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Lima city tour, Arequipa city tour, Colca canyon tour, Titicaca lake tour, Cusco city tour, Cusco Sacred Valley tour, Inca trail tour, Jungle tour.
Price:
Total price per person based in double room accommodation: USD$ 1490.00
Single Suplement: USD$ 110.00
Transfer from the Lima International Airport to the Hostel Kusillus - Miraflores. Ample accommodation with two beds per room.
Hotel web page: www.kusillushostel.com
The hotel is located in the modern district of Miraflores. Transfer time is about 40 minutes. The hotel includes breakfast.
This morning passengers will be presented to their exciting tour program and activities in Peru. The Lima city tour starts at 09:00 am. We will start by visiting Lima downtown, the Gold Museum and the Miraflores area. The tour takes around 4 to 5 hours. The tour includes a bilingual guide and tourist bus to take the passengers from the hotel and in/out to their different destinations. Lunch is after the tour.
Transfer from the Hotel to Lima international airport to take afternoon flight to Arequipa. Transfer from Arequipa airport to Hostel Bolivar.
Hotel Web page: www.hostalbolivar.com
Here we stay the 2nd ,3rd and 5th night.
Passengers will be presented to their tour guide.
Free morning. The city tour in Arequipa starts at 14.00. It includes a tourist bus, a bilingual guide, the Santa Catalina Monastery, Yanahuara district where you can take excellent pictures of the Volcano Misti. We return to the hotel, the tour is around 4 hours long.
At the hotel passengers will be presented to their tour to the Colca Canyon. The guide will provide information about the tour, giving timing and details about it and answering questions you might have. Night at Bolivar Hostel.
The Colca Canyon tour starts about 08:00 in the morning. Passengers will be picked up by the guide and a tourist bus will take them to the Chivay town located in the Colca Valley. Leaving behind Arequipa we drive along the El Misti and Chachani volcanoes. Later, on the plains of the Andes altiplano we will be able to observe South American camelids and a wide variety of birds. Along this scenic way we also see different snow covered peaks over 6000 meters including the famous volcane Ampato and we will drive over a pass almost 4800 m. a. s. l. This afternoon it is possible to visit and enjoy the hot thermal baths of Chivay.
Night at Portales Hostel.
Hotel web page: www.losportaleschivay.com
Early morning we visit the Mirador del Condor, which is a lookout point from where we can observe condors ascending from the canyon going up to where they can spot their food. Later on, we walk along the rim of the canyon learning how the Inca and pre Inca civilizations used the sides of the canyon as a laboratory for farming purposes and we will visit small villages for a moment to be part of the living culture here. Lunch is served in the open air. This afternoon the bus will return passengers to Arequipa city. Night at Bolivar hostel.
In the morning after breakfast in the Hostel, you will have transfer from the Hotel to the bus station. We take a tourist bus from Arequipa to Puno at 08:30, this tour can be up to an 08-hours drive. In this journey we can also observe Andean birds, llamas, alpacas and vicuñas and halfway we drive along another big lake of the high Andes, Lagunillas. Transfer from Puno bus station to the Hotel. In Puno we stay at Taquile Hostel.
Hotel Web Page: www.taquilehostal.com
Puno is located at 3800 meters above sea level and is considered the capital of folklore in Peru. It is also the biggest city around the Titicaca Lake and most of its people are Aymara natives. It is from Puno where all tours to Titicaca Lake start from.
The Titicaca tour includes the shuttle from the hotel and transportation to the port in Puno. From here we will take the boat and begin to sail on the Titicaca Lake, the highest (3,821 m. a. s. l.) commercially navigable lake in the world. We start by visiting the floating islands of Uros made of reed mace, and mingle with the Uros people who live on the islands. We learn about their life in perfect harmony with the lake and the way they use all what it gives to them. Continuing with our tour, we leave the Uros and sail to Taquile Main Island. Here we take a walk on the island visiting the Taquile Village. On this peaceful island, dominated by tiered platforms, you can admire the beautiful textiles and garments while you watch the natives weaving. On this island we will also enjoy a lunch based on trout from the lake. Back in Puno, arriving at approx.17.00, our shuttle bus will be at the port waiting to take us back to the hotel. Night at Taquile Hostel.
The tour to the Titicaca Lake includes a tourist bus, a bilingual guide, boat with capacity for 20 persons, a visit to the Uros floating Islands, a visit to the Taquile Island and pick up and drop off at the hotel. Lunch is included.
Transfer from the hotel to the bus station. We take a tourist bus from Puno to Cusco. This bus trip includes a bilingual guide and a buffet lunch in a small town on the way to Cusco. The bus ride can take up to 9 hours, and it will stop in different tourist attractions along the road, including Sillustani ruins with its pre-Columbian Chullpa tombs, Racchi ruins also known as the Temple of the God Wiracocha and la Raya pass the highest point between Cusco and Puno where you have excellent photo´s opportunities. When we arrive to the Cusco bus station, a shuttle will be waiting to take us to the Hostel Amanecer en el Sol, at the hostel, a representative of Amari Tours will contact you for information about your next days tours/activities and practical information about Cusco.
Hotel Web Page: www.hoteleselsol.com
Here we stay the 8th,9th,10th,11th and 15th.
Free Morning. In the afternoon the Cusco city tour starts at around 14:00, including pick up from the hotel, a tourist bus, an official bilingual guide, entrance to the Cusco Cathedral, the Koricancha temple where we can see the architecture of both worlds, visit the fortress of Sacsayhuaman (Satisfied Hawk) with its mysterious megalithic rocks each weighing approx. 125 tons, cut with such precision that allows for interlocking shapes and underground passages. We can also find the ruins of Quenco, Puka Pukara and Tambo Machay. The entrances can be bought with a multiuse ticket, but this needs to be purchased by the own user. The tour takes about 4 hours and a half. The bus will take the passengers back to the hotel.
Overnight in Hostel Amanecer en el Sol.
Free day in Cusco. For this day we have many suggestions, as for example to take a rafting tour with levels from 2 to 4. You can visit the Temple of the Sun, the Plazoleta de San Blas and watch the artisans at work, visit the church with the famous carved pulpit, go to Hatunrumiyoc street with the stone of the twelve angles, the Church of La Merced with its famous Indian-colonial paintings, go to the witches market of Cusco, visit a school in Cusco or in a village outside Cusco, be a volunteer worker for a day with street children, etc.
Our suggestions maybe organized for a partner travel agency and it will have an extra cost. Some of our suggestions can also be done by the own passenger at its own cost.
Overnight at Hostel Amanecer en el Sol.
This day we have a full day tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The tour starts around 8:00 and it includes a tourist bus, an official bilingual guide, a visit to Pisac ruins and market (only 3 days a week). Pisac has the ruins of a citadel that connected the Inca Empire and Paucartambo or entrance to the gorge. Here you see water ducts and steps cut out of solid rock. There will be lunch at the restaurant near Urubamba, a visit to the Ollantaytambo town and its ruins and a visit to the Chincheros market and its colonial Cathedral all in the Urubama or Sacred Valley. All entrances to the Sacred Valley tour are in one multiuse ticket as well but it needs to be purchased by the same passenger.
Return to Cusco around 18:00. The bus will take the passengers back to the hotel. Night at the Hostel Amanecer en el Sol.
We pick you up in the morning from the hotel and head for Km 82. This is the initial point or entrance to the classic Inca trail to Machupicchu tour. Here the carriers and cooks will be waiting for us to begin the trek. The carriers will be the ones who will be in charge of all our camping equipment and the meals that will be served all during the trek. Spacious tents will be used the 3 nights of our camping tour. The Inca trail tour offers visitors a wonderful view of the Andes and a very good idea of how the Inca organization was. It will also show us the communication system that has been used since the time of the Empire.
While on the trail the guides will explain everything about the archaeological sites we will be passing. Also, on the second day we will cross the highest point in the trek which is 4100 m. a. s. l. known as the dead woman.
The 4th tour day, after visiting the Door of the Sun, we enter Machu Picchu. Here, we have around 3 hours of guided tour. This day we take the afternoon train at 15:55 back to Cusco, arriving ca. 19:20. Night at Hostel Amanecer en el Sol.
Evening returning from the Inca trail tour. Transfer to hotel.
Overnight at Hostel Amanecer en el Sol.
Today we fly to Puerto Maldonado for a 3 D/2N Jungle tour. Flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado is regularly around noon and takes around 40 minutes. Arriving to Puerto Maldonado we will be transferred to Sandoval Lake Lodge located 25 minutes away from Puerto Maldonado city. Sandoval Lake is considered the most beautiful rainforest lake in the South of Peru. Here we explore the western and eastern sides of the Sandoval Lake on a catamaran, visiting the flooded palm forest. There are also different walks along secondary jungle paths. In the Lake, it is also possible to see a family of giant river otters. These almost extinct animals, are very well protected here in their natural habitat. Exploring the lake always brings us a high chance to see some of the five species of monkeys that live around the lake. Night walks and caiman spotting are also some of the activities in our jungle tour at Salvador lake lodge.
Include in the Jungle program:
- Transfer airport – Sandoval Lodge and return
- 02 nights’ accommodation in double room
- Full board service
- Bilingual tour guides
- Guided short excursions
- Entrances fee
We advise you to bring to the Jungle tour:
- Good flashlight with extra batteries.
- Hiking sandals.
- Binoculars.
- Good water bottle.
- Swiss army knife or adequate.
- Repellent with minimum 25% deet.
- Cotton T-shirts.
- Light trousers.
- Cotton underwear.
- Cotton socks.
- Swimming suit.
- Sweater.
- Sunhat.
.Cash for your own uses.
Do not included in the jungle tour:
- Airport tax.
- Breakfast first tour day.
- Lunch and Dinner third tour day.
- Travel insurance.
After an early breakfast we take the motorized boat back to Puerto Maldonado airport. Flights to Lima are often in the afternoon, with one stopover in the city of Cusco. Arriving at Lima airport, our private bus will take us to the Hostel Kusillus.
Accommodation will be in double rooms and include breakfast.
Free morning in Lima. As an optional activity we offer shopping by taking you to the Miraflores Typical Indian markets, in the afternoon or depending on what time the international flight is, our private bus will transfer passengers to the Lima international airport.
End of our service.
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