Traditional Peru

The Traditional Peru package is a 9 days and 8 nights tour that offers an unforgettable tourist experience through some of the most fascinating destinations in Peru.

This tour provides the opportunity to experience Peru’s rich culture, history and natural beauty.

The 9 days and 8 nights Traditional Peru package offers the following activities:

Day 1: Arrival in 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

Day 2: City Tour in Lima 160 meters

• Pick up from selected Hotel
• 09-00 or 14:30 Visit to the historical center of the city
• Visit to the Museum of the Peruvian 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 tour

Day 3: Paras – 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.
• Return to Lima

Day 4: Arrival to Cusco 3800 meters

• Pick up from your hotel to the airport
• Flight to Cusco
• Pick up from the 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 the central 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: Sacred Valley of the Incas 2,700 mts.

• At 7:30 am pick up from the central hotel.
• Beginning of the tour, indications 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 7: Machu Picchu 2400 mts.

• 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 8: 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 9 End of service

• At the appropriate time transfer to Alejandro Velasco International Airport.
• End of service

DAY 1: PICK UP FROM AIRPORT – CITY TOUR IN LIMA

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

Accommodation in hotel.

Free time for non-directed activities in the city of Lima.

Breakfast – Passenger / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 2: CITY TOUR IN LIMA

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 hotel.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 3: 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 will be able to taste and taste the piscos and wines that produce one of the most fertile valleys of southern Peru.

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 begins 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: SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS TOUR (HTL Aguas Calientes)

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 – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

DAY 7: MACHU PICCHU TOUR

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 – Agency / Dinner – Passenger 

DAY 8: 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 reach 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 9: END OF SERVICE

Free morning for shopping, visiting the city of Cusco.

At appropriate time transfer to Cusco airport.

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Passenger / Dinner – Passenger

The costs mentioned in this program include 4 nights hotel in Cusco and 1 night hotel in Machu Picchu.

Peru, a country filled with natural splendors and historical relics, invites you to a 9-day adventure exploring the cultural essence of Lima, the historical charms of Cusco and the Sacred Valley, the magic of Lake Titicaca, the allure of Arequipa, and the grandeur of the Colca Canyon.

Packing for Traditional Peru

Your trip to Peru will take you through varied climates and activities, so it’s essential to pack appropriately:

• Comfortable Clothing: Include several layers that you can add or remove depending on the weather.
• Practical Footwear: You will need comfortable shoes for city walking and hiking boots for rural trails.
• Sun Protection: Don’t forget a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen for protection at high altitudes.
• Basic First Aid Kit: Carry essential medicines, especially if you are susceptible to altitude sickness.

Exploring Peru’s Beauty and History: From Lima to Arequipa

Peru is a mosaic of natural wonders and cultural legacies. Each destination offers a unique window into its vast history and rich culture.

• Cusco and the Sacred Valley: Discover the heart of the Inca Empire in Cusco and marvel at the Inca relics in the Sacred Valley. Places like Pisac and Ollantaytambo transport you to a glorious past with their imposing ruins and terraces.
• The Uros and the Colca Canyon: Experience the living culture of the Uros on their floating islands on Lake Titicaca and feel the magnitude of the Colca Canyon, home of the majestic Andean condor.
• Arequipa, the White City: Admire the colonial architecture and sillar stone buildings in Arequipa. Visit the Santa Catalina Monastery and get ready for adventure in the Colca Canyon.
• Tours in Lima: Explore the vibrant Peruvian capital with a tour of its historical and modern sites. In Lima, visit the Plaza Mayor, Lima Cathedral, and the Convent of San Francisco for a glimpse into colonial history. Additionally, the Miraflores district offers a perfect blend of culture, gastronomy, and seaside views.

Each destination on your Peru tour will enrich you with unique and memorable experiences.

Tips for an Unforgettable Journey through Traditional Peru

A trip to Peru is to immerse yourself in a world of ancient civilizations and breathtaking landscapes. Here are some tips to make your adventure a safe and rewarding experience:

• Adapt to the Altitude: Take time to acclimatize to the altitude in places like Cusco and Lake Titicaca.
• Stay Hydrated: Drinking enough water is crucial to avoid altitude sickness.
• Respect Local Culture: Learn about and respect local traditions, especially in areas like the Uros.

A Culinary Journey through Peru: Traditional Flavors

Peruvian cuisine is a fusion of flavors and traditions. Each region offers dishes that reflect its history and landscape. Here are some dishes you should try:

• Aji de Gallina in Lima: A classic of Creole cuisine, this dish features chicken in a creamy yellow chili and walnut sauce, served with rice and hard-boiled egg.
• Lomo Saltado on the Streets of Lima: A Peruvian stir-fry with strips of beef, onions, tomatoes, and chilies, flambéed with pisco and served with fries and rice.
• Quinoa in the Sacred Valley: Enjoy creative dishes made with quinoa, the “golden grain” of the Incas, a nutritious and versatile base in Peruvian cuisine.
• Soltero de Queso in Arequipa: A fresh and colorful salad with cheese, broad beans, corn, and tomato, dressed with lemon juice and chili.
• Grilled Alpaca in Cusco: Dare to try alpaca meat, a tender and tasty alternative, commonly served grilled with Andean herbs.
• Caldo de Cabeza in the Colca Canyon: A comforting broth made with lamb’s head, considered a traditional remedy for cold and altitude.
• Charqui in Puno: Try charqui, dried and salted llama or alpaca meat, a pre-Hispanic preservation technique.

Conclusion

A trip to Peru is an encounter with adventure, history, and cultural richness. “Traditional Peru” is not just a destination but a living experience that awakens all the senses. Prepare for an adventure in a country full of millennia-old civilizations, breathtaking natural settings, and a vibrant culture that pulses in every corner.