Puno, Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca 8 days tour in Peru

First Day:

• Welcome and transfer from the airport in Lima to the Hotel.
• In the afternoon: city tour around Lima ( the City of the Kings)
• Night at the Hotel

Second Day:

• Breakfast at the Hotel
• Flight from Lima to Cusco (1 hour)
• Welcome and transfer from the airport in Cusco to the Hotel.
• City Tour around Cusco and outskirts ( 1:30pm - 6:30pm)
• Cusco Dance and Music Night Show ( 7pm - 8pm)
• Night at the Hotel.

Third Day:

• Breakfast at the Hotel
• Tour to Machupicchu (6am - 8pm)
• Night at the Hotel in Aguas Calientes

Fourth Day:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• View of the Sunrise in Machupicchu
• In the afternoon return to Cusco on train
• Night at the Hotel in Cusco

Fifth Day:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Tour to the Sacred Valley of the Inkas (8am - 7pm)
• Night at the Hotel in Cusco

Sixth Day:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer from the Hotel to the Bus station -Cusco to Puno.
• Guided Tour Cusco- Puno (8am - 6pm)
• Night at the Hotel in Puno

You could also make the trip by train

Seventh Day:

• Breakfast at the Hotel
• Tour to lake Titicaca, Uros Island, Taquile
• Night at the Hotel in Puno

Eighth Day :

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Tour to the Chullpas of Sillustani.
• Transfer from the hotel in Puno to the airport in Juliaca (one hour).
• Flight on plane from Juliaca to Lima (1 hour)

PRICE PER PERSON IN DOUBLE ACCOMMODATION - 2012:

PRICE PER PERSON IN SIMPLE ACCOMMODATION - 2012:

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This tour includes:

• Airplane tickets Lima - Cusco and Juliaca - Lima
• Transfer from the airport to the hotel.
• Tour around Lima.
• Tour around Cusco and outskirts (1:30pm - 6:30pm)
• Dance and music night show (of 7pm to 8pm)
• 7 Nights at Hotel
• 7 breakfasts.
• 2 lunches(in Sacred Valley, on the trip to Puno)
• Tour to Machupicchu (6am - 8pm)
• Tour to Sacred Valley of the Inkas (8am - 7pm)
• Transfer from the hotel to the bus station (Cusco to Puno).
• Guided Tour from Cusco to Puno (8am - 6pm)
• Tour to lake Titicaca, Uros Island, Taquile
• Tour to the Chullpas of Sillustani.
• Transfer from the hotel in Puno to the airport in Juliaca (one hour).
• All the transports for the described services
• Service of transfers and attendance every day.

Description: Tour 8 days and 7 nights Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and Lima

First day: City Tour in Lima

City tour in Lima with visits the Huaca Pucllana once you arrive in Peru our personal will welcome you in the hall of the airport and drive you to the hotel. After resting for a while we'll start visiting the most interesting places of the " City of the Kings ": the Cathedral, Pizarro's Tomb, the Catacombs of San Francisco, passing through the Congress, the Palace of Torre Tagle, the residential areas of Orrantia, San Isidro, where we will visit the Huaca Pucllana, we will enjoy a spectacular sight of the Pacific Ocean. Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, where you will find a great quantity of preincaica pottery including the World biggest collection of erotic Huacos, then we'll spend the night at the Hotel.

Second day: City Tour in Cusco

City tour Cusco and Show of music and dances of CuscoCity tour around Cusco and outskirts You must be in the airport of Lima at least two hours before your flight leaves to Cusco,you only have to approach to the airline counter and display your ID's 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 1:30pm we'll pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following attractives with a professional guide :

The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo: Religious center known as "The Temple of the Sun" where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its constructionThe Cathedral: Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value. Sacsayhuaman: Built at 3 Km. from the city of Cusco, impressive stone fortress with an excellent architecture, famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/ 30 feet high, with a weigh of 350 tons. Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every year.

Qenqo: Ceremonial and ritual center, 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, ceremonial center of cult to the water, known traditionally as the place where water rests. At the return to Cusco we can be dropped off near to main Square or at The Dance and Music Show to watch tipical dances of Cusco.

Third day: Tour to Machu Picchu

Tour to Machu Picchu "The lost City of the Inkas" From 5:45 to 6:00 a.m., 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 world wide marvel The Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, known as the lost city of the Incas. Once we get to Machu Picchu, We'll pass throught 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 cementeries, it lasts around two hours. Afterwards 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 Santuary Lodge (this is not included). In the afternoon you will return to Aguas Calientes Town and head for the Hotel where you'll spend the night, even you can go to the hot springs at night before to rest.

Fourth day: View of the sunrise of Machu picchu and the Huaynapicchu

After getting up very early and having breakfast, you can head for Machupicchu in order to see the sunrise from the citadel (on your own), afterwards you can trek up to Huaynapicchu around 2 hours, you will also spend all day long in Machu Picchu taking more snaps and pictures, in the afternoon you shall return to Aguas Calientes to return to Cusco on train where our staff will be wating for you to lead you to the Hotel.

Fifth day: Tour to The Sacred Valley of the Inkas

This tour starts around 9 am., 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 handycrafts and souvenirs sellers, afterwards 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 militar, 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 beauty Colonial Temple with invaluable portraits, built over Inca Bases. Then we return to Cusco.

Sixth day: Trip from Cusco to Puno

Visiting Raqchi after breakfast, we will drive you to the bus station to start with our trip to Puno this tour lasts around 8 hours you will have 4 guided visits, Andahuaylillas's temple or South American Sixtine Chapel, the Inka temple of Raqchi, Buffet lunch in Sicuani,La Raya at 4335 m.a.s.l and the Inka Aymara museum of Pukara. Every visit has a duration of 20 or 40 minutes, where the passenger will be able to make questions, take photos and walk a for a while, doing our trip very pleasant .Then we will arrive in Puno, and our staff will drive you to the Hotel.

Seventh day: Tour to the Titicaca Lake, Uros Island and Taquile

Early in the morning you will be picked up from your hotel by our local guide and then transferred to the harbor. We start off our boat excursion of Lake Titicaca by visiting The Uros Floating Island, 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. 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. We will be back in Puno by 17:00 h. approximately.

Eighth day: Chullpas of Sillustani and Flight Juliaca to Puno

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 is 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 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 for burial ground exceptionally beautiful spots. Cemeteries were considered sacred places.

After all this we will get to Juliaca's Aiprot , we will display our IDs and get checked in , then we will fly to Lima as our adventure ends.