Departure City
Lima - Cusco - Puno - Arequipa
Guide
Professional Guide
Maximum Altitude
5,200 meters // 17,060 feet
Transportation
Bus, Taxi, Van, boarding
Walking Hours
2 - 3 hours
Minimum Age
18
Maximum Age
49
Group Size
6 - 12
Activities
Cultural Tours
Trip Type
Peru Special Packages
Difficulty
Medium

Perú Travel Ancestral

LIMA – AREQUIPA – PUNO – CUSCO 12D/11N

Perú Travel Ancestral, A trip designed especially for you so that you can get to know the cities of Lima, Cusco, Puno and Arequipa and their tourist attractions with the cordiality that the whole Peru Fantastico team will offer you.

Important

As of 2019 the rules to enter Machu Picchu have changed, currently the maximum time to visit the Machu Picchu sanctuary is 3 hours, the entrance is every hour, Your entrance schedule will be based on the arrival time of the train to Machu Picchu. It is also important to know that this visit is only a one-way trip along a specific route. Once inside the sanctuary, it is impossible to leave and return to it. This is only possible if you visit the Huayna Picchu Mountain. Also keep in mind that during the high season you will have to wait in line to get on the bus to Machu Picchu. After returning from Machu Picchu, visit the Chavez Ballon Museum, You can also visit the butterfly garden to admire the different species of butterflies that are found here. Visit the sinchi roca bridge of Machupichu with your beloved partner and seal the pact of love with a padlock and throw the key into the river. You can also choose to visit the thermo-medicinal baths to take a little relaxation.

Day 1 :

TRANSFER AIRPORT – HOTEL

Perú Travel Ancestral fantastic team will attend you at the Jorge Chávez Airport, then we will take you by tourist transport to our hotel, where we will be received and registered in the room, after the break we will start our first experience.

Night in Lima

Day 2 :

CITY TOUR LIMA COLONIAL y MODERNO

Perú Travel Ancestral, In the morning we will pass by your hotel and then head towards our adventure.

LIMA Moderna: we will make the first stop at the Intihuatana Park which is located on the Miraflores Malecon, a place where we will be able to appreciate the Pacific Ocean and then start with our tour of the Moderna
neighborhoods of Miraflores and San Isidro, from the outside you will be able to appreciate the Huaca Pucllana which is a pre-Inca ceremonial temple that has the shape of a pyramid.

COLONIAL LIMA: We will continue with our itinerary and then visit the historical center of Lima declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1991. Place where the viceroyalty was established and where they built the first buildings

Perú Travel Ancestral will visit the San Martín Square and we will also marvel at the colonial mansions that still maintain those peculiar balconies that stand out to the visitor's view

We also appreciate the government palace and the municipal palace and then head to the Convent of Santo Domingo where the relics of the 3 Peruvian saints are.

Such as Santa Rosa de Lima, San Martin de Porres and San Juan Macías. After our visit we will finish at the district market or return to our hotel. to then prepare for our trip to Paracas.

TRANSFER HOTEL / CRUZ DEL SUR TERMINAL-PARACAS

At the agreed time our work team will visit you at your hotel and then head to the CRUZ DEL SUR terminal to then board our bus bound for Paracas in a trip of approximately 4 hours we will arrive in this beautiful city.

Overnight in Paracas.

Day 3 :

CITY TOUR VISITA: CATEDRAL - KORICANCHA - 04 RUINAS

Perú Travel Ancestral TRANSFER HOTEL /AIRPORT
After your arrival in the city of Cusco we will go, in a tourist transport, to our hotel place where we will be welcomed with a coca tea that will help us for altitude sickness and after that you will settle in your room and take a break for 2 hours and then we will leave for our first experience.

Perú Travel Ancestral, Our team will pick you up from your hotel, to start this unforgettable City Tour of the city of Cusco, we will start by the colonial part, Plaza de Armas and The Cathedral, decorated with fine carved woodwork, impressive altars and beautiful paintings, made by the hands of local artists of the Cusqueña School of the seventeenth century, to then visit the Coricancha, temple of the Sun, considered an indigenous religious sanctuary, where we will appreciate the very fine work of lithic technology made by the Incas, to then move to the Archaeological Park of Sacsayhuaman, wonderful and imposing, which offers us a panoramic view of the city of Cusco, was built with large limestone blocks weighing from 25 to 125 tons, continuing we will visit Qenqo and Puca Pucara, strategic place for access and exit control and surveillance of the Imperial city of Cusco. Finally we will visit Tambomachay, with its water sources, of ceremonial use in Inca time, finishing our tour we will return to the city of Cusco.

Night in Cusco.

Day 4 :

SACRED VALLEY - CONNECTION TO AGUAS CALIENTES

Perú Travel Ancestral guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the Archaeological Park of Pisac, we will stop at the viewpoint of Taray to admire the panoramic view of the Sacred Valley, after visiting Pisac, we will be able to walk through the colorful local artisan market then we will go to Urubamba where we will have a buffet lunch in a tourist restaurant and then we will transfer in our mobile until we reach the Archaeological Park of Ollantaytambo where you can enjoy the explanations of our guide of this impressive archaeological center that is located in the same town of Ollantaytambo thus maintaining its traditional streets of the Inca era.

Perú Travel Ancestral we will stay in this city and from this place we will take a train to the city of Aguas Calientes, where our group will be waiting for you at the train station to take you to the hotel so that you can have a well-deserved rest.

Night in Aguas Calientes.

Day 5 :

VISIT TO MACHU PICCHU

Perú Travel Ancestral, At the agreed time our Fantastic Peru team will visit you at your hotel to start our tour, heading to the bus station and arriving at the sanctuary in 30 minutes.

Perú Travel Ancestral we arrived at the sanctuary, we passed through the control where they will check our personal documents. Then we will continue our guided tour and visit the most important places of Machu Picchu, also known as the lost city of the Incas, the places visited will be for example, we will go to the point of the classic photos and we will also visit the main square, the Temple of the Sun, Sanctuary of the Three Windows of the Intihuatana, Temple of the Condor of the Huayranas and many other places that make up the sacred site of Machu Picchu.

After our 3-hour guided tour, we will return to the city of Aguas Calientes for lunch before returning to the City of Cusco to start the return to our city.

Overnight in Cusco.

Day 6 :

VINICUNCA MOUNTAIN OF COLORS

Perú Travel Ancestral, At the agreed time we will pick you up from your hotel and we will go to the town of Cusipata (elevation 3,319 m // 10,889 feet) where we will stop for breakfast before heading to Punta Carretera (Punta Carretera (elevation 3,989 m //) / 13,064 feet) where we start your trip.
Without first listening to the instructions of the guide, our tourist transport will be waiting for us at the same place, so we can leave and take whatever we think necessary.

Our trip will be accompanied by herds of horses, llamas and alpacas.

This is a spectacular tour for travelers who love true outdoor adventure and contact with the Andes.

This uphill hike takes about two hours.

When you reach the top (altitude 5,200 meters// 17,060 feet), you will be able to admire the colorful mountains and take traditional photographs.

In addition, you will be able to admire the snowy peaks that surround it and its majestic snowy Ausangate.

After spending some time on the mountain, we will descend to the starting point, where we will be met by a shuttle that will take us to lunch at a tourist restaurant, and then return to your hotel in Cusco.

Hotel in Cusco.

Day 7 :

ROUTE OF THE SUN CUSCO-PUNO

Perú Travel Ancestral experience is fantastic because throughout the trip we will be able to get to know many Andean landscapes and places that they contain.

Perú Travel Ancestral For this adventure our team will pass by your hotel and then head to the bus terminal to then board and start with our adventure the first place to visit will be :
ANDAHUAYLILLAS whose most important attraction is the Catholic temple known as the Sistine chapel of America that houses beautiful works of art from the Cusco school and fresco paintings that attract the attention of visitors after a guided tour we will return to our mobility to continue our adventure to the archaeological center of RAQCHI a monument known as the temple of the God Wiracocha who was the supreme god of the Inca culture in this center we will appreciate colcas or Andean granaries you can also appreciate a magnificent work of construction of adove and stone, later we will continue until we reach Sicuani place where we will serve ourselves our delicious lunch and then continue enjoying the beautiful Andean landscape. Arriving at the border of Puno and Cusco called La raya in this place we will make a stop to be able to appreciate the beautiful snow-capped El Chimboya that is part of the Andes Mountain Range many studies affirm that from these mountains the Vilcanota river is born sacred river for the Incas that crosses the entire Cusco region.

Continuing with our itinerary we will arrive at the lithic museum of PUKARA here we appreciate works of art made in stone we will also see some ceramics typical of the culture inhabited in this place, after our visit to the museum we will continue with our trip to the altiplanic city of Puno.

Night in Puno.

Day 8 :

ISLAS UROS TAQUILE AMANTANI 2D/1N

1st day PUNO - UROS ISLAND - AMANTANI

Perú Travel Ancestral, adventure is one of the most beautiful experiences that can be lived inside the highest lake in the world

At the agreed time our team will pick you up at your hotel and then approach to the port and then take our boat to start with our new experience on the highest lake in the world the first place to visit will be the floating islands of the uros, ancient pre-Inca settlers of the lake, known as the aquatic population these settlers made their homes on these hazi islands they preserved the authenticity of the population as the elaboration of their houses and their boats.we will continue with our tour for 2 and a half hours until we arrive at the island of Amantani in which at the port the president of the town will welcome us with dances and songs and later we will be distributed by families so that we can relate to them with their culture and with their customs they will be our hosts in our stay in Amantani
In the afternoon we will make a hike to the sacred mountain known as the pacha tata this hike will always be executed in coordination with our guide and with the families after having appreciated the beautiful natural landscape we will return home we will have dinner with the assigned family and then we will rest next to them in their Andean home.

Night in the communal cottages.

Day 9 :

AMANTANI- ISLA TAQUILE -PUNO

Perú Travel Ancestral, After a delicious and nutritious breakfast we will continue with our tour to the other island called taquile an island that contains a lot of history since pre-Inca times due to the presence of the chullpas that served as dwellings and also presents a beautiful port made of pure stone and with a peculiar work that shows the art of the ancient Peruvians
It is also noteworthy its fabrics that are handcrafted custom that they have maintained since pre-Inca times is a very beautiful island because you as a visitor can interact with the locals and thus understand the peculiarities of their experiences.

After this incredible experience we will return to the city of Puno and then head to our hotel.

Night in Puno

Day 10 :

PUNO -CHIVAY TRIP

Perú Travel Ancestral, At the agreed time our representative will stop by your hotel and then drive you to the bus terminal and then board for 06 hours bound for Chivay on the way we will be able to enjoy the beautiful view of the Andean landscapes until we reach the town of Chivay and then go to lunch and in the afternoon go to relax at the hot springs of La Calera.

Overnight in Chivay.

Day 11 :

CHIVAY - CRUZ DEL CÓNDOR - AREQUIPA

Perú Travel Ancestral day our wake up will be very early to serve us our breakfast and then continue to the cruz del condor place where we will appreciate the beautiful colca canyon and at the same time with a little luck we will see the flight of the condor
After the show we will take some time to shop for the local handicrafts and thus get in touch with the locals and interact with the locals, to then return to the town of Chivay and then continue to the city of Arequipa.

Overnight in Arequipa.

Day 12 :

TRANSFER HOTEL /AIRPORT AREQUIPA

Perú Travel Ancestral fantastic team will assist you in the transfer from the hotel to the airport as agreed for our respective dismissal.