Historic Lima and Iconic Machu Picchu

Welcome and reception at Lima airport, transfer to your selected hotel.

The rest of the day free to enjoy the city on your own.

Overnight in Lima.

Breakfast at the hotel.

we will start the tour of the city of Lima knowing the famous Parque del Amor, delight yourself with the impressive view of the Pacific Ocean, we will also visit other more important tourist attractions such as La Huaca Pucllana (first culture of Lima 200 -700 BC), Bosque el Olivar (Panoramic View). We will enjoy a walk through the historic center of Lima visiting the Plaza San Martin, we will know the architectural beauties of the colonial era such as its churches, the Cathedral of Lima and we will visit the museum of the Catacombs of the Convent of San Francisco.

Continuing with our program we will visit the Larco Museum, where we will see the largest and most impressive collection of pre-Columbian art in the world.

The museum is in Pueblo Libre an found at 18th-century viceroyalty mansion, built on a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid, its new galleries exhibit the best and most complete collection of gold and silver from Peru, as well as its famous collection of erotic ceramics, after this visiting, we will drop you in your hotel.

Overnight in Lima

Breakfast at the hotel.

Your adventure begins with an early morning departure from Lima to Paracas. Start the day with a scenic boat tour of the Ballestas Islands, where you’ll encounter a variety of wildlife, including sea lions, penguins, and seabirds. Next, explore the Paracas National Reserve, known for its dramatic desert landscapes and rich marine biodiversity. Afterward, continue to the oasis of Huacachina, where you'll enjoy thrilling sandboarding and dune buggy rides across the towering sand dunes. Spend the night in the nearby city of Ica, where you can relax after an action-packed day. Overnight in Ica

Breakfast at the hotel

Continuing with our trip we will travel from Ica to the city of Nazca, where you'll board a small plane for an unforgettable overflight of the mysterious Nazca Lines—massive ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert, visible only from the sky. After the flight, enjoy a brief exploration of Nazca before heading back to Lima in the afternoon, concluding this short but exciting journey. The tour ends with a drop-off at your hotel in Lima.

Overnight in Lima

Breakfast at the hotel

In the afternoon at 13:30 we will pick you up from your hotel and start our city tour with a visit to the nearest ruins. With our tour we will show you the impressive colonial city built on Inca bases, we will visit QORICANCHA - the Temple of the Sun of the Incas and we will also enter the Cathedral of Cusco. We will continue with the visit to the four ruins surrounding Cusco: SACSAYHUAMAN (great fortress located 5 km from the city), QENQO (sacred amphitheater, labyrinth, and adoration center to the god Puma, place where human sacrifices were made), PUCA PUCARA ("Red fortress" due to the hue that acquires its rocks with the light of twilight) and TAMBOMACHAY (temple to worship water). After the tour you will be transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Cusco

Breakfast served at the hotel

06:00 am, We pick you up from your hotel then we go by bus to the town of Chinchero, which is located 28 km from the city of Cusco. This town is surrounded by beautiful landscapes and fields of cultivation since the place was a very important agricultural center in the times of the Tahuantinsuyo. We can also appreciate buildings with colonial style and the typical market of this town during the stop.

Continuing the tour, we went to the picturesque town of Maras, which is 52 km from Cusco at an altitude of 3,380 m; the importance of the place is given by the salt mines that it has; said salt mines are composed of about 3000 small wells of approximately 5 m ² from which the salt is extracted. The obtaining of the salt follows the process of extraction and drying of salt water from an underground spring.

The "Salineras de Maras" have been exploited since the time of the Incas, in which it was used as a means of economic exchange. Then, we went to the archaeological group of Moray, located about 7 km. of Maras Moray is a group of terraces or circular terraces of different sizes, which in the time of the Incas were used as an experimental agricultural center; this was where they carried out their studies of adaptation of the plants to new ecosystems.

In Moray it is observed how the superposition of the concentric rings of stone expand as one goes up; the total depth is 150 m.

After a lunch we will begin our full day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, we will visit the fortress of Ollantaytambo, where we will appreciate its terraces, perfectly united block where the stepped sign that represents the three worlds stands out.

A set time we will drop you at the hotel and enjoy the city by yourself.

Overnight in Ollantaytambo.

Breakfast was served at the hotel.

At a coordinated time, pick up from your hotel in Sacred valley  and transfer to the train station in the city of Ollantaytambo to get on board of Vistadome train service of Peru Rail, this service  will take us to Aguas Calientes station, then we will board the approach bus where we will take it for about 30 more minutes, until we reach the top of the mountain and city of Machu Picchu; the most famous example of Inca architecture, was "the lost city of the Incas" until it was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911. Surrounded by mountains covered with vegetation, we will visit its squares, temples and the Royal Palace, observe the Inti Watana or solar clock, the temple of the Three Windows, the circular Tower and more ... The guided tour will last about 2 1/2 hours and then you can stay for the rest of the day by yourself near around.

We will have lunch at a local restaurant (as selected). The rest of the day is free to do some shopping in the afternoon, we take you to the train station to go to Ollantaytambo by Vistadome service of Peru Rail. After arrival we take a bus to take us to the city of Cusco

Overnight in Cusco

Breakfast at the hotel

This day is going to be your last day free so you will have time to enjoy the city by yourself or go shopping.

A set time according to your flight transfer to the airport of Cusco to return home.

END OF THE PROGRAM