SHARED
SERVICE ITINERARY
JUNE 19th: Arrive
in Lima
Our staff meets you at the airport and transports you to the hotel.
> Accommodation in Hotel.
JUNE 20th: Lima City tour
This excursion includes a combination of Pre-Hispanic era, colonial
period, and modern Lima, and enables the visitor to get acquainted
with Lima's complete history.
The tour takes you to the historical center, Paseo la Republica,
San Martin Square, Main Square, Government Palace, Basilica Cathedral
, City Hall Palace, and colonial mansions. It also visits the convent
and church of San Francisco, the greatest monumental assembly of
colonial art in America. The tour continues through the residential
areas of San Isidro, Miraflores and modern Lima.
> Breakfast
> Accommodation in Hotel.
JUNE 21st: Lima - Cusco
Early in the morning, you will travel from Lima Hotel to the airport,
board a flight to Cusco, arriving after 1 hour, and be transported
to the hotel.
City Tour Shared Service.
Duration : 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The tour includes the most significant sites in and around Cusco
City, such as: the Qoricancha (Temple of the Sun), which displays
the best Inca stonework in the city, and the Cathedral in Cusco’s
Main Square with its magnificent colonial art. The tour drives along
the Circunvalacion Road up to the famous fortress of Saqsahuaman,
the amphitheatre of Qenqo, the fortress of Pukapukara and the spring
shrine of Tambomachay.
JUNE 22nd: Sacred Valley Tour Shared
Service
Duration: From 8:30 AM to 6.30 PM
Group size: 10 - 30 people
This tour of the Sacred Valley includes Pisaq market and the Inca
citadel at Ollantaytambo. This is a large site of ruins characterized
by fine masonry, terraces, canals, granaries, fortress walls, and
the Temple of the Sun. In the markets at Pisaq, you can purchase
beautiful textiles, jewelry and ceramics at bargain prices. On the
way back to Cusco we'll also visit Chinchero.
JUNE 23rd: Full-day excursion to Machu
Picchu
Duration: 6:00 a.m to 8.30pm. (approx.)
Group size: 10 - 30 people
The sacred Inca city of Machu Picchu is famous for its dramatic
setting among spectacular peaks and lush cloud forest. Guided excursions
are offered every day of the year. Leaving Cusco by train at 6:00
a.m., you will enjoy a professionally guided tour of the sanctuary
city of Machu Picchu and return by train the same day, arriving
in Cusco at approximately 8:30 p.m.
JUNE 24th: Inti Raymi
With a guide, you will attend the impressive festival of Inti Raymi
at the
Sacsayhuaman esplanade and experience for yourself this ritual,
celebrated since the Incan times. This is the central act of celebrations
in Cusco during this month evoking the ostentatious religious ceremonies
of the Inca Empire. The event begins in the Qoricancha, continuing
to the Main Square of the city and ending at the esplanade of Sacsayhuaman.
The central and most important character is the Inca. When the ceremony
ends, the presentation of folkloric groups begins.
JUNE 25th: Cusco - Lima
Transportation from hotel to airport.
INCLUDES:
- Transportation to and from
- 4 nights in a hotel*** (based on double accommodation)
- City Tour Shared Group (private bus, professional guide, tourist
pass)
- Sacred Valley Shared Group (private bus, professional guide, tourist
pass, lunch in Urubamba)
- Machu Picchu Tour Shared Group
* Transportation hotel - train station -hotel
* Train tickets Cusco - Aguas Calientes - Cusco
* Bus tickets Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Aguas Calientes
* Entrance fee to Machu Picchu
* Professional Guide
* Lunch in Aguas Calientes
- Inti Raymi Tour Shared Group
* Private bus from Qoricancha to Saqsayhuaman and Saqsayhuaman to
hotel.
* Professional Guide
* Entrance fee
* Box Lunch
DOESN'T INCLUDE:
- International flights, departure tax (US$25), local flights tax
(US$10), funds to cover tips on included excursions, border &
flight taxes, visas, travel insurance, personal items, sleeping
bag for Inca trail.
- Extra money, US$25 approx. per day to cover meals in cities, snacks,
drinks, tips, souvenirs, laundry and any extras.
