Welcome to Lima!

You and your group will be picked up from the airport and transfered to your hotel.

You will have the afternoon free to rest and acclimatize.

If time permitting, we will have an introduction and briefing about your Peruvian adventure.

Discover Lima on a guided city tour!

Peru’s capital is a rich kaleidoscope of colonial architectural jewels, revered pre-Columbian sites, charming residential areas, and vibrant shopping districts perched over the blue Pacific.

Visit the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum to discover the largest private collection of pre-Colombian Peruvian art in the world. Our tour continues to the city’s neighborhoods along the Pacific coast.

Dinner on your own Meals included (B - L)

Private transfer from the hotel to the airport, Flight Lima – Arequipa (not included).

Arrival, meet and transfer to your hotel.

In the afternoon we are going to visit the convent of St. Catalina,which has opened its doors in 1970.

Then we continue along the main Square, the Cathedral, the Church of the Society of Jesus, through the city by the Chili river, we head to the viewpoint of Carmen Alto, where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the valley of Arequipa birth and Yanahuara colonial district.

Return to hotel Meals included (B)

We will depart at 8:00 am from the hotel.

At the start of the journey from Arequipa at 2,350 meters above the sea level, we will be observe each of the volcanoes which guard the city Chachani, Misti and Pichu Picchu.

We will ascend through the side of the Chachani until reaching Pampa Cañahuas’ plain.

This area constitutes the National Reserve of Salinas and Aguada Blanca. There, herds of Vicuñas will be spotted as well as a great variety of plants. Moving on we will arrive to Pata Wasi (Pata=high Wasi=home), an Andean community at the opposite border of the reserve.

Here you might enjoy the natural formation of rocks and the observe the backside of the Misti and Chachani volcanoes.

To prevent altitude sickness we will have an original Andean Coca tea or another hot drink in a rustic restaurant (service of bathrooms are here available).

Continuing on the road we will pass Tocra, a high plain at more than 4,500 meters, where we will go through lakes with migrant birds and get pictures of the Antiplano with its Llamas and Guanacos.

The highest point of our tour will be Pata Pampa (Pata=high, Pampa=land) located at 4,820 meters, where we will be close to the volcanoes Ampato, Sabancaya, Hualca-Hualca, Mismi, the source of the Amazon River.

At 13:00 hours approximately when we are getting close to the town of Chivay (3,651 meters) we will start to wonder at the spectacular multicolor view of the terraces of the Colca valley. Lunch included at local restaurant,

After lunch your guide will invite you to a visit a natural “hot springs” , where we will enjoy a relaxing bath (this is an optional visit, entrance fee and personal towels to the baths are not included) finally, after this exciting day we will head to your hotel at the Colca valley

Meals included (B - L)

Private transfer from Colca to Puno.

Today we will visit Condor Cross. Early in the morning, after breakfast we will depart at 06:30 am. and drive to the observation point, Cruz del Condor, while this is not the deepest point of the Colca Canyon.

From Cruz del Condor you can experience the grandeur of the canyon and with a bit of luck you may be witness of the majestic flight of the Andean condors, the largest flying bird in the world.

On the way back, we will pass through the villages, Pinchollo, Achoma and visit the towns of Maca at the base of the volcano Sabancaya and then Yanque.

The church of Yanque with its baroque façade is testimony to the cultural symbiosis in the colonial era.

Departure to the city of Puno through Patapampa, Chucura, Toccra, Vizcachani, Patahuasi. Box lunch on route.

Detour to Puno through Lagunillas, Santa Lucia, Cabanillas, Juliaca.

Finally arrival to Puno at approximately 18:00 in the afternoon.

Meals included (B - L)

Morning we will take a boat to the Uros Island, which are made of reeds, rising six meters above the lake level.

They are anchored by logs and connected to each other by ropes.

The main activities of the people who live here are fishing and handcrafting several items that they sell to visitors.

Afternoon will be on your own to enjoy the cozy town of Puno.

Meals included (B - L)

Today we have a long drive through the “Paramo”.

We have a private trip on top of the Andes. On the way to Cusco you will visit Andahuaylillas, Racqui and Pucará. Andahuaylillas (3198 m. above sea level) - originally Antawaylla or "field of copper" - is a small village dotted with a benign climate and easy-going people, located 24 miles (39 Km) south of Cusco and one hour by car from the city. In the classic style of country churches, Andahuaylillas -built by the Jesuits in the late sixteenth century- is a simple construction made of thick adobe mud-brick walls, common in colonial buildings, and features a relatively modest structure: a single nave with a belltower and a façade with two solid stone columns that stand out against the others around the main entrance.

The Andahuaylillas Church was founded in 1580. The façade is quite plain, making contrast with the expressive richness of the viceregal Baroque art found inside (golden altars, murals, paintings and polychrome ceilings). If Michael Angel had worn a poncho and the Andean chullo cap, he would have undoubtedly signed his works on the walls of the church of Andahuaylillas.

In fact, the superb murals that line the arches of this tiny chapel just 36 km from Cuzco, have given rise to its nickname, the Sixtine Chapel of the Andes.

The Raqchi archaeological complex is one of the most remarkable in Cusco.

The archaeological place includes a great group of constructions like the temple, the colcas, the barracks, the bathroom of the Inca, the wall of four kilometers that surrounds most of Inca remains and the community.

This architecture represents the importance of Raqchi like base for the Inca military expansion toward the lake Titicaca. Pucara ( 3860 m. above sea level ) is located 107 km or 66 miles north of City of Puno. Pucara is famous for its pottery, especially the well-known “Toritos de Pucara” (Little Bulls of Pucara). The "Museo Litico de Pucara" (Pucara Stone Museum), displaying a good little selection of anthropomorphic monoliths, zoomorphic sculptures, ceramics, and other objects from the Pucara pre-Inca Culture (original and replica pieces).

Also its church located in the main square, is also worth a visit. Arrive to Cusco late afternoon. Check in and rest.

Meals included (B - L)

After breakfast we have a city tour that includes a visit to the Cathedral, considered the best repository of colonial art from the Cusco school.

We'll continue the circuit to Qoricancha ("court of gold", also known as the temple of the sun), the religious and political center of Cusco during the Inca era.

Enjoy a guide visit & box lunch nearby Sacsayhuaman, just outside the city is Sacsayhuaman ("speckled falcon"), the fortress above Cusco whose precise zigzags of massive stone remain unmoved by the centuries.

For the afternoon we have prepared a private intensive Culinary Experience in Cusco: -cooking class-

We will live a culinary experience with a unique vision of the food and culture of Peru using regional products such as quinoa, yellow peppers and trout. From the hand of a chef we will create gourmet fusion dishes and enjoy the most spectacular views that the city has to offer.

We will start touring the traditional outdoor market of San Pedro looking for ingredients.

Then we will go to the kitchen facilities of the Rooftop Kitchen, to start the cooking lesson while enjoying the views. We will prepare an appetizer, a main course, a pisco sour and dessert, all of this with the company of an expert chef.

Meals included (B - L - D)

After breakfast we will visit the weavers’ workshop of Nilda Callañaupa, who 28 years ago decided to bring together like-minded women who shared her passion for weaving, and in time was able to motivate younger women who had lost interest in weaving to learn from their elders and connect once more with this ancestral art.

She began working in the yard of her own house in Chinchero, and in 1996 her project became the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, a strong organization dedicated not only to the preservation, but also the commercialization of beautiful, high quality textiles.

This visit will be greatly enriched with the explanation of the protagonist of this story, Nilda Callañaupa.

We will learn the whole process of the Andean fabric from spinning, dyeing, warps, girdle fabric, blanket fabric and fabric finishing.

Time to enjoy a buffet lunch.

After lunch we will drive towards Moray, which is an archaeological site located on a plain at a height of 3500 meters above sea level, and is surrounded by mountains due to the climate that is created is both temperate and dry. Perfect for agriculture. But the archaeological site for the type of architecture has various microclimates, therefore, flexible fuel for agricultural research during the Inca period, until today the temperature can be clearly differentiated.

Check in at hotel in Sacred Valley at end of afternoon.

Meals included (B)

Early pick up and transfer to Urubamba railway station to board the tourist train Vistadome that goes through the Urubamba Valley or Sacred Valley of the Incas, to the fabulous mountaintop ruins of Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu was never discovered by the Spaniards. For centuries it was buried in the jungle until Hiram Bingham found it in 1911.

The Holy City of Machu Picchu was built in stone among the flanks of two hills belonging to the eastern mountain range of the Andes, descending into the Amazonian upper sylvan.

There is no doubt that Machu Picchu represents an extraordinary example of architecture and engineering.

Upon arrival to the station, a private bus will wait to transfer you to the top of the ruins (30 minutes).

A guided tour of the ruins gives you some idea of what the city must have looked like.

Afternoon train back to Ollantaytambo station. Vistadome. Arrival to the station meet and transfer to your hotel

Meals included (B - L)

After breakfast we will check out from hotel and visit the Ollantaytambo fortress, built by the Incas.

A very steep stone staircase leads into the fortress.

Across an esplanade there is a temple with 10 niches, and beside it a block of partially un-worked stones.

Beyond another esplanade, six huge rectangular monoliths (estimated weight: 50 tons) form the Temple of the Sun. Vestiges of rooms are seen on top, and on the other side of the hill a four storey building, either a military school or prison.

After lunch we drive back to Cusco. Check in at Cusco.

Rest of afternoon on your own to wonder around town. Farewell dinner

Meals included (B - D)

At coordinate time transfer to airport to take flight back to Lima and connect with international flight

Meals included (B)