THE COMPLETE PERUVIAN ADVENTURE

LIMA / CHICLAYO/ TRUJILLO / NASCA / AREQUIPA / PUNO / CUSCO & INCA TRAIL

16 Days / 15 nights

This package will give your a real peruvian adventure and of course with a real affordable price. Just contact us:).

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AND WELCOME
Arrival, meeting with our representative and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at selected hotel.

DAY 2: LIMA: THE COLONIAL CITY / CHICLAYO
Free day to stroll around the city. We recommend to visit the historical centre of Lima and the Archaeological and Historical Museum or the Larco Museum.
Transfer to the bus station to take your Crucero Class bus to Chiclayo.
Overnight at the bus.

DAY 3: CHICLAYO: LAND OF LORD SIPAN & DELICIOUS FOOD
Arrival and transfer to your hostel.
This day you will discover the mystical Moche culture and their Huacas. This tour starts at Huaca Rajada, where the famous Señor de Sipan was discovered. Here you will appreciate the different tombs that the archaeologist found on 1987. Lunch on route. Then we depart to the Tucume Pyramids valley, here we will go up stairs to a viewpoint where you will have a nice angle to take a great picture of these different Huacas.

After this, the van will go to the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum to appreciate the excellent gold work that they made. Many jewel and ornaments that the Señor de Sipan used when the Mochica culture was alive.

This day we recommend you to taste the delicious typical north dessert called King Kong.Return to your hotel.
Rest of the evening at leisure.
Overnight in Chiclayo.

DAY 4: CHICLAYO / TRUJILLO: LAND OF COLORFUL HUACAS
06:00 hrs. Transfer to the bus station to take your bus to Trujillo.
Arrival and transfer to your hostel. At 10.30 hrs. pick up to visit the huaca del Sol y de La Luna. The construction of the Huaca Del Sol was additive; new layers of brick were laid directly on top of the old; hence large quantities of bricks were required for its construction. It has been estimated by archaeologists that the Huaca del Sol was composed of over 100 million adobe bricks and was the largest pre Columbian adobe structure built in the Americas. The Huaca de la Luna is colored the soft brown of its adobe brickwork, just after its construction it would have been an impressive site to behold. The huaca was decorated in registers of murals which were painted in black, bright red, sky blue, white, and yellow.

Our next stop will be Chan Chan. It was constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chimu), a late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization. The vast mud city of Chan Chan was built between c.850 and c.1470 and was the imperial capital until Chimor was conquered by the Inca in the 15th Century. It is estimated that 30,000 people lived in the city of Chan Chan. After this interesting visit, we will take lunch on route to Chiclayo.
Return to your hotel.

To finish this great day, you will see the sunset at the Huanchaco beach where you will appreciate the Caballitos de Totora.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight in Trujillo.

DAY 5: TRUJILLO / LIMA
At noon we will pick you up to take your Crucero Class bus to Lima
Arrive aprox. 21:00 hrs, arrival and transfer to your hostel.
Overnight in Lima.

DAY 6: LIMA / NAZCA: THE MONKEY, THE SPIDER AND OTHER MISTERIOUS LINES / LIMA
03:40 hrs. Transfer to the bus station to take your Crucero class bus to Nasca.
We recommend to take a light breakfast this day. Arrival and transfer to the aerodrome to take your flight to the Nazca Lines. The trip is approximately 35 minutes and it depends of the wind to take the flight.
You will have the chance to appreciate the different enigmatic lines.
Evening at leisure to stroll around the city.
At 21:00 hrs. Transfer to the bus station to take your bus to Arequipa
Overnight at the bus in Crucero class bus.

DAY 7: NASCA / THE WHITE CITY OF AREQUIPA / PANORAMIC CITY TOUR
Breakfast at your lodging.
At evening, you will pick up from your hotel to take your PANORAMIC city tour.
Here you will visit, the cathedral that it`s built of “Sillar” (white volcanic stone), the main square, the Yanahuara viewpoint and the beautiful surroundings.
Overnight in Arequipa.

DAY 8: BEAUTIFUL VICUÑAS, HIGH SKIES & THE ENTRANCE TO THE COLCA VALLEY
Breakfast at your lodging.
We will pick you up at 08:00 am to take you to the famous Colca Valley. On the way, we will make several stops, to see the amazing fauna that this route has. At 09:30 am, we will make a stop to take a Coca tea to avoid the altitude sickness; also here there are bathrooms and a little store.
After this we will continue on our trip, the altitude will be little by little higher. We will make a little stop at the highest point of the route, called Patabamba (4910 m.a.s.l). Then we will continue and if we are lucky we would see the cute Vicuñas, ducks and birds on their native habitat.
Approximately we will arrive at 12 m to Chivay (3651 m.a.s.l). Here we will take a delicious buffet lunch and take you to your hotel.
At 4:00 pm we will pick you up to take you to the Calera hot springs. They are really recommendable.
Overnight in Colca-Arequipa

DAY 9: MAJESTIC CONDOR FLIGHT / RETURN TO AREQUIPA
At 06:00 hrs, we will pick you up to continue discovering the Colca valley. On the route you will see terraces and “andenes” that pre Inca’s cultures built for cultivate several tubers and vegetables.
At 08:30 hrs, we will arrive to the unique Cruz Del Condor viewpoint, if you are lucky, you will have the chance to see their majestic and peaceful flight over you.

Then we will return to Chivay to take a buffet lunch, on the route we will make a stop to see the colonial church of Maca. After lunch return to Arequipa and drop off to your hotel.
Overnight in Arequipa.

DAY 10: AREQUIPA / AUNTHENTIC PUNO
Breakfast at your lodging.
Transfer to the bus station to take your bus to Puno.
Arrival, meeting and transfer to your hotel. Opportunity to rest and acclimatize with a cup of Coca tea. This tea is really helpful for the altitude sickness.
Evening at leisure, to stroll around the Puno city, and visit some handicrafts stores.
Overnight in Puno.

DAY 11: PUNO/ REAL ETNICAL LIFE OF UROS AND TAQUILE ISLAND
Breakfast at your lodging.
This day you will visit the unbelievable Uros islands. These islands will show you a different way of life. The guide will teach you how they live and their interesting customs.

After a trip across the Titicaca Lake, you will arrive to the Taquile Island, where you will feel the peaceful enviroment and learn how the people organize this island and how they make their own typical clothes which have a special meaning for them.
Typical lunch included.
Return to Puno and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight.

DAY 12: PUNO/ INKA´S WONDERLAND- CUSCO
Breakfast at your lodging.
07:00 hrs.Transfer to the bus station to take your bus to Cusco “The Navel of the World”.
On the route you will visit the historical sites of Andahuaylillas, Raqchi and Pucara. Buffet lunch included.
Arrival, meeting with our representative and transfer to your hotel.
Evening at leisure to stroll around the beautifull city and it´s nice narrow streets.
Overnight.

DAY 13: CUSCO / SPECIAL CITY TOUR AND PRINCIPAL HISTORICAL SITES
At 9:00 am your guide will pick you up from your hotel to start the interesting city tour.
You will visit the Koricancha or Temple of the Sun, which was the principal temple at the Inca time and beautiful cathedral.
Then our bus will be waiting for you to take you to the four historical sites of Sacsayhuaman, Q´enko,Puca Pucara and Tambomachay. Return to your hotel.
Overnight.

DAY 14: CUSCO / Km 104 / Wiñayhuayna
Transfer from the hotel to the train station with direction KM 104, the beginning of the Inca trail. Through this Inca Trail we will get the professional guide, fro a better understanding of the archeological remains of Chachabamba (2270m / 7448f) and we will go up to the highest part where Wiñayhuayna (2650m / 8694f) is situated.

This is the most important archeological site within the park of Machu Picchu. The Inca Trail continues to the Sun Gate “Inti Punku”, the observation point of all this natural charm of Machu Picchu (2400m / 7874f). We will be in the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu only for a short time, because we have to continue to the village of Aguas Calientes, the place where we will spend the night in a hostel.

Hiking time: 06 hours
Included: lunch box and dinner

DAY 15: Aguas Calientes / Sanctuary of Machupicchu / Cusco
Around 6 am we will leave with a professional guide in a tourist bus and we will head to the sanctuary of Machu Picchu, the place where we will get to know more about the Incas. The visit of Machu Picchu will take a beautiful early morning as possible in order to give the customers some free time to enjoy and explore the place. After that we will get together with the group in the village of Aguas Calientes and take the train to the city of Cusco.

Included: breakfast.
Overnight at selected hotel.

DAY 16: CUSCO / LIMA
Transfer to the airport to take your flight to Lima.