Perú Affordable Machu Picchu 15 Days

Perú Affordable Machu Picchu 15 Days

Day 01: LIMA

Pick up upon arrival at airport of Lima city in Perú and transportation to the Hotel located in Miraflores.

Day 02: LIMA CITY TOUR

Breakfast, In the morning, Lima city tour (half day).

9:00 Hr. You will be picked up from your hotel. The city tour begins at Ansestral Lima, We will have panoramic view of the “Pucllana Pyramid” a magnificent ceremonial and archeological center built in the 4th century a.D. and considered a “sacred village” by the Incas. The Viceroyalty of Perú was the most important of the Spanish Empire and Lima was its capital. Then we will visit the Colonial part of Lima, the Historical Center of Lima, where you will appreciate more than fifty monuments and Colonial edifications, such as the Paseo de la República, the San Martín Square, the Main Square of Lima, the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Cathedral Basilica, and the City Council Palace amongst others.

After we will go to the MUSEUM OF THE BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA*, where we will admire the “Treasures of Perú” Collection, a fine selection of objects made of gold, ceramics and textiles from different pre-columbian cultures. Then we will visit the monumental SAN FRANCISCO CONVENT, which displays the largest collection of religious art in America. Our highlight will be the visit of the underground vaults, known as “Catacumbas” or Catacombs.

Finally we will visit traditional residential areas of Lima and Larcomar. Overnight at the Hotel.

DAY 03: BALLESTAS ISLAND & OASIS HUACACHINA

03:45 Hr. Transfer to the Cruz del Sur bus station, for your trip to Paracas.
07:50 Hr. Upon arrival in Paracas transfer to the mole of «El Chaco» where you’ll take a motorboat excursion to the Ballestas island and Geoglyph «El Candelabro».

08:00 Hr. Motor boat towards the Ballestas Islands.

The ballestas Islands are spectacular, eroded into numerous arches and caves, we will visit the different islands for two hours, during this tour you can appreciate the figure of the Candelabro or the candlestick, a gigantic figure engraved in the desert of the Paracas Peninsula. Also we will see thousands of seabirds, some of which are very rare, very fabulous marine fauna, such as large colonies of sea lions on the beaches and rocks as well as seals. It is also possible to see groups of Humboldt penguins in small caves, as well as a wide variety of shorebirds such as cormorants, boobies, pelicans, seagulls, and tendrils. The islands are known as «the Galapagos of Peru».

10:00 Hr. Return to Paracas – Transfer to the Bus station for your trip to Ica.
12:30 Hr. Upon arrival you will be picked up from the bus station and transfer to Ica city tour.

13:00 Hr. Start to Ica City tour, we will visit the Campiñas + Buggies ride in the desert of Huacachina. During the tour we will visit: Wine cellar and Restaurant «El Catador» The most tourist winery in Ica, we can taste its wines, pisco, cachinas and know the elements that are used for the elaboration of Piscos and Wines in an artisanal way, they will also have time to have lunch (not include lunch), here you will find typical Ica food. Then we will visit the main square of Ica.

We will enjoy an impressive landscape where we will find the Huacachina Lagoon surrounded by immense dunes, a natural oasis in the middle of the desert and surrounded by beautiful palm trees.

We will drive you to the desert oasis of Huacachina. Here you can try your hand at some adventure sports including sand boarding. In the desert of Huacachina, wwe can practice of Sandboarding, included crossing much of the desert going up and down the dunes. Finally, approximately 17:30 Hr. Transfer to the bus station.

18:00 Hr. Trip from Ica to Nazca.
21:00 Hr. Upon arrival at the bus Nazca´s bus station transfer to your hotel in Nazca.

Day 04: NAZCA LINES – AREQUIPA

07:00 Hr. Breakfast.
08:00 Hr. Transfer to the Nazca airport.

08:30 Hr. Overflight the Nazca lines (35 mins aprox.) the tour to the famous Nazca lines in Perú. Cut into the stony desert are large number of lines, not only parallels and geometrical figures, but also designs such as a dog, an enormous monkey, a bird with a wing span of over 100 meters, a spider and a tree. The lines, that represent some sort of vast astronomical pre-Inca calendar, are best seen from the air, we will take a half hour flight above the Lines then you’ll visit to the Chauchilla cementery, where skulls, mummies and pottery shards littering the desert.

Free afternoon.
22:00 Hr. you’ll take the motor coach Royal class to Arequipa, overnight onboard. (Breakfast).

Day 05: AREQUIPA CITY TOUR

08:00 Hr. Arrival to Arequipa then transfer to your hotel. Free morning.

14:00 Hr. Arequipa city tour that includes the visit at the Santa Catarina monastery, historical center of Arequipa city, visiting the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral and Arequipa’s most representative churches, followed by a tour to the Campiña (countryside) where we visit the Molino de Sabandia (Sabandia Mill) as well as other attractions that can be seen along the way.

16:30 Return to hotel.

Day 06: AREQUIPA – COLCA CANYON

07:30 You will be picked up from your hotel. Leave Arequipa towards nor west direcction behind snow-covered Chachani, Yura, small valley with thermal springs, see wild vicuñas in Pampa Cañahuas National Reserve, alpacas and llamas in Tocra, some bidrs like flamingoes, ibis, andean gooze, ducks, andean eagle «Kara Kara» view point of the Volcanoes and snow covered mountains in Patapampa (4,800 m. – 15,000 ft.). See the Ampato, Sabancaya, Walca Walca, etc. Chivay, capital of the valley.

Arrival at hotel.
Lunch (not included).
Afternoon visit to the termal springs and pools in La Calera. (Admission to the pools not included, about US$ 3.00 per person). Overnight at your Hotel. (Breakfast).

Day 07: COLCA CANYON – PUNO TITICACA LAKE

Early breakfast.

07:00 Hr. leave for a full day excursion, we will visit beautiful tipical towns, like Yanque & Maca, colonial churches, gently people with tipical needlework dresses, hundreds of pre inca terraces still in use with andean growings like corn, quinua, kiwicha (Amaranto), etc. Lookout of The Cross of the Condor: a place where the Colca Canyon can be seen in all its immensity, along with the flight of nearby condors. Stone scale models, some pre inca graves.

Lunch (not included)
13.00 we will take a bus to Puno. Arriving at Puno approximately 17:30 Hr.
18:00 Hr. Reception in Puno and transfer to the Hotel. Overnight at your Hotel. (Breakfast).

Day 08: PUNO SILLUSTANI TOUR

Breakfast. Free morning.

13:00 Hr. We will visit at the Sillustani Chullpas (pre-Colombian funeral towers). The scenery is desert but impressive, in a beautiful setting on a peninsula on lake Ayumara about 32 Km. from Puno. Most of the towers date from the period of Inca occupation in the 15th century, the engineering involved in their construction is more complex than anything the Incas built. (B)

17:00 Hr. Return to hotel.

Day 09: UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS

Early Breakfast.

06:45 Hr. You will be picked up from your hotel and transfer to the port to visit Lake Titicaca. After 2 hour motorboat ride, you will arrive at the Uros island in the Titikaka lake. Fishermen and hunters inhabit the floating islands on Lake Titicaca Perú. The residents of the Uros use the cattail, a type of rush, which grows in the lake, to create the conditions that ensure the islands stay afloat. The dense roots that the plants develop support the island. The roofs are waterproof and the houses are extremely humid because of the surrounding water. At present, they speak Quechua and Aymara.

13:00 Hr. We will visit the Taquile island, where we will have lunch in the cooperative restaurant. There is also a cooperative shop on the plaza that sells exceptional wool goods which are of very fine quality and somewhat expensive. Taquile Island is famous for its craft production, particularly for its beautiful textiles. The island is narrow at about 1 Km. wide and 6 to 7 Km. long. The visit could be exhausting because of the 533 steps on the stone stairway to climb to get to the village and because of the altitude (13,000 ft above sea level). On Taquile there are numerous pre-Inca and Inca ruins as well as Inca terracing.

17:00 Hr. We will return in Puno.
Transfer to your hotel.

Day 10: PUNO TITICACA LAKE – CUSCO

06:00 Hr. Breakfast.
06:30 Hr. transfer to the bus station so you can take the ride to Cusco.
07:00 Hr. Depart Puno on guided bus to Cusco, visiting on the route picturesque towns and archeological sites such as Andahuaylillas, Raqchi, Sicuani, La Raya and Pukara.
13:00 Hr. Buffet Lunch included.
17:00 Hr. Afternoon arrival in Cusco, reception and transfer to your accommodation.

Day 11: CUSCO CITY TOUR

Breakfast.

08:45 Hr. Cusco City Tour From 09:00 to 14:00 Hr. This tour includes four archaeological sites. The tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to famous fortress of Sacsahuaman, Q’enqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay Including English speaking guide. Include Tourist ticket valid for the entrance to many museums and ruins as well.

14:00 Return to the Hotel.

Day 12: SUPER SACRED VALLEY TOUR – MACHU PICCHU

Breakfast.
“Super valley Tour”—is an absolute way to explore the highlights of the Sacred Valley in one day, not missing anything.
06:45 Hr. You will be picked up from your Hotel. Starting the tour at Chinchero Colorful Town, also in this town we will visit the house of one citizen where we are going to see the exposition about the weaving process. Then we are going to visit Moray “Circular Terraces” special and unique place, after this, the Salt Mines of Salineras.

12:20 Hr. Buffet Lunch provided in Urubamba town.
In the afternoon you’ll visit to the fortress of Ollantaytambo, an architectural group that in the days of the Tahuantinsuyo empire was a gigantic agricultural, administrative, social, religious and military complex.
16:36 Hr. we will take the train to Aguas Calientes (Machu picchu). Upon Arrival transfer to your Hotel. Overnight at your Hotel. (Breakfast, Buffet Lunch).

Day 13: MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO

04:00 Hr. Breakfast.
04:30Hr. departure to the citadel of Machupicchu. Services included: Transfer from hotel to Bus station, bus service to ruins and back, it will take a 25 minutes bus ride to the ruins of Machu Picchu. Once there, you will take a guided tour, with an English speaking guide.
14:45 Hr. we’ll take the train back to Cusco. Arrival back in Cusco around 18:35 Hr. transfer from the train station to your hotel, overnight at your Hotel (Breakfast)

DAY 14: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN TREK

04:00 Hr. We will pick you up at your Cuzco Hotel, Then we are going 2 hours drive through the South Valley to the Cusipata town, where we will have our breakfast. After that we are going to drive for about 55 minutes more to Phuluwasipata community (4,326 m / 14,189 ft.), where we gonna start our trek for 1 hour and 30 minutes approx. to arrive at the astonishing Rainbow Mountain, (most of the way is going up).

The Rainbow Mountain, also known as Vinicunca, is a spectacular place near the snowy Ausangate glacier. In the way up we are going to be able to enjoy amazing landscapes of herds of alpacas and llamas, the Ausangate Mountain, many red mountains and traditional local houses. We will have time to explore the area and take pictures. We will spend approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour (depend of your trekking speed and weather conditions).

After to take nice pictures and enjoy this majestic and unique natural wonder, we will descend back into Cusipata town.
13:00 Hr. lunch. After lunch, we will drive back to Cuzco.
17:00 Hr. Arrival to Cusco and transfer to your hotel.

DAY 15: CUSCO – LIMA

Breakfast. Transfer the airport where we’ll take the flight back to Lima (AIRFARE INCLUDED). END OUR SERVICES.

¿What to pack?

Considering the weather in Perú, we have put together our definitive list of what to pack for a trip to Cusco, Machu Picchu and Puno:

• A good pair of hiking boots or walking shoes.
• A poncho for those downpours. The weather changes very quickly here.
• A warm jacket. Afternoons and mornings can be very cold, especially between June and September.
• Good quality sunscreen and sun hat.
• Bring clothing that you can overlap. Warm layers and pants that can be unbuttoned into shorts are great. You will only need a couple of changes of clothes, as you can wash anywhere for little money.
• A backpack to carry all your things, ideally with a hip strap to make long days of hiking and exploring more comfortable.
• A bottle of water. Plastic disposal is a real problem in the Sacred Valley, so we recommend that you buy large bottles and refill the water in your own reusable bottle.
• Small first aid kit for basic cuts and bruises and stomach upset.
• A spare pair of prescription glasses or contact lenses plus a copy of your prescription is a good idea.
• A small pocket flashlight.
• Earplugs for when you are stuck in a noisy room or want to sleep on the bus or plane.
• A waterproof cover for your backpack is a must, especially if you travel during the rainy season.
• A hat, scarf and gloves for those cold mornings and afternoons.
• Pack your toiletries in zip-lock bags to avoid any unnecessary mess.
• Insect repellent, especially if you plan to trek or visit Machu Picchu.
• Camera with a lot of memory and battery for all those great photos that you will definitely want to take!
• Carry enough locks to store your important belongings, even in your hotel room.