Transport

Airport and train station transfers in safe, modern vehicles Roundtrip train/van to Machu Picchu Roundtrip bus Aguas Calientes-Machu Picchu-Aguas Calientes Tourist bus Cusco - Puno - Colca Canyon -Arequipa

Optional

Cooking Classes ATV Riding Horseback riding Huayna Picchu hike (pending availability) Massage Hot Springs in Aguas Calientes Perurail Titicaca Luxury Train Cusco-Puno (10 hrs) +US$250 more per person

Guide

Group Tours Professionally educated English / Spanish speaking bilingual guide in Lima Professionally educated English / Spanish speaking bilingual guide in Cusco & Sacred Valley Professionally educated English / Spanish speaking bilingual guide in Aguas Calientes

Meals

Fine breakfasts Included in all hotels daily Andean buffet lunch included on Sacred Valley Tour

Accommodation

Centrally located 3* and 4* hotels in Peru with fine breakfasts included in all hotels.,

Insurance

Medical and travel insurance not included

Others

Summary of What is Included: All hotel, train, tour, port and airport in-out transfers All guided tours w/ professional bi-lingual English speaking guides All accommodations in tourist quality hotels centrally located Lima City Tour Cusco Turistico Boleto Roundtrip bus tickets Aguas Calientes-Machu Picchu-Aguas Calientes Roundtrip train tickets to Aguas Calientes Tour of Machu Picchu and admission Cusco City Tour (Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Q’Enqo, Pucapucara & Tambomachay) and admissions Sacred Valley Tour (Ollanta, Chincheros, lunch & Ollantaytambo) and admissions Group motor yacht tour Lake Titicaca Tourist bus Cusco - Puno - Colca Canyon - Arequipa Personal assistance everyday via Whatsapp 24/7

Not included:

Others

Airfare Lima – Cusco. Arequipa – Lima Travel Insurance Meals not mentioned in the itinerary Drinks and tips Laundry service Tips Baggage porterage fees Personal Expenses

Flights

Airfare and baggage fees are NOT Included

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrive In Lima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrive In Lima

After you arrive to Lima, pass through immigrations, retrieve your luggage, clear customs and enter the terminal your driver will be waiting with our blue & gold ILE Tours sign. You will be driven 45 min to check in to your Miraflores hotel. Enjoy the nearby shopping and restaurants in Miraflores if you arrive early enough. Overnight Lima.
Day 2 Day 2: Lima City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Lima City Tour

At 2PM you will be met in your hotel lobby by your guide and driver and taken on a private city tour of Lima. Visit the Plaza Mayor, San Francisco Convent & catacombs off Lima Main Square is a sprawling monastery complex containing cloisters, convent, temple, 2 churches, library, tomb of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and catacombs. Completed in 1674. This is a meandering, thoughtful tour to enjoy frescoes on hallway walls, sculptures and history. LOW CEILINGS IN DARK CATACOMBS! WALK SLOWLY, DON’T BANG YOUR HEAD IN LOW DOORWAYS, ARCHWAYS and LOW CEILINGS. You will returned to your hotel after the tour. Overnight Lima
Day 3 Day 3: Lima - Cusco Flight. City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Lima - Cusco Flight. City Tour

After breakfast and check out be sure to leave nothing behind in your Lima hotel. You will be transferred 45 min to the Lima airport for your one-hour flight SE over the Andes to historic Cusco where you will be greeted at the Cusco airport and taken to your downtown area hotel. Rest, breathe, enjoy the complimentary coca tea provided in your hotel to better acclimate to Cusco’s 3,300 meter elevation.

At 2PM you will be met at your hotel to enjoy the wonderful sites around the city. Sacsayhuaman 15 minutes outside of Cusco with huge walls comprised of monolithic stones, Q’enqo – a small cave like structure used in Inca ceremones, Pucapucara- the small fortress and Tambomachay with its fountains and small canals. All of these sites are near each other and played an important part in the Inca’s ceremonies religious and civic. After completion of the tour you will be returned to your hotel. Overnight Cusco. (B)
Day 4 Day 4: Sacred Valley Tour, Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Sacred Valley Tour, Cusco

One of the most important tours recommended by ILE Tours is the full day Sacred Valley Tour. Here you will learn of the Incas important and impressive legacy left to us by their knowledge of building and great respect for the sun and nature. After breakfast you will be greeted in your hotel and driven NE out of Cusco to Pisaq. Stop periodically at scenic overlooks for pictures of the dramatic landscape before continuing on to Pisaq. Known for its indigenous craft market, Pisaq was also the easternmost fortress of the Sacred Valley that can be can be glimpsed from the road and from the market town below high above the town square to the north.

Next continue west through the picturesque Sacred Valley to enjoy an excellent Andean buffet lunch in one of the best restaurants. You will next visit the archaeological city of Ollantaytambo, the Inca’s northern fortress walled city where they guarded the Sacred Valley to the north. Here you can appreciate the complexity of this magnificent Inca construction built in accordance with the landscape.

Ollantaytambo still retains its original Inca style, layout, walls, houses and small mountain fed canals that brings water to the houses. If time permits we will finish our visit to the Sacred Valley with a stop in the small weaving town of Chincheros. A traditional town that still retains its typical form of dress and life. Some of the finest crafts you will see in Cusco are made in Chinchero. After a full day of traveling you will be brought back to your hotel in the early evening.
Day 5 Day 5: Machu Picchu Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Machu Picchu Tour

Very early in the morning our staff will greet you at your hotel and take you to either the Poroy or Ollantaytambo train station depending on the time of year, for your train to Aguas Calientes. You will be greeted in Aguas Caliente by your guide and taken by bus up to Machu Picchu, one of the most remarkable and enigmatic archaeological sites in the world. Few works made by man are as harmonious with nature as the citadel of Machu Picchu.

The “Lost City” is located at the top of a flattened mountain. Enjoy the wonders of Machu Picchu with your guide: the Sacred District, the Popular District to the south, and the District of Royalty in the urban sector. Visit the Temple of the Sun, the Room of the Three Windows and Temple of the Condor. Besides the outstanding archaeological remains see the spectacular panoramic views of the Jungle Mountains and the Urubamba River 400 meters below. After the tour return to Aguas Caliente by bus and board your train back to Cusco. You will be greeted at the train station and taken back to your hotel.
Day 6 Day 6: Cusco – Puno
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Cusco – Puno

After breakfast and check ou be sure to leave noting behind in your Cusco hotel. You will be met in your hotel at 06:30 sharp and be taken to your First Class tourist bus for your 10 hour guided bus tour to Puno. Stopping along the way you will visit the Sistine Chapel of the Andes, Andahuaylillas. This is a very pretty cathedral with frescoes on almost every wall. Sorry no pictures allowed. The temple ruins at Raqchi are magnificent at the second stop. There are remains of cottages, warehouses and terraces and it is a beautifully excavated clean site. The remains of the largest Incan church are there and the tight stonework left standing is incredible. Next at the small town of Sicuani you stop for a sit-down relaxing buffet lunch. The next stop is La Raya, the highest point on the route at 4,300 meters elevation. The final stop is the museum in Pukaraou to see the ancient pre-Incans artefacts.

When you arrive in Puno you will be met and taken to your hotel to check in.
Day 7 Day 7: Titicaca Lake, Uros, Taquile Motor Yacht Group Tour (Full Day)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Titicaca Lake, Uros, Taquile Motor Yacht Group Tour (Full Day)

After breakfast you will be taken to Lake Titicaca piers for a tour of the floating man-made Islands of Uros by group motor yacht tour. Here you will meet, up-close the citizens who have preserved their old traditions and still live on the water. “The Aquatic Tribe” will show you how they have kept their customs, make their islands and display their crafts made of reeds.

For an additional very small tip the inhabitants of Uros will take you for a short optional ride on one of their reed boats if you wish. The motor yacht tour then continues to the steep island of Taquile, inhabited by native Quechuas. On Uros and Taquille you can appreciate and purchase some of the finest handmade crafts and basket weavings in Perú to support the very friendly and welcoming island people. At night return to Puno by boat where your van will be waiting to return you to your hotel.

The motor yachts have bus style seating and you can climb to the cabin roof to get fresh air and great photos. Be sure to bring brimmed hats and jackets as it will be sunny, windy and colder in the afternoons.
Day 8 Day 8: Transfer Puno – Colca Canyon
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Transfer Puno – Colca Canyon

After breakfast and check out be sure to leave nothing behind in your Puno hotel. Today you will take a tourist bus to Chivay near the fantastic Colca Canyon about 4 hrs away from Puno. Colca Canyon is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon but does not have the steep walls. Overnight in your lovely hotel in Chivay.
Day 9 Day 9: Colca Canyon - Cross Of The Condors - Arequipa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Colca Canyon - Cross Of The Condors - Arequipa

After breakfast and check out be sure to leave nothing behind in your Chivay hotel. You will be taken to the viewpoint of “the Cross of the Condor”, a few kilometres from Condor Cabana where the Colca Canyon starts. Here we hope to witness the wonderful spectacle of the flight of the Condors. Continue of to "The White CIty" of Arequipa to check in to your hotel.
Day 10 Day 9: Colca Canyon - Arequipa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Colca Canyon - Arequipa

After breakfast and check out be sure to leave nothing behind in your Chivay hotel. You will be met and taken to the Colca Lodge in Colca Canyon(3 or 4 hour drive in small van). During the ride you will visit the National Reserve of Cañahuas Pampas to observe groups of Alpacas and Vicunas. The drive through Vizcachani, a typical landscape of the Andes, offers a panoramic view of the White Mountain range. We will stop at the town of Chivay, one of the most important places of the valley. Later you will arrive at the Colca Lodge where you can enjoy a relaxing bath in the hot springs.
Day 11 Day 10: Arequipa Walking City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Arequipa Walking City Tour

After breakfast take a thoughtful walking tour of Arequipa with its pleasant, sunny, dry climate. Notice th mostly white buildings constructed with the white sillar volcanic stones. Begin with a visit to the Cathedral of Santa Catalina Convent and the museum.   There we’ll be able to observe the Juanita Mummy, one of the oldest preserved mummies of South America. Also be sure to observe the majestic presence of “El Misti”, the snow covered inactive volcano Arequipa sits at the base of. After the city tour you will be returned to your hotel.
Day 12 Day 11: Arequipa – Lima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Arequipa – Lima

After breakfast and check out be sure to leave nothing behind in your Arequipa hotel. Hotel greeting and transfer to the airport for you 1:30 hr flight to Lima and your and your international connection home.

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11/10 Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Colca Canyon

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Itinerary of your trip 11/10 Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Colca Canyon

Day 1: Arrive In Lima

Day 2: Lima City Tour

Day 3: Lima - Cusco Flight. City Tour

Day 4: Sacred Valley Tour, Cusco

Day 5: Machu Picchu Tour

Day 6: Cusco – Puno

Day 7: Titicaca Lake, Uros, Taquile Motor Yacht Group Tour (Full Day)

Day 8: Transfer Puno – Colca Canyon

Day 9: Colca Canyon - Cross Of The Condors - Arequipa

Day 9: Colca Canyon - Arequipa

Day 10: Arequipa Walking City Tour

Day 11: Arequipa – Lima

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