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Option 4. Peru 4 night extension
DAILY SCHEDULE CHART
17 Feb 18 Feb 19 Feb 20 Feb 21 Feb
ORIGIN / LIMA LIMA/CUSCO CUSCO /SACRED VALLEY
CUSCO/MACHUPICCHU/ CUSCO
CUSCO - LIMA - DEPARTURE
Breakfast
Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel
Morning
Greet upon arrival to Lima and assistance
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City tour Lima
Transfer to Lima airport and assistance
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Arrival to Cusco Assistance and
transfer to hotel
FD Sacred Valley
Maras + Moray
Transfer to train station in Ollanta
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Departure on Expedition train
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Guided tour on Machu Picchu
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Lunch at Ayasqa restaurant
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Return to Cusco
Transfer from hotel to Cusco airport
and assistance with your flight to Lima
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Assistance in Lima airport for your
connection flight back home
Lunch
Café del Museo
Inka Grill
Sonesta Yucay
Afternoon
Check in at hotel
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At leisure
City tour Cusco with Cathedral, Qoricancha Temple
Ollantaytambo Fortress
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Return to hotel in Sacred Valley
Dinner
CALA
Incanto
At hotel
Calle del Medio
Overnight Lima Cusco Sacred Valley Cusco
L,D B, L,D B, L,D B, L, D B
Day 1 - Friday | Feb 17 2017
RIO - LIMA
Depart Rio on TA 920 at 06:45. On arrival at 09:15 you will be met at Lima airport and set off
for:
Half Day City tour: Lima Peru’s capital is a rich kaleidoscope of colonial architectural jewels,
revered pre-Columbian sites, charming residential areas, and vibrant shopping districts
perched over the blue Pacific Ocean. Explore these many facets. This tour includes, panoramic
visits to:
o Lima Cathedral: It is placed where the first Church of Lima was. The interior is austere,
although it shelters real historic jewels like the finely carved wooden pews of the Baltasar
Noguera choir, different side altars, and the remains of Francisco Pizarro. In addition, you
can visit the Museum of Religious Art that possesses an important collection of canvases,
sculptures, chalices, and chasubles
o Santo Domingo Convent: The Church and Convent of Santo Domingo date back to the
end of the 16th century. The church is famous in Lima for being the only one with a "real"
steeple, which in consequence of the construction over several stages has a very peculiar
style. Inside the church are the oldest choir stalls of Lima, the famous statue of the Virgen
del Rosario and the silver urns that contain the relics of Santa Rosa (the patron saint of
Lima) and San Martín de Porres.
Lunch at Café Del Museo: The Museo Larco Café offers an enchanting ambiance where one
can savor the best of Peruvian cuisine. Located at the museum terrace overlooking its vibrant
& captivating gardens & vice regal mansión.
Check in at hotel – afternoon free
Dinner at CALA: The design of this seaside restaurant is itself a testament to the open and vast
presence of the ocean that stirs before it. Its open terrace allows diners to enjoy its charm with the
caress of the Pacific Ocean breeze. The multi-ambient architecture with terrace, bar-lounge, main
dining hall and private den, make Cala right for any occasion.
Overnight in Lima at Casa Andina
Lunch, Dinner
Day 2 - Saturday | Feb 18 2017
LIMA - CUSCO
Breakfast at the hotel
This morning transfer to Lima airport for your flight AV 809 to Cusco departing at 08:40
On arrival at 10:05 you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Lunch at Inka Grill Restaurant: Centrally located in the Plaza de Armas, this popular restaurant
offers a wide variety of Peruvian and international fare. From fresh quinoa-battered shrimp salad to
homemade ravioli in Andean herb sauce, the extensive menu, including a number of vegetarian
options, is sure to please even the pickiest of palettes. Cozy and chic, order up a glass of red and
listen to the live nightly music
Half Day- City tour Cusco
o Koricancha or temple of the sun: The extraordinarily crafted Temple of the Sun
(Templo del Sol) at Koricancha was the most sumptuous temple in the Inca Empire.
Some 4,000 priests and their attendants once lived within its confines. Koricancha
also served as the main astronomical observatory for the Incas.
o Cathedral: The cathedral has eleven chapels on its side wings and a small church
called El Triunfo, which is accessible with help (one step). There you will find the crypt
which contains the ashes of writer Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.
Dinner at Incanto: offers an interesting gastronomic Italian-Peruvian fusion in a magical
environment where towering stone walls of this former Inca palace, combined with a minimalist
modern.
Return to hotel
Overnight in Cusco at Libertador Palacio Del Inka
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3 - Sunday | Feb 19 2017
CUSCO VALLEY
Breakfast at the hotel.
Full Day- Maras, Moray & Ollantaytambo Fortress
o Moray Terraces: Archaeological Inca Complex is located about 7km away from Maras town
(3300m) and 35 km from Cusco. Those are enormous natural depressions or hollows in the
ground surface that Incas used for constructing irrigated farming terraces around them.
Archaeology dominated this place like “Agricultural Laboratory”.
o Maras Salt Mine: It is located near of Maras town surrounded by huge snowpeaks named “La
Veronica” (5682m) and “Chicon” (5530m). This place as know saltpans of salineras of the
sacred valley of the Incas. Maras-Salineras is great tourist attractive are the
thousands of evaporation salt flats that form an enormous salt mine, the process of
production last from Inca time.
Lunch at Sonesta Yucay: Original and exquisite
cuisine to stimulate the senses in the Sacred Valley, the restaurant offers innovative dishes that
enhance the quality of native ingredients. The restaurant is surrounded by beautiful gardens to
increase your enjoyment of the marvelous climate and special magnetism of this part of Cusco.
HD- Ollantaytambo Fortress: Ollantaytambo is another archaeological park which is attributed
different functions. Because of its strategic location, was a military construction built to protect
the capital of the Inca empire of possible invasions. The architectural scenario is of exceptional
interest by the size, style and originality of its buildings
Check in at Hotel in Sacred Valley
Dinner at hotel
Overnight at Aranwa Sacred Valley
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4 - Monday | Feb 20 2017
SACRED VALLEY _ MACHUPICCHU - CUSCO
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer from hotel to train station.
Expedition train service: The train cars of the Expedition train are steeped in the designs of Incan
culture, making them the perfect way to start your trip to the Machu Picchu citadel. The Expedition
gives you the chance to take in the unbelievable scenery and take incredible panoramic pictures of
a journey unlike any other.
Machu Picchu citadel: The ruins of Machu Picchu, rediscovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham,
are one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ancient sites in the world. While the Inca people
certainly used the Andean mountaintop, erecting many hundreds of stone structures from the
early 1400's, legends and myths indicate that Machu Picchu (meaning 'Old Peak' in the
Quechua language) was revered as a sacred place from a far earlier time.
Lunch at Ayasqa: Our restaurant was created with the purpose of offering an experience that
will take us to the origins of ancient Peru, showing a cuisine of Indian heritage, with ancient
flavors. Let us offer its passengers an experience of unique flavors with recipes of yesteryear,
which combined with an excellent service, will just stop to recharge energy and continue
discovering the magic of our land
Return to Cusco on Vistadome Train.
Upon arrival you will be met at train station and transferred to your hotel in Cusco.
Farewell Dinner at MAP Cafe: Located in the courtyard of the Pre-Columbian Art Museum Cusco ,
this glass cube contrasts harmoniously with the colonial architecture of the house , a space that
cannot be missed. The gastronomic delights the senses with an interesting reinvention of the
traditional dishes of Peruvian food, inspiring cuisine that seeks to convey the highest expression of
national cuisine.
Overnight in Cusco at Libertador Palacio Del Inka
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5 - Tuesday | Feb 21 2017
CUSCO – LIMA - ORIGIN
Breakfast at the hotel
Rest of the day at leisure until your departure flight AV 808 at 14:28
Transfer to Cusco airport for your flight, upon arrival in Lima at 15:55, assist with your
international flight KL 744 departing at 21:05
Breakfast
INCLUDED
International and domestic airfare
Airport taxes
Transfers and tours in private with English speaking guides
Hotel accommodation
Entrance fees to the sites to be visited
Mentioned meals
NOT INCLUDED
Tips for guides, bus drivers, escorts and restaurants
Meals and services not mentioned
Personal expenses
All drinks