Cusco, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Lima, Sacred Valley, Nazca, Ballestas Islands, Paracas 10 days tour in Peru

First day:

  • Welcome and transfer from Lima’s Airport to the Hotel
  • In the afternoon city tour to the “City of Kings”
  • Night at hotel.

Second day:

  • Breakfast
  • Transfer from hotel to the airport in Lima.
  • Trip on plane Lima to Cusco (1 hour)
  • Transfer from the airport to hotel in Cusco.
  • Coca tea at the hotel
  • City Tour Catedral Cusco Sacsayhuaman Qoricancha Tambomachay … (13:30hrs – 18:30hrs.)
  • Night in selected hotel in Cusco

Third, fourth, fifth and sixth days:

  • Inca Trail to Machu picchu 4 days and 3 nights
  • The last night in selected hotel in Cusco

Seventh day:

  • Breakfast at the hotel in Cusco
  • Tour to Sacred Valley
  • Night in selected hotel

Eighth day:

  • Breakfast at the Hotel
  • Transfer from hotel to the airport in Cusco
  • Trip on plane from Cusco to Lima (1 hour)
  • Transfer from the Lima’s airport to bus station to Nazca
  • Trip on bus Lima to Nazca
  • Night at the Hotel in Nazca

Ninth day:

  • Flight over “Nazca Lines”
  • Trip on bus Pisco – Nazca
  • Night at the Hotel in Pisco

Tenth day:

  • Tour to the Ballestas Islands and Paracas Reserve
  • Trip on bus Pisco – Lima
  • Transfer from the bus station to the airport in Lima

This tour includes

  • 2 transfer to Lima Airport Hotel
  • 1 City tour to the “City of Kings”
  • 1 night in selected hotel in Lima including breakfast (as accommodation)
  • 3 Nights at selected hotel in Cusco including breakfast (as accommodation)
  • 1 night in selected hotel in Nazca includes breakfast (according to accommodation)
  • 1 night hotel in Pisco includes breakfast (according to accommodation)
  • 1 flights Lima – Cusco (1 hour)
  • 1 flights Lima to Cusco (1 hour)
  • 1 airport transfer to Cusco hotel.
  • 1 City tour of Cusco and Surroundings (Afternoon 13:30hrs – 18:30hrs)
  • 1 show typical music and dances of Cusco (from 19:00hrs to 20:00hrs)
  • 1 andalusia Tour Inca Trail 4 days and 3 nights.
  • 1 Tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas 1 includes lunch (Full day 8:00hrs – 19:00hrs)
  • 1 Transfer from the hotel in Lima to the bus terminal in Lima
  • 1 bus ride from Lima to Nazca (8:00 hrs – 13:00hrs)
  • 1 Travel by bus to Nazca Pisco (13:00hrs – 17:00hrs)
  • 1 flight to the Nazca Lines (40 minutes)
  • 1 Tour to the Ballestas Islands
  • 1 bus ride from Lima to Pisco (13:00 hrs – 21:00hrs)
  • 1 Transfer from the bus terminal to hotel or airport.

First Day: City tour in LIma

Once you arrive in Peru our personal will welcome you in the hall of the airport and transfer you to the hotel. After resting for a while we’ll start visiting the most interesting places of the ” City of the Kings “: the Cathedral, Pizarro’s Tomb, the Catacombs of San Francisco, passing through the Congress, the Palace of Torre Tagle.

the residential areas of Orrantia, San Isidro, where we will visit the Huaca Pucllana, we will enjoy a spectacular sight of the Pacific Ocean. Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, where you will find a great quantity of preincaica pottery including the World biggest collection of erotic Huacos, then we’ ll spend the night at the Hotel.

Second Day: Tour in Cusco

We’ll be waiting for you at the airport in Cusco on your arrival date , take you to the hotel where you will rest for an hour , you’ll have a cup of coca tea and we will pick you up from your Hotel in the afternoon (1:30pm) to start with the tour around Cusco and outskirts.

We pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following attractives , with a professional guide:

The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo Religious center known as “The Temple of the Sun” where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its construction.

The Cathedral: Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value.

Sacsayhuaman: Built at 3 Km. From the city of Cusco, impressive stone fortress with an excellent architecture, Famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/ 30 feet off the floor,with a weigh of 350 tons. Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every year.

Qenqo: Ceremonial and ritual center, amphitheatre where sacrifices were made.

Puca-Pucara: An old tambo (resting place), monitoring place throughout the Inka Empire Routes.

Tambomachay: At 7 Km. From the city of Cusco, ceremonial center of cult to the water, known traditionally as the place where water rests excursion time: around 5 hours.

Frequency : everyday in the afternoons.

Third Day: Beginning of the Inca Trail

Meet at the office at 05.45hrs to board the bus. Ensure you have your original passport and ISIC student card (if applicable). The journey to trailhead at km 82 takes approximately 3 hours. We will enjoy breakfast along the way. Walking times are always approximate depending on weather conditions, group ability and many other factors, but you will walk about 2-3 hours before lunch. After lunch, we walk on just past the village of Wayllabamba to our first camp (3000 mtrs). This first day has us walking through the valley. It starts at 2380 mtrs with a small climb to a platform overlooking the Incan site Llactapata and rewards you with superb views of Mount Veronica.

Approx 14km walking – 6 hours

Fourth Day:

Inca Trail Day 4 is the most difficult day as you walk from about 3000 mtrs to 4200 mtrs “the highest pass of this trek (Dead Woman’s Pass). You can walk at your own pace, stop to get your breath whenever you like. You’ll find your energy returns once you continue down to the valley of Pacaymayo. Campsite at 3600 mtrs. You can hire a porter from the village of Wayllabamba to carry your pack to the top of the pass for approximately US$ 120.00. You must organize and pay this money directly to the person who carries your items. Please check your belongings upon receiving them at the end of this service.

This is the coldest night. +2/+4 degrees Celsius (December); -3/-5 degrees Celsius (June)
Approx 12km walking – 7 hours

Fifth Day :

Day 5 is exceptionally beautiful because of the ruins and incredible paved trail (and more importantly for your lungs, there is a lot more down than up!!!). There are about 2000 stairs descending from Phuyupatamarca to Wiñaywayna, so take care with your knees). If you have had knee or ankle injuries an extra porter is recommended so that you are not carrying extra weight and overstressing your joints. Guided tours of all the ruins. Camping is usually at Wiñaywayna (2700 mtrs).

Take extra care of your personal belongings in this campsite as all the tours camp near here. As usual always keep your daypack with valuables with you. The only hot shower on the Inca Trail is on this third night at Wiñaywayna. There is a hostal near the campsite with an 8min hot shower for 5 soles, and a bar and restaurant where you can purchase bottled water.

Approx 16km walking – 6 hours

Sixth Day:

Get up extremely early to arrive at Intipunku, “The Gate of the Sun,” and view the first sun illuminating majestic Machupicchu. It is still a 20 min walk down from here to the famous view from the terraces at the end of the trail. Take your photos now before the 10:30hrs crowds arrive. Your tour of Machupicchu should finish between 10:30hrs and 11:00hrs and you have free time to climb Huayna Picchu (it will take at least 90 minutes). A maximum of 400 hikers can climb this mountain per day, so start immediately after your tour! Or just collapse under a tree and quietly reflect in amazement at the mystery, the architectural achievement and beauty of Machupicchu.

Seventh Day: Tour to the Sacred Valley

This tour starts around 9 hrs., we pick you up at your Hotel, we have a guided tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, over the Vilcanota river, with a panoramic view of Pisac an old Inca City and a visit to the Inka market in this village, where we will have the chance to know in a closer way its people customs and get good bargains with the handycrafts and souvenirs sellers, afterwards we’ll head for Urubamba, traveling on the borders of the river Vilcanota.

We’ll have lunch at a restaurant in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the afternoon we visit the fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to watch the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from the jungle habitants invasions. We’ll have the chance to walk by the narrow streets and have a clear knowledge of how this militar, religious and cultural center was during the Inca empire.

On the way back to Cusco we will stop by the colorful village of Chinchero , where we will find the ruins of the Tupac Inca Yupanqui Royal House, we will appreciate its well preserve Inca wall in the man square and you will visit the beauty Colonial Temple with invaluable portraits, built over Inca Bases. Then we return to Cusco.

Eight Day: Flight from Cusco to Lima

Flight Cusco – Lima and Trip on Bus to Nazca We’ll be at your hotel at least two hours before your flight leaves to take you to the airport in Cusco, you’ll get checked and get on board.

In Lima our staff will be waiting for you to take you to the Bus Station to travel to nazca where you’ll spend the night.

Ninth day: Flight over the Nazcs Lines

At the designated time, our staff will pick you up from your hotel and afterwards you will be transferred to the local airport of Nazca, located just 4 kilometers away from downtown. Upon your arrival at the airport, our staff will show you a video film about The Nazca Lines. This interesting documentary lasts about 40 minutes and involves serious information about the Nazca Culture, as well as the figures you will see from the air. For this aerial tour, you will board a small Cessna single-engine aircraft (Station air, Skyhawk or Skyline type), which has spacious room for 5 people, each person with a window seat. After the video, our English speaking pilot will proceed to give you a briefing about this air tour and also will give each participant a map of the archaeological zone, which shows all the figures you will see from the air. After some basic information about the Lines and safety instructions, you will board the airplane and will take off. In a matter of just 2 minutes you will be flying over the Nazca Lines zone, and the first figure you will see from the air it will be the whale. This beautiful marine deity is located on the eastern part of the archaeological complex, and was drawn over a big rectangular figure (see Nazca Lines map). As soon as we get close to the whale our pilot will let you know and then will fly in circles over it. The next figure you will see is a triangle, which appears over a small hill featuring 3 points. On the other side you will also see the famous trapezoids that, according to Erick von Daniken were ancient runways for visitors from another planet. These trapezoids are about 2 kilometers long and their perfection is stunning. Some kilometers further west we will find one of the strangest creatures on the Nazca desert The Astronauta. Unlike the other drawings, the astronaut was etched on the slope of a small hill, and not on the desert surface. His body is facing to the south and according to Maria Reiche it does not represent an astronaut, but a shaman or ancient Nazca priest, someone with magic powers who could predict the weather. Later on we will fly over the monkey figure, an enormous drawing that measures about 90 meters in length, and shows at one hand five fingers and on the other just four, symbolizing the 9 month of drought the Nazca people suffered every year. The monkey figure was discovered in 1954 by Maria Reiche, and according to her point of view it is associated to the big deeper constellation. After the monkey, we will fly over the dog figure, a small drawing that according to some scholars it represents a divinity worshipped by the Nazca people. Then it comes one of the best preserve figures of the whole area at The hummingbird, a gorgeous design perfectly made on a dark plateau located at one corner of the archaeological complex. According to Maria Reiche this figure is associated with the summer solstice, as one of the lines connected to its beak, points towards the place where the sun rises every year during our summer solstice. Not very far from the hummingbird, you will find the spider, a figure that according the local knowledge, represents the fertility and water, as this insect used to appear when it is going to rain or the water in the rivers is about to come. Some meters away we will find the huge condor figure, featuring a straight line that crosses its wings and points towards the place where the sun sets every year on summer solstice. Our next figure will be the flamingo, which is the longest figure on the desert, with over 300 meters. According to Maria Reiche the beak of this bird points towards the place where the sun rises every year on winter solstice. Then we will fly over the parrot figure, a huge bird with about 230 meters in length. In addition to the parrot you will also see several geometric designs around, and the beautiful valley of Ingenio. Finally we will fly over the Pan-American Highway, where you will see 2 figures; the hands and the Huarango tree. If you look carefully, you will find next to the tree, another figure representing a big lizard. Unfortunately when the people built the highway in 1937, they had no idea that ancient figures were drawn there, so the cut the lizard figure in two, destroying mainly the central part of its body, leaving the tail on one side of the road and on the other side part of its back, and its complete head with its two hands. After flying over these figures, we will return to the airport and during the way back you still can enjoy other straight lines that run for kilometers and a stunning panoramic view of the Nazca desert.

Tenth day:

Very early in the morning You will be picked up from your hotel in Paracas by our local guide. Then you will be transferred to the Paracas harbor located nearby. At the Paracas dock you will board a speed-boat equipped with life vests and comfortable seats. At this point is advisable to wear a good jacket or wind breakers as it gets very windy once the boat gets in motion. We will leave then towards the Ballestas Islands. Along the way we will see the famous figure known as The Candelabro, an enigmatic design etched on the desert floor hundreds of years ago. The Candelabra is overlooking the Ocean, so here you will have the chance to take pictures, as well as to learn about the most popular theories about it. Afterwards we will continue to the Ballestas Islands.The Ballestas Islands are inhabited by an amazing marine life, with over 200 types of migratory and resident birds, including Peruvian Pelicans, Belchera’s gulls, Humboldt penguins, guanay cormorants, red-legged cormorants, Inca terns, Peruvian boobies, turkey vultures, among others. In addition you will also see around the Islands hundreds of sea lions resting at the beaches, sleeping on the rocks or swimming nearby. The Islands also provide shelter to the shy Humboldt penguins which are usually seen at the entrances of small caves near the cliffs. After touring around the islands for about 1 hour we will return to the Paracas harbor.

During our excursion to the Paracas Reserve you will visit the centre of interpretation of Paracas, an interesting building that displays through photos, all the fauna, flora, and many other important facts about the Paracas Peninsula. Afterwards we will drive to the Paracas Peninsula, driving throughout a lifeless desert till we reach an area where once stood a great natural rock formation known as the Cathedral. Unfortunately this old formation did not withstand the 2007 earthquake that virtually left in ruins the most of the cities near that zone. At the place our local guide will give you more details about it and then you will have free time to walk along the edge of the peninsula. At this zone you will have amazing views of the desert and the blue Pacific Ocean. Later on we will return to our private vehicle and continue driving along the shore of the ocean passing the beach of Yumaque. After some time we will arrive in the little fishing village of Lagunillas, where we will have plenty of time to walk around and also to enjoy great Peruvian food at any of the local restaurants overlooking the ocean.

After all our visits we will take a bus to return to Lima where our Local guide will be waiting to take you to the airport where our tour will end.

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