Highlights of Peru Tour Itinerary
First, a 17¼ hour, 3 hop flight (via Amsterdam & Aruba) to...
Lima - 2 nights ·
Photo stop for Huaca Huallamarca - a pre Inca pyramid
· National Museum (Museo de la Nacion)
· Lovers park (Parque del Amor) and Pacific view
· Miraflores
· Plaza Major (inc the Archbishop’s & the President’s Palaces)
· Cathedral (contains the tomb of Francisco Pizarro),
· Correo Central - street of postcard vendors
· Monasterio de San Francisco
· Iglesia de Santo Domingo
then up at 3:30am for a 1½ hour flight to Iquitos
followed by a high speed, 50 mile boat trip down the Amazon River to...
Explorama Lodge, Amazon Jungle (near Iquitos) - 1 night
· Walk through fruit and veg market in Iquitos
· Sugar cane pressing at rum still followed by tasting
· 2 hour guided walk through the Amazon jungle
· Boat trip to see the pink dolphins in the Amazon
· Night walk through the jungle with torches to see tarantulas etc.
· Yagua Indian village
· School visit
then a more sedate, 50 mile boat trip back up the Amazon River to Iquitos
followed by a 1½ hour flight to…
Lima - 1 night · (Afternoon and evening free)
then up at 3:30am for a 1 hour flight to…
Cusco (altitude 3,330m) - 2 nights
· Morning free to explore Cusco (or rest)
· Plaza de Armas - Cusco’s central square
· la Compañia de Jesús - supposedly Cusco’s most beautiful church
· Street markets selling souvenirs & local food
· Cathedral
· El Templo del Coricancha - the Inca’s Temple of the Sun
· Inca fortress at Sacsayhuamán overlooking Cusco
· Inca shrine at Qenko
Optional day-trip to the Inca’s Sacred Urubamba valley (cost: US$35 each):
· Inca’s sacred bathing place at Tambo Machay
· View of the valley from Ccoraq
· Souvenir shopping at Pisac market
· Tour around the sacred Inca fortress at Ollantaytambo
· look around a typical Peruvian house
then up at 4:45am for a 3½ hour train journey to…
The Lost Inca City of Machu Picchu - 1 night
· Guided tour around Inca ruins
· Afternoon and following morning free to explore including...
· 1½ hr walk along the Inca Trail up to Intipunku - the Sun Gate
· ½ hr walk to the Inca Drawbridge
· 2½ hr climb up the sugar loaf mountain Huayna Picchu
· including a detour to the Temple of the Moon
then a 3½ hour afternoon train journey back to…
Cusco - 1 night · (evening free)
· Cuy - roast guinea pig for dinner
then up at 6am for an 11 hour, 210 mile train journey along the Andes to Juliaca
followed by a 50 minute, 27 mile coach trip to...
Puno (Lake Titicaca - altitude 3,820m) - 1 night
· Optional trip to Isla de los Uros (cost: US$15 each)
These are the floating reed islands on Lake Titicaca
which included a ride on a reed boat
· Guided tour around m/s Yavari
· Brief walk around Puno Market
then a 20 min flight to...
Arequipa - 2 nights · Plaza de Armas
· Cathedral
· La Compañía
· Alpaca shops in old cloister
· Monasterio de Santa Catalina
· View of the "El Misty" volcano
· Afternoon free
· Swim in hotel pool.
· Wander around Arequipa and watched a religious procession.
then a 1¼ hour flight to Lima
followed by a 4 hour, 160 mile coach journey to...
Ica - 2 nights · Afternoon free to enjoy the hotel facilities including...
· sand-surfing down a dune, water chute, swimming,
cycling, trampolining, pool table
· Optional 1hr flight over the Nazca Lines (Cost: US$130 each)
· Laguna de Huacachina oasis
· Ica Museum
· trip to Paracas to see...
· Candelabra geoglyph carved on mountainside
· Boat-trip to the Ballestas Islands to see penguins & sea lions
then up at 5:45am for a 4 hour, 160 mile coach journey back to...
Lima - 1 night · (Day free in Lima)
· Guided tour around Huaca Pucllana archaeological site
· Indian Market
then a 17 hour, 3 hop flight (via Aruba & Amsterdam) back to Heathrow |
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