Lima, Cuzco, Inka Trail to Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines
(12 Days / 11 Nights)
Nazca Lines - Monkey
Day 1 - Arrival to Lima airport where we will meet you. Transfer to your chosen Hotel, for the Classic Tour you will be staying at the unique Hotel / Art Gallery Second Home Lima. For Luxury Travellers it will be the 5* Miraflores Park Hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day as free time.
Day 2 - Collection from your Hotel for full day Tour of Colonial and Modern Lima, visiting Lima Cathedral, the Church and Convent of San Francisco and a Museum of your choice. Lunch is included at one of the finest restaurants in Lima, the Rosa Nautica. In the afternoon transfer by private transport to you Hotel in Nazca.
In Nazca where there are no 5* Hotels so for all tours you will be staying at the best available, being the Casa Andina
Day 3 In the morning overflight of the Nazca Lines, followed by transfer to the best Hotel in Paracus, the Hotel Paracas
Day 4 Today we visit the Ballestas Islands by boat. Commonly referred to as the "little Galapagos", here you will see an amazing concentration of sea birds and sea lions in their natural habitat. Return to the mainland and a trip to the Paracas National Reserve, the only Protected Coastal Reserve in Peru. The trip includes a visit to a museum showing the natural history of the Paracas Reserve in addition to the pre-Inca Paracas culture. A visit to the beautiful natural rock formation known as the cathedral before taking lunch. Return journey to Lima. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 5 - Transfer to Lima airport for your one hour flight to Cuzco. Arrive to Cuzco where we will meet you and transfer you to you chosen Hotel.
For the Classic Tour your will be staying in the beautiful 3* Superior Boutique Hotel Casa San Blas just two blocks from the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco. For Luxury travellers it will be the 5* Monasterio Hotel, voted the best Hotel in the whole Continent of South America by Conde Nast Traveller Magazine in 2006. Need we say more?
In the afternoon you will enjoy a City Tour of Cuzco visiting the Inca Fortress of Sacsayhuamán, Cuzco Cathedral and the most important temple of the Inca Empire - Coricancha the Inca Temple of the Sun.
Day 6 - Collection from your Hotel for a full day Tour of the Sacred Valley, visiting the Inca ruins of Pisac and Ollayantambo also the Market at Pisac, a great place to buy souvenirs.
Ollayantambo - Inca Terraces
Day 11 - A free day to wind down after the Inka Trail and to enjoy Cuzco. Your tour includes the "tourist ticket" which gives you free access to many of the art galleries, museums and Inca sites clustered around the main square in Cuzco, the Plaza de Armas.
Day 12 -: A free morning. In the afternoon fly to Lima airport where we have organised the VIP Lounge for you to wait for your International flights home.
