Lima-Nazca Lines-Cusco-Machu Picchu 7D/6N

1st day

Upon your arrival at Lima airport, we will meet you there and transfer to your hotel in Lima

Time to relax in your hotel and to wander around Miraflores district of Lima by yourself.

2nd day : LIMA – Pisco-Nazca flight

Early transfer to the bus station. Private Service.
a comfortable tourist bus ride to Paracas town in a shared Service, this bus ride will take about 3 hours drive.

Reception and assistance by our representative at Pisco airport
Transfer to the airfield,

NAZCA LINES FLIGHT
You will take a plane to over flight from Pisco airport, for 1.40 minutes flight over the Palpa and Nazca Lines, in this longer flight you will see around 15 figures, more than those seen in Nazca town, those still enigmatic lines which are seen only from the air, the giant geometrical and animal figures were etched on the desert sands by the Nazca people 1,500 years ago and their purpose is still a mystery.

In the afternoon back to the tourist bus to return back to Lima in evening by 7pm aprox.

Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 3: flight LIMA – CUSCO

At the suitable time, private transportation back to Lima airport for your domestic flight to Cusco city.
Upon arrival to Cusco, you will be met and taken to your hotel. There will be free time available to rest and get used to the altitude.

City Tour & Neighboring Ruins.

Later by 1.30pm will start your Cusco city tour & archeological ruins. For about 5 hours you will visit the Koricancha or Temple of the Sun, where you can appreciate the incredible masonry of the Incas, the Cathedral with its carved woodworks, altars and colonial paintings. Then you will be driven to the Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman, to the underground cave and temple of Qenqo shrine and to Tambomachay.
Overnight at selected hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 4: Sacred valley tour

Pisac ruins and Market, Ollantaytambo Fortress and train to Machu picchu town.

A drive to the amazing and large Inca town Pisac ruins, later to visit the largest artisan handicraft market of Pisac, a great place to buy souvenirs!

Later a drive to visit the large Ollantaytambo fortress and city, that you´ll be astonished of how the Incas transported such extremely heavy 100 tons boulders up to the mountains for their religious temples, and much more to get impressed there.

Later in the afternoon train to Machu Picchu town. There in Aguas Calientes town you will meet our tour guide and take you to your hotel, at the same time he will give you a briefing for the itinerary of the next day for the Machu Picchu tour.
Meals included: Breakfast and Buffet Lunch.

Day 5: MACHUPICCHU TOUR

Early in the morning you will meet again your tourguide and together will take to the shuttle bus up to Machu Picchu Inca citadel for a complete tour, visiting its temples, agriculture sectors, religious sector, industrial sectors, the quarry, temple of the sun, earth and water etc., after this escorted tour you will be by yourself for further exploring, or detours to the sun gate or to the Inca bridge etc.

Later in the afternoon a train back to Cusco.

Meals included: Breakfast and Buffet Lunch.

Day 6: CUSCO free day to relax and explore

Today will be a free day for you to rest or to explore more of Cusco, there is still so much to see, for example to visit some of very important museums, (still using the same ticket previously used for the city and sacred valley tour) also to see the main food San Pedro Market, or to the Artist district San Blas, or the Chocolate museum etc.

Meals included: Breakfast.

Optional: next day to visit the full day rainbow mountain or a visit the half day tour Moray Inca circular terraces & Sal mines

Day 7: TRANSFER TO CUSCO AIRPORT

Transfer to Cusco airport for your domestic flight back to Lima and later your international flight back home.

Option: to stay overnight in Lima for 1 more day and do the Lima city tour (3 ½ hours) that we can fix for you.

Includes:

• 5 Nights’ accommodation at a selected hotel, as follows:2 nights in Lima, 3 nights in Cusco, and 1 night in Machu Picchu town.
• In and out transfers
• All applicable taxes
• Bilingual guided tours (English / Spanish)
• Entrance fees for the excursions mentioned above
• Flight in a Cessna Caravan airplane for the Nazca lines.
• Meals as indicated in the itinerary (breakfasts in each hotel)
• Train tickets Cusco – Aguas Calientes – Cusco
• Bus tickets Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes.

Not included:

• International and Domestic flights (Lima / Cusco / Lima)
• Airport taxes (neither for the Nazca Lines flight)
• Alcoholic drinks, soda or bottled mineral water
• Personal expenses
• Tips to staff
• Extra expenses due to unexpected events that are out of our control, such strikes, natural disasters, sickness or accidents during the trip etc.

According to the types of hotels and number of tourists we can get a great price.

We recommend the following to bring:

• The same passport that you booked in for this trip, if you ave a new one, then please bring both.
• The temperature in the highlands Cusco and Puno are during the day from 20 to 24C or 70 to 77F, but for the night’s temperatures drop down to between 5 to 10C or from 41 to 50F.
• Warm and light clothes
• Sometimes might be some temporal rain, so bring waterproof clothes
• Tennis or hiking boots
• Sunblock
• Mosquito repellent mainly for Machu Picchu forest
• Own altitude pills in case of altitude sickness, though our tour guides will help too.
• Hat
• sunglasses