Machupicchu Titicaca Lake & Uyuni Flats

OVERVIEW:

This is the best program that allows you to visit the highlights of Peru & Bolivia in just a few days: Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, Machupicchu, the Rainbow Mountain or Humantay Lake, Puno and Lake Titicaca, Copacabana & the Island of the Sun, the amazing Salar de Uyuni and all the colorful lagoons. It is also one of the best combinations to see and be in contact with the wonderful landscapes of the Andes, the cloud forest, and its flora and fauna. Visit 1 of the new 7 wonders of the world and learn about the Incas, Peruvian & Bolivian cultures!

ROUTE & HIGHLIGHTS:

Meals Included: B= Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner

DAY 1: ARRIVING IN LIMA

DAY 2: LIMA CITY TOUR - PM FLIGHT TO CUSCO. (B)

DAY 3: CUSCO CITY TOUR: Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, kenko, Puca Pucara & Tambomachay. (B)

DAY 4: SACRED VALLEY - AGUAS CALIENTES: Pisac ruins, Market & Ollantaytambo. (B,L)

DAY 5: MACHUPICCHU TOUR - CUSCO. (B)

DAY 6: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN or HUMANTAY LAKE HIKE (B,L)

DAY 7: CUSCO – PUNO: By bus or by train if available (B, L)

DAY 8: TITICACA LAKE TOUR - BORDER – COPACABANA: Uros Islands and bus to Copacabana. (B)

DAY 9: ISLAND OF THE SUN - LA PAZ - BUS TO UYUNI (B,L)

DAY 10: UYUNI - TRAIN CEMETERY - COLCHANI - SALT FLATS - SAN JUAN. (B,L,D)

DAY 11: SAN JUAN - LAGOONS - STONE TREE - LAGUNA COLORADA. (B,L,D)

DAY 12: DALI DESERT - LAGUNA VERDE - UYUNI - BUS TO LA PAZ (B,L)

DAY 13: ARRIVING IN LA PAZ

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Lima: Plaza de Armas

DETAILED ITINERARY: Meals Included: B= Breakfast L=Lunch


DAY 1: ARRIVING IN LIMA

Upon arrival at any time reception, assistance and transfer to the selected hotel

Notes:

- You are in charge of arriving in Lima by plane at any time. Our Services start in Lima and finish in Cusco

- Check in at the hotel starts after 1 - 2 pm


DAY 2: LIMA CITY TOUR - CUSCO

In the morning a trip to the essential Lima, “The City of Kings” including the most important architectural icons of the city, such as the Main Square, where you can find the Government Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and the Archbishop’s Palace. Then, we continue with a visit to the San Francisco Convent, an architectonic jewel dating back to the 16th century.

Cusco: Plaza de Armas

On our way to the modern area of the city, we will cross the exclusive district of San Isidro, the new financial heart of the city, we conclude our circuit in Miraflores, where we will visit the “Parque del Amor” (Love Park) an excellent spot to enjoy a great view of the Pacific Ocean. After 3 pm transportation to the airport to take the flight to Cusco. Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the selected hotel; where you should rest to adjust better to the altitude (11,000 ft a.s.l.) (B)

Note: Your flight from Lima to Cusco must be at or after 6 pm


DAY 3: CUSCO

Free morning to visit the city and its museums: Inca, Preculumbian Art & The Machupicchu Museum.

Afternoon Combined tour; visit the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay. (B)


Note: Whenever it will be possible; to avoid the crowds and in the high season we will program this tour in the morning.

Sacred Valley of the Incas

DAY 4: SACRED VALLEY - AGUAS CALIENTES: PISAC RUINS, MARKET & OLLANTAYTAMBO

Visit PISAC located right at the entrance to the Sacred Valley, the amazing Inca city that constitutes one of the most important Archaeological Parks in the region. Visit the fine temples, palaces and the well preserved and vast farming terraces; built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their straight sometimes vertical aqueducts; an imposing and unforgettable sight that also offers very beautiful landscapes. Later visit PISAC the Colonial Village, where you will see the famous "Indian Market" and the handicrafts or "souvenirs" market, this is your chance to enjoy a blend of color, traditions and people, and bargain for exotic craftworks. After Lunch at Urubamba Village, tour to the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, where people are still living in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago; the ancient Incan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO, with its very impressive constructions built with huge boulders and its ancient heritage that will leave us astonished. Overnight Ollantaytambo.  Finally catch the train to Aguas Calientes town (1 1/2 hours). Overnight Aguas Calientes. (B,L)

Machupicchu: Wonder of the World

DAY 5: MACHUPICCHU - CUSCO


Early visit of Machupicchu; to spot the amazing sunrise and guided visit (2 1/2 hours) of the wonderful temples and palaces.
Afternoon return to Ollantaytambo by train (1 1/2 hours) and transfer to the hotel (2 hours). (B)


Note: If you are interested in climbing to Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu the entrance fees are not Included.
Extra: US$25 per person

The Rainbow Mountain

DAY 6: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN or HUMANTAY LAKE HIKE

You can choose 1 of the optional full day hikes. (B,L)


Departure: 4:30 am

Arrival: 4 - 5 pm 

DAY 7: CUSCO – PUNO

This day you will have a bus ride with guided visits or you can choose to ride on the 1st class PERURAIL TITICACA train without ANY tours and an EXTRA cost of $240 per person. Train only available on: Sunday, Wednesdays, Fridays.

Bus ride from Cusco to Puno visiting on the way a very beautiful chapel: Andahuaylillas; known as the Sistine chapel of South America, the temple of Wiracocha (a very impressive Inca site) and the Pucara Museum. You will also have other stops for lunch & photos. Arrival and transfer to the hotel in Puno. (B, L)

- Bus Departure: 7 am / Arrival: 5 pm

- Train (non stop) Departure: 8 am / Arrival: 6-7 pm

Uros Floating Islands

DAY 8: TITICACA LAKE TOUR

Half day excursion to the beautiful Titicaca Lake, the highest navigable lake in the world. Visit the Floating Islands (made of totora: reeds) of Uros, where the population still live as their ancestors did a thousand years ago. Later go back to Puno for Lunch.


PM: Transfer from the hotel to the Puno bus terminal and board the bus to the town of Copacabana, we will have a stop at the Kasani border to do the immigration procedures and continue to our destination (Lake Titicaca – Copacabana)


Overnight in Copacabana. (B)


DAY 9: ISLAND OF THE SUN - LA PAZ - BUS TO UYUNI

8 - 8:30 am: We will leave for the legendary Island of the Sun, we go on an excursion walking to the Inca Garden and the ruins of the Pilkokaina Palace (40 min), built with uncarved stones, the door is trapezoidal with the purpose of supporting the enormous weight of the roof and the second flat.

View from the Sun Island in Bolivia

Go back to Copacabana for lunch and visit this picturesque town and the church where the famous image of the Virgin of Copacabana is located.

Finally, we take the bus to the city of La Paz, and arrive at the bus terminal for the connection to Uyuni by bus, (spend the night on board: trip of 9 hours approx.) ­(B,L)
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Note:

- If you prefer you can sleep in a hotel in La Paz and take the flight to Uyuni the next day. We will help with all the arrangements


DAY 10: UYUNI - TRAIN CEMETERY - COLCHANI - SALT FLATS - SAN JUAN

6 - 7 am: Reception at the Uyuni Bus Station. After breakfast, we will walk to the Train Cemetery. Later we go to Colchani, a small town dedicated to the exploitation of salt, here there is an artisan market, an ideal place to buy handicrafts made of salt.

Sunset on the Uyuni Salt Flats

Then we enter the largest extension of salt in the world with more than 12,000 square km; We will arrive at Incahuasi Island or Isla Pescado (in the rainy season from January to March the itinerary will change) crossing through the middle of the salt flat for about an hour; once there, we will take a short walk to see the immensity of this great salt flat and admire the giant cacti that dominate the place. Then we will have a hot lunch in the middle of the salt flat and also will have time to walk around and play with our cameras doing optical tricks. Later we will see the Ojos del Salar; this is where underground rivers form openings in the salt flat layer. Finally de go to San Juan to Overnight. (B,L,D)


DAY 11: SAN JUAN - LAGUNA COLORADA

On this day we will visit the high altitude lagoons: Honda, Ramadita and Hedionda. Each one with its own particularities. We will also stop at the Siloli Desert, the Stone Tree and the Laguna Colorada where we will spend the night. (B,L,D)

Incahuasi Island: Uyuni Salt Flats

DAY 12: LAGUNA COLORADA - UYUNI - BUS TO LA PAZ

Very early in the morning we will leave the Laguna Colorada towards the geysers, where we will have the feeling of returning to the stages of the formation of the earth. Then we will visit the thermal baths, the Dalí Desert and the Green Lagoon. Finally we return to Uyuni to take the bus to the city of La Paz. Overnight on the bus. (B,L)

DAY 13: ARRIVING IN LA PAZ

Reception approx. 06:00 am at the bus terminal in La Paz and transportation to your hotel or the airport.


END OF OUR SERVICES


Notes:

- If you want you can go to Atacama but you have to pay an extra US$10 per person for the bus (Lunch not included)

- If you want you can take a flight to La Paz the next day. We can help you booking the extra night in Uyuni and the flight back to La Paz

PRICES PER PERSON IN US DOLLARS

DOUBLE or TRIPLE OCCUPANCY:

SOLO TRAVELER/SINGLE OCCUPANCY:

Extra Payment for Private tours: Paying this TOTAL EXTRA COST per PARTY; for ALL the TOURS in LIMA & CUSCO; we will provide: a PRIVATE transportation + an English Speaking guide just for your party.

INCLUDED IN THE PRICES ACCORDING TO THE ITINERARY:

- Single, Double or Twin rooms at described Hotels + breakfasts for 12 nights, Lima: 1 night, Cusco: 4 nights, Aguas Calientes: 1 night, Puno: 1 night, Copacabana: 1 night, Uyuni: 2 nights, Bus: 2 nights


- GROUP Tours: For all the tours you will have an English speaking guide, all the entrance fees to visit all the attractions described on the itinerary, all the round trip transfers and bus transportation.


PERU GROUP TOURS:

• Lima City Tour, Cusco City Tour & 4 ruins, Sacred Valley, and 1 day Machupicchu: Round trip EXPEDITION or INCA RAIL train tickets, Machupicchu English speaking guide (2 1/2 hours), For 1 day: Round trip Bus tickets, Machupicchu & Huaynapicchu (if available) entrance fees.


If you wish you can upgrade to the VISTADOME ($50 pp)


Rainbow Mountain or Humantay Lake Hike: Round trip bus transportation: Hotel - Beginning of the hike - Cusco (center), English/Spanish speaking Tour Guide, First Aid kit and Oxygen bottle  Entrance fees


1st Class (best available) Bus: Cusco - Puno: Transportation to the bus station, Guided tours (English & Spanish), entrance fees and buffet lunch.

Titicaca Lake Uros Islands tour: Bus & Boat Transportation, Guide (English & Spanish) and entrance fees


BOLIVIA GROUP TOURS:

• Best Available Bus: Puno – Kasani – Copacabana - La Paz.

• Boat for the Sun Island, guide and entrance fees

• Best Available Bus: La Paz – Uyuni – La Paz

• Uyuni salt flats tour: Transportation (4x4), Spanish/English speaking Guide, entrance fees

 

- All the transportation: Airport/Bus & Train Station - Hotel - Airport/Bus & Train Station described in the Itinerary

- Described meals

- Professional & Personal Assistance during your visit.


Does not include: International & national airfares (Lima - Cusco, Uyuni - La Paz - Uyuni), tips, Services and Sales taxes or visa fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, non described meals & snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of international flights and items of personal nature


BOOKING & DEPOSIT FOR THE TRIP:


- To reconfirm and book we will need you to send a deposit of 40% of the trip's price ASAP.

- The remaining balance has to be paid 60 days before your trip.

HOTELS

Please note that for any package we can upgrade and use any other you wish: 4 star, 5 stars, the most recommended, expensive room, etc, etc. As a LOCAL travel agent we have good prices with ALL the hotels in Peru so please just let us know about your preferences and we will send you our best price.

CITY/TOWN
LIMA Mariel, San Antonio, Runcu, Faraona or similar
CUSCO Muru, La Posada del Viajero, El Andariego, El Triunfo or similar
SACRED VALLEY Tierra Inka, Sol Ollantay, Sol Natura, Intitambo
AGUAS CALIENTES/MACHUPICCHU Andino, Flower's House, Killa Inn, Pequena Casita
PUNO Suites Antonio´s, Intiqa, Sol Plaza or similar
COPACABANA Onkel Inn or simila
UYUNI Rooms with Private Bathroom

ADDITIONAL TOURS IN CUSCO & THE SACRED VALLEY
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