Wake Up in Machu Picchu (7D-6N)

Pick up by our staff and transfer to your hotel to settle in. In the afternoon we will have an overview of the most important attractions of the city of Lima. The route includes the observation of a Pre-Inca site in Miraflores and the Historic Center including a visit to a colonial convent, climb its tower and enjoy the changing of the guard. On the way to the Historic Center, we will observe the archaeological complex Huaca Pucllana (no entrance). We will visit the Bodega & Quadra Museum, where we will observe the wall of Lima built in the XVII century and with an exhibition of objects showing the society and development during the viceroyalty. We will visit the Santo Domingo Convent, proof of the importance of Catholicism during the viceroyalty and possibility to climb the tower to observe the city. Observation of the Changing of the Guard (subject to the schedule of the Government Palace). At the end of the excursion, transfer back to your hotel.

• Overnight in Lima.

At the agreed time, pick up from your hotel and transfer to Lima’s airport, flight to Cusco, arrival in Cusco, and transfer to your hotel in Cusco city.

• Overnight in Cusco.

Breakfast in the hotel.
Pm.  We will begin the city tour and nearby archaeological places: visit the Cathedral, Santo Domingo, and Koricancha (Inca temple). Continuing the tour to the nearby ruins: Sacsayhuaman, the building was probably used for religious purposes but, due to its location and style, the Spanish and contemporary writers assumed it was a military structure, continue to Qenqo or “labyrinth” is considered a sacred place in which ceremonies were performed in honor of the Sun, the Moon and the stars. – Puka Pukara Its role would have been a “Tambo” or a place of rest and lodging. Finally visit Tambomachay would probably had an important religious role, linked to water and the regeneration of the earth, return to Cusco.

• Overnight in Cusco.

Early morning, we will pick you up from your hotel, and transfer you to the train station, to board the train to Aguas Calientes After 3 hours trip you will arrive at the village, where you will be met by our representative, to assist you to transfer to your hotel. Free afternoon.

• Overnight in Aguas Calientes

Early morning, we will pick you up from your hotel, and transfer you to the bus station, to board the bus to Machu Picchu. After 30 minutes trip, you will arrive at the entrance to Machu Picchu declared a Natural and Cultural Heritage to Humanity, the best example of Incan architecture. Built-in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, the city appears to have been sculpted straight from the rocky slopes, besides offering visitors a spectacular landscape, the site also exhibits important endemic biological diversity in flora and fauna, after the tour, you will board the bus back to Aguas Calientes, return to Cusco by train, overnight at selected hotel.

• Overnight in Cusco.

Breakfast at the hotel in Cusco, at the agreed time, transfer to the airport, and fly to Lima, to return home.