY HOTELS IN LIMA HOTELS IN CUSCO
:: Hotels 2* The Place / Wasi Puñuy Wasi / Muyurina
:: Hotels 3* Ducado / SA Colonial Casa Don Ignacio / Prisma
:: Hotels 3* Sup Carmel / Leon de Oro SA International / Samay
:: Hotels 3* Esp Casa Andina Classics Casa Andina Classics
:: Hotels 4* SA Exclusive / La Hacienda Casa Andina PVT / Novotel
:: Hotels 5* Estelar Principal / Sol de Oro Libertador Cusco
CATEGORY HOTELS IN AGUAS CALIENTES HOTELS IN ICA/PARACAS
:: Hotels 2* Muyurina Belle Sand / Paradise
:: Hotels 3* Inkatown / Imperio Machupicchu Huacachinero / Mirador
:: Hotels 3* Sup Casa del Sol Boutique Mossone / Emancipador
:: Hotels 3* Esp Casa Sol Botq / Hatuchay Tower Las Dunas / Condor Beach
:: Hotels 4* Hatuchay Tower Las Dunas / Hacienda Paracas
:: Hotels 5* Sumaq Hotel Las Dunas / Hilton Paracas

Services based on the category of the selected hotels:
- Hotels 2* / 3*: Backpacker Turistic Train / Buffet Lunch in Aguas Calientes.
- Hotels 3* Sup / 3* Esp / 4*/ 5*: Vistadome Train / Lunch in MP Sanctuary Lodge in front of Machu Picchu.


PRICES PER PERSON (EXPRESSED IN AMERICAN DOLLARS)
VALID ONLY FOR RECEPTIVE TOURISM

HOTELES DWB TPL
:: Hoteles 2* $1347 $1320
:: Hoteles 3* $1445 $1395
:: Hoteles 3* Superior $1724 $1630
:: Hoteles 3* Andinos $1864 $1784
:: Hoteles 4* $2050 $1888
:: Hoteles 5* $2419 $2201

DWB = Price per person based on a double twin or matrimonial (full size bed) room.
TPL = Price per person based on a triple room.


:: ADDITIONAL NOTES

- Prices valid only for tourists - receptive tourism.
- Prices valid until December 31St, 2013.
- Not included Nazca aerodrome tax: USD$9 Aprox. per person.
- Prices are subject to changes without notice due changes in the price of Flight Tickets.
- Ask for the detailed itinerary to reservas@rundomundo.com.
- Price for 1 Pax travelling alone or single room: Consult.
- This program can start any date.
- Prices are subject to changes with no previous notice.


BOOKINGS

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- Program Mistic Peru: Lima - Cusco - Ica - Nazca - Paracas 9 Days 8 Nights.
- Chossen Category of Hotels and kind of room.
- Arrival date to Lima.
- Departure date from Lima.
- Names of Passengers.
- Document of Passengers.
- Nationality.
- Arrival Information: Date, Airline, Flight Number, Arrival time.
- Contact Telephone.