Guide

Morning Lima City tour – Shared service Afternoon Arequipa City Tour – Shared service Full day Colca Canyon tour– Shared service Full day Lake Titicaca– Shared service Afternoon Cusco City Tour– Shared service Machu Picchu tour – Shared service

Meals

Breakfast at hotel Lunch in Chivay Lunch in Taquile

Others

•Private transfer airport – hotel – airport •Morning Lima City tour – Shared service •Afternoon Arequipa City Tour – Shared service •Full day Colca Canyon tour– Shared service •Full day Lake Titicaca– Shared service •Afternoon Cusco City Tour– Shared service •Machu Picchu tour – Shared service •BTG (general tourist ticket). •Entrance fees: Koricancha, Cathedral and Machu Picchu. •Speaking guide at Machu Picchu. •Bus ticket: Aguas Calientes-Machu Picchu-Aguas Calientes. •Train ticket Cusco - Aguas Calientes – Cusco •Private transfer from Puno to Juliaca •2 nights in Lima •1 night in Arequipa •1 night in Puno •2 nights in Cusco •1 night in comfortable bus from Puno to Cusco •Breakfast at hotel •Lunch in Chivay •Lunch in Taquile •All transfers. •Support 24/7 **Booking tips: -You can arrive at any time in Lima, we will pick you up from the airport. -Check in at the hotel in Lima is at 11am -Recommended to arrive in Arequipa before 11am -Departure flights should be from Cusco’s Airport

Accommodation

2 nights in Lima 1 night in Arequipa 1 night in Puno 2 nights in Cusco

Transport

Private transfer airport – hotel – airport Bus ticket: Aguas Calientes-Machu Picchu-Aguas Calientes. Train ticket Cusco - Aguas Calientes – Cusco Transport to all visits included on the tour

Not included:

Insurance

Flights

International flights Flight from Lima to Arequipa Departure flight from Cusco

Others

•International flights •Departure flight from Cusco •Meals not specified in the itinerary •Tips

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrival In Lima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrival In Lima

Upon arrival at Lima’s airport, we will be waiting for you and together we will go to the accommodation in Lima.

**Note:. Check in at hotel at 11am

Overnight in Lima
Day 2 Day 2: Morning:. Lima City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Morning:. Lima City Tour

At 9 am, transfer from our accommodation to start our Lima city tour, we will start with Visit to “Pucllana Pyramid” then Historical Center of Lima with more than fifty monuments and Colonial edifications, such as the Paseo de la República, the San Martín Square, the Main Square, the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Cathedral Basilica, and the City Council Palace amongst others, San Francisco Convent.

Overnight in Lima

Meals: breakfast
Day 3 Day 3: Lima To Arequipa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Lima To Arequipa

At appropriate time, transfer from hotel in Lima to the airport, to take our flight from Lima to the white city of Arequipa. The flight will take approx. 1 hour. ( Flight NOT included on the package)

Arrival in Arequipa

Once we arrive in Arequipa, we will be pick up and transfer to the hotel. After check-in at the hotel, we will have free morning for shopping or resting.

**NOTE: Recommened to arrive in Arequipa around 11am**

Arequipa City tour

In the afternoon, around 13:30h we will start our Arequipa city tour, we will Visit the Monastery of Santa Catalina, then we will visit the Plaza de Armas, one of the most beautiful in Peru, the Jesuit Church of the Company, which in its beautiful façade announces the so-called mestizo architecture, its cloisters and dome, the Tristan del Pozo house and at the end and for a magnificent view from the city we will visit the typical districts of Carmen alto and Yanahuara. (Mirador and Church). We will be back in Arequipa around 6pm.

Overnight in Arequipa

Meals: breakfast
Day 4 Day 4: Arequipa To Colca Canyon To Puno
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Arequipa To Colca Canyon To Puno

We leave Arequipa between 2:30-3:00am, will drive for 3 hours northwest behind the Chachani to Chivay, capital of the Colca Canyon. Where we will have breakfast.

We continue driving for 2 hours at the most famous spot in the Colca Canyon "La Cruz del Condor". This is where we see the depth of the canyon and the flight of the Condor. The area has beautiful typical villages like Yanque and Maca, colonial churches, friendly people with dresses and hats with typical sewing, and hundreds of pre-Inca terraces that are still in use with Andean crops such as corn, quinoa and amaranth. Already in Chivay at noon there is an optional visit to the hot springs of La Calera, with pools that have a water temperature of 40 ° C / 104 ° F. Once in Chivay we will have a traditional lunch and after lunch we will travel to back to Arequipa. We stop on the way, on the highest step: the viewpoint of the volcanoes and snow-capped mountains in Patapampa (4,800m). Later we will see wild vicunas, alpacas and llamas in the national reserve of Pampa Cañahuas and some birds like flamingos, ibis, Andean geese, ducks and eagles Andean Quechua called "Kara Kara".

Chivay to Puno

Around 13:30hs, transfer to the bus station in Chivay to take our bus to Puno. On the road we will experience beautiful sceneries , stopping in Pampa Cañahuas: for seeing vicunas, Pampa Cañahuas: for drinking coca leaf tea, stop in Lagunillas: for bird-watching and seeing little lakes Arriving in Puno at 19:30hs

Overnight in Puno

Meals: breakfast, lunch
Day 5 Day 5: Fullday:. Lake Titicaca
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Fullday:. Lake Titicaca

Uros Floating Island & Taquile

Our tour begins with pick up from your hotel at 7:00 am to go to the port of Puno. Then we take a trip by boat for 2 hours at Lake Titicaca to the floating islands of Uros. These inhabitants of the lake are known as the Water Tribe, they have built their own islands by periodically adding new layers of a unique species of sugarcane in the area called "Totora". Their homes and boats are also made from these materials.

After visiting the natives continue our trip to Taquile Island, inhabited by locals who speak Quechua and have developed efficient and unique social systems, as well as good hand weaving techniques. On reaching the village of Taquile we will have a typical lunch. Then we walk through the hills and archaeological sites of this 6km Island. In the afternoon, we return to Puno by boat.

Puno to Cusco

In the afternoon, transfer to the bus station for your night bus from Puno to Cusco. The drive takes around 7 hours and you will have service on board.

Night on night bus
Day 6 Day 6: Arrival In Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Arrival In Cusco

Upon arrival in Cusco, reception at the bus station and transfer to our hotel in the city center.

Afternoon:. Cusco City tour

In the afternoon around 1:10 pm pick up from your hotel to Cusco City Tour. The tour will begin visiting the Temple of the Sun or Qorikancha, Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay. And return around 7:00 pm

The evening will be free to rest and acclimatize to the altitude or you can enjoy every night from 19:00 to 20:30 beautiful typical of the region in the Qosqo Native Art Center .

Overnight in Cusco

Meals: no meals
Day 7 Day 7: Fullday:. Machu Picchu Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Fullday:. Machu Picchu Tour

Pick up from your hotel in Cusco in the morning. We will take you to the train station where we will embark on this extraordinary train ride to Machu Picchu where you will have beautiful views and e include refreshments. The train passes through beautiful ecosystems then have your camera ready to take pictures.

Approximately four hours after his departure from Cusco will arrive at the train station in Aguas Calientes (the town located at the bottom of Machu Picchu). Your expert guide will be waiting at the station. Together we will take the bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu that lasts 25 minutes.

Arriving at Machu Picchu, you will enter the site (do not forget to have your passport !) And your guide will give you a tour of the citadel for 2hours. After the guided tour, there will be free time to explore, take pictures.

After exploring Machu Picchu lower by bus to Aguas Calientes. Then you can enjoy the restaurants, explore the village, or relax in the thermal baths.

In the afternoon return to Cusco by train, four hours after leaving, you will come to Cusco and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Cusco

Meals: breakfast
Day 8 Day 8: Departure From Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Departure From Cusco

At appropriate time, transfer from hotel in Cusco to airport for your return flight .

Meals: breakfast

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8 days tour

8 Days Full South Peru :. Lima – Arequipa – Puno - Cusco

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Itinerary of your trip 8 Days Full South Peru :. Lima – Arequipa – Puno - Cusco

Day 1: Arrival In Lima

Day 2: Morning:. Lima City Tour

Day 3: Lima To Arequipa

Day 4: Arequipa To Colca Canyon To Puno

Day 5: Fullday:. Lake Titicaca

Day 6: Arrival In Cusco

Day 7: Fullday:. Machu Picchu Tour

Day 8: Departure From Cusco

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