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Peru Explorer 12 days
from $ 1.950
This trip will take you to all the most important and interesting destinations in Peru: the lost city of the Incas Machu Picchu, Cusco the Inca Capital, the Amazon Rainforest with rich wildlife and Lake Titicaca, the world's highest lake navigable by large boats.
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Cusco and Machu Picchu
Cusco, is located in the South - Eastern region of Peru. As the “Archaeological Capital of America”, Cusco was a sacred city and capital of the empire of the Tahuantinsuyo, and it was extended by four regions which included great parts of Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. The city of Cusco was the Andean State Capital of Inka's empire. Cusco is actually, with its impressive cultural heritage, the main attraction in Peru and the most visited. The contrast of the blue sky with the wonderful landscape makes it an unforgettable city. Nowadays, when you walk around the city and you can see the streets with colonial and spanish houses which are built with Incan stones, you will...
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Puno and Titicaca
Puno, the folklore capital of Peru and the site of the famous Feast of the Virgen de la Candelaria, and it is a city with an altitude of about 3300 metres over sea level. Puno lies on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest lake, navigable by large boats. The lake is very beautiful with its nice blue colour and it contains numerous islands whose inhabitants continue to live as their ancestors have in custom and tradition. The Uros is an example of this; its people lives on “floating islands” that they have artificially made entirely of totora reeds, and they navigate in their traditional boats also made out of totora reeds. Taquile and Amantaní are known for their kindness of their people...
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Lima
Lima was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in, 1535, as "The City of Kings." It is located on a coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and has a historic centre placed by UNESCO on the World Cultural Heritage List. The upscale San Isidro district is the city's financial center. San Isidro has many parks, including Parque El Olivar, which has olive trees that were brought from Spain during the seventeenth century. Another upscale district is Miraflores, which has many luxury hotels, shops and restaurants.
Miraflores has more parks and green areas in the south of Lima than most other districts. Larcomar, a popular shopping mall and entertainment center built on cliffs overlooking...
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Puerto Maldonado
The Tambopata National Reserve in Puerto Maldonado is a 275,000 hectare conservation unit created by the Peruvian government in 1990 to protect the watersheds of the Tambopata and Candamo rivers. It is adjacent to the huge 1 million hectare Bahuaja Sonene National Park. Located in Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios , Peru .
Whilst the reserve was created with an underlying philosophy of sustainable resource use, the park was created with the purpose of wholeheartedly protecting the forests within. Both units protect some of the last untouched lowland and premontane tropical humid forests in the Amazon. This Connecticut-sized (or Switzerland-sized) area of pristine forest contains 1300 bird species,...
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Day 1: Arrival Lima/ Miraflores
The first day is simply an arrival day to Lima´s International Airport from where there is a transfer to the hotel of your choice in Miraflores.
Day 2: Lima City Tour
In the afternoon we will do the City tour. This three-hour sightseeing tour offers the best of Colonial and modern Lima. Included are Lima´s most imposing colonial churches and mansions such as the Goverment Palace, The plaza Mayor, The City Hall and the Cathedral including the 17th Century San Francisco Monastery. The tour also contains a visit to the modern suburbs of San Isidro with olives brought from spain in the XVI century, the pre-inca worshipper of Huallamarca and Pucllana, Miraflores Parque Kennedy and Larco Mar, symbol of a modern Lima. We also make a visit to the bohemian district of Barranco.
Day 3:
Today we will fly to Puerto Maldonado, transport to the airport in Lima.
On arrival transfer airport to Pto Maldonado Headquarters. Upon arrival from Lima or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and drive you ten minutes to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of the forest in our gardens we will ask you to pack only the necessary gear for your next few days, and leave the rest at our safe deposit. This helps us keep the boats and cargo light.
Puerto Maldonado to Tambopata River Port. Skirting Puerto Maldonado, we drive 20 kilometers to the Tambopata River Port, entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal business.
Tambopata River Port to Posada Amazonas. The forty five minute boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Posada Amazonas will take us into the Community´s Primary Forest Private Reserve.
Orientation. Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief you with important navigation and security tips.
Canopy tower: A twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas leads to the 30 meter scaffolding canopy tower. A bannistered staircase running through the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. From atop you obtain spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest cut by the Tambopata River winding through the middle. Now and then toucans, parrots or macaws are seen flying against the horizon, or mixed species canopy flocks land in the treetop next to you.
Ecotourism Lecture. A daily presentation on the Infierno ecotourism project is available every night from a staff member.
Day 4: Tres Chimbadas/ Parrot clay lick/ Ethnobotanical Tour/ Night walk
Tres Chimbadas Oxbow Lake: Tres Chimbadas is thirty minutes by boat and forty five minutes hiking from Posada Amazonas. Once there you will paddle around the lake in a catamaran, searching for the resident family of nine giant river otters (seen by 60% of our lake visitors) and other lakeside wildlife such as caiman, hoatzin and horned screamers.
Parrot clay lick: This clay lick is only a twenty minute walk from Posada Amazonas. From a blind located about twenty meters away you will see dozens of parrots and parakeets descend on most clear mornings to ingest the clay on a river bank. Species such as Mealy and Yellow- headed Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot and Dusky headed Parakeet descend at this clay lick. The clay lick is most active at dawn and during the late mornings and mid-afternoons.
Ethnobotanical Tour: A twenty minute boat drive downriver leads you to a trail designed by the staff of the Centro Ñape. The Centro Ñape is a communal organization that produces medicines out of forest plants and administers them to patients who choose their little clinic. They have produced a trail which explains the different medicinal (and other) uses of selected plants.
Night walk. You will have the option of hiking out at night, when most of the mammals are active but rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs with shapes and sounds as bizarre as their natural histories.
Day 5:
Departure Posada Amazonas
Transfer Boat - Posada Amazonas to Tambopata River Port.
Transfer Tambopata River Port to Pto Maldonado Headquarters.
Transfer Pto Maldonado Headquarters - Airport. We retrace our river and road journey back to Puerto Maldonado, our office and the airport. Depending on airline schedules, this may require dawn departures.
Arrive in Cuzco from where there is a transfer to Sacred Valley. Check in at your hotel.
Day 6:
Today we will do the Sacred Valley Tour. This tour includes visit to the Andean native markets and ruins of Pisac and Calca, stop for lunch in Urubamba, a visit to the beautiful Inca village and fortress of Ollantaytambo and stop at the Quechua village of Chinchero, where we appreciate the local church and the Inca ruins. The tour ends in the evening.
Day 7:
From Ollantaytambo we will take the train to Machu Picchu Pueblo, from where we will continue with bus up to Machu Picchu where our guide is waiting. After the guided tour there is time to walk around the ruins by yourself. In the evening train to Cusco. Check in at your hotel.
Day 8:
Today, in the afternoon, we will visit the City and nearby ruins, which are examples of the mixture of the Andean and Spanish cultures. We start our trip visiting the Santo Domingo Convent, built over the Koricancha, and ancient Inca palace and main worship center of the Sun God. Later, we will stop at the Main Square, where you can find the Cathedral and the beautiful Church of La Compañía. Going on with the tour, we will visit the Sacsayhuaman Fortress, imposing sample of military Inca architecture which domains the city.
Finally, we will take a look at the archaeological sites of Qenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay, located north east of the city. As a suggestion to mysticism and esoterism lovers, the Sacsayhuaman Complex is an excellent spot to hold meditation sessions.
Day 9:
Transfer to Puno with the Inka Express bus (there is also an option to take the Andean Explorer train to Puno). Service includes a Guide (English speaking), tours in Andahuaylilllas, Raqchi and Pukara Museum. Buffet Lunch in Sicuani village. On board service: hot beverages, tea, coffee, water, coca tea served by our Hostess.
On arrival, check in at your hotel in Puno.
Day 10:
Lake Titicaca full day tour. We start off our boat excursion of Lake Titicaca by visiting “The Uros Floating Islands”, 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 own little world. After strolling around the floating Islands, we continue our journey towards “Taquile Island” (2 hour aprox.), a traditional Quechua 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 1950s, and the notion of the community and family is still very strong among them. When we reach the shores of Taquile Island, we will have to walk up along a narrow path, enjoying on the way impressive views of the Lake Titicaca and also see gorgeous little houses inhabited by the direct decedents of the Inca Culture. At the top of the Island, you will have free time to explore this place on your own and afterwards you will meet the group for lunch at one local restaurant. After lunch, we will descent to the harbor to take our boat back to Puno.
Day 11:
Breakfast and visit to the archaeological center of Sillustani. We will observe impressive funeral tombs belonging to the Kolla culture (1200-1450). Their noble class (Caciques, priests) were buried in funeral towers called chullpas. Their corpses were previously mummified and placed in fetus position together with some of their belongings, such as gold and silver objects, jewelry, ceramics, and food. Transfer to the airport in Juliaca. On arrival in Lima, transfer to your hotel in Miraflores.
Later in the evening we will enjoy a Buffet dinner with unforgettable dance shows from different parts of Peru.
Day 12:
The last day before your departure will be free for shopping etc. Later, transfer to the airport and departure.
- All transfers, buses and the Vistadome train to Machu Picchu.
- All hotels
- Entrance tickets
- English speaking guides
- All meals specified in the itinerary
Radisson Decapolis
The Radisson Decapolis Hotel in Miraflores - one of the newest upscale hotels in Lima, Peru - is located in the city's premier corporate and nightlife district. This Lima hotel's accommodations combine a chic, modern design with Peruvian inspired art, a lively atmosphere and superior amenities, comforts and services.
The spacious rooms and suites at the Radisson Decapolis Hotel in Miraflores are exquisitely decorated with modern decor while sacrificing none of the comforts our guests expect. Our Lima hotel's guest rooms provide amenities such as high-speed Internet access, flat-screen TV, voice mail, mini bar, work desk and more.
Guests looking for superior hotels in Lima, Peru will enjoy...
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Sonesta Miraflores
Sonesta Posadas del Inca Miraflores is an intimate city hotel, located in the heart of Miraflores, a Lima neighborhood best known for its upscale residences, fashionable shops, cafés, parks, night clubs and fine restaurants. Close to important financial institutions and five minutes from the beach, the hotel is also near Larcomar, Lima’s newest shopping and entertainment center, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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San Agustin Monasterio de la Recoleta
Urubamba is located to 76 km from Cusco, it is a stunning valley with an incredible scenic beauty, and historical heritage, thanks to its excellent location, it becomes the best starting point to visit Machu Picchu (just an hour and a half by train).
Urubamba will let you appreciate the magnitude of the Inca Empire, worshippers of the Sun God, as well as its subsequent evangelization as a result of the encounter with the Western culture, evidence of this process, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, is the first Catholic Monastery in Cuzco, today San Agustin Monasterio de la Recoleta Boutique Hotel..
The Recoleta Hotel is a historical religious monument built up in the XVII century. This...
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San Agustin Internacional (fr. $108)
The San Agustin Internacional Hotel Cuzco, unique in its Gaudian style, invites you to enjoy the ultimate blend of both sophistication and mysticism during your visit to Peru.
This hotel was built up on the antique Cusco’s Theological Seminary the last century, invites you to discover the soft breeze and essence of this Imperial City.
From its location you can appreciate the perfect Inca stone carving; furthermore, you will have easy access to the Main Square through Cusco traditional streets.
The San Agustin Internacional Hotel Cuzco-Peru offers you 77 Rooms and Suites.
Room amenities: Heater in which room, TV cable, Hair dryer, bathrooms with tub, international dial Telephone, Wireless...
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Novotel Cusco
Situated in the heart of the historic center, near to the Plaza de Armas main square, the cathedral and 10 minutes from the airport. Novotel Cusco is an historical starting point for discovering the Inca civilization. This 4-star hotel offers 99 rooms, including 16 superior rooms, all housed in a 16th-century building, and 38 non-smoking rooms. We also provide a restaurant, cafeteria and bar. Ideal for family vacations.
Rooms:
Safe deposit box in room, Satellite/cable colour TV, Minibar, AC, Bathtub, Hair dryer, Telephone
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Puno Plaza
The hotel is right on the main square in Puno within walking distance to sights and close to the waterfront. The hotel is fairly large with nice recently refurbished rooms. The bathrooms are large and modern, there are a TV/phone, all rooms looked out to a common lobby, and there are rooms with small balconys overlooking the Plaza de Armas. There are heaters in each room. There is a buffet breakfast in the morning, and the restaurant serve very good food.
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Sonesta Lake Titicaca
Located on the scenic shores of Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake, the Sonesta hotel combines the best in Peruvian hospitality with spectacular views. Only 5 kilometers from Puno's Main Square, the Sonesta on Lake Titicaca offers easy access to all tourist activities and attractions, including the fascinating floating reed islands of the Uros people, Taquile Island and the Chullpas of Sillustani.
• 62 Guest Rooms
• Cable Television
• Sound-proof Windows
• Individual Climate Control
• Direct-dial Telephone for domestic and international calls
• Hair Dryer, upon request
• Safe
• 220-volt Power Supply
• Rooms equipped for disabled guests are available upon request....
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