DETAILED ITINERARY:

Day 1: ARRIVAL IN LIMA

Upon your arrival at Lima´s Jorge Chávez International Airport, our staff will receive you with a warm welcome to Peru. Then, we´ll transfer you, in a private vehicle, to your hotel, where you´ll have a chance to rest at will.

Marriot Hotel

Dinner

Day 2: KNOWING THE CAPITAL OF PERU AND ITS GASTRONOMY

Today, we´ll pick you up at your hotel, and will take you around, in a private vehicle, to visit the city of Lima, starting by the modern districts of Miraflores and San Isidro. Then, we´ll visit Lima´s Historical Center, declared as a World Heritage Site, by the UNESCO, in 1988.

For lunch, we´ll enjoy the “La Rosa Náutica” Restaurant´s exceptional surroundings, as well as its panoramic view towards the Pacific Ocean, and exquisite dishes.

In the afternoon, we´ll visit the Larco Herrera Museum, with its impressive and numerous pre-Columbian collections. Exceptionally, you will get to visit the museum´s reserve deposits, where around 46,000 objects, not exhibited to the general public, are kept.

Afterwards, we´ll go to the Bolívar Restaurant, to enjoy a typical Pisco Sour; Peru´s National Drink.

At dusk, we´ll visit the Water´s Magical Circuit, thus ending the day, in Lima, with an unforgettable touch of magic and enchantment.

Finally, dinner will be served, at your hotel´s restaurant, and will be followed by an excellent night of well-deserved rest.

Marriot Hotel

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: FROM LIMA TO SACRED VALLEY .

Early, we´ll pick you up at your hotel, to transfer you to Lima´s airport, where a member of our staff will help you with check-in procedures, and will accompany you until you get into the security area, before boarding your flight to Cusco.

Upon your arrival in Cusco, our staff will welcome you to the Incas´ Imperial Capital City, and will assist you with your luggage. Then, a private vehicle will take you, together with your guide, to the Incas´ Sacred Valley.

En route, you will have a chance to sight archaeological complexes, such as Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara, and Tambomachay, situated on the city of Cusco´s outskirts. Once in the Sacred Valley, you´ll go by localities like Pisaq, Coya, Lamay and Calca, before getting to Urubamba, where you´ll have dinner and will spend the night at the Tambo del Inca Hotel.  

Tambo del Inca Resort

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: CHINCHERO EXPERIENCE AND SALT MINES  

After breakfast, at your hotel, our private vehicle will pick you up, with a guide on board, to go up to the high-plateau´s locality of Chinchero, where you will have the opportunity to witness a traditional Andean weaving demonstration and, if you wish it so, to acquire some authentic pieces, elaborated by local women weavers.

Afterwards, we´ll move on towards the famous “Salineras” of Maras that are open-air mineral salt mines, traditionally exploited by local families, since Incan times. This is a compound of over 3,000 small and shallow pools, through which salt water runs, and in which that salt gets deposited.  

Finally, we´ll visit Moray´s Great Incan Agricultural Laboratory, made-up of huge natural craters the Incas took advantage of, by building circular concentric benched terraces, inside them, to grow numerous plant species proceeding from different parts of their vast territory.

Once back in the Incas´ Sacred Valley, we´ll enjoy a delicious buffet-lunch, at the Tunupa Quinta Restaurant, nearby Urubamba. In the afternoon, you will have free time to rest, enjoy a digestive walk, on your own, or chat with other guests, at your hotel, where dinner will be served.

Tambo del Inca Resort

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: VISIT MACHU PICHU ON HIRAM BINGHAM

Today is this program´s main day. First, a private vehicle will pick you up at your hotel´s door, and will take you to the “Last Living Incan Village” of Ollantaytambo, where you and your guide will board the “Hiram Bingham” Luxury Train, to travel to the pedestrian village of Machupicchu Pueblo (Ex Aguas Calientes).

Upon your arrival, a tourism bus will take you, together with your guide, to the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge Hotel, where you will share a cup of tea, before going on the so-longed-for guided visit of the Incan Sacred City that will last between two and a half, and three hours.

Afterwards, both will get back to the village and, at the indicated time, you will board the Hiram Bingham Train bound to the city of Cusco, with dinner, live music, fashion show and bar on board. Arriving at Poroy´s Railway Station, a private vehicle will transfer you to your hotel, in the Imperial City´s Historical Center.

Belmond Monasterio Hotel

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: TOURING THE WHITE CITY AND VISIT THE CONVENT OF SANTA CATALINA.

This morning, after breakfast, at your hotel, a private vehicle will take you to Cusco´s airport, where our staff will help you register your luggage, and will accompany you ´till boarding time for your flight to Arequipa.

Upon your arrival at Arequipa´s airport, our staff will receive you with a warm welcome, in the White City, and will help you with your luggage. Then, a private vehicle will take you to your hotel, where you´ll have a chance to rest, if you wish to.

At the indicated time, your guide will pick you up at your hotel, to enjoy a gourmet lunch, with fine dishes and wines, at the Casta Flor Restaurant, recognized for its delicious Peruvian and international gastronomy.  

In the afternoon, your guide will fetch you at your hotel, to take you on a visit of the city´s Historical Center that was declared as a World Heritage Site, in the year 2000, by the UNESCO.

During that guided visit, you will have chances to admire the Main Square which is an architectural jewel, and to visit neighborhoods of Arequipa´s old center, with their mansions, built in white “sillar” stones, of volcanic origin, that give such a particular touch to its narrow streets and small squares.

As a complement, your guide will take you to the famous Santa Catalina Convent that looks like a miniature Spanish city, with its narrow streets and small squares in bloom, where you´ll be able to freely walk, without worrying about traffic and its pollution, and rest, wherever you feel like doing so.

At night, you´ll have free time, to stroll around, on your own, or with your guide, about Arequipa´s Historical Center that really is an illuminated enchantment, at every street corner. Finally, dinner will be served at your hotel, where you´ll stay overnight, after a long and well taken advantage of day.

Hotel Libertador Arequipa

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 7: PICTURESQUE TRIP TO CHIVAY, IN THE COLCA CANYON.

Early, our private vehicle will pick you up at your hotel, to take you on a picturesque trip to the small locality of Chivay, in the worldwide known Colca Canyon. There, you will be able to rest and have lunch, at your hotel, and will have a free afternoon, to explore the nearby area. At night, dinner will be served at the hotel´s restaurant, before a well-deserved rest.  

Colca Lodge Spa & Hot Springs

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 8: CONDOR´S CROSS. OBSERVATION OF CONDORS. RETURN TO AREQUIPA. 

Quite early in the morning, a private vehicle will pick you up, in front of your hotel, and will take you, together with your guide, to the place called “Cruz del Cóndor”; a vantage point with panoramic views over the Colca Canyon.

There, you will have the opportunity to sight, film and take pictures of large condors, gliding in their majestic flight, while they seek their food. With a bit of luck, one of these great birds will get close to the vantage point, and you´ll be able to see it in more detail.

After that moving experience, your private transportation will take you back to your hotel, where you´ll have lunch, before boarding the vehicle that will take you to Arequipa and, to your hotel, where you´ll enjoy dinner and will spend the night.

Hotel Libertador Arequipa

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 9: BACK HOME.

This morning, after a more relaxed breakfast, at your hotel, our private transportation vehicle will pick you up and will take you to Arequipa´s airport, where a member of our staff will help you register your luggage, and will accompany you, ´till farewell and boarding time, for your flight to Lima.

Then, in Lima, our representative will be waiting for you, at your arrival, and will assist you with your luggage, as well as to have it registered on your return flight to your country of origin. Finally, that person will accompany you, and will wish you a good trip home, with a warm farewell, to end our services, with a gift, on behalf of the whole Worldwide Exotic Adventures team.

Breakfast