DAY 1: JUNE/22 CUSCO
Transfer to the airport to take flight to Cusco (airfare included).
Upon
arrival reception at Cusco airport and transfer to the hotel. Rest
of day at
leisure and overnight. (B)
DAY 2: JUNE/23 CITY TOUR
In the afternoon: Cusco City Tour from 2 pm to 6:30 pm. This tour
includes
the Qoricancha (Temple of the Sun) and the Cathedral. The tour
drives along
the Circunvalacion Road up to famous fortress of Sacsahuaman, then
to
Q'enqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay. Including Spanish and English
speaking
guide. Include Tourist ticket valid for the entrance to many museums
and
ruins as well. Overnight. (B)
DAY 3: JUNE/24 INTI RAYMI
Cusco celebrates the Inti Raymi with occasion of the winter solstice
-the
solar new year - for a town which main cult object was the god Inti
(the
sun). In time of the Incas was a religious ceremony, now it is a
theater
representation. However this expression generates a feeling of
identity in
the town that evokes values and memories that are still excellent in
our
days, it also brings to the memory a time that lives in the heart of
the
town of Cusco (Qosqo). The version is expressed in the original,
Quechua
language. The celebration starts on the Temple of the Sun (Koricancha)
then
continues to the Sacsayhuaman, we will provide you the
transportation and
entrance. Afternoon transfer to the Hotel and overnight. (B, Box
Lunch)
DAY 4: JUN/25 MACHU PICCHU TOUR
At 5:45 a.m. you will be picked up from the hotel to the train
station which
leaves at 06:00 a.m. Travel will be in "Vistadome" Class (formerly
"Autowagon"). At 09:40 a.m. you will arrive at the Aguas Calientes
Station,
from where you will take a 25 minutes bus ride to the ruins of Machu
Picchu.
Once there, you will take a guided tour, with an English speaking
professional guide. The ruins are on the eastern slope of Machu
Picchu in
two separate areas: the agricultural and the urban. Lunch at the
Machu
Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (included). Overnight. (B, Lunch )
DAY 5: JUN/26 MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO
Morning at leisure in Machu Picchu to continue visiting the ruins by
your
own (please take note that the entrance and bus fee to Machu Picchu
for this
day are not included on the rate). In the afternoon we'll take the
Vistadome
train; the departure is around 3:30 pm to arrive back in Cusco
around 7:30
pm. (B)
DAY 6 JUN/27 TRANSFER OUT
Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport to take flight
back in
Lima (airfare not included)
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