LIMA – CUSCO – MACHU PICCHU – PUNO – TITICACA LAKE 6D/5N

DAY 01: Lima – Cusco – city tour

In the morning you take the air flight LIMA – CUSCO (01 hour trip). Upon arrival in Cusco, we will welcome at the airport of Cusco to then take you to the hotel where an aromatic coca tea to help him counteract the symptoms of altitude of the city will be served.

In the afternoon CITY TOUR Cusco, at approximately 13:30 hrs. we pick the hotel to make the tour in Cusco visit, which includes a visit to the Temple of Koricancha also known as “Temple of the Sun” that would have been the most important to the Inca Empire temple, later we will move out of the city where we visit the 4 ruins:

Sacsayhuaman, famous for its enormous carved stones, and because this place is held every year the Inti Raymi or Fiesta del Sol. Also visit Qenko, an amphitheater where it is believed that the Incas mummified their dead. Tambomachay, a temple dedicated to the worship of water and Puca Pucara. At the end we return to the city of Cusco.

At night you can visit the Qosqo Native Art Center is the First Group of Folk Music and Dances of Peru, where you can enjoy traditional dances, music and folklore Andean our culture (Optional).

Night hotel in Cusco.

DAY 02: Visit to the Sacred Valley.

This day we will tour the “Sacred Valley of the Incas” I will look at the hotel at 09:00 hrs. Approx. to go to the village of Pisac, where we visit the typical market and its famous crafts fair, as well as the archaeological site of Pisac where we will see picturesque terraces cultivated in the mountains, after which we will go to Urubamba, where we will have lunch and try Peruvian cuisine (lunch not included).

Then we visit the fortress of Ollantaytambo, whose name honors the Inca General Ollanta, famous for courting an Inca princess, daughter of Pachacutec Inka. Ollantaytambo would have been a city-Tambo or accommodation during the Inca Empire and today is the only city of the Incas in Peru which is still inhabited.

Finally you will go to the train station in Ollantaytambo, where boarded the train to take him to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu village) on a journey of 2 hours, once there our staff will be waiting to drive him to his hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Aguas Calientes.

DAY 03: Tour to Machu Picchu “The Lost City of the Incas” – Cusco.

This is the most important day of the whole itinerary that will visit the world wonder of Machu Picchu. This day after breakfast we board the first bus 5:30 am, we will make a 30 minute trip by a zigzagging path, reaching Machu Picchu at 6:00 am and appreciate the majestic sunrise. Then we have the guidance in Machu Picchu, approximately 2 hours tour, visiting the most important compounds with our guide, places like the Inti Watana, the Temple of the Condor, the sacred rock and others, completed the tour have free time about 04 hours to visit Machu Picchu on your own.

In due time we descend from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes where you can lunch in one of the village restaurants and optionally visit the medicinal thermal Hot Water baths, later he will go to the station to board the train back to Ollantaytambo, where our staff will be waiting to drive to Cusco.

Overnight at hotel in Cusco.

DAY 04: Cusco Tourist bus ride – Puno visiting “Raqchi”

After taking his hearty breakfast, we will look at the hotel and take you to the bus station where you will board the tourist transport to take him on a journey of 9 hours approximately during be undertake several stops and guided tours to places of interest of the southern corridor of the plateau, visit known as the Sistine Chapel of America, the Inca temple of Raqchi known as the temple of the god Viracocha and at noon in Sicuani we included a buffet lunch, where you can sample the cuisine Andahuaylillas Peruvian and more, then we continue the tour coming to the passage of Raya at 4335 meters above sea level, to continue the Inca museum – Aymara of Pukara. Each visit lasts 20 to 40 minutes, where you can ask questions, take photos and walk a little.

Arriving in Puno our staff will be waiting and take you to your hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Puno.

DAY 05: Visit to Lake Titicaca – Uros Islands and Taquile.

After breakfast, you will be driven to the port of Puno (Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake) where they embarked on the boat and then visit the floating islands of Uros which is made of reeds, appreciate the customs of this island and crafts for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Then we continue our journey by boat to visit the Island Taquile of outstanding natural beauty, ethnic, cultural and archaeological, here we can also appreciate the customs of the population that remain intact even with over the years and in this place you can taste a typical lunch in the area.

At the end of the tour return by boat to Puerto de Puno, from where we will drive to your hotel or if you can leave it in the center of Puno so they can visit the city.

Overnight in Puno hotel.

DAY 06: Trek Sillustani and flight Juliaca to Lima.

After a hearty breakfast, transfer to the Sillustani, an archaeological complex with funeral pre-Inca tombs, noted for its giant “CHULLPAS” (a kind of stone towers) that were built by Collas and Incas to bury their dead, the highest Chullpa is approximately 12 meters. Sillustani becomes one of the largest cemeteries in the world.

After the tour we will head to Juliaca airport which is about an hour from Puno, where you can take the flight back to Lima, travel approximately 1 hour.

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