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 Peru. 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 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 in Lima.
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 7 - An early start to catch your chosen train to Machu Picchu either the Vistadome or Luxury Hiram Bingham services.
Reception and transfer to Machu Picchu where you will enjoy a Private Tour with a qualified English speaking guide. Enjoy the rest of the day as free time to enjoy the Sanctuary. In the late afternoon transfer to your chosen Hotel in Aquas Calientes, the town that nestles in the valley below Machu Picchu.
For your night in Aquas Calientes for classic travellers you will ve staying at the Hotel Machu Picchu Inn and for Luxury Travellers your you have the choice of Machu Picchu Peublo Hotel or the Sanctuary Lodge. Of these two, the Pueblo Hotel was voted last year as one of the top 500 Hotels in the World and the best value Hotel in South America. It also has the largest Orchid collection open to the Public the World.
Day 8 - A day to revisit Machu Picchu and enjoy this fabulous site at leisure. Perhaps climb Huayna Picchu the peak that overlooks Machu Picchu and affords fantastic views and photo opportunities. In the late afternoon transfer to the train station for your trip back to Cuzco. Leave the Train at the last station before Cuzco, Poroy, for a more swift and convenient transfer by road back to your Hotel
Day 9 - A free day 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 10 -: A free morning. In the afternoon fly to Lima airport where we have organised the VIP Lounge for you to wait in for your International flights home.
