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Southern Peru Gringo Trail to Machu Picchu Cusco Last Minute Travel is the Peru Trips Travel Vacations is the Individual Packages Peru Travel is the Tours Adventure Trekking Climbing Hiking Alpamayo is the Huascaran Huayhuash Artesonraju Santa is the Cruz Cusco Arequipa Machu Picchu Colca Canyon is the Ballestas Islands Peru Travel & Packages Outfitter tour operator holidays Rains in the Cusco Region ACCESS TO MACHU PICCHU Our "Peru Explorer" tours are individually organised tours for a minimum of 2 people. All Hotels, Tours & Entrances, Transport and Transfers (airport-hotel-bus) and domestic flights are included. All tours are with local English speaking guidance. Southern Peru Gringo Trail to Machu Picchu Cusco Not included are your international flight, tax for the domestic flights (about € 5 per person per flight) and meals "a la carte" (2-8 Dollar). These are only example itineraries to give you an idea of what to do and what the cost approximately is. We are not just salesman but really organise our tours ourselves so you can add or change these tours in order to get your tailor-made itinerary.

DAY BY DAY ITINERARY:

= Hotel     = Breakfast     = Lunch     = Dinner    

  Day 1   Arrival in Lima
  • Pick up at the airport and transfer to Miraflores (safe district, about 30 - 45 minutes drive from airport)
  • Welcome and orientation in Peru (change money, customs city/country side, food and drinks, ...)
  • Overnight in Miraflores

  Day 2   Briefing, Miraflores, Lima city center
  • Meet your travel specialist: briefing about your tour, useful information
  • Stroll through Miraflores (Parque Kennedy, Pizza street, Larco Mar, ...)
  • Afternoon Lima city tour (pre-hispanic, colonial & modern Lima)
  • Overnight in Miraflores

  Day 3   Lima - Arequipa
  • Flight Lima - Arequipa (approx. 1 hr 20 min)
  • Afternoon free. Recommendation: Santa Catalina Monastery & Museum Santuarios Andinos
  • Overnight in Arequipa

  Day 4   Colca Canyon day 1
  • Drive through National Reserve Salinas and Aguada Blanca (see snow-capped vulcanoes, llamas and wild vicuņas)
  • Short hike in the vicinity of Chivay (enjoy views Colca Canyon, look for bones and skulls in nearby grave tumbs)
  • Visit the hot springs of Chivay (optional, known to have an healing effect)
  • Overnight in Chivay/Corporaque

  Day 5   Colca Canyon day 2
  • Condor viewing at "Cruz del Condor" (largest flying bird on earth)
  • Return to Arequipa (see hanging graves, colonial churches)
  • Overnight in Arequipa

  Day 6   Arequipa - Puno
  • Transport to Puno (maybe see flamingos at Lake Lagunillas)
  • Tour to the Sillustani burial towers (visit traditional highland house)
  • Overnight in Puno

  Day 7   Titicaca Lake day 1
  • Visit the Uros floating reed islands (learn how to build your own island)
  • Visit the Island Amantani (join the dress-up party)
  • Overnight on Amantani (Homestay)

  Day 8   Titicaca Lake day 2
  • Sailing to Taquile Island (boot ride)
  • Short hike on Taquile Island (3.850 meters of altitude, take it easy)
  • Sail back to Puno (sunset over Lake Titicaca)
  • Overnight in Puno

  Day 9   Puno - Cusco
  • Transport to Cusco (guided tourist bus, Cusco: Navel of the world according to itīs original name "Qosqo")
  • Visit the Raqshi Tempel & Andahuayllilas Church
  • Overnight in Cusco

  Day 10   Cusco City
  • Free morning in Cusco (coffee on a balcony at the main square)
  • Afternoon Cusco city & vicinity tour (Catedral, Goldtempel, Sacsayhuaman, Tambo Machay, ...)
  • Overnight in Cusco

  Day 11   Cusco - Sacred Valley
  • Tour in the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, ...)
  • Overnight in Cusco

  Day 12   Cusco - Machu Picchu
  • Transport to Aguas Calientes (Transport Cusco - Ollanta, train Vistadome Service to Aguas Calientes)
  • Day tour at Machu Picchu ("The Lost City" of the Incas) (with guidance)
  • Overnight in Aguas Calientes

  Day 13   Machu Picchu - Cusco
  • Second visit of Machu Picchu (explore on your own)
  • Transport back to Cusco (Train Vistadome service to Ollanta, transport to Cusco)
  • Overnight in Cusco

  Day 14   Cusco - Jungle day 1
  • Flight Cusco - Puerto Maldonado (approx. 1 hr)
  • Transfer to jungle lodge (Make sure to put on your insect repellent by now)
  • Several outings into the jungle
  • Overnight in jungle lodge

  Day 15   Jungle day 2
  • Several outings into the jungle
  • Overnight in jungle lodge

  Day 16   Jungle day 3 - Lima
  • Early outing into the jungle
  • Transfer to Puerto Maldonado
  • Flight Puerto Maldonado - Lima (approx. 2 hrs 30 min)
  • Overnight in Lima

  Day 17   Lima extra day
  • Free morning
  • Afternoon tour to the Museum for Archeology and Antropology

  Day 18   Lima - Airport
  • Transfer to the airport (optional: Inca Market, Gold Museum at Larco Mar, ...)

PRICES:
Hotels Economic Standard
in US $ per person
Single supplement

Minimum 2 participants.

Please ask your bank to take all fees (exchange and wiring fees) from your side on your behalf.

While travel in Peru under certain circumstances may be more expensive, we reserve the right to modify our prices for reservations less than 60 days before departure (domestic flights may be sligtly more expensive) and for travel during Easter Week and around the 28th of July (our Independence Day).

Economic hotels are also clean and have on-suite bathroom. Standard hotels are nicer and have the better breakfast. Considering the relatively small price difference, our recommendation are the standard hotels.

Please have a look at our booking conditions.

Included:
• All transport and transfers
• All accommodation and breakfasts, 5 x lunch
• 3 domestic flights
• All tours and entrance fees (English speaking guidance)

Not included:
• International flight and its airporttax (01/01/10: US $ 30,25)
• Airport tax domestic flights (approx. US $ 6 per person per flight)
• Meals "a la carte" (US $ 3-10 per meal)
• Tips and personal expenses

International flights
We do not book international flights. Because we are based in Peru, customers contacting us usually try to avoid paying multiple commisions. Most people book their flights over the internet or at a local travel agency abroad which result a lot cheaper than flights booked from South America.

Keep in mind that flights from Europe often arrive the following day in Peru and that arrival and departure dates allow the booked amount of days within Peru.

Accompanying guide
This itinerary is without permanent accompanying guide but all transfers, transport, tours and hotels organized. Full service from Lima Airport to Lima Airport. The day of pick up or the following day we hold a briefing to clarify doubts that may exist, hand over our travel map with voucher, tickets etc. In the evenings and free time, you will need to be a bit independent, choose your restaurants, clearing the bill etc. All tours are with English speaking guidance so a good understanding of English is a requirement. Knowing how to say "hello" and "thank you" in Spanish would also be nice. A travel guide (book) would be a good complement for background information, restaurants etc.
If you prefer an accompanying guide throughout your holiday, please let us know.


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