
South Peru Circuit, A 2 Weeks Unmissable By Adventure's Lovers
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Departure:
Everyday
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Destination:
Machu Picchu
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Type tour
Group tour
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Duration:
15D / 14N
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Group Size:
2 - 12 pax.
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Level:
Easy
Description:
South Peru Circuit Classic : Tour & activities exploring Lima's historic center & Miraflores, Paracas & Ballestas islands, Huacachina oasis in Ica, Nazca lines, Arequipa white city, The Colca canyon, Lake Titicaca: Uros floating island & Taquile, Route of the sun from Puno to Cusco, guided visit of Cusco & nearby ruins, Rainbow mountain hike, Sacred Valley tour & Machu Picchu inca citadel .
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: LIMA Arrival in Lima, private transfer to your hotel, overnight in Lima
- Day 2 : PARACAS Lima city tour, trip to Paracas bay, overnight in Paracas
- Day 3 : PARACAS - NAZCA Ballestas island boat excursion, Huacachina oasis, overnight in Nazca
- Day 4 : NAZCA - AREQUIPA Nazca lines overflight, trip to Arequipa
- Day 5 : AREQUIPA Arequipa city tour, overnight in Arequipa
- Day 6: COLCA Trip to Chivay overnight in Colca valley
- Day 7 : COLCA - TITICACA Colca canyon excursion, trip and overnight in Puno
- Day 8 : TITICACA Lake Titicaca boat excursions, overnight in Puno
- Day 9 : PUNO - CUSCO Route of the sun Puno to Cusco, overnight in Cusco
- Day 10: CUSCO Cusco city tour and nearby ruins, overnight in Cusco
- Day 11 : SACRED VALLEY Sacred valley land tour, overnight in Cusco
- Day 12 : CUSCO Rainbow mountain hike, overnight in Cusco
- Day 13 : MACHU PICCHU Machu Picchu guided tour, overnight in Aguas Calientes
- Day 14 : CUSCO Train journey back to Cusco city, overnight in Cusco
- Day 15 : INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT Flight Cusco to Lima, at time international flight back home
Detailed Itinerary
- No meals.
On time, transfer to the terminal for a double decker bus trip to Paracas Bay, upon arrival, private transfer to your selected hotel, Overnight in Paracas.
- Meals: breakfast
Visit Ica's Sand dunes and the Huacachina oasis: "we begin the guided visit to an old cellar, which produces grappa, among others, the famous Pisco. We will be able to know the whole process for the production of Pisco and you will make a tour of the cellar with a worker. After visiting the winery, visitors are invited to try and taste the different types of pisco and wines produced in this winery. Then we continue our tour with a visit to the Regional Museum of Ica, which is undoubtedly one of the most important museums on the southern coast of Peru. Here you can see interesting antiques from different cultures that lived in the department of Ica. Finally, we head towards the Oasis of Huacachina, which is located at a distance of 5 km from the center of Ica. In this beautiful lake, you can enjoy the peace of this place and go around looking for beautiful images. Huge dunes that surround the lagoon, allow visitors to practice one of the most fascinating sports of this region, the popular sandboarding.
Recommend making a tour in dune buggy, taking advantage of the opportunity to surf on the sand! It is a perfect activity for lovers of strong feelings."
At time, transfer to the terminal for a 2 hours bus trip to Nazca", upon arrival in Nazca, pick up at the bus terminal and private transfer to your hotel selected, Overnight in Nazca.
- Meals: breakfast, lunch.
At time transfer to terminal for a double decker bus trip to Arequipa city, upon arrival, pick up and private transfer to hotel selected, overnight in Arequippa
- Meals: breakfast
Overnight in the white city of Arerquipa.
- Meals: breakfast
- Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Trip to Puno:Route offers great natural sceneries. Along this paved road we will drive throughout small towns, as well as a beautiful lagoon called Lagunillas, where trout farms can be seen, and if you are lucky you might also see Andean flamingos and many others Andean birds. Arrival to Puno city, and private transfer to your hotel selected, Overnight in Puno.
- Meals: breakfast, lunch.
To the Island of Taquile: Arriving on the banks of the Taquile, we must walk along a narrow path, enjoying the view of Lake Titicaca and the typical houses inhabited by Quechua natives.In the main square, you will have some free time to explore this place alone. Later, we will have lunch at a local restaurant (they usually offer grilled trout).After lunch, we go down to the dock to take our motor boat to the city, Overnight in Puno.
- Meals: breakfast, lunch.
Pucará "known as the temple of fertility.
La Raya Pass "beautiful andean landscape.
Sicuani "country place where we will enjoy a delicious buffet lunch"
Raqchi "the temple of Wiracocha, the creator of the Andean world"
Colonial temple of Andahuaylillas recognized as the Sixtine of America
Pucara Museum: Pucará is located at 3900 meters of altitude, was the first regional population nucleus in the Titicaca basin north of the lake during the Late Formative Period (500 BC-200 AD), which provides valuable information about the origins of the Andean civilization in the highlands. During its heyday it covered more than a square kilometer and housed thousands of bureaucrats, priests, artisans, farmers, shepherds, and possibly warriors. The Pucará style is identified by impressive monolithic sculptures with a variety of geometric, zoomorphic, and more intricate anthropomorphic images, multi-colored ceramics in a variety of ritual and domestic forms.
Abra La Raya: The line is 4335 meters high.Abra La Raya (La Raya) is the watershed between the valley that flows into Lake Titicaca and the valley that leads to Cusco and the Sacred Valley. The altitude is 4,338 meters (14,232 feet).
Marangani Buffet Lunch: Marangani (Sicuani) is located at 3552 meters of altitude.Sicuani is a relatively large city of the highlands. The city is an important intersection, with the road to Puno / Arequipa passing through here. This city is surrounded by beautiful snowy hills. Afterwards, you have a buffet lunch in our exclusive restaurant with a family atmosphere.
Raqchi "Temple of Wiracocha": Raqchi is 3225 meters above sea level.The most important building inside the complex is the "Wiracocha temple" that according to the ancient chroniclers was built by the Inca Wiracocha in honor of the invisible Superior God of the Andean people: "Apu Kon Titi Wiracocha".The "Wiracocha Temple" is a great construction for that age. Architecturally it is classified as "Kallanka", that is, a tall building completely covered with straw (wood and "ichu").
Arrival to Cusco City around 17:00 p.m. Upon arrival, pick up and transfer to your hotel selected, overnight in Cusco
- Meals: breakfast, lunch.
Exploring the Imperial City of Cusco and its main attractionss: In the city, the Plaza San Cristóbal is of particular interest, from where you can appreciate the entire city overview and from which you can reach the San Pedro Market, where you can savor the environment and local products. The Temple of Koricancha, to be admired in all its magnificence. The church of Santo Domingo, erected, like other colonial buildings, on the walls of the ancient Inca constructions. From San Blas, the artisan district, you can walk down to Hatun Rumiyoc Street, to admire the world's most famous stone, known as the twelve-stone angles, set in the palace walls of what was once Inca Roca, today Palazzo Arzobispal. The Plaza de Armas, which once was the most important square of the Inca, the nerve center of their great empire. Here is the Cathedral from the three ships, resting on fourteen columns, which houses inside the colonial era of incalculable value. Nearby, the impressive archaeological site of the fortress of Sacsayhuamán, surrounded by beautiful landscapes. The Inca worship center of Qenqo, another of the complexes surrounding the Imperial city of Cuzco. It is a sanctuary located on the hill of Socorro and, like the rest of the centers, its true purpose is still unknown: it could be a court, an amphitheater or the tomb of some high Inca personalities. Puca Pucará lookout tower, a military construction consisting of large walls, terraces and stairways, which forms part of the Cuzco defense complex. An excellent example of military architecture.Near Puca Pucará is Tambomachay, monument of remarkable architectural excellence, considered one of the pillars of the vision of the Andean cosmos. Totally built of carved stone, it is composed of four walls or terraces with stairways behind the slopes of the hill, with a construction of perfectly assembled blocks of stone, Overnight in Cusco.
- Meals: breakfast.
- Meals: breakfast, lunch
After this short stop, we will continue our journey where we will observe the multicolored landscapes and crops that mix between the mysterious mountains and snowy mountains, Andean animals such as the llama, alpaca, sheep, vicuñas and the deep valleys. We will arrive at 06:30 am at the picturesque town of Japura (Hanchipata), the starting point of our trek, here we will enjoy a delicious Andean breakfast prepared by our Chef.
After breakfast, we will start our trek for 3 and a half hours, up the mountain until we reach the town of Machuraccay and then we will ascend to the foothills of the Vinicunca hill, place of access control to this mystical place. Continuing the walk we will go through a path that little by little will change the landscape between mountains of intense colors and small streams of ice water that feed and give life to this valley, as we walk we will observe how the colors of our surroundings will change by the climate, we will reach an altitude of 5033 meters above sea level. Top of the mysterious mountain of 7 colors (Vinicunca).
This will be the point where we will have enough time to be able to take pictures, videos, etc. At the same time it will be the place where we will enjoy our refreshment while our sight delights with the magic that the mountains enclose behind their veil of clouds and snowy peaks, after such exquisite experience we will undertake the return walk to the town of Japura (Hanchipata) where We will have a delicious buffet lunch prepared by our chef, later we will return to Cusco arriving at around 7:00 p.m, Overnight in Cusco.
Note: During the ascent we will have a backup horse in case of an emergency.
- Meals: breakfast, lunch.
In Aguas Calientes: Upon arrival, our local guide will meet and take you to the Bus station. Machu Picchu is located at the top of a mountain. The nearest town is Aguas Calientes which is located in the valley next to the Vilcanota River. Aguas Calientes is only a couple of kilometers from Machu Picchu as the crow flies, but it takes a bus for about 20 minutes to climb the narrow, steep zig-zag dirt road that connects the two.
In Machu Picchu: 2 hours of guided tour of the citadel, this site, also known as "the lost city of the Incas", is one of the most famous examples of Inca architecture: here you can visit the Main Square, the Circular Tower, the Holy Quadrant of the Sun, the Royal, the Temple of the Three Windows, houses, warehouses and a large central square; all these sites are connected by narrow streets and impervious passages that are surrounded by terraces carved into the mountain. After the tour there will be time to walk around the site on your own. Go back to the bus for aguas calientes, rest of the day to your leisure, overnight in this town
- Meals: breakfast
- Meals: breakfast
- Meals: breakfast
Price Included
- 14 hotel night with breakfast
- Daily tours & activities in small groups
- All entrances fees to the attractions to visit
- Lima city tour & attractions
- Ballestas island boat excursion
- Huacachina oasis sand dunes buggy car
- Flight over the Nazca lines
- Arequipa city tour & attractions
- Colca canyon guided visit
- Lake Titicaca boat excursion
- Route of the sun from Puno to Cusco
- Cusco classic city tour & 4 nearby ruins
- Rainbow mountain hike
- Sacred valley land Tour
- Machu Picchu guided tour
- Bus ticket Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Aguas Calientes
- Train ticket Cusco - Machu Picchu - Cusco via Ollantaytambo
- Double decker bus "tour ticket" from Lima - Paracas - Ica- Nazca- Arequipa - Chivay - Puno - Cusco
- All hotel pick up & drop off to/from airport, bus terminal, train station
- Flight ticket Cusco to Lima
- 24/7 assistance
- Guaranteed professional service
Price not Included
- Tips, or other costs not mentioned above.
- Other lunches and dinners can be included if requested.
- Hotels and trains can be upgraded if requested.
- We can include tickets for Huayna Picchu Mountain if requested when making the reservation.
- Make sure you bring a backpack and walking or hiking shoes or boots for the trail
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the policy on face masks and attendee health during Visit in Peru ?
The policies on face masks and attendee health are:
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
What is the policy on sanitization during Visit in Peru ?
The policies on sanitization are:
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
What is the social distancing policy during Visit in Peru ?
The policy on social distancing is:
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
What measures are being taken to ensure staff health & safety during Visit in Peru ?
The policies on staff health & safety are:
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
What is the maximum group size during Visit in Peru ?
This activity will have a maximum of 13 travelers.
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