Breakfast at your hotel. Tour of Colonial and Modern Lima and a visit to the Gold Museum.
This half day tour visits, both the colonial and modern sections of this “City of Kings” Colonial site, include the lovely Plaza de Armas with its cathedral and palace, and the exquisite Torre Tagle Palace, modern day seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In modern Lima, drive along the exclusive residential areas of Miraflores and San Isidro. Then visit Peru's famous museum, which houses a priceless collection of pre-Colombian gold artifacts, as well as the private armory of Miguel Mujica Gallo.
In the afternoon, we suggest visiting the Gold Museum. Ask to include this optional half day tour. Some of the cultures represented in this collection include the Chavin, Paracas, Nazca, Tiahuanaco and Inca. Ask for the optional Night Tour of Lima.
Day 3. Lima / Cusco
Breakfast and transfer to Jorge Chavez International Lima Airport. Flight to Cusco. Transfer to your selected hotel.
Cusco, the capital city of the Inca Empire, is located in the Peruvian Andes at 11217 feet above sea level. Day for relaxing and acclimatating to the high altitude.
Day 4. Cusco / Pisac / Ollantaytambo
Breakfast at your hotel.
Full Day Excursion to the Pisac Indian Market and the Ollantaytambo Fortress (Operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays only).
Morning departure for a drive through the fertile countryside to the colonial village of Pisac.
During your visit to the bustling marketplace, you will have the opportunity to bargain with the locals for many different types of Peruvian handicrafts and jewelry. After lunch the tour continues to the village of Ollantaytambo for a visit to its impressive Inca fortress. Later return to hotel.
Day 5. Cusco
Breakfast at your hotel.
Tour to Cuscoand its ruins.
This afternoon's tour of the oldest continuously inhabited city in the western hemisphere includes important landmarks of enchanting Cusco and also the nearby ruins of Kenko, Puca-pucara, Tambomachay as well as the Sacsayhuaman fortress. Once in the center of the Inca civilization, modern Cusco is a delightful combination of Inca and colonial architecture. During the tour, you will visit Cusco's Cathedral, Santo Domingo Church and the Plaza de Armas. Later return to hotel.
Day 6. Cusco / Machu Picchu
Breakfast at your hotel. Full day excursion to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu with overnight stay. Advance passport information is required for the train ride. Early wake up for a ride on the Vistadome Train through the sacred valley of Urubamba to the "Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu. Perched 8,200 feet above the valley, it was hidden by mountains and semi-tropical jungles for 400 years until discovered by Hiram Bingham of Yale University in 1911.
Archaeologists believe that the Inca "Virgins of the Sun" took refuge from the Spanish Conquistadors here. Guided tour of the ruins upon arrival. Lunch included. Afternoon return to your hotel in Aguas Calientes.
Overnight at the hotel located in Aguas Calientes City, nearby Machu Picchu Citadella.
*Ask for an up-grade to a luxury ride from Cusco to Lima on the famous Hiram Bingham Train.
Day 7. Cusco / Machu Picchu
Breakfast at your hotel.
Morning at you leisure to enjoy one of the most incredible sights on Earth, the ruins of Machu Picchu. Take as much time as you need to study the mysterious ruins, hike Huayna Picchu, stroll to the Inca Bridge or walk toward the Inca Trail to find the legendary Sun Gate. Second day re-entry to Citadella Ruins not included. Additional fee may apply. In the afternoon we will provide you with a shuttle bus to the train station for your return trip to Cusco on board of Vistadome, click here for the schedule information.Upon arrival transfer from rail station to hotel in Cusco for overnight.
Day 8. Cusco / Home
Breakfast at your hotel and check out at before noon. Transfer from hotel to the Cusco Airport for your flight to your home twon or next destination via Lima
Note: We may suggest visiting Cusco first and then Lima, base on your arrival time to Lima. Ask for the optional visiting the misteruious and incredible Nazca Lines from +$394.00 per person.LIMA, CUZCO AND MACHU PICCHU Extension optional tour TO P11- ICA-NASCA LINES
Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of animals and birds - and their patterns are only clearly visible from the air.
The packages will include the flight over the Nazca Lines Ica, you will need to add an extra night in Lima
Early departure from Lima.
Motor coach trip to Lima/Ica/Lima
Flight over the Nazca Lines.
Visiting the archaeological museum of Ica *Lunch at the hotel Las Dunas.
PRICES ARE SUBJECT CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
*LAND PRICES DO NOT INCLUDED AIR ARE FARES.
Please let us know your departure city to calculate your air fare from your hometown.
The train journey from Cusco to Machu Picchu is a highlight of any trip to the Andes. The 3 and a half to four hours journey takes you through a changing landscape. First there is a steep climb out of Cusco into the surrounding hillside, by means of a series of switchback turns known locally as "the zig zag".
The train then stops at Poroy before descending into the Sacred Valley, passing by lush, green fields and colourful villages in the foothills of the Andes. After departing Poroy and going through Cachimayo, the train descends to the plateau of Anta, a patchwork landscape of typical Andean crops and passes lush fields and colourful villages in the foothills of the Andes.
Far to the left, just below the horizon, the massive agricultural terraces of Jaquijahuana can be seen, close to the village of Zurite. Sadly, these great terraces are all that remain today of what was once a major Inca city, lost forever during the first years after the Spanish conquest.
Beyond the town of Huarocondo the great plain narrows dramatically as the track enters a deep gorge carved by the rushing Pomatales River down which the railway, too, is funnelled until it meets the Urubamba River, which runs through the beautiful Sacred Valley.
The train passes through extensive areas of terracing dotted with the ruins of Inca fortresses. Bisecting this are still-visible sections of an ancient, long-abandoned highway adopted by the muleteers of the late 19th century, who used it to travel between Cusco and the rubber plantations of the Amazon lowlands.
Five kilometres beyond Pachar, is the village of Ollantaytambo where farmers work with the same patience and skill that their ancestors must have employed to shape and then move the huge blocks of stone with which they built both their homes and the temples in which they worshipped.
As the train leaves Ollantaytambo to begin the last part of its journey to Machu Picchu, the temple complex known as The Fortress, dedicated sometime in the 15th century to the many deities of the Inca pantheon, can be seen to the right above the earthwork ramp once used to drag its monolithic blocks up from the valley floor.
The railway follows the river into the Urubamba Gorge. At Coriwaynachina, known simply to the generations of hikers who have begun the Inca Trail there as Km 88, a fine staircase carved into the rock leads to a series of ruined buildings where once, it is said, Inca artisans took advantage of the constant wind that rises from the valley floor to smelt gold.
Emerging from a short tunnel, a series of beautiful agricultural terraces marks the ruins of Qente, which in Quechua means hummingbird. In this fertile microclimate fed by a nearby waterfall, giant hummingbirds are indeed a common sight in the early morning and bright flowers bloom all year round.
Surrounded by tall ceibos and rocky outcrops hung with orchids and bromeliads, the train passes Km 104 at Chachabamba, from where the one-day trek to Machu Picchu via the magnificent ruins of Wiñay Wayna begins.
At just two km from the Inca Remains, the train arrives at Machu Picchu Town. Surrounded by the high, green mountains that cradle the famous lost city, as well as myriad other Inca remains, this small town, which is well known for its thermal baths, has blossomed into a popular overnight destination for travellers to Machu Picchu.
Guests disembark at Machu Picchu Town to start a unique experience at Machu Picchu Inca Citadel.
SERVICE
CUSCO
POROY
OLLANTA
MACHU PICCHU
OLLANTA
POROY
CUSCO
Dep.
Arrival
Dep.
Arrival
Dep.
Arrival
Dep.
Arrival
Dep.
Arrival
Dep.
Arrival
VISTADOME
6:05
6:52
6:57
8:24
8:29
9:52
15:25
16:57
17:00
18:39
18:49
19:41
BACKPACKER
6:50
7:37
7:42
9:10
9:15
10:51
17:03
18:35
18:38
20:11
20:21
21:13
HIRAM BINGHAM (*)
9:00
10:44
10:47
12:25
17:45
19:20
19:23
21:11
NOTES:
Frequency: Daily
(*)The Hiram Bingham service is programmed from Monday to Saturday
For information on the menu aboard the Hiram Bingham, please click here
PERU has one of the most attractive ancient cultures in the world. This is one of the reasons why tourists are amazed when they arrive in Peru, as they admire the wonderful secrets of the Peruvian history.
The itinerary is designed to follow the traditional way of visiting the Cuzco -Machu Picchu area, taking Cuzco City (11,217 ft.) as the starting point for taking day tours to the Urubamba Valley and excursion to Machu Picchu (8,400 ft.) one of the Seven Wonders of the World, with overnight stay near the ruins.
