VISIT OF THE CITY
AND NEARBY RUINS
Approximate lasting : 4 hours
Frequency :
Everyday at afternoons
SCHEDULE: The bus picks up the passengers from the hotel at the
stated time. It starts a short tour by the ancient downtown,
following it gets into the Cathedral for a guided visit, then it
makes a visit to Qorikancha or Temple of the Sun, afterwards it
starts a tour to enter and visit the four ruins nearby:
Sacsayhuaman,
Qenqo, Puca pucara, Tambomachay, when ending the tour the passengers
are taken to their respective hotels or if they wish they stay in
the Main Square.
CATHEDRAL: It was
constructed between 1560 and 1664, great blocks of red granite were
used the facade is of renaissance style, in the interior an
Altarpiece worked in silver is watched, it holds great treasures in
goldsmith and paintings from Cusco of the colonial epoch.
KORICANCHA: It
was building the Inca epoch to workshop the sun, its walls are large
blocks of stone over these Inca remains was built the Convent of
Santo Domingo.
SACSAYHUAMAN:. At 2 kms. From the city of Cusco, archeological
complex of cyclopean dimensions. The construction is Inca of three
platforms put over that have an average of 360mts. Length. It
communicates through stairs and gates of access also in stone. Only
one of these measures 9m height and 5m wide.
KENKO: It is a
rocky place where stairs and ceremonial altars have been carved, it
was used as an oracle or shrine, for religious ceremonies, it has a
cavern on which there are carved elements related to their farming
rituals. At 3 km. From the city of la Cusco, it is located a stone
of 5.90 m. With the appearance of a Puma.
PUCA PUCARA: It
could have been a spot for control and storage of the production of
the valley nearby. At. 6kms. from the city of Cusco, it has an
appearance of a military complex.
TAMBOMACHAY: They
are constructions in stone finely assembled, exists two aqueducts by
which flows water from a manantial whose origin is unknown, the
water falls in a fountain called the Bath of the Inca. At. 7 kms.
From the city beautiful fountains of water are appreciated
INCLUDES:
- Touristic transportation
- Bilingual professional guide
DOES NOT INCLUDE
- Entrances: Cathedral, Qorikancha
- Touristic ticket S/ 70 soles (and S/.130 soles valid from July
2008)
2 DAY:
VISIT TO THE
SACRED VALLEY
Lasting: nine hours
Frequency :.Everyday.
SCHEDULE: The bus
will pick up from the hotel the passengers to take them to the
Sacred Valley which weather and geography is special having a
gathering of the best maize in the world. Some stops are made where
places of interest can be watched. The first town to visit is Pisaq.
we will go through its crafty market, proper place for the purchase
of craft. Afterwards a stop will be made for lunch in a touristic
restaurant and continue the trip towards Ollantaytambo where it will
be able to make the visit to the archeological complex. Then the
town of Chinchero will be visited, its streets will be toured and
its church which holds canvases of the Escuela Cusqueña finished the
visit we return to Cusco, the bus will leave the passengers in their
respective. Hotels.
PISAQ:
Picturesque town breed and colonial on which a fair of great
prestige takes place for the tourists. The tour that is generally
made includes the visit to the archeological zone, crafts market,
archeological zone is formed by sector neighborhoods being thus the
one of Intihuatana, the Pre-Inca cemetery, terraces among other
places of much importance.
OLLANTAYTAMBO: The population that lives in the place settles the
houses of their ancestors to which they have changed the roofs of
straw for tiles, their Inca streets are narrow and of straight line
and keeps the channels of water, it exists an astonishing terrace in
the mountain by which you will go through to enjoy the sight of the
archeological complex and of the valley.
CHINCHERO: In the Inca epoch it should go through the town to arrive
to Machupicchu. Their actual inhabitants keep some customs from the
Incas as the “trueque” changing of object instead of money and name
directly their major authority the Varayoc, in the tour of its
streets the typical apparels of the women of the place will be
appreciated.
INCLUDES
• Touristic transportation
• Bilingual professional guide.
DOES NOT INCLUDE.
• Buffet for lunch a touristic restaurant (you may require an
additional of S/. 15.00
• Touristic ticket
3 DAY:
TRIP TO MACHUPICCHU 1 DAY
Lasting : 1 day
Frequency : everyday (subjected to spaces in the train.)
SCHEDULE: It starts with the transfer of the passengers from the
hotel to the train station, the tour by train from Cusco up to the
town of Aguas Calientes lasts approximately three and a half hours,
in the town of Aguas Calientes we go on board to the buses that
transfer the passengers to the citadel of Machupicchu where they
will stay for approximately two hours to make the guided visit.
Ending the visit they will get back by bus to the town of Aguas
Calientes for lunch, and then take the train for returning to Cusco.
In the station the transport will take them to their hotel.
INCLUDES.
• All the transfers Htl/ Est., Est./Htl.
• round trip Tickets
• Entrance Tickets to Machupicchu.
• bus Tickets up and down
• bilingual professional guide
DOES NOT INCLUDE
• Lunch Buffet Aguas Calientes (you may require for $20 dollars).
4,5,6,7 DAYS:
CHOQUEQUIRAO 4D/3N
A walk of approximately 60km. between nature and spectacular
landscapes in one of the deepest canyons of the world (Apurimac),
previous to the visit of Choquequirao (Cradle of gold) it is
considered as the last Inca refugy. This archeological complex
resisted for decades the spinier conquerors. It can be appreciated
the grandeur of its work with a perfect architecture and esthetic,
the circuit is full of natural attractions that grants to the
visitor a single sensation of adventure in contact direct with
nature.
SCHEDULE DAY BY
DAY
DAY 1: CUSCO – CACHORA – CHIQUISQA
Pick up of the hotel 6-00 a.m. to start the trip up to the town of
Cachora in the journey we will stop a while to be able to appreciate
from the but the archeological remains of Tarawasi, to then continue
up to the bridge of Cunyac between the Deparments of Cusco and
Apurimac, then we will pass by the district of Curawasi and Saywite
to finally arrive to Cachora (1000 approx) from this place we will
start our walk by a soft short cut slope to arrive tot he path of
Capuliyoc (2800 masl) and place of lunch after two hours of walking,
ten we will direct towards the place denominated Chiquisqa
(1930masl.) this place we will have our first camping.
DAY 2: CHIQUISQA – PLAYA ROSALINA – SANTA ROSA – MARAMPATA –
CAMPAMENTO INC.
After breakfast (5:00 a.m.) we will continue with our walking with
direction towards the Playa Rosalinas (1550 masl) to then ascend the
slope very early with direction to Santa Rosa (2100 masl) this
journey in the most difficult which we will make in three hours, to
then ascend up to Marampata, lunch (2850 masl) that is a softer
ascending, during this journey it can be appreciated all the road of
the first day and the vegetation that exists in this place we will
have our camping, the time of walking is of an hour and a half
approximately for 20 minutes to Choquequirao.
DAY 3:
CHOQUEQUIRAO – ROSALINA - CHIQUISKA
Very early after breakfast (5:00 a.m.) we will direct to
Choquequirao, that is at 20minutes of walking to be able to receive
the dawn of Choquequirao; this place will be visited for three hours
accompanied always by the guide who certainly will explain about
this important Inca refugy. At stated time we will begin the return
to Marampata and begin to descend up to Santa Rosa place of our
lunch, to then descend up to the Playa Rosalina that is a short cut
of an hour, we will direct up to the town of Chiquisqa, in this
place we will camp.
DAY 4: CHIQUISQA – CAPULIYOC – CACHORA – QONOQ – CUSCO.
A good breakfast will be served in Chiquisqa (6-00 a.m.) to return
by the same way to Cachora by the slope that was walked the first
day that is softer with an ascending of two hours until arriving to
Capuliyoc from this place we will walk two hours more up to the town
of Cachora, that is a short cut softer and we will be arriving 12.00
pm approx. In the journey we will appreciate the exotic flora and
fauna as well as important sights snowy ones and the astonishing
canyon of Apurimac, At the afternoon we will transfer to the spring
falls of medicinal waters of Qonqo where we will rest for a space of
an hour and continue after to the city of Cusco, where we will
arrive at 8-00 p.m. transfer to the hotel and end of our services.
INCLUDES
• Bilingual professional guide
• Private transportation from Cusco to Cachora-Cachora Cusco
• Tents of double occupation
• Camping equipment (tents for bath, tents for kitchen, tents for
dinner, taburets, tables and conformable maitresses.
• Cooker
• Horseman and mules to take the equipment
• Daily snacks
• All the meals during the walking 3b-4l-3d
• Kit of first aids.
DOES NOT INCLUDE
• First breakfast
• Sleeping bag (rent $4 per night)
• Tips and entrances to spring falls
8 DAY:
TRIP TO MARAS, MORAY AND SALINERAS
Lasting:08 hours aprox.
Frecuency : Monday and Friday
SCHEDULE: This visit results because it includes places that served
as farming laboratory and of production of salt (this last one keeps
functioning). It starts 2ith the pick up of the passengers of the
hotel_ to templo by private bus through a pavemented high road that
conducts to the town of Maras, following toward the archeological
group of Moray and finally a walk in Las Salineras.
MARAS: it is
located in the Sacred Valley, the most outstanding of this town are
the portrades of the houses with particular designs. The town is
runned all over in mobility it is the path to arrive to the
archeological complex of Moray.
MORAY: It is a gorgeous complex admirables system of terrasces, of
huge concentric terraces. These beautiful terraces, conformed a
great farming laboratory on which the ancient inhabitants
experimented and obtained improvements. Great advances in farming
were achieved which constituted its principal labor activity and the
basis of its economical development.
SALINERAS: Conformed by 3000 wells to take out the salt, were used
by the incas up to our days, the wells receive water that spreads
out from the place when it is evaporated stays solid salt actually
iodine is added and serves for the consumpletion of the zone..
INCLUDES:
- touristic transport
- bilingual guide
- Box Lunch
DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- entrance ticket Salineras S/. 10 soles.
9 DAY:
Travel to Puno
PUNO
10 DAY:
AMANTANI
Amantani island is located 26 miles (38 Km) away from the city of
Puno (3 ½ hours of navigation in normal boat). Because of a more
distant location, tourism on the island of Amantani has not
developed in the same way as in Taquile. The main difference is that
home-stays have remained a more authentic cultural experience in
Amantani.
07:45 a.m.: *Pick up from hotels in downtown Puno.
08:00 a.m.: Departure to floating islands and Taquile.
08:30 a.m.: Visit of floating islands of Uros on the way to Amantani.
13:30 p.m.: Arrival in Amantani island.
14:00 p.m.: Lunch in local house.
15:00 p.m.: Hike and cultural exchange activities in Amantani.
18:00 p.m.: Dinner and overnight in local house.
19:00p.m.: folkloric party where you could wear the traditional
clothes and dance with the local people.
11 DAY
08:00 a.m.: Departure from Amantani to Taquile.
09:00 a.m.: Arrival in Taquile and exploration of the non-touristy
sector of the island.
11:45 a.m.: Lunch.
12:45 :1 hour and 15 minutes hike to main dock to return to Puno
from main dock.
14:00 p.m: Departure from main dock.
17:00 p.m.: Arrival in Puno.
INCLUDED:
- Transfer Hotel / Port / Hotel
- English speaking guide
- Accommodation
- 3 meals in families houses
- Entrance fee
- Service in the motor boat
- Show cultural( music and dance) and motor boat.
12 DAY:
Travel from Arequipa
AREQUIPA
13,14, 15 DAYS:
COLCA TREKK
First Day:
Arequipa – Cabanaconde – San Juan de Chuccho
We´ll pick you up at your hotel at 4:30 AM and then we¨ll leave in
our touiristical bus to Cruz del Condor at this place we can
appreciate the fly of the condors and the canyon. The we will
continue until arrive to Cabanacond. Lunch and , then we´ll have and
get ready for the trekking in to the Colca canyon and after this we
start the hike for about 4 hours, descending approximately 1,200
meters, we´ll sleep 01 night in the village of San Juan de Chuccho
in to the bungalows, we'll have a really nice view of this deep
canyon from this village, and then we will have our delicious dinner
cooked by our guide. Overnight.
Second Day: San
Juan de Chuccho – Sangalle – Cabanaconde
After the breakfast we´ll start walking for 2 hours to Sangalle (visiting
the very interesting villages like: Cosñirhua), then we descend to
the Oasis of Sangalle we have lunch and some rest by the swimming
pool, then in the afternoon, we finish our hiking in Colca after 3
hours going up to Cabanaconde during the afternoon, climbing from
2000 MASL to 3200 MASL, arriving to our hotel. Accomodation in the
hotel, visit to the village square appreciating the beautiful
Cabanas dresses after that we´ll have our delicious dinner and sleep
at our hotel.
Third Day:
Cabanaconde – Cruz del Condor - Chivay- Arequipa
After a good breakfast we will leave to Chivay, lunch and visit to
the hot springs of La Calera (39 degrees) another option is to visit
the market. Return to Arequipa and transfer to your hostel.
TOUR INCLUSIONS:
- Tourist Bus
- 01 Night Accomodation in San Juan de Chuccho
- 01 Night Accomodation in a Hotel in Cabanaconde
- Meals ( 02 Breakfasts, 03 lunches and 02 dinners)
- Guided Tour
NOT INCLUDED:
- Beverages
- Entrance Fee S/. 35.00 Nuevos Soles
- Ticket to the Hot Springs S/10.00 Nuevos Soles
