CUZCO PLATINUM

Lima - Cuzco (Machu Picchu)
Nazca Lines

frecuency: Dayli departures
7 days 6 Nights

1st day

International flight to Lima
Arriving into Lima at night
You’ll be picked up and transport to the hotel in Miraflores
(The airline will provide 2 snacks and dinner)

2nd day


5.30 am pick up and go to Nazca Lines in private car ( 6 hours drive )
arriving into Nazca at around 11 am
professional guide to fully understand the nazca drawings lines (monkie, spider, Astronaut, Chandelier, etc)
The images on the ground are so huge, that the only way to fully observe them is from the sky. Its real purpose is unknown, nobody actually knows who made them or why?
airplane flight for about 35 minutes
Leave Nazca  to Lima at around  2 pm
Arriving into Lima at around 8pm

3rd day

5.30 am Pick up and Transport to Airport
from Lima to Cuzco
Departure time 8 am
Arrival time 9 am
Reception at the airport, transfer to hotel where you will have free time to acclimatise your self and have no problems with the city  height. In the afternoon visits begins with the Temple of Koricancha, the main square, and the Cathedral, then continue by bus to visit the Inca archaeological sites: The Temple of Sacsaywaman which has a strategic location from where you can have a panoramic view of Cusco, this temple is very famous for the huge polished and shaped stones, some of these have 9m/30ft tall and weigh 350 tons, all these were assembled with a precision that is impossible to insert a needle at the junctions of these huge

stones, we’ll go to a mystical temple of the Incas “Inca Qenqo” where religious sacrifices were made​​, then we will visit the center and military control of the Incas “Puca Pucara”, where every man here would record his access to the City of Cusco and finally the Temple “Tambomachay”. Return to hotel and evening free.

4th day


(the hotel will provide breakfast)
This day we will have a trip to the Sacred Valley where we visit different villages and archaeological sites. The first point will be Pisac, the colorful Andean market and the Catholic Church. After we pass places like Lamay, Calca and Urubamba we’ll stop for lunch at a tourist restaurant. After lunch we’ll drive to Ollantaytambo, to see the typical Inca streets, and most of the impressive construction and agricultural terraces of the Temple, with an impressive view of the Sacred Valley . Finally we will visit the Andean town of Chinchero and admire the perfect Inca walls that are still preserved in the main square and visit the Colonial temple with interesting wall murals.
Return to Cusco.
(The hotel will provide breakfast)

5th day

Pick up from hotel to the train station and go to the full day tour to the magical Machu Picchu. (aprox 75 miles from Cuzco). During the trip you can see the Urubamba canyon, the river Vilcanota and the great spectacle of the mountain peaks of Veronica. We’ll arrived at the village “Aguas Calientes” to take the buses and head to Machupicchu where we visit this wonderful Sanctuary also known as "The Lost City of the Incas"one of the best known examples of Inca architecture that still survives. On this tour you will see all the temples and the main square, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Solar Clock or Intihuatana.

After the visit, we return to “Aguas Calientes” to catch the train back to Cusco.
Transfer to the hotel.
(The hotel will provide breakfast)

6th day

transfer from hotel to airport.
fly back to Lima

In the historical center of Lima, we walk “Paseo de la República”, “Plaza San Martín”, Plaza Mayor with their different buildings: “Palacio de Gobierno”, “the Cathedral”, “Plaza de Armas”, and much more.
Lunch
In the afternoon,  we’ll visit the monumental “Convento de San Francisco”, which is the largest exhibition of colonial art in America. the Library of the monks, the sacristy, with its collection of Zurbaran and Rivera (Peruvian artists from century XVI). The Grand Courtyard of the Main Cloister, decorated with Seville tiles of the XVI century, its beautiful Moorish arches and underground vaults, known as the catacombs.
Then visit the traditional neighborhood of Lima, San Isidro, El Olivar, and Larco Mar, including “El parque del amor” where we have a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean. We will also be visiting the Magic Circuit of Water, the largest fountain complex in the world, certified by Guinness World Records. A perfect conjunction and harmony of water, light, music and images. This circuit includes 13 water sources, each with a distinct charm.
Dinner at Peruvian Restaurant / Typical Dances and food
Transfer back to hotel
(The hotel will provide breakfast)
(We’ll provide Lunch and dinner)

7th day

Transfer from hotel to the airport
International departure from Lima
(Departure taxes are included)