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Cuzco & Machu Picchu
(Overnight)
- 5 days / 4
nights (Sundays, Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Day 01. Lima / Cuzco
Upon
arrival of your flight in Cuzco, you will be transferred to a
local hotel, or restaurant, for a cup of coca tea to help you
become acclimated to the altitude. After a short time of rest,
depart to the village of Pisac, a Peruvian indigenous and
picturesque Andean village where villagers from miles around
gather to barter and sell their products such as local ceramics
including a huge and varied collection of hand-painted
multi-colored beads, necklaces, and stones. After a buffet lunch
- included at TUNUPA Restaurant - You will visit the ruins of
Ollantaytambo, the only remaining example of pre-Columbian urban
planning and original Inca administrative, religious,
agricultural and military complex. Overnight at the hotel
selected in Yucay. (L)
Day 02. Cuzco / Aguas Calientes / Machu Picchu
Transfer by
bus to railway station in Ollantaytambo, for a one- hour train
ride to Aguas Calientes, allowing you to appreciate wonderful
Andean landscapes, and later a thirty-minute bus ride,
zigzagging the mountain ridge, to the Lost City of the Incas,
Machu Picchu. Tour will include visits of the three great
sectors: The Sacred District where you will visit the
Intiwatana, the Temple of the Sun and the Moon, the Room of the
Three Windows; the Popular District with its main plaza and
mausoleum used for rites and sacrifices, and the District of
Priests and Nobility. Return by bus to Aguas Calientes and
overnight at hotel selected. (B)
Day
03. Aguas Calientes / Cuzco
Morning at
leisure in Aguas Calientes village. Visit the local handicraft
market, walk along a steep trail with stairs to the thermal
springs on one side of the mountain or just return to the ruins
for a second visit. The additional entrance fee is not included
in the program (Approx. US$30). After lunch on your own,
transfer to railway station for your return to Cusco by
train/bus, where upon arrival, you will be met and transferred
to hotel selected for overnight. (B)
Day
04. Cuzco / Sacsayhuamán
Breakfast at
hotel. Time to explore the city of Cusco on your own pace. In
the afternoon, City tour of Cusco through narrow streets, fine
colonial houses, temples, churches constructed on finely-worked
Inca walls, visit the Cathedral of Cusco, the Temple of the Sun
and to the nearby ruins at Sacsayhuamán Fortress, Kenko,
Puca-Pucara and the Inca Bath at Tambomachay. Dinner at La Cava
de San Rafael restaurant with folkloric dances (included).
Return to hotel for overnight. (B, Dinner show)
Day
05. Cuzco / Lima
After
breakfast, morning at leisure to enjoy the city then transfer to
the airport. (B)
Package includes
- All transfers to
and from airports / hotels
- One night hotel in Yucay (Sacred Valley of the Incas)
- One night hotel in the Machu Picchu area
- Two nights hotel in Cuzco
- Sightseeing as indicated
- Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
Package DOES NOT Include
- International and domestic airfare (can be quoted
separately)
- Any type of insurance
- Tips to porters, driver or Tour Guide
- Alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages
- Domestic airport taxes of US$6.00 at each airport in Peru and
International departure taxes of US$31.00 upon leaving Peru
- Any other services not mentioned in itinerary |
