PERU SOUTH CIRCUIT AND INKA TRAIL
19 DAYS 18 NIGHTS

PERU SOUTH CIRCUIT AND INKA TRAIL: LIMA, ICA, PARACAS, NAZCA, AREQUIPA, PUNO, CUSCO AND INKA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU
DURATION: 19 DAYS 18 NIGHTS
DAILY DEPARTURES

INCLUDES:
- Flight ticket Cusco / Lima.
* LIMA
- All transfers in Lima.
- 02 Nights of hotel in Lima with breakfasts.
- City Tour Lima.
* ICA
- Bus Ticket Lima / Paracas - Nazca / Arequipa.
- All transfers Paracas / Ica / Nazca in Private.
- 01 Night of hotel in Paracas with breakfast.
- 01 Night of hotel in Ica with breakfast.
- 01 Day Use of hotel in Nazca.
- Tour National Paracas Reserve.
- Tour to Ballestas Islands.
- City Tour Ica.
- Flight over Nazca Lines.
* AREQUIPA
- All Transfers.
- 02 Nights of hotel in Arequipa with breakfasts.
- 01 Night of hotel in Chivay with breakfast.
- City Tour Arequipa.
- Tour Colca Canyon 2D1N.
- Bus Ticket Arequipa / Puno.
* PUNO
- All Transfers.
- 02 Nights of hotel in Puno with breakfasts.
- 01 night with the titicaca lake communities.
- Tour to Sillustani.
- Tour 2D1N Uros - Amantani - Taquile Islands.
- Special Bus Puno - Cusco ( In the way we visit: Pukara, Racchi and others).
* CUSCO
- All Transfers in Cusco.
- Tourist Ticket, entrace fee to Cathedral and Korikancha.
- 04 nights of hotel in Cusco with breakfasts.
- City Tour Cusco including 04 archaeological ruins, cathedral and korikancha (SIC).
- Excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Inkas.
- 01 Buffet lunch in the Sacred Valley.
- Inka Trail 4 Days 3 Nights.
- 03 Nights of camping.
- 03 Breakfasts, 03 Lunches, 03 Dinners.
- 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.
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: PARACAS
- Breakfast in the hotel.
07:00 Hrs. Bus Lima / Paracas.
11:00 Hrs. Tour to Paracas National Reserve. The Paracas National Reserve has a surface of 3.350 hectares. It 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. Return to Paracas.
- Overnight in Paracas.
DAY 03: BALLESTAS ISLANDS / CITY TOUR ICA
- Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the port.
08:00 Hrs. Tour to Ballestas Islands. From the Paracas beach and port, located in Pisco, we visit by boat the Ballestas and San Gallan islands , habitat of sea dogs, guaneras birds, penguins, and diversity of marine fauna. On the way one can see a figure of El Candelabro, engraved on the slope of a hill. El Candelabro is a geoglyph of great rocky formation eroded by the sea and the wind. It has a width of more than 120 meters which is also called Tres Cruces or Trident. The best way to see it is from the sea. Return to the port.
- Transfer to Ica by Private car.
- City Tour Ica visiting the main square, "Sr. de Luren" church, The Cathedral, Huacachina lake, Wineries to observe how the wines are made.
- Overnight in Ica.
DAY 04: NAZCA LINES / AREQUIPA
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Transfer Ica / Nazca by 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.
22:30 Hrs. Bus Nazca / Arequipa.
- Overnight in Bus.
DAY 05: AREQUIPA CITY
- Arrival to Arequipa. Transfer to the hotel.
- City Tour Arequipa + Santa Catalina Monastery.
- Free afternoon.
- Overnight in Arequipa.
DAY 06: COLCA CANYON
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Departure toward the colca canyon.
- Tourist lunch.
- Overnight in Chivay.
DAY 07: COLCA CANYON / AREQUIPA
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Transportation to the Colca Canyon to observe "The flight of the Condores".
- Return to Arequipa. Overnight in Arequipa.
DAY 08: AREQUIPA / PUNO / SILLUSTANI
- Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the bus station.
- Bus Arequipa - Puno. Arrival to Puno. Transfer to the hotel.
- Tour to Sillustani.
- Overnight in Puno.
DAY 09: UROS - AMANTANI ISLANDS
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Visit to Uros floating islands and Amantani Island by bote in the Titicaca Lake.
- The Titicaca Lake and the floating islands are the biggest tourist atractiveness of the Province of Puno. The splendid landscapes and fascinating life of its inhabitants make a visit to the islands Taquile and Amantani a must.
The floating islands of the Urus are located at 5 kilometers from Puno and at an altitude of 3.810 m.a.s.l., with a cold and dry climate. It is a group of 40 big, floating islands of totora where the inhabitants still live like their ancestors. Each island is inhabited by between 30 and 50 people.
The Amantani Island, located at 36 kilometers from the Port of Puno, across the peninsula of Capachica. The island is characterized for its bushes. It is interesting to visit the two natural view-points where you can see the remains of the pre-hispanic temple of Pacha Tata, Pacha Mama, Incachincana, Ikca Tihana and the cementary of the mummies.
Overnight in the houses of the Local Families. AMANTANI DOES NOT HAVE HOTELS, services are very basic. Lunch and Dinner in the Family House.
DAY 10: VISIT TO TAQUILE ISLAND
Breakfast in the Family House.
The Taquile island, located at 35 kilometers from Puno, in the Chunchito bay. The place was used as a political prison until the first years of the 20th. century.
Visit to Taquile island, place where you appreciate the rustic life, it is a pintorestic place, with beautiful landscapes, where they maintain their old traditions, religion and folkloric rituals. They also have pre-inca and inca archaeological rests.
Return to Puno. Overnight in Puno.
DAY 11: PUNO / CUSCO IN TOURISTIC BUS
- Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the bus station.
07:30 Hrs. Bus with visits Puno - Cusco ( You visit: Pukara, Racchi and others).
- Lunch in the way.
16:30 Hrs. Arrival to Cusco. Pick up and transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cusco.
DAY 12: SACRED VALLEY OF THE INKAS
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- 09:00 AM. Departure to the Sacred Valley of the Inkas, we will visit the ruins of Pisac, shopping in the market of Pisac, Lunch at Urubamba. After we continue with the visit to Ollantaytambo, Temples, liturgical sources and city. Return to Cusco by Chincheros.
- Transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cusco.
DAY 13: INKA TRAIL – CHILCA - WAYLLABAMBA
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Transfer to the office at 06.00 AM, to board the bus. Make sure to carry your original passport. Transfer until Km 82. We will start the trail walking about 2-3 Hrs. before lunch. After lunch, we walk untill pass the village of Wayllabamba for our first camping (3000 m.o.s.l.).This first day walking passes through the valley starting from 2800 m.o.s.l. with a small climb, rewarded with superb views of mount Veronica to a platform overlooking the inca site Llactapata. Approx. 14Km. walking - 6 hours.
- Lunch, dinner, overnight in camping site.
DAY 14: INKA TRAIL – WAYLLABAMBA - PACAYMAYO
Breakfast. This is the most difficult day as you walk from about 3000 m.o.s.l. (Dead woman´s pass). You can walk at your own pase, stop to get your breath whenever you want. We continue the trekking down the valley until Pacaymayo. On the second day you can hire a porter from the wayllabamba village to carry your pack to the top of the pass (USD$15.00 Approx.). Campsite at 3600 m.o.s.l. This is the coldest night in the trekk +2/+4 Degrees celcius (December) -3/-5 Degrees celcius (June). Approx. 12Km walking - 7 hours.
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, overnight in camping site.
DAY 15: INKA TRAIL – PACAYMAYO - WIÑAYHUAYNA
Breakfast. This day in the trekking is exceptionally beautiful because of the ruins and the incredible Paved Trail (and more important for your lungs, there is a lot more down than up!!!). There are about 2000 escaleras descending from Puyupatamarca to Wiñayhuayna, so be careful if you have had problems with the knees in the past; an extra porter is recommended so that you are not carrying extra weight. Guided tour of all the ruins and camping at Winayhuayna (2700 m.o.s.l.).
- Apart from the streams the only shower on the Inka Trail is on this third night at Winayhuayna. There is hostal near the campsite with an 8 Min. hot shower for 5 soles and bar and restaurant where you can also purchase a bottle of water. Approx. 16Km walking - 6 hours.
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, overnight in camping site.
DAY 16: MACHU PICCHU "THE LOST CITY OF THE INKAS"
- Breakfast. Get up extremelly early to arrive at Inti Punku, "The gate of the sun" and view of the first sun rays illuminating Machu Picchu. It is still 20 Min. walk down from here and the famous view is from the terraces at the end of the trail. Take your photos now before crowds arrive around the 10:30.
- Guided Visit to the fabulous inka city of Machu Picchu. Your tour to Machu Picchu should finish between 10:30 and 11:00 am, after you have free time to walk around or just collapse under the tree in Machu Picchu.
- Down Bus. Return train to Cusco. Transfer to the hotel.
- Overnight in Cusco.
DAY 17: CITY TOUR CUSCO
- Breakfast in the hotel. Free morning.
- 14:00 City Tour Cusco + 04 archaeological ruins: Sacsayhuaman, Tambomachay, Quenqo and Puca Pukara.
- Overnight in Cusco.
DAY 18: 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 19: 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 PARACAS / ICA
:: Hotels 2* Antu Suites / The Place Santa Maria / Huacachinero
:: Hotels 3* SA Colonial / Leon Suites El Mirador Hotel / Host. Suiza
:: Hotels 3* Sup Faraona / Ferre Posada Emanc. / Mossone
:: Hotels 3* Esp Casa Andina Classics El Condor / Las Dunas
:: Hotels 4* Jose Antonio / La Hacienda La Hda Paracas / Las Dunas
:: Hotels 5* Thunderbird Principal Libertador - Hilton / Las Dunas
CATEGORY HOTELS IN CHIVAY HOTELS IN AREQUIPA
:: Hotels 2* Colca Inn Texao
:: Hotels 3* Casa de Lucila Corregidor / Mamatila
:: Hotels 3* Sup Eco Inn SA La Posada del Monasterio
:: Hotels 3* Esp Casa Andina Classic Casa Andina Classic
:: Hotels 4* Pozo del Cielo Cabildo / Sonesta
:: Hotels 5* Colca Lodge Casa And PVT / Libertador
CATEGORY HOTELS IN PUNO HOTELS IN CUSCO
:: Hotels 2* Balsa Inn Killa Wasi / El Portal/ Buhos Inn
:: Hotels 3* Conde de Lemos / Hacienda Casa Don Ignacio / Prisma
:: Hotels 3* Sup Quelqatani SA International / Samay
:: Hotels 3* Esp Casa Andina Classics Casa Andina Classics
:: Hotels 4* Casa Andina PVT Collection Casa Andina PVT / Novotel
:: Hotels 5* Libertador Esteves Libertador Cusco

Services based on the category of the selected hotels:
- Hotels 2* / 3*: Turistic Train.
- Hotels 3* Sup / 3* Esp / 4*/ 5*: Vistadome Train.


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

HOTELS DOUBLE TRIPLE
:: Hotels 2* $2100 $2045
:: Hotels 3* $2185 $2105
:: Hotels 3* Superior $2500 $2415
:: Hotels 3* Andeans $2610 $2495
:: Hotels 4* $2895 $2765
:: Hotels 5* $3450 $3150

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 are subject to changes without notice due changes in the price of Flight Tickets.
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- This program can start any date.
- Prices valid until December 31St, 2012.
- Prices are subject to changes with no previous notice.


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