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Tour to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu Citadel
06 Days / 05 Nights


INTRODUCTION:

Your best choice if you have just a week to visit Peru.

This tour includes city tour in Lima and the Historical city of Cusco which is a mixture of culture, magic and mysticisms. Also, it includes a visit to Cusco surroundings and a two day visit to Machupicchu, where you’ll explore its sacred temples, plazas and dwellings; see the agricultural terraces used for watering crops; and climb Inti Punku “Gate of the Sun,” or Huayna Picchu “Young Mountain,” where you will gain a sweeping panoramic view of the citadel of Machupicchu.


ITINERARY:

Day 01 : Arrival in Lima
Reception and assistance at Jorge Chavez Lima airport and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at your selected hotel.


Day 02 : Lima / Cusco

Breakfast at your hotel. Pick up from your hotel to the airport to take your flight to Cusco. Arrival, meeting and transfer to your selected hotel. Free morning to acclimatize and rest.

In the afternoon, we will pick you up for the City Tour. It starts at the impressive Colonial Cathedral in Cusco that contains over 400 paintings from the Cusqueña School and several spectacular altars. After that we will visit the Temple of the Sun, main religious center of the Incas dedicated to the Sun Cult. According to the chroniclers, the walls of this temple were entirely covered with gold. From here we go by bus to visit the four surroundings ruins located at less than 8 km. We start with the Sacsayhuaman Fortress, Q'enqo, Puca-Pucara which means "Red Fortress" this site was an administrative and military center and Tambomachay considered as a place of the cult to the water.
Overnight at your selected hotel.

Day 03 : Cusco / Machu Picchu

Early breakfast at the hotel to start our visit to Machu Picchu archeological complex, located in a subtropical Cusco area at 2 350 m.a.s.l. At 05:45 in the morning transfer from your hotel to the train station. The trip in the train takes nearly 3 hours and a half to get to Aguas Calientes town, following the course of Vilcanota River. Here your guide will be waiting for you to take the bus to Machu Picchu (20 minutes). In Machu Picchu we have about 2 hours and a half for our guided tour and another hour and a half to explore the ruins individually. You will know the amazing Machu Picchu Citadel and the Intiwatana (Solar Clock). After that, you will take the bus back to Aguas Calientes where you will take your buffet lunch.
Overnight at your selected hotel.

Day 04 : Machu Picchu / Cusco

Breakfast at your hotel. Morning at leisure. We suggest you to visit the Machu Picchu Citadel or hike the Huayna Picchu to receive the cosmic and tellurics energy that the Sacred Apu has. (Entrance tickets not included for the second visit). The hike to Huayna Picchu starts at the Sacred Rock and passes through a gate that is open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. This - one to two - hour walk is steep but the path is in excellent shape, though the last 20 meters include a steep rock slab that is climbed with a ladder and a rope. The Incas built terraces here, and the airy summit offers a perfect view of the entire complex, which spreads out before the summit like a map. You will get excellent photos and the view is unique. Then, you will take the bus back to Aguas Calientes. Buffet lunch is included.  Finally, return to Cusco and transfer to your hotel.

Day 05 : Cusco / Lima

Breakfast at your hotel. Transfer from your hotel to the airport to board your flight to Lima. Reception at Jorge Chavez airport and transfer to your hotel. Lodging. Free morning for personal activities.

In the afternoon, you will visit the Colonial and Modern city of Lima. The historical center is packed with 16th- and 17th-century marvels, including immaculately restored homes such as the Casa de Aliaga and the Palacio Torre Tagle. The city tour starts on the Plaza Mayor, which is graced with a bronze fountain from 1650 and flanked on one side by the Catedral, which was built in the late 16th century. It contains the carved wooden sepulcher of Francisco Pizarro, who was murdered in 1541 by mob of Almagristas, a rival political faction. As you enter, the first chapel on the right is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and contains a carving of Jesus that is considered to be among the most beautiful in the Americas. But the highlight of the cathedral are the choir stalls carved in the early 17th century by Pedro Noguera. Also, you will observe the Government Palace, which forms the other side of the Plaza Mayor and was built by the Spanish on top of the home of Taulichusco. Finally, you will visit the 16th-century San Francisco Monastery, with its beautiful cloister and entrance, as well as the catacombs or public cemetery, where slaves, servants and others without money were buried until 1821 (rich citizens were usually buried in their home chapels).

Then you will travel back to the XX century visiting modern districts with beautiful squares, small squares and avenues, as well as Miraflores with its beautiful beaches, intensive commercial trading and active nightlife. You will visit the Park of Love, where stands a big sculpture representing a "Couple of Andean Lovers" facing the Pacific Ocean. Return to your hotel.
Overnight at your selected hotel.

Day 06 : Lima

Breakfast. At fixed time transfer from your hotel to the airport to board your domestic or international flight.


NOT INCLUDED :

Tips
Meals not mentioned in the program.

We reserve the rights to change the order of the trip or to offer other trips/accommodation due to circumstances we do not have control.

INCLUSIONS:

All transfers.
02 nights in your selected hotel in Lima.
03 nights in your selected hotel in Cusco.
All meals mentioned at this program
All tours as described.
All entrance fees.
Round trip train tickets to Machu Picchu in Vistadome service train.

PRICES:

Prices from US$ 852.86 (per person based in double occupancy)


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