Day 1: Lima.
Depart to
Lima. After passing through immigration and customs, proceed to the reception
area, where our inbound services representative will be holding a sign with
your name on it. You will be greeted and then transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Lima.
Day 2: Lima-City Tour.
Have Breakfast
at hotel in the morning and Relax. In the afternoon, you will have a city tour
of Lima. You will visit downtown Lima and see several examples of the Spanish
architecture of the colonial period including the Plaza de Armas, the
Presidential Palace, the Cathedral, and the Church of San Francisco and
Catacombs. After that, you will see Huaca Huallamarca, a restored adobe pyramid
dating from the pre-Inca period located in San Isidro. You will tour the
upscale residential and commercial district of Mira Flores and see the Parque Del
Amor, a seaside park with a huge statue of a kissing couple, before returning
to your hotel. Overnight in Lima.
Day 3: Lima-Cusco-City Tour.
Early
morning, have breakfast at hotel and transfer to the airport for the flight to
Cusco. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel. Because of the high
altitude (10,912 feet above sea level), we recommend that you rest for a short
period. In the afternoon, you will have a city tour that includes a
walk-through of the Cathedral, the Koricancha (‘site of gold’), typical
streets, and the four ruins that surround the city: the Sacsayhuaman Fortress,
Kenko, Puca Pucara, and Tampumachay. Overnight in Cusco.
Day 4: Cusco-Sacred
Valley-Awanakancha-Pisac Market-Ollantaytambo.
Have breakfast
at hotel. Today you will have a full-day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the
Incas. The tour begins at Awanakancha, a living museum of the Peruvian Andes,
where you can observe traditional textile dyeing and weaving techniques and the
four types of camelids that are native to the region. You will also visit the
Indian artisan market in Pisac and have lunch at a local restaurant (included).
The last stop is the impressive Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo that served as both
a fortress and ceremonial center, and is the site of a short-lived victory by
the Incas over the Spanish. Overnight in Cusco.
Note: The Indian market is open on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from October to March, and daily from April to
September. On the days of the week that the market is not open, you will be
taken to the Inca ruins above the village.
Day 5: Cusco-Machu Picchu.
Early
morning, have breakfast at hotel and transfer to the train station for the ride
to Machu Picchu, ‘the Lost City of the Incas’ (7,900 feet). This mountaintop
citadel, which served as both a centre of worship and an astronomic
observatory, is located in the middle of the cloud forest overlooking the
Urubamba River. There are both agricultural and urban areas constructed with
the precision stonework that the Incas are known for. The agricultural area
consists of terraces and food storehouses, and the urban area contains temples,
squares, and royal tombs. Guided tour followed by lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge.
In the afternoon, you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Aguas
Calientes.
Day 6: Machu Picchu-Cusco.
Have breakfast
at hotel; this is a free day to explore Machu Picchu on your own. You may want
to hike Huayna Picchu or enjoy another activity. Mid-afternoon, you will depart
from Machu Picchu by train to Poroy Station in the Sacred Valley, and then be
taken to your hotel in Cusco. Overnight in Cusco.
Day 7: Cusco-Lima-Santiago.
Morning,
have breakfast at hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight back to
Lima, and then Santiago, Chile. Upon
arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Santiago.
Day 8: Santiago-City Tour-Winery
Tour.
In the morning,
after breakfast, you will have a panoramic city tour of Santiago, which will
include Parque O’Higgins, Plaza de Armas (the city’s historic center), Palacio
de la Moneda, ex-National Congress, Mapocho Station Cultural Center, Santa
Lucia Hill, the place of Santiago’s founding in 1541,and the Bohemian district
of Bellavista. In the afternoon, you will visit your choice of one of the
following vineyards around Santiago (included in price): Concha y Torro,
Cousino Macul, and Undurraga. Overnight in Santiago.
Day 9: Santiago-Easter Island.
Have breakfast
at hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight to Easter Island. Upon
arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Easter Island.
10: Easter Island-Rano
Raraku-Anakena Beach.
Have breakfast
at hotel and enjoy a full day excursion visiting the archaeological site of
Akahanga and the quarry at Rano Raraku volcano, where all of the moai on the
island were carved. You will see over 300 statues in various stages of
completion, and one giant moai, 21 meters (69 ft.) tall. You will also visit
Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu (burial site), whose moai were re-erected after
a tsunami flattened the statues, Ahu Te Pito Kura, site of the largest moai
moved from the quarry, and the ahu Nau Nau at Anakena Beach. Picnic lunch at
Anakena Beach. Overnight in Easter Island.
Day 11: Easter Island-Orongo-Ahu
Akivi.
Morning, after
breakfast visit to the Rano Kau extinct
volcano crater (1.6 km in diameter), the ceremonial village of Orongo, which
features the largest concentration of Petroglyphs on the island, with images of
post-moai deity’s, such as Tangata Manu (birdman), Make Make (the creator), and
Komari, and then to Ahu Vinapu. After lunch (not included), the tour continues
on to Ahu Akivi, site of the seven moais overlooking the sea, the Caves of Ana
Tepahu, among the largest on the island, and Pun-a-Pau quarry, the sole source
of red scoria that was used to carve the pukao (topknots) of some of the moia.
Overnight in Easter Island.
Day 12: Easter Island-Santiago.
Have breakfast at hotel and transfer to the airport for your return flight to Santiago. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Santiago.
Day 13: Santiago.
After having
breakfast at hotel, Transfer to the airport for your return flight to your
final destination.
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