Lima – Cusco by car 15 Days / 14 Nights

Day 1 – International Arrival – Lima

Welcome to Lima.
Upon arrival you will be assisted at the Lima airport and then transferred to your hotel.
We will have the day off to rest.

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Lima.
• Food included: None

Day 2 – Downtown Lima and Barranco

Visit the city of Lima: Historic Center, Santo Domingo Convent and Larco Museum
We will visit the modern and colonial part of Lima, “The City of Kings”, starting with the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro and going through a huaca or pre-Inca sacred place, before heading to the Historic Center. There, you will go through some of the most important streets in the history of the city, which will lead you to the Plaza Mayor, where you can enjoy and take pictures of some of the main examples of colonial architecture. You will also get a glimpse of an iconic building* that has served the people of Lima for centuries and continues to be an important cultural space to this day. In addition, we will visit the Santo Domingo Convent, one of the most important colonial-style religious buildings. After exploring the historic center, we will go to the Larco Museum, which houses the unbeatable private collection of Treasures of Ancient Peru, we conclude the day upon arrival in Barranco, a bohemian neighborhood with a lot of culture and we will end the afternoon enjoying a delicious pisco sour

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Lima.
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 3 – Lima Paracas

Pick up at 05.00 am. We go to Paracas there we can visit the Ballestas Islands, if you travel on a cruise and pass through Paracas. . On this tour you can enjoy a half day trip around the beautiful islands. You will have the opportunity to see thousands of marine species such as penguins, sea lions, sea birds, dolphins and many other species. Lunch, in the afternoon visit to the Paracas Reserve, The Paracas National Reserve was the first natural protected area created to conserve marine and coastal ecosystems in Peru. Its importance lies not only in the fact that it serves as protection for a great biological diversity, but also in the fact that various archaeological remains of the Paracas culture are preserved inside,

• Accommodation in selected hotel in Paracas
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 4 – Paracas Nazca

Pick up at 08.00 am, destination Nazca, we will fly over to better appreciate the famous Nazca lines, The Nazca Lines, in southern Peru, are a group of pre-Columbian geoglyphs that extend into the desert sands. They cover an area of almost 1,000 square kilometers and there are around 300 different figures, including animals and plants. They are made up of more than 10,000 lines, some of which are 30 meters wide and more than 9 kilometers long. Lunch and free afternoon

• Accommodation in selected hotel in Nazca
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 5 – Nazca Arequipa

Pick up at 06:00 am, we will make a 10-hour trip seeing a wonderful landscape of the coast and the desert, lunch en route, we go from the coast to the mountains, completely changing landscapes until we reach the White City of Arequipa

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Arequipa
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 6

Arequipa City Tour: Santa Catalina Monastery and Church of the Company of Jesus (Half Day Tour)
You will start the tour at the meeting point, in the cloisters of the Company of Jesus, to begin your walk through the Plaza de Armas, as well as through the most representative streets of the city. Along the way, you will see the facades of the San Francisco and the Third Order Church, as well as its beautiful square decorated with Jacarandás. Then, you will go to the Monastery of Santa Catalina, founded in 1580, where you will be able to appreciate its cloisters, picturesque streets and squares, which have remained intact over the centuries. In addition, you will learn about the way of life of the select group of nuns who inhabited the place. After lunch in a typical restaurant (Arequipeña food is one of the best in Peru) then Jeremías will direct us to the beautiful Barrio del Solar to visit the Church of La Compañía de Jesús, a temple that constitutes the oldest and most important architectural testimony. religious made with ashlar.

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Arequipa
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 7 – Arequipa Colca

We will leave the hotel to start an unforgettable trip. We will travel through the town of Yura, through the Aguada Blanca and Pampa Cañahuas National Reserve. You will make a stop in Patapampa to refresh yourself, before continuing to the town of Chivay, where you will enjoy a delicious lunch. You will have the rest of the afternoon free to enjoy the hotel facilities or take the optional visit to the thermal waters of La Calera

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Colca
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 8 – Visit to the Cruz del Condor and route from Colca to Puno

We will go to the Cruz del Cóndor, the best location to admire the Colca Canyon and – if the weather allows it – we will be able to observe the flight of the majestic condors. Later. We will start the journey out of the Colca Valley, visiting different picturesque towns and upon arrival in Chivay you will enjoy lunch en route, while traveling the route that will take you to Puno.

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Puno
• Meals included: Breakfast

Day 9 – Visit of Lake Titicaca: the islands of Uros and Taquile

In the morning you will travel to Taquile Island, where the community kindly welcomes tourists, keeping alive their traditions, customs and colorful old-fashioned clothing. The islanders are skilled craftsmen and each piece embodies amazing techniques developed over centuries by their ancestors. Then you will visit the floating islands of the Uros, also called the Pueblo del Lago, since these islands are built with layers of reeds and serve as homes and trade centers for the natives of the same name who move around on handcrafted rafts.

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Puno.
• Meals included: Breakfast and lunch.

Day 10 – Puno Cusco

We will leave the hotel to start an unforgettable trip. We will enjoy the wonderful landscapes of the South Valley of Cusco. You will continue with a visit to La Raya, the highest point on the road between Cusco and Puno 4200 masl from where you will have excellent photographic views. Then you will visit the ruins of Racchi, also known as “The Temple of the God Wiracocha.” The last stop will be in Andahuaylillas, a city where there is a beautiful XXVII century church with an impressive organ decorated with angels and cherubs. Finally you will arrive in Cusco capital of the Inca empire

• Accommodation in selected hotel in Cusco
• Meals included: Breakfast and lunch

Day 11 – City tour

You will visit the city of Cusco, also known as the Imperial City and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. You will begin your journey to the Koricancha Temple, an ancient Inca palace and center of worship to the Sun god, on which the Dominican order built a church that remains standing to this day. You will continue ascending to the Sacsayhuamán Fortress, an imposing example of Inca military architecture. After this tour, you will delve into Inca architecture visiting the archaeological site of Q’enko, to finally be transferred to the Plaza de Armas, where you will visit the Cathedral, the most important Catholic temple in the city.

• Accommodation at selected hotel in Cusco.
• Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 12 – Sacred Valley of the Incas

We will leave in the direction of Pisac, you can visit the Andean market, it is one of the essential attractions of Písac.
It is a large typical market, where one can find everything from fruits and vegetables to local crafts.
The street market is held on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday in the Plaza de Armas, but Sunday is the busiest day.
In recent years, the market has become quite touristy, as almost all Sacred Valley tours stop there. To discover its more traditional side, I recommend you get away from the handicrafts and visit the side where the fruits and vegetables are found. We continue the trip enjoying the wonderful landscape of the Sacred Valley until we reach Ollantaytambo where you can visit the archaeological complex of the same name, one one of the largest in Peru, which is strategically located on top of a mountain. Afterwards, you will descend to the town of Ollantaytambo, one of the most important towns in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Cusco. It is the only place that preserves its ancient Inca urban design. Because it is an obligatory step before reaching Machu Picchu, it is highly visited. However, ‘Ollanta’ has its own charms. The main one of all are its Inca archaeological remains. We will continue through the salt mines of Maras, one of the most beautiful places to see near Cuzco. 3,000 salt mines at an altitude of 3,380 meters fed by an underground spring, which were already exploited in pre-Inca times.
Some pink salt pools from the Andes of just five square meters each, which leave a spectacular landscape.
To finish visiting Moray,. These are terraces or agricultural platforms built in depressions or gigantic natural holes. These terraces are concentrically superimposed, taking the shape of a gigantic amphitheatre. The largest hole is 150 m deep and the average height of the platforms is 1.80 m.
According to historians these constructions constituted an important agricultural laboratory of the Inca empire. Since its platforms are built with their respective irrigation channels and each one of them constitutes a microclimate. What is striking is the great difference in average annual temperature between the top and the bottom of the depressions, a difference that reaches up to 15°C.

• Accommodation in selected hotel in Cusco
• Meals included: breakfast and lunch

Day 13 – Free day in Cusco

• Accommodation in selected hotel in Cusco
• Meals included: breakfast

Day 14 – Machupicchu

Very early we will transfer from your hotel to the train station in Ollantaytambo, providing you with a personalized service since we handle small groups. It is here where we will board the train that passes through the Sacred Valley of the Incas, on this route you will enjoy beautiful landscapes until you reach the town of Aguas Calientes.
Once in Aguas Calientes we can take the bus that will take us to the Archaeological Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. The trip takes 30 minutes, finally we will arrive at the Inca citadel, you will be amazed by this monument considered one of the 7 wonders of the Modern World, immediately our guide will start the guided tour so that you can better know the history and architecture of the Inca City of Machu Picchu. In the afternoon we finish the 1-day tour boarding the return train and we will pick you up from the station to transfer you to your hotel in Cusco.

Day 15

Transfer to the airport destination Lima

• Meals included: breakfast