1st.
Day: LIMA
Reception at Jorge Chavez airport
and transfer to the selected hotel.
Lodging. Rest of day free for personal
activities. |
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2nd.
Day: LIMA
Breakfast.
It will take you 03 hours to travel
into the past to XVI century. You will
visit Lima colonial enchantments as
the Main Square, the Cathedral, the
Government Palace, the San Francisco
Monastery, with its beautiful cloister
and entrance, as well as the underground
galleries or catacombs which were used
as cemeteries during the Colony Period.
Traditional districts with their own
enchantments as the Stone Bridge, the
Alameda de Los Delcalzos, the Paseo
de Aguas and the famous Acho Bullring.
We will appreciate then the Huaca Huallamarca,
which was considered as a Pre-Inca worshipping
ceremonial center.
Then you will travel back to the XX
century visiting modern districts with
beautiful squares and avenues, as well
as Miraflores with its beautiful beaches,
intensive commercial trading and active
nightlife. You will visit the Park of
Love where stands a big sculpture representing
a "Couple of Andean lovers"
facing the Pacific Ocean. |
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3rd.
Day: LIMA / AREQUIPA
Breakfast.
Transfer from your hotel to board your
flight to Arequipa City. At your arrival,
reception and transfer to the selected
hotel. Lodging.
Free day where you can take one of the
optional excursion that HADA TOURS offers:
Colonial Arequipa, Countryside and Sabandia
mill or taste the delicious dishes of
Arequipa´s gastronomy...
In the afternoon, you will visit the
second biggest city of Perú,
which conserves ancient architectural
treasures, and modern districts as the
Residential Selva Alegre area. You will
know the Main square, the Cathedral,
the polychrome Dome of "La compañia
de Jesús", which has cloisters
with ashlar (volcanic white stone or
"sillar") arcades; Yanahuara
square, San Francisco church, the Chilina's
Valley and the well-known Santa Catalina
convent. |
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4th.
Day: AREQUIPA / JULIACA / PUNO
Breakfast.
At fixed time, transfer from your hotel
to the airport to board your flight
to Juliaca City. At your arrival, transfer
to the selected hotel in Puno City.
Lodging. Free Afternoon. At night, we
suggest you to enjoy an andean dinner
and appreciate the authentic Peruvian
Folklore. |
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5th.
Day: PUNO
Breakfast.
In the morning visit on boat to the
Uros Island, where the Lake Settlers
are still living as their ancestors,
keeping their costumes, culture and
community life. The Islands are located
in the Titicaca National Reserve. The
Uros are descendants of one of the oldest
towns of America. Their main activity
is fishing and hunting.
In the afternoon, a visit to the archeological
Sillustani area located 34 kms. from
Puno City at 4,000 m.a.s.l. The Chullpas
are big funerary monuments (necropolis)
on an esplanade in a peninsula shape.
The Collas built it near to the beautiful
Umayo Lagoon. This square and round
edifications have 12 meters height and
the way they were made is a challenge
for the balance laws, because they are
smaller at the bottom than at the top. |
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6th
Day: PUNO / CUSCO
Breakfast.
At fixed time, transfer from your hotel
to the bus station to start the journey
to the Inca's Imperial City of Cusco.
At your arrival, reception and transfer
to the selected hotel. Lodging. |
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7th
Day: CUSCO
Breakfast.
Free morning to get acclimatized to
the 3 360 m.a.s.l.
In the afternoon, City Tour in Cusco
walking through the Cathedral which
shows a renacentist style on its interior
and exterior frontage. Inside, you will
find beautiful cedar wood statues, like
the chorus and the Pulpit, as well as
the paintings of the Cusco Art School,
and some objects made on silver. You
will also visit the Qorikancha or Sun
Temple; which nowadays is the Santo
Domingo Church. Then you will go to
the four surrounding ruins: The Sacsayhuamán
Fortress, Q´enqo, Puca-Pucara
and Tambomachay. |
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th Day: CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU / CUSCO
Breakfast.
Full day excursion to Machu Picchu archeological
complex, located in a subtropical Cusco
area at 2 350 m.a.s.l.
Transfer from your hotel to the train
station to start your guided visit.
You will visit the marvelous Machu Picchu
Citadel where you will walk trough squares,
temples, terraces, worship centers and
its Royal Palace. You will also visit
the "Intiwatana" or Solar
Clock and several beautiful natural
water fountains carved on rock. Includes
lunch. In the afternoon return to Cusco
by train, reception and transfer to
the hotel. |
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9
th Day: CUSCO / LIMA
Breakfast.
At fixed time, transfer from the hotel
to the airport to board the flight to
Lima city. At your arrival, reception
and transfer to selected hotel. Rest
of afternoon free. Lodging. |
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10
th Day: LIMA / ....
Breakfast.
You will be transferred from your hotel
to the airport to board your domestic
or international flight. |
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