| DAY 01 | CITY TOUR AROUND CUSCO AND OUTSKIRTS |
|---|---|
| DAY 02 | TOUR TO MACHUPICCHU |
| DAY 03 | TOUR TO THE SACRED VALLEY |
| DAY 04 | TOURIST TRIP FROM CUSCO TO PUNO, VISITING |
| DAY 05 | TOUR TO THE TITICACA LAKE, UROS ISLAND AND TAQUILE |
| DAY 06 | CHULLPAS OF SILLUSTANI AND FLIGHT |
You must be in the airport of Lima at least two hours before your flight leaves for
Cusco, you
only have to approach the airline counter and display your ID to check in, the flight to Cusco
lasts 1 hr and 10 minutes, In Cusco " The Archaeological Capital of America ", Our staff will be
waiting for you to drive you to the Hotel, where you will drink coca tea then you can rest for a
while, around 13:30 hrs we'll pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following
attractives with a professional guide. this tour ends at 18:30 hrs:
The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo: Religious center is known as "The Temple of
the
Sun" where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its construction.
The Cathedral: Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value.
Sacsayhuaman: Built 3 Km. from the city of Cusco, an impressive stone fortress with excellent
architecture, famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/ 30 feet high, with a
weight of 350 tons. Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every
year.
Qenqo: Ceremonial and ritual center, an amphitheatre where sacrifices were made.
Puca-Pucara: An old Tambo (resting place), monitoring place throughout the Inka Empire
Routes.
Tambomachay: At 7 Km. from the city of Cusco, the ceremonial center of the cult to the water,
known
traditionally as the place where water rests.
On the return to Cusco we can be dropped off near to main Square or at The Dance and Music Show
to watch typical dances of Cusco.
From 05:45 hrs to 06:00 hrs., we pick you up from your Hotel in Cusco (3400 mosl) and drive you to the Train Station, located in Poroy, then we get aboard the train and the trip from Cusco starts heading to Aguas Calientes (2000 mosl). Our Guide Will be waiting there, he will lead us to the bus station, to go up by a zigzag way for 30 minutes to reach the worldwide marvel The Sanctuary of Machupicchu, known as the lost city of the Incas. Once we get to Machu-Picchu, We'll pass through the control, where we'll hand in our entrance tickets and where our guided tour will start, visiting the main square, the Circular Tower, the sacred solar watch, the royal rooms, the temple of the three windows and the cemeteries, it lasts around two hours. Afterward you'll be given enough time to have a walk around the citadel and have your meals, at any restaurant in Aguas Calientes or if you wish at Sanctuary Lodge (this is not included). In the afternoon, between 15:30 hrs and 17:00 hrs, we'll return on train to Cusco, we'll be waiting for you at the train station and then we'll drive you back to your hotel.
This tour starts around 09:00 hrs., we pick you up from your hotel, we have a guided tour to the
Sacred Valley of the Incas, over the Vilcanota River, with a panoramic view of Pisac an old Inca
City, and a visit to the Inka market in this village, where we will have the chance to know in a
closer way its people customs and get good bargains with the handicrafts and souvenirs sellers,
afterward we'll head for Urubamba, traveling on the borders of the river Vilcanota.
We'll have lunch at a restaurant in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the afternoon we visit
the fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to watch the entrance to this part of the
valley and protect it from the jungle habitants invasions. We'll have the chance to walk by the
narrow streets and have a clear knowledge of how this military, religious and cultural center
was
during the Inca empire.
On the way back to Cusco we will stop by the colorful village of Chinchero, where we will find
the ruins of the Tupac Inca Yupanqui Royal House, we will appreciate its well preserve Inca wall
in the man square and you will visit the beautiful Colonial Temple with invaluable portraits,
built
over Inca Bases. Then we return to Cusco.
RAQCHI: After having a good breakfast, we'll pick you up from your hotel and we will take you to the bus station to start with the tour to Puno (8 hours) you will have 4 guided visits to the places of tourist interest: Andahuaylillas's temple or Sixtine Chapel of America, the Inka temple of Raqchi,La Raya to 4335 masl and the museum Inka Aymara of Pukara. Every visit has a duration to 20 to 40 minutes, we will have a buffet lunch in Sicuani (included). The passenger will be able to make questions, take photos and walk for a while When you arrive in Puno, our personnel will be waiting for you and they will take you to the hotel where you will stay. (Photo: Raqchi).
Early in the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel by our local guide and then transferred to the harbor. We start our boat excursion of Lake Titicaca by visiting The Uros Floating, a small community that has lived on these reed Islands for decades. Centuries ago the small indigenous Uros tribe conceived of the islands as a way to isolate and protect themselves from rival tribes, the Collas and the Incas. The Uros people harvested the reeds in the shallows of the lake, bundled them together tightly, and built floating island platforms complete with reed houses and canoes, creating in this way their little world. After strolling around the floating Islands, we continue our journey towards Taquile Island (2 hours approx.), a traditional speaking community, full of ancient agricultural terraces and some ruins dating back to the pre-Inca times. The Taquile population was relatively isolated from the mainland until the 1950s, and the notion of the community and family is still very strong among them. At the top of the Island, you will have free time to explore this place on your own, and afterward you will meet the group for lunch at one local restaurant. After lunch, we will descend to the harbor to take our boat back to Puno. We will be back in Puno by 17:00 hrs. approximately. (Photo : Uros Island on the Titicaca Lake in Puno)
JULIACA TO LIMA After Having breakfast and once we're ready we will head to Juliaca's Airport (
1hr from Puno), but on the way to the Airport we will visit the Chullpas of Sillustani for
around 30 minutes.The archaeological site of Sillustani has located 22.3 miles away from the
city
of Puno (34 Km., 35 minutes drive) and at an altitude of 12,858 feet (3,840mts.) above sea
level. This visit allows visitors to enjoy stunning highland landscapes and imposing pre-Inca
architecture. The site is strategically positioned on the top of a peninsula surrounded by a
beautiful lagoon called Umayo lagoon.
The archaeological site of Sillustani was a cemetery built in the XIII century by a civilization
that occupied the area before the Inka domination. The creators of the imposing burial towers
are known as the Kolla people. The most imposing burial towers were built for the chiefs and
priests. For our ancient cultures, the cemeteries were important resting places for the deceased
people. Therefore, our ancestors would strategically choose burial grounds in exceptionally
beautiful spots. Cemeteries were considered sacred places.
After all this we will get to Juliaca's Airport, we will display our IDs and get checked in,
then we will fly to Lima as our adventure ends.