Day 1: Welcome to Lima, City of Kings and the Larco Museum of Cultures
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Lima
This exclusive tour of Lima's Historical Center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, starts at the Convent of Santo Domingo, where the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos, the oldest in America, was founded. The site features the country's oldest choir stalls and a historic library with 25,000 books, including 15th-century prints. It also houses the remains of notable saints. The tour continues through the Plaza Mayor, visiting the Government Palace, the Municipality, and the Cathedral, which showcases colonial Lima's art. It concludes at the Larco Museum, offering insights into ancient Peruvian cultures through its collection of gold artifacts, textiles, and ceramics, including access to the museum's warehouse for a closer look at historical art forms.
Duration: 4 hours
Day 2: Cusco, Capital of the Inca Empire
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Cusco
Arrival in Cusco, meet and greet at the airport, transfer to your hotel.
In the afternoon, exclusive stroll in the city that starts with a visit to the Plaza de San Cristóbal (San Cristobal Square) to enjoy a panoramic overview of the city. Afterwards, we will visit the San Pedro Market, where we will absorb the local flavors and learn more about the products of the area in this market that has it all and supplies the entire city. Later, the Qorikancha Temple will welcome us with all its splendor and magnificence, with walls that used to be covered in gold. From San Blas, the artisans’ neighborhood, we will walk down the street Hatun Rumiyoc finding in our way the palace Inca Roca, today´s Archbishops Palace, and we will have time to admire the world famous Twelve Angled Stone. We will continue to the Plaza de Armas to visit The Cathedral that houses colonial works of incredible value.
Duration: 5 hours
Day 3: Archaeological Park of Sacsayhuaman
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Sacsayhuaman
In the morning, we will leave behind the crowds in order to visit Sacsayhuaman, an impressive citadel full of colossal constructions surrounded by beautiful landscape in total communion with the environment. Afterwards, we continue to the Inca adoratory of Q’enqo, with its surprising altar for sacrifices embedded in the internal part of its rocky formation. Finally, we arrive at the Puca Pucará lookout and Tambomachay, a monument of notable architectonic excellence which is considered one of the pillars of the Andean cosmovision. Free afternoon to enjoy the city.
Free afternoon for additional activities, or to cruise around the streets of Cusco. The passport of admissions that is included in this trip gives you access to other points of interest that are not visited.
Duration: 4 hours
Day 4: Sacred Valley: Inca and Colonial Pisac, Inkariy Museum and Yucay Live Culture Center
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The Sacred Valley of the Incas receives us in this day. Our first stop will be at the Inca village of Pisac, one of the most beautiful archaeological sites of the Sacred Valley. From the top of the mountain there is a great view of the colonial village of Pisac. Walk through the colonial village. Time for shopping at the artisan workshops. Later, tour of the Inkariy Museum to visit the different halls with exhibits of representations of the pre-Hispanic cultures of ancient Peru. Lunch. Visit to the Yucay Live Culture Center, tourist complex were the local settlers will show us their techniques of weaving and dying of traditional textiles, making of the adobes, preparation of the traditional chicha, a drink made of corn, and a close encounter with the Andean camels: llamas and alpacas. Overnight stay in the area.
Duration: 9 hours
Day 5: Sacred Valley: Moray Terraces, Maras Salt Mines and Ollantaytambo Living Inca Village
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Moray
This day will take us to find marvelous places in this region of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The Inca Terraces of Moray, a lab that was looking to re-create 20 different microclimates and secure the agricultural production of the empire. Continue towards the Village of Maras, tour of the famous and ancient salt mines, which still are exploited since immemorial times. The contrast between the white wells and the clayey land makes this landscape into a place not to be missed for taking pictures. Lunch. In the afternoon, tour of the streets, plazas and terraces of the last Inca living village of Ollantaytambo. Enter the archaeological site that dominates the village, where we will see the technique that the Incas used to work on the stones in the Sun temple that was left half built. At the proper time, embark from the village train station to arrive at the town of Machu Picchu, located at the foot of the mountain. Overnight stay in the area.
Duration: 9 hours
Day 6: Machu Picchu, Lost Citadel
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The much-awaited day to visit one of the 7 Wonders of the World. Boarding at the Ollantaytambo station. Departure in the selected train. Arrival at the Machu Picchu station. Assistance, from our staff to board the bus that will ascend up a winding road, with a spectacular view of the Urubamba river which forms a deep canyon. The Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu, will greet us with its incredible terraces, staircases, ceremonial sites and urban areas. Energy exudes from the whole place. Lunch. At the coordinated time, return by train and transfer to the hotel in Cusco. Lodging.
Duration: 12 hours
Day 7: Farewell day
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Cusco
Departure transfer.
Duration: 30 minutes
