Magic Peru

Discover the Magical Peru 15 Days / 14 Nights package! Explore the vibrant city of Lima, fly over the enigmatic Nazca Lines, admire the majestic Colca Canyon, hike the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu and explore the lush Amazon jungle. This 15-day itinerary will take you through Peru’s most beautiful places – don’t miss it!

The Magical Peru 15 days and 14 Nights package offers the following activities:

Day 1: Arrival to Lima/ City Tour Lima 160 meters

• Pick up from the Airport or Terminal at the agreed time.
• Transfer to your hotel in Lima
• Free time for non guided activities in Lima
• Pick up from selected Hotel
• 09-00 or 14:30 Visit to the historical center of the city
• Visit to the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.
• Visit to the Convent of San Francisco
• Visit to the Catacombs of San Francisco
• 14:00 or 18:30 pm End of the tour.

Day 2: Paracas – Ica – Huacachina 2 meters

• 04:30 am Pick up from your hotel
• Departure to the beach resort of Paracas, Ballestas Islands.
• Visit to Paracas National Reserve
• 13:00 pm Time for lunch (part of the passenger)
• 15:00 pm Visit to the Oasis of Huacachina, passing by the Tubulars – SandBoarding.
• Visit and wine tasting and Pisco making demonstration.
• Accommodation at the hotel in Ica.

Day 3: Nazca Lines 520 meters

• Pick up from your hotel
• Transfer to Maria Reiche airport
• Airport formalities
• About flights over the Nazca Lines
• Return to your hotel

Day 4: Arrival to Cusco/ City Tour Cusco 3800 meters

• Pick up from your hotel to the airport
• Flight to Cusco
• Pick up from Airport or Terminal
• Transfer to your hotel in Cusco
• Accommodation in your selected hotel
• 13:00 pm the agency will pick you up at your hotel to start the tour.
• Visit of the Main Cathedral of Cusco
• Visit of the Temple of the Sun Qoricancha
• Visit of the Archaeological Center of Saqsayhaman
• Visit of the Archaeological Center of Qenqo
• Visit of the Archaeological Center2 of Tambomachay
• 18:30 pm return to Cusco city.

Day 5: Maras-Salineras-Moray 3,500 meters

• 08:00 am Pick up from downtown hotel
• Drive to Moray (1 hour and a half approx.)
• Visit the Archaeological Center of Moray
• Visit to the village of Maras and Salineras
• Return to Cusco city

Day 6: Tour Humantay Lagoon 4200 meters

• At 04:00 approx. pick up at your hotel.
• Travel for two hours to the district of Mollepata.
• Directions and presentation of our guide
• Bufett breakfast in the village of Mollepata
• Transportation to Soraypampa, the starting point of our hike.
• Hike for 1 hour and 30 minutes approx.
• Visit of the Humantay Lagoon
• Bufett Lunch in Mollepata
• Return from Mollepata to Cusco

Day 7: South Valley Circuit 3488 meters

• At 8:00 am pick up from downtown hotel
• Beginning of the tour, indications by our guide.
• Visit to the archaeological complex of Tipon
• Visit to Pikillacta
• Visit to the chapel of Andahualillas
• Return to Cusco city

Day 8: Sacred Valley of the Incas 2,700 meters.

• At 7:30 a.m. pick up from downtown hotel
• Beginning of the tour, directions by our guide.
• Stop at the Taray viewpoint
• Visit to the Archaeological Center of Pisaq
• Lunch in Urubamba
• Visit of the Archaeological Center of Ollantaytambo
• Tourist Train ride from Ollantaytambo-Aguas Calientes
• Overnight in Aguas Calientes

Day 9: Machu Picchu 2400 meters

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transportation Cusco-Ollantaytambo
• Travel by Tourist Train Ollantaytambo-Aguas Calientes
• Transfer by Bus (CONSETTUR) to Machupicchu
• Guided visit to Machupicchu (2 hours aprox)
• Return by bus to Aguas Calientes
• Travel by Tourist Train Aguas Calientes-Ollantaytambo
• Tourist Transport Ollantaytambo-Cusco
• Arrival to Cusco city

Day 10: Mountain of Colors 5,000 meters

• 04:00 am Pick up from downtown hotel
• Drive to Cusipata (2 hours approx.)
• Breakfast in Cusipata
• Transportation to Chillihuani(1 hour trip approx.)
• Hike of 2 hours Chillihuani-Vinicunca
• Visit Vinicunca
• Lunch in Cusipata
• Return from Cusipata-Cusco

Day 11: Sun Route 3827 meters

• 07:00am Pick up from your hotel
• Visit to the Chapel of Andahuaylillas
• Visit to the archaeological complex of Raqchi
• Tourist Lunch
• Visit to La Raya
• Visit to the Pukara Museum
• Arrival to Puno
• Accommodation in the selected hotel

Day 12: Uros – Taquile 4050 mts.

• 06:30 am Pick up from your hotel in Puno.
• Transfer to the port of Puno to Taquile.
• Visit to the Uros Islands
• Visit to Taquile Island
• Lunch in the village
• Return to the main port of Taquile.
• Boarding to Puno
• 17:00 pm Arrival in Puno

Day 13: Puno – Chivay 3635 mts.

• 06:00 am Pick up from your Hotel in Puno
• Departure to Chivay
• Arrival to Chivay, noon
• Accommodation at your hotel in Chivay.

Day 14: Colca Canyon 3999 meters

• Pick up from your hotel in Chivay
• Visit to Cruz del Condor viewpoint
• Visit to Choquetico viewpoint
• Visit to the village of Maca
• Lunch in Chivay
• Arrival to Arequipa

Day 15: End of service

• At the appropriate time transfer to Inca Manco Capac International Airport
• End of service

DAY 01: PICK UP FROM AIRPORT – CITY TOUR IN LIMA

At appropriate time pick up from airport and transfer to chosen hotel.

Accommodation in hotel.

At the agreed time the agency will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the City Tour in the city.

We will start visiting the Huaca Pucllana Pyramid: Also called the great pyramid you can appreciate a panoramic view in the Huaca Pucllana, pre-Inca temple of the IV century A.D. This pyramid has 7 platforms, and on each platform has an L-shaped square, it is very striking how it was built.

Museum of the Central Reserve Bank: Visit the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank, admiring the sample of ancient cultures of Peru, with a select exhibition of objects from the collection of Oro Cohen, The museum has three exhibition areas, the archaeology room, where you can find ceramics, textiles, gold and wood pieces of the Vicus, Moche, Chancay, Inca, Lambayeque, Nazca, Chimu and Chavin cultures.

The Manuel Moreyra Loredo Art Gallery, where different tendencies, schools and techniques of Peruvian painters of the XIX, XX and XXI centuries can be found.

Popular Arts Hall where textiles, cloaks, flasks, ceramics, among other items representing the different regions of Peru are displayed.

Plaza Mayor: or Main Square of Lima, enjoy a walk through the Plaza Mayor watching the Cathedral, Government Palace and the Municipal Palace as well as visiting the San Francisco Monastery and its Catacombs, the square is a perfect place to pose and take some pictures and be able to post it on your Facebook.

San Francisco Monastery and Catacombs: Under the church of San Francisco in the city of Lima, there is a catacomb in which are deposited the bones of an estimated 70,000 people, some of them arranged in a decorative way. These catacombs were rediscovered in 1943 and it is believed that they may be connected through subway passages with the cathedral and other local churches, a unique experience for all visitors.

Santo Domingo Convent: Santo Domingo Convent where the Great Library, Main Cloister and the chapels of the Peruvian Saints: Santa Rosa de Lima and San Martin de Porres are displayed. It was considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1991.

Return to your Hotel: After a full day of activities and visiting the different places, our transportation will take you to your respective hotel.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 2: PARACAS – ICA – HUACACHINA

A spectacular adventure to the south, in the Paracas National Reserve, the natural jewel of Peru. This reserve is a protected area of rich marine and terrestrial ecosystem.

We will start the visit with an excursion to the Ballestas Islands in Paracas, home to sea lions, Humboldt penguins and guano birds. On the way we will see an enigmatic shape in the sand, the Candelabro, an ancient geoglyph associated with the Nazca Lines. We will travel in a modern airboat to the high seas, for an average of almost an hour and a half, after lunch, we will meet again to board our transport that will take us to Huacachina Lagoon, the trip takes almost an hour south, passing through villages such as Guadalupe, La Angostura.

Paracas is a quiet fishing village where the wind blowing from noon onwards becomes more intense, the name of Paracas is determined by the Quechua origin of two words Para= Rain and Acca= Sand.

Literally sand rains are produced by the strong winds in the afternoon, where they blow at 50 km / hour. It is precisely the Paracas winds that have given the name to the reserve and that between August and November form real sandstorms all along the coast.

Paracas-Huacachina-Full day- To finish our tour, we will visit the Huacachina Oasis which is located one kilometer from the city of Ica. In this place the visitors will be able to enjoy the tranquility that nature gives us and walk around it. We visualize the giant dunes that surround the Oasis and enjoy the adventure sports, the Tubulars and the Sandboard (Optional) that consists of traveling through the desert in the sand carts (Tubulars) and each one will have time to slide the sand with the board, after doing the extreme sports in the oasis, we will have the option to visit the Huacachina.

Finally we will visit a very old winery in the area, we can taste and taste the piscos and wines produced in one of the most fertile valleys of southern Peru.

At the end of the tour we will go to our hotel located in Ica to rest.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger 

DAY 3: NAZCA LINES

We will start the tour passing by your hotel at the time confirmed in your reservation and transfer to the airfield where you will board a light aircraft for a memorable flight over the Nazca Lines. A professional guide will accompany you on this tour.

This flight over the Nazca Lines will cover the extension of the stony Nazca desert, whose surface is marked by gigantic drawings and geometric shapes. The flight lasts exactly 35 minutes and is the best way to see these fascinating lines and figures.

It is one of the most incredible legacies left by a culture and can only be appreciated from the sky at an altitude of 1500 feet.

At the end of our adventure we will go to our tourist transportation to return to our hotel.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 4: PICK UP FROM AIRPORT – CITY TOUR IN CUSCO

Early in the morning, after breakfast, we will go to the Lima airport in our transportation to board the morning flight to Cusco.

At the appropriate time we will pick you up from the airport and transfer to your chosen hotel.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Our tour starts picking you up at your hotel between 12:50 hrs and 13:10 hrs, approx.

The City Tour in Cusco is a tour of the main attractions of the city of Cusco; the tour starts visiting the Cathedral of Cusco and its more than 600 paintings of the Cusco School (40 minutes).

Then we go to the Temple of Qoricancha on foot seeing beautiful Inca streets (10 min), we will enter the Qoricancha at (14:20hrs), this main temple in Inca times, in the temple of Qoricancha we will learn about the Inca religion and architecture (40 min).

At 15:00 hrs approx. we will take our transportation and go to Sacsayhuaman (15 min) in which we will have a guided tour through the huge walls of this Inca temple built for the god illapa (lightning) (45 min).

We will take our bus again to Qenqo (5 min) where we will have a tour to this other ancient Inca temple.

Once again we take our mobility (10 min) and go to Puka Pukara and Tambomachay water temple. We will finish our tour at 18:00hrs.

Upon returning to Cusco we will drop you off near the main square, you will have the afternoon free to enjoy the local cuisine, music and the city.

We will leave you in the center of the city so you can enjoy dinner or stroll around the Plaza de Armas of Cusco.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 5: MARAS-SALINERAS MORAY TOUR

Breakfast at your hotel, the tour to Maras, Moray Salineras starts picking you up at your hotel between 07:50 hrs and 08:10 hrs, from where we will embark on a journey of 1.30hrs.

Moray is 37Km from Cusco, is a unique archaeological group of its kind, these gigantic holes were used to build terraces or agricultural terraces with irrigation canals in the surroundings.

The most interesting thing is the difference in average annual temperature between the top and the bottom of the depressions, which reaches up to 15 ° C the depression with 30 meters deep.

Then we go to the town of Maras (30 min), visit the famous salt mines known by some as “salt mines” which consist of about 3000 small wells with an average area of about 5 m², during the dry season are filled or “watered” every 3 days with salt water emanating from a natural spring located at the top of the wells so that, as the water evaporates, the salt contained in it gradually solidifies, the visit lasts about 1 hour.

Return to the city of Cusco, at 2:00 pm approx. (1 hour), arrival to Cusco we will leave you very close to the Plaza de Armas so you can go to lunch at the restaurant of your choice.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 6: HUMANTAY LAGOON

The tour to the Humantay Lagoon begins at 4:30 am with the pick up from your hotel, we head to the town of Mollepata (2 hours approx).

In the district of Molletapa we will make a stop to enjoy a nutritious breakfast, we will have some free time to use the restrooms, make purchases of hydrating drinks and snacks. Then we will advance to Soraypampa, which is the starting point for the hike to the Humantay Lagoon.

Arrival to Soraypampa at 09:00 hrs approx, we will have a panoramic view of the snow-capped mountains of Salkantay and Humantay.

At the starting point of the hike we will have a brief description of our hike, recommendations from our guide. The hike has a duration of 1 hour and a half approx. Once finished the ascent we will arrive at the magical lagoon impressive for its turquoise color located at the foot of the snowy Humantay, it is there where we will have a detailed explanation of the place and of course free time for photographs.

It is known according to local tradition that the Apu Humantay, is the youngest son of the Apu Salkantay. And both are in charge of rationalizing and distributing the water that descends from its eternal snows to the many populations that live in its foothills. For this reason, the local population venerates this lagoon as a deity that represents the Pachamama.

In the surroundings you will observe innumerable apachetas (stones superimposed one on top of the other that are placed in the sacred sites) that have been placed as offerings of gratitude to the Pachamama.

At 12:00 hrs we will return to Soraypampa and board the bus to the town of Mollepata, to enjoy a delicious local lunch.

At 14:30 hrs we will start the return to Cusco (2:30 hrs. Trip), we will leave you near the main square, so you can take a walk or have dinner in the center of the city.

Note:

If your hotel is outside the historic center, we will meet you in our office at 08:00 hrs, to start the tour.

Breakfast – Agency / Lunch – Agency / Dinner – Passenger 

DAY 7: CUSCO SOUTH VALLEY CIRCUIT TOUR

Our staff will pick you up from your hotel between 07:30 and 08:00 hrs. Approximately to transfer you to the starting point of the tour. We will make a 40 minute trip to the southwest of the city of Cusco. We will start visiting TIPON, Tipon is a set of agricultural terraces, long stairs and canals carved in stone, its thirteen terraces are surrounded by stone walls polished perfectly.

The main attractions that Tipon has are the royal enclosures, the Intihuatana also known as the altar of the sun, the viewpoint or cruzmoqo that is located in a strategic place from where you can appreciate or visualize the city of Cusco, the smaller enclosures and the wall that was built in order to protect the invasions of hostile peoples.

Then we will go to PIKILLACTA which is located 30 km southwest of the city of Cusco, Pikillacta is known today as one of the most famous and best preserved cities of the pre-Inca period in Peru and has an area of approximately 50 hectares. The word PIKILLACTA comes from two Quechua words PIKI (flea or small) LLACTA (town) and its translation could be Town of Fleas or Small Town.

In Pikillacta we can appreciate stone walls of pre-Inca origin and one of the most important cities of the Wari culture. Finally we will visit ANDAHUAYLILLAS located 36 kilometers from the city of Cusco, Andahuaylillas is part of the Andean Baroque Route and its incredible Chapel better known as the Sistine Chapel of America due to its beautiful woodwork, beautiful paintings and colonial decorations.

Finally we return to the city of Cusco where our tour ends at 13:00hrs. Approximately, culminating this tour to the South Valley of Cusco.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 8: TOUR IN THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS

Breakfast at your hotel, the tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas starts picking you up at your hotel between 07:50 hrs and 08:10 hrs,

Then we will start our trip to the Sacred Valley, we will stop at the Taray Viewpoint where we will observe the Sacred Valley.

We will take our transportation again and travel to Pisaq approx. 11:00 hrs we will visit the archaeological group of Pisaq, which includes a visit to the market in the town of the same name. 45 min approx.

We will take the bus and cross the Sacred Valley to the town of Urubamba where we will have our buffet lunch.

At 14:30 hrs after lunch we will go to Ollantaytambo where the town still maintains its splendor of when the Incas inhabited it (45 min).

After the tour to Ollantaytambo at 16:00 hrs we will leave you very close to the train station on foot (5 min), we will board the train according to the chosen schedule and we will go to Machu Picchu Pueblo.

Arrival to Machu Picchu village where the hotel staff will be waiting for you at the exit of the station, with a small sign and your name.

In the evening we will have a meeting with the guide to arrange your visit to Machu Picchu.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Agency / Dinner – Passenger 

DAY 9: TOUR IN MACHU PICCHU

At the agreed time after breakfast at the hotel, we meet the guide at the bus station to board the bus that will take us to the sanctuary of Machu Picchu travel time is about 30 minutes.

Upon arrival of the bus we will find the entrance door to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu where we present our income, passport or identity card.

Together with the guide we will enter the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu and we will have a guided tour of approximately 2 hours, where we will know the important points of the Inca citadel.

At the end of the tour we will have free time to take pictures in Machupicchu.

Then the guide will say goodbye to us, so that we board the bus back to the town of Aguas Calientes, where we can enjoy a delicious lunch at a restaurant of your choice.

In the afternoon we will have time to visit the handicraft markets or a short walk through the city.

At the appropriate time we will board our Vistadome train arriving in Ollanta. 1.40 hrs. arrival at Ollantaytambo train station where agency staff will be waiting for your transfer to your hotel in Cusco. 1.50 hrs

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger 

DAY 10: COLORFUL MOUNTAIN TOUR

The tour to the Mountain of Colors begins at 4:30 to 5:00 hrs in the morning with the pick up from your hotel.

After a 2 hour drive we arrive at the restaurant in the town of Cusipata where we will have a delicious breakfast of the area, consisting of juices, bread, coffee, fruits, eggs.

After breakfast we will continue with the trip for 1 hour more until we arrive to our starting point of the hike.

The walk has a distance of 2Km approx. (1hr), depending on your physical condition you can do it in more time, the guide will accompany you throughout this journey.

On the way you will enjoy beautiful landscapes, accompanied by the snow-capped mountains of our Andean mountain range, without a doubt the route rewards the long journey and effort.

After the walk we will arrive at our destination the mountain of colors where we can enjoy the spectacle of colors that gives us the Pachamama (mother earth) we will have 40 minutes to enjoy the scenery and take a short break.

Then we will start the return which will be easier since everything will be downhill. 12:00 hrs We will take our transport to our restaurant in the town of Cusipata where we will have a nutritious buffet lunch in the area.

Finally we will return to the city of Cusco where we will arrive at 17:00 hrs approx.

Breakfast – Agency / Lunch – Agency / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 11: RUTA DEL SOL – PUNO

After enjoying our breakfast. We will board our tourist mobility at 07:00 am to make our tour.

As first attraction to visit we have the chapel of Andahuaylillas dating from the seventeenth century, also known as the Sistine of the Andes for the beauty of its murals, gold leaf work and paintings of the Cusco school that houses inside (25 min).

The archaeological complex of Raqchi, also known as the temple of the god Wiracocha, who was the supreme Inca deity, in this place we will find colcas or Andean granaries, we will also see magnificent buildings in stone and adobe (40 min).

The Paso de la Raya, border between the cities of Cusco and Puno to more than 4335 meters above sea level where the famous snowy Chimboya, here you can take pictures of the landscape, the visit lasts 7 to 10 minutes.

Lunch is buffet and was in the tourist restaurant La Pascana (40min.).

The lithic museum of Pucara, which is a culture that developed from 1600 B.C. to 400 A.D. located at 106 km. Northeast of the city of Puno, in this museum we can find ceramics and sculptures representing zoo morphic figures, including the famous sculpture of Hatunñaqac that in our times would be translated as the supreme cutthroat (30 min).

After enjoying all this tour we will arrive to the city of Puno. We will have the accommodation in our selected hotel to rest.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Agency / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 12: UROS – TAQUILE FULL DAY

Transfer from the hotel from 6:40 a.m. to the lake port of Puno, to board a motor boat where we will travel to the floating island of the Uros where we will visit for 45 minutes.

Our guide will be waiting for us at the departure point where he will give us a brief explanation about the life of the inhabitants of these islands.

The Uros are a very old native community, formed by more than 40 islands, which are built with totora reeds by their own inhabitants, the same are used for the construction of their homes, boats (rafts), fuel and as food for human consumption. In this excursion we visit the main island and travel around 2 or 3 islands for 30 minutes each (with the option of doing the tour in the typical Totora boats).

Then continue traveling to the island of Taquile to arrive have a 1 hour walk to get to the village.

In Taquile we will spend 3 hours visiting the place observing the landscape and customs, we will have lunch in a local restaurant where we will have a typical lunch. We will have free time to explore the island and meet its inhabitants who will show us their way of life through their textiles.

Return to Puno 2.30 p.m. Arrival in Puno 5.00 p.m. Upon arrival at the port, transfer to the hotel.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Agency / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 13: PUNO – COLCA CANYON (HTL IN CHIVAY)

We will pick you up from your selected hotel in Puno to begin our trip to Arequipa at 06:10 a.m.

En route we will be able to contemplate one of the most impressive views with the Colca Canyon Tour.

We will pick you up from your hotels in the center of Puno, to transfer you to the bus and start the tour to the Colca Valley, on the route we will make small stops:

Lagunillas: This viewpoint has a panoramic view where you can not only see lakes, but also birds like the flamingo, Andean gulls and wild ducks.

We will arrive in Chivay are accommodated in the hotel, in the afternoon we will have free time to perform the activity not directed to the hot springs La Calera (medicinal water).

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger 

DAY 14: COLCA CANYON

06:00 a.m. After breakfast we will leave towards the Mirador de la Cruz del Condor.

Mirador del Condor: where you can observe the majestic flight of the condors and the depth of the canyon. On the way back to Chivay we will visit the villages of PINCHOLLO, MACA, ACHOMA and YANQUE, where we will observe typical dances of the area, as well as the models, colonial churches and terraces.

Town of Chivay: Arrival to Chivay. Buffet lunch – (Optional).

14:30 p.m.  Departure from Chivay to the city of Arequipa.

Arequipa City: 18:00 p.m. Arrival to Arequipa and accommodation in the respective Hotel.

After a short rest you can take a walk through the white city of Arequipa.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger 

DAY 15: END OF SERVICE

Free morning for shopping, visiting the city of Arequipa.

At appropriate time transfer to Arequipa airport.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

The costs mentioned in this program include 5 nights hotel in Cusco and 1 night hotel in Machu Picchu.