12 Day – Classic Peru

Taquile island weavers
Lima main square
community people of Cusco
Wiracoha Temple in Raqchi Cusco
Machu Picchu citadel
Uros islans - Puno
Taquile island weavers
Lima main square

12 Day – Classic Peru

Duration

12 Days / 11 Nights

Package Type

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Cultural

Activity Level

Activity Level

Low

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Trip Overview

The authentic sites of South America’s most-popular country, Peru, come to life before your eyes on our Classic Peru Packages. The highlight of your Vacation in Peru Machu Picchu will be, of course, the Seventh Wonder of the World, Machu Picchu. Also, on your Peru Vacation Packages you will sample the delights of the capital, Lima. You will walk on the cobblestone streets of Cusco and view the incredible landscapes of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. When you travel to Machu Picchu follow the spectacular Route of the Sun to the sapphire jewel, the spectacular Lake Titicaca, and Colca Canyon.

Peru Vacation will show you all around our land full of hidden treasures, you will take excursions to the most wonderful places in the Peruvian Andes Mountains, and explore Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas & Machu Picchu. Fulfill the dream that you have had since you were a kid on our Classic Peru Packages when you explore South America’s best destinations, including Cusco, the oldest continuously inhabited city on the continent. If Lima is the center of modern Peru, Cusco is its cultural heart. Peru’s magical Inca civilization called Cusco the most sacred place in all of their Empire.  

 


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Day by day schedule

At the moment you arrive in Lima, a team member of Valencia travel will be waiting for you at the airport and take you, on private transport, to your hotel. Then you will have all day to relax and enjoy the beauty of Lima and its surroundings.

Services Included:

  • Regular Transport: Lima Airport – Hotel (1 hour approx.).
  • Local Tour Guide: English/Spanish
  • Meals Included: Not Included
  • Accommodations: Jose Antonio Hotel. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

The first stop on our Lima city tour is Huaca Pucllana, a huge archaeological site in Miraflores, one of Lima’s most popular districts. Huaca Pucllana was an important ceremonial and administrative center of the Lima culture, which developed along this part of the Peruvian coast between 200 AD and 700 AD. This sacred place was built from seven staggered platforms surrounded by a plaza and large walls. It’s a very impressive site, and certainly not what you expect to find i...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Jose Antonio Hotel. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

After Breakfast, a representative of Valencia Travel Cusco will pick you up from the hotel (time to be confirmed) and take you to the airport where you will take your flight to Arequipa. When you arrive at the Arequipa airport our team will be waiting there to warmly welcome you and to help you get settled in your hotel. At your hotel you will find complementary coca tea and muña tea freely available. These natural beverages will help your body to adjust to the high altitude of...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Hotel Conquistador. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

Day 1 begins early in the morning as we leave the White City of Arequipa and set off along the route to the Colca Valley. It’s a beautiful drive, passing snow-capped volcanoes, rugged pampas, traditional terraced farms and picturesque villages where the old traditional ways of life are still very much alive.

We’ll make a few stops along the way, the first at the Aguada Blanca National Reserve, where we can watch innumerable guanacos, alpacas and vicuñas as t...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Casa Andina Standard Colca. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

It’s another early start on Day 2, because there’s so much great stuff to see! First we’ll go to the lookout point known as Cruz del Cóndor (Cross of the Condor), near the small villages of Maca and Cabanaconde. Here, strong winds rise up from the canyon, providing a favorite spot for Andean condors. They soar on the thermals, often in pairs, normally in the early morning and late afternoon. There’s a good chance you’ll see these huge condors, with...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Casa Andina Standard Colca. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

After an early breakfast at your hotel, a villager from nearby Coporaque will take you to his home for a day of cultural immersion, so you can get a feel for the traditional way of life in this part of Peru. Coporaque is a small village a short distance from Chivay, down an unpaved road. The village sits near the Colca River and is surrounded by a pretty of hills covered with agricultural terraces, some of which date back to the Incas. The green terraces are filled with crops and graz...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Hotel Royal Inn Puno. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

Our full-day trip begins at around 07h00 when we pick you up from your hotel in Puno. We’ll then head down to the port and board our comfortable motor launch to ride out to the island of Taquile.

Taquile is one of the most beautiful islands in Peru, where the traditional way of life is still very much alive. We’ll meet some of the master weavers of this ancient Andean community, whose textiles are considered among the best in the country. According to legend, the I...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Accommodations: Hotel Royal Inn Puno. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

We will pick you up at 07h00 and take you to the bus station to catch the bus to Cusco. The bus trip is more like a tour - it stops at four interesting sites along the way where you have guided tours:

Pukara: This is the most important and oldest ceremonial center of the altiplano. There are interesting sculptures and tombs.

• La Raya: This is the halfway point between Cusco and Puno and the highest point (4335 meters above...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Accommodations: Jose Antonio Hotel. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

Our Cusco city tour begins in the morning, when we’ll first head to the wonderful Koricancha, next door to Santo Domingo Church. According to the chroniclers who wrote during the period directly after the Spanish Conquest, the Koricancha was the most sacred and most important temple in the Inca Empire. Its walls were covered with gold, and life-size statues of plants and animals – all made of pure gold and silver – decorated its rooms and hallways. Sadly, this wealth...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Jose Antonio Hotel. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

We’ll pick you up from your hotel in Cusco at 07h30 and then set off towards the Sacred Valley. Leaving Cusco, we’ll pass by Saqsaywaman and head over the mountains before descending some 450 meters (1,500 ft) to the valley floor. Here we’ll find ourselves beside the sacred Urubamba River and the pretty village of Pisac. In Pisac, we will visit the colorful traditional market, where you can browse the array of local artisan work and other souvenirs – which of c...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Hatun Inti Boutique. Accommodation in Suite Room with private bath.

To best appreciated Machu Picchu, we’ll wake up early in the morning so we can get to the citadel in good time. You’ll have time for breakfast first, and then your guide will pick you up from the hotel at around 05h40. We’ll then walk to the bus departure point for the short but zigzagging ascent up the road to Machu Picchu.

We’ll then pass through the gates into the Machu Picchu archaeological site. Here you’ll begin your guided walking tour with...

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  • Meals Included: Breakfast
  • Accommodations: Jose Antonio Hotel. Accommodation in Standard Room with private bath.

After breakfast enjoy your last day at leisure before transferring to the airport for your return flight home via Lima. Services Included: Transport: Hotel – Cusco Airport (20 minutes approx.). Meals: Breakfast

  • Meals Included: Breakfast

What's Included:

  • Transportation from the airports to your hotels.
  • Regular service or private service on your tours: of Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Puno, the Floating Islands tour on Lake Titicaca, the Sacred Valley tour, Machu Picchu, and the city tour of Cusco.
  • All of the entry tickets for the tours on your itinerary. Except for the optional tours in all Peru
  • Every meal that is specified in your itinerary
  • Vegetarian meals and special diets are available upon prior request
  • Round trip Consettur bus in Machu Picchu. Round trip train ticket on Expedition by Perurail from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes to Poroy
  • Professional guide who speaks English.
  • Lodging at 4-3 star hotels for 11 nights at your specified destinations. Buffet breakfast is included.
  • First aid equipment, the oxygen bottles are used only in case of emergency.

 

What's Not Included:

  • Evacuation: in the event of a serious medical injury, we will coordinate with your travel insurance company to arrange evacuation.
  • Internal Flight: Lima to Arequipa / Cusco to Lima ($180 per person).
  • Meals and drinks other than those mentioned in the itinerary.
  • Tips and gratuities.
  • Optional excursions.
  • Items of a personal nature such as souvenirs and telephone calls.
  • Travel insurance.
  • Personal equipment such as trekking equipment.

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