Magical Peru: 7-Day Andean Adventure

Day 1 Welcome to Cusco

At the time of arrival in the city of Cusco, our staff will wait for you at the airport to transfer you to the hotel so you can acclimatize, then in the afternoon we will take a tour of Miraflores and San Isidro, including the financial center, El Olivar. , the Huaca Pucllana and the Parque del Amor on the Malecón de Miraflores, we will visit the Plaza San Martín and we will end with a tour of the Plaza Mayor and a visit to a 17th century convent, to finish we will return to the hotel to rest.

Day 2: Ballestas Island and Huacachina Oasis - Ica

Very early (04:00am) we will meet at the hotel reception and board the bus that will take us to the city of Paracas . Once we are in the city, we will continue towards the dock, where we will begin our river tour of the Ballestas Islands . We will visit the candelabra (famous geoglyph, similar to those of Nazca). We will continue our tour to see birds, sea lions, and Humboldt penguins . We will return to the pier and then take our bus to Ica, we will go to the Huacachin Oasis located in Ica, a beautiful and small Oasis in the middle of a desert of high golden dunes. After our Lunch, we will take an excursion to the El Catador or Nieto winery, we will have a tasting of products made in the winery: Wines, Piscos, Pisco Creams and Mistelas. At the end we will return to Lima.

Day 3: City Tour in Cusco

Early in the morning we will go to the airport to take the flight to the city of Cusco. Upon arriving in Cusco, we will transfer to the hotel to rest, then in the afternoon we will take a tour of Plaza de Armas, Cusco Cathedral, Church of Santo Domingo, Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay, where we will visit historical, captivating and mystical places.

Day 4: Sacred Valley of the Incas

Our adventure through Cusco begins very early in the morning, at approximately 6:30 am we will leave Chinchero, after visiting its colonial church we will head to the archaeological center of Moray and the Salineras de Maras. Then we will have our buffet lunch in Urubamba and then we will visit Ollantaytambo, an unmissable tour where we will appreciate the beautiful Valley and snow-covered mountains, crop fields and towns full of color and tradition. Finally we will go to the Ollantaytambo train station, to board the train, to the town of Aguas Calientes to sleep there and leave early in the morning for Machu Picchu.

Day 5: Machu Picchu

After having breakfast, we will go up to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, we will visit the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sundial, The Royal Rooms, the temple of the Three Windows and The Cemeteries. Afterwards you can visit the Huayna Picchu mountain. When finished, we will go down by bus to the town of Aguas Calientes, and later take the train back to Ollantaytambo and rest at the hotel in Cusco.

Day 6: Mountain of 7 colors

We begin our 3-hour trip to the foothills of the Nevado Ausangate (6410 masl). Once we arrive at Kesiuno, a small town near the Nevado, we will have our breakfast and then we will begin the 3-hour walk to reach the Mountain of the 7 colors. or Land of the Rainbow (5200 meters above sea level), is formed by the sediment of several different colorful minerals to which the beauty of the place is attributed. After enjoying the place we will begin our descent to Kesiuno where we will have lunch and then board our transportation to return to Cusco.

Day 7

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Cusco airport to take the flight back home.

• Bring coats, gloves, scarves, earmuffs, thermal clothing, jeans and/or sweatshirts and hats, anything suitable for low temperatures.
• Wear trekking shoes or tennis shoes with good grip, appropriate for hiking.
• Carry a small backpack to store liquids and identification documents.
• Bring sunscreen
• Bring identification documents.
• Bring medications prescribed by your doctor; guides are not authorized to prescribe or provide them.
• If you are insured by an international or other type of policy, please notify before the departure of the tour to facilitate management in the event of an accident.
• It is important to inform the agency in advance if you suffer from any illness and/or allergies.
• Vegetarians or people with special food requirements, notify when making the reservation.