Essential Lima And Cusco

Day 01. ARRIVAL IN LIMA

Arrive at Jorge Chavez International Airport and transfer to your chosen hotel. Overnight stay.

Day 02. LIMA

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. At 9:00 a.m., begin your tour at the Larco Museum in the Pueblo Libre district, showcasing over 5000 ceramic pieces, gold and silver artifacts, and pre-Columbian erotic art.

Afterward, head to the historic center to explore Casa Aliaga, a colonial mansion filled with art and history. Continue to the Plaza de Armas to see the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Municipal Palace, and other significant colonial structures. Visit the sixteenth-century Cathedral.

Return to the hotel by 2:00 p.m. Enjoy a free afternoon to familiarize yourself with the country. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 03. LIMA / CUSCO

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Cusco. Upon arrival, transfer to your Cusco accommodation. Use the free time to acclimate to the altitude. Overnight stay.

Day 04. CUSCO / SACRED VALLEY: Pisac Market + Ollantaytambo Fortress / MACHU PICCHU (Aguas Calientes)

After breakfast at the hotel, embark on a 30 km journey to Pisac, featuring an incredible market and stone-built archaeological temples with stunning valley views.

Continue to Urubamba for a delicious buffet lunch, then proceed to Ollantaytambo, a former Inca military, religious, and agricultural hub, offering breathtaking views and an advanced irrigation system.

Finally, head to Ollantaytambo station to board the Train Expedition to Aguas Calientes at 7:00 p.m. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel and meet with your guide at 9:00 p.m. for a Machu Picchu briefing. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Note: If you wish to climb Huayna Picchu, request reservation and admission when confirming your booking, subject to an additional fee.

Day 05. Visit to MACHU PICCHU with the first rays of the sun / CUSCO

Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning, board the bus to ascend the winding road to Machu Picchu, with the first bus departing at 5:30 a.m. Marvel at the Lost City of the Incas, with its terraces, ceremonial sites, steps, and urban areas.

After the guided tour, return by bus to Aguas Calientes, depart from the train station to return to Ollantaytambo, and then take the tourist bus to Cusco, where you will be dropped off at your hotel in the historical center. Overnight stay.

Day 06. CUSCO / SACRED VALLEY: Chinchero-Maras-Moray / CUSCO

Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning pickup for an exciting tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. First, visit Chinchero, 17 miles from Cusco, and explore a local workshop showcasing traditional textile techniques.

Next, visit the Maras salt mines in Urubamba’s valley, where an ancient Inca process produces salt through evaporation.

Continue to the Moray ruins, featuring three coliseums thought to have served as an Inca agricultural laboratory, with terraced circular depressions reminiscent of an ancient Greek theater.

Day 07. CUZCO: City Tour and nearby ruins

Breakfast at the hotel. In the afternoon, begin your tour at the Temple of the Sun, known as Koricancha, illustrating the fusion of Incan and Spanish cultures, with the base forming part of Santo Domingo’s Church.

Visit the Cathedral in the Main Square to admire Cusco School religious paintings. The tour continues to Sacsayhuaman, an impressive archaeological complex with massive carved stones.

Explore Qenqo, a religious temple dedicated to the Sun, Moon, and Earth, featuring underground galleries and a semicircular amphitheater.

Continue to the military complex of Puca Pucara, known as the “Red Fortress,” and the water worship site of Tambomachay, with aqueducts and waterfalls. Return to Cusco, ending at El Regocijo Square, near Plaza de Armas.

Day 08. Cuzco / Lima:

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight back to Lima and connect to your international flight.

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