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MachuPicchu, The Incas, Amazon & Condors

From $2234 USD

(Approx. $2258.85 AUD)
*Local Payment US$450

Trip Information
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Ends In:
Duration: 21 Days.
Departs: selected Wednesdays
Group Size: 4-12
Transport: Domestic flights, Private van,Local buses,Train,Boat ,Walking
Accommodation: Simple hotels 13 nts, Family 1 nt, Tent 3 nts, Night bus 1 nt, Jungle lodge 2 nts
Activity: Adventure Tour
Ages: 12+
Tour Code: ADVPCP
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Countries Visited
Peru
Trip Highlights
  • Tour to Ballestas Islands.
  • Flight over Nasca Lines
  • Arequipa including the mystical Colca Canyon and Condors
  • Puno, based at the shores of Lake Titikaka
  • Tour to the floating islands of Uros and continue to Amantani.
  • Night spent with a local family at Amantani.
  • Cusco, imperial city of the Inkas, guided tour of the Sacred Valley.
  • Inka Trail from Km82 to MachuPichhu, including train trip back to Cusco.
  • Flight to Puerto Maldonado.
  • Boat to our lodge in the middle of the jungle.
  • Guided tours around the lodge, watching wildlife and learning about local cutures.
  • Tour Leader throughout, except for the inka trail.
  • Entrance- Inka Trail and MachuPicchu, Uros, Llachin and Tikonata
  • Local Guides in english
  • Tours-Ballestas Islands,Overflight to Nasca
  • Lines,Colca Canyon,Uros, Amantani and Takile,Sacred Valley,MachuPicchu, Guided tours in the jungle
  • Inka Trail Staff inlcludes Cooker, porters and guide assistant after 8 pax
  • Meals included while on camping in the inka trail, in the Colca Canion, TitiKaka’s Lake and in the jungle.
Full Itinerary
This fantastic Peruvian Highlights tour from Lima to MachuPicchu to the Amazon. An incomparable trip through the most beautiful regions of Peru, with the privileges to get know the ancient cultures, inkas and pre-inkas and get in contact with the different cultures.

DAY 1 LIMA
Arrival to the city of Lima, transfer to the hotel. Note that the first and the last day, there are no planned activities, so you can take the rest of day free.

DAY 2 PARACAS
Transfer to the bus station to take a local bus to the city of Paracas. Once we arrive there, optional activities such as Paraca’s reserve, museums or just explore the city.

DAY 3 BALLESTAS ISLANDS - NASCA
Transfer to the pier of Paracas, to take the hovercraft. It will take us around the bay of Paracas, the port of San Martin and the foothill of the mysterious “Candelabro” hill (giant figure in the sand). We continue the tour to the Ballestas Islands, one of the most beautiful sceneries of the Peruvian coast. There one can appreciate the guano birds (birds that produce manure) and sea lion colonies in their natural habitat. In the afternoon a bus takes us from Pisco to the city of Nasca. Transfer to hotel.

DAY 4 NASCA LINES - NIGHTBUS
After breakfast we take a flight over the Nasca Lines. More than 2000 years ago, an advanced pre Inca culture left us one of the biggest mysteries of our times: giant figures traced in the desert that can only be appreciated from a plane and form what some experts call “the biggest calendar of the world”, even though nobody really know their exact meaning.

Our tour starts at the airport, where we board a light aircraft that will take us over the mysterious Nasca Lines. The flight lasts around 45minutes. After this awesome tour, we take an overnight bus to Arequipa.

DAY 5 AREQUIPA
Arequipa is the second biggest city in Peru, located in the south of the country, and under the shadow of the famous volcano, “El Misti”. Get to know why it is called “The White City”...

DAY 6 COLCA CANYON - CHIVAY
The Colca canyon “is one of the deepest in the world”, on the way there; we will see how they produce the Tuna (prickly pear) and the Cochinilla which is a worm that in Inca times was used to dye fabrics and also the famous Cactus and its fruit called “Muske”.

During our walk we can also see the imposing snow capped mountains and the life style of the real andean communities, their culture, clothing and how they really live in the high lands. Once we get at Chivay, a small town in the Colca’s valley, we go to our hotel and in the afternoon free time to go to the hot springs to relax and enjoy the natural scenery.

DAY 7 AREQUIPA
Early in the morning, after breakfast, we continue our tour in the valley, interacting with the locals and appreciating their culture, until we get at a place called “Cruz del Condor” where we wil spot lost of condors flying over our heads around teh canion, a unique moment that you willl never forget!! After this amazing spectacle we head back to Arequipa.

DAY 8 PUNO
Free morning to visit one more time the city of Arequipa, in the afternoon we go to the bus station to catch up a bus to Puno. Once there, transfer to our hotel for a briefing with our local guide for the next days in the area.

DAY 9 AMANTANI ISLAND – TITIKAKA’S LAKE
In the morning, our limousine will pick us up at the hotel, to go to the port of Puno, where we take the boat to our next tour, visiting the Islands of Uros, to appreciate the floating islands and their inhabitants. Here the locals will explain how they build the islands and their unblievable culture.
From there we go to the Island of Amantani where we will share the traditions of the local people (Aymara) and rest in the precarious houses. This is an incredible experience that you will love and will remain in your memory for many years.

DAY 10 PUNO
In the morning we continue our trip to Takile, another community where the women are working and the men are in charge of the duties of the house. After some hours we leave to Puno.

DAY 11 CUSCO
In the morning we take a local bus to the imperial city of the Inkas, also called the center of the world. Once we get there, we will have some free time to explore the city and get ready for our next adventure.

DAY 12 SACRED VALLEY
Early in the morning a bus will pick us up to go to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. It starts out in Pisac, a picturesque town with colonial and racially mixed features. In the archaeological centre of Pisac there is a hill called Intihuatana with an impressive view of the valley. We continue our trip to Ollantaytambo that was at the times of the Tahuantinsuyo a giant centre for agriculture, administration, social, religious and military activities. Here we will spend the night and get some sleep to start our main adventure.

DAY 13 CUSCO – CHILCA – LLULLUCHA PAMPA
A private bus will pick us up at the hotel to take us to the km 82 called Piscacucho. This is the control point and starting point of the Inca Road. Here we must show our original passport and compare personal information with the entrance ticket to the road. We will have a 4 hour trip before lunch in Miskay. From there we continue walking until our first campsite called Llullucha Pampa, previous guided visit to the archaeological remains of Llactapata.

DAY 14 LLULLUCHA PAMPA – WARMIWAñUSCA – CHAQUICOCHA
This is the hardest part of our trip, with a steep climb to reach the first pass called Warmiwañusca (dead woman pass) located at 4200 mt o.s.l, after celebrating, we descend to Pacasmayo siuated at 3600mt o.s.l where we have lunch. We will then visit the archaeological site of Runkuraqay and the Inca fortress of Sayacmarca. We camp in Chaquicocha where we will enjoy a well deserved dinner.

DAY 15 CHAQUICOCHA – PUYUPATAMARKA – WIñAY HUAYNA
We start our day with a light climb to then descend to the town of Puyupatamarka, another archaeological site where we take a rest. Then we continue until we get to the archaeological site of Wiñay Huayna (always young), lunch and a visited guide. Dinner and we spend the night in the campsite.

DAY 16 WIñAY HUAYNA – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO
We climb to Inti Punku also called “The door to the Sun”, after a magical sunrise, we descend to the most important archaeological site of all the trip, Machu Picchu. Here we have a guided tour of 2 hrs and then you can climb the mountain to Waynapicchu on your own, this will take you about 2 hrs then we descend to the town of Aguas Calientes to take the train back to Cusco.

DAY 17 CUSCO
Today is a free day, for relax, take a massage, explore the city, take some optional tours such as horse riding, rafting, visit the ruins that surrounds the city, its museums and churchs, go for shopping to the local markets and buy souvenirs, or just find a place in a bar around teh main square and get a good local coffee.

DAY 18-19 JUNGLE LODGE – PERUVIAN AMAZON
Early in the morning we leave to the airport, to take the flight to Puerto Maldonado. Transfer to the port of the Tambopata river, where a motor boat will take us to the lodge in the jungle. Here we will enjoy a guided tour to appreciate the abundant flora and fauna, will watch monkeys, aligators, capivaras(a big rodent), spiders, etc, wil take a boat trip in a hiden lake and try to fish piranas and if we are lucky, we can see the “Giant Otter River” in its natural habitat.

DAY 20 LIMA
Today , after breakfast, transfer to the airport of Puerto Maldonado to take a flight back to the capital city for a last farewell dinner with the group.

DAY 21 DEPARTURE
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