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Itinerary for June 16 - June 26, 2010 -
Wed. 16 USA - Lima
Board your flight*
*Depending on your flight schedule you may arrive in Lima this evening.
Thurs. 17 LIMA B/L/-
Upon your arrival in Lima, we will provide assistance at the airport and transfer you to SOL DE ORO SUITES HOTEL.
Breakfast at the hotel
09:30 Enjoy special tastings of Peru´s world-renowned cuisine. Learn how to prepare famous Peruvian dish "Ceviche". First, visit a fruit market.
You will see Peruvian mini avocados without seeds, Peruvian lucuma, taste the
chirimoya, among others. Learn how to prepare Peruvian dish like: "Ceviche".
Get the chance to taste our famous national drink, the Pisco, in a variety of cocktails
and presentations. Afterwards enjoy a buffet lunch that includes the best and most
traditional dishes of our Peruvian cuisine.
14:30 Get acquainted with Peru's Capital City, its 2000 years of history and Colonial
heritage. Experience the artistic traditions and contemporary lives of its residents.
Tour Lima's Historical Center* with its imposing Cathedral. Visit Casa Aliaga,
America's best preserved colonial mansion, occupied by the same Family
since 1535. We will visit also the San Francisco Monastery. Stroll around Lima's
residential districts, visiting San Isidro and Miraflores.
*UNESCO World Heritage Site
FRI 18 LIMA/CUSCO B/-/D
Breakfast at the hotel.
07:00 We will transfer you from your hotel to the airport, and provide assistance on your departure flight.
09:00 LIMA / CUSCO
STAR PERU - 1117
10:20 Arrives in Cusco and transfer to HOTEL PICOAGA COSTA DEL SOL.
Rest of the day at leisure to get used to the altitude.
18:30 Transfer to Restauran Inka's Grill to enjoy a typical dinner.
SAT 19 CUSCO/URUBAMBA B/L/D
09:00 Drive to the "Sacred Valley of the Incas". Proceed to Chincheros and admire the well
preserved Inca wall on the main square and visit the colonial church with interesting
be met by a cheerful music band. Wander around its colorful main Squire.
Typical lunch at a local restaurant. Rest of the afternnon devoted to “Natural Dye
workshop”, where you will share a experience with a groups of master weavers
who have been spending 28 year working together.
Dinner and overnight at HOTEL PAKARITAMPU.
SUN 20 URUBAMBA B/L/D
Breakfast at the hotel
09:00 Tour to Accha Alta: Very interesting traditional community where they
weave with warp supplementary technique, very wide designs and mainly
red and white colors, also here they knit very fine and very
interesting technique, since they join to Center now they weave from
natural dyed colors and natural fibers, you will see here the smallest
men´s “ponchos” for example.
Proceed to Huayocari to get acquainted with the life style of the
Cusquenians landlords that inhabited the farm house, built in the
1950's.
Lunch at Casa Hacienda Orihuela, where the Orihuelas, a family of
great collectors, will be your hosts.
The house has a varied collection of popular and colonial art
ceramics, paintings, weapons, photography, ceremonial vessels and
the ceramic bulls of Pucara. The environs include a forest of
eucalyptus trees and other native species and here the famous giant
hite corn is cultivated for export.
Finally, visit the Indian market in Pisac to bargain with local
vendors for handmade crafts. Enjoy the magnificent view of the
Urubamba River valley along the way.
Dinner and overnight at HOTEL PAKARITAMPU
MON 21 URUBAMBA B/BXL/D
Breakfast at the hotel
Full day devoted to the learning of the different techniques:
learn to make their first narrow backstrap “looms”, starting with
twenty or thirty threads. Learn also about de Andean hat scallop
knitting, tubular weaving (Edges of textiles)
You will receive a weaving kit.
Box lunch included.
Dinner and overnight at HOTEL PAKARITAMPU
TUE 22 URUBAMBA/MACHU PICCHU B/L/D
Breakfast at the hotel
08:00 Board the train to Machu Picchu. Upon arrival to the station you
will take a 25-minute motorcoach ride to "The Lost City of the
Incas", which was discoveed by American explorer Hiram Bingham in
1911. Guided tour of the marvelous citadel, a unique awe-inspiring
experience, visit the Main Square, the Royal Quarters, the Temple
of the Three Windows, the Circular Towers, the Sacred Sun Dial and
the Burial Grounds.
Lunch a la carte a Machu Picchu Pueblo Inkaterra Hotel in Aguas
Calientes.
Dinner and overnight at SUMAQ MACHU PICCHU HOTEL in Aguas Calientes.
WED 23 MACHU PICCHU/CUSCO B/-/D
Breakfast at the hotel
We strongly recommend that you wake up early to see the sunrise
over Machu Picchu. This is a once-in-a-lifetime sight. For hiking
enthusiasts, we suggest a walk up to the peak of Huayna Picchu.
13:37 You will return by train to Ollanta station.
15:04 Upon arrival in Ollanta, we will transfer you to Cusco.
17:15 Arrival and transfer to HOTEL COSTA DEL SOL PICOAGA.
Dinner at the hotel.
THU 24 CUSCO B/-/D
Breakfast at the hotel
Morning at leisure.
13:3 We take a tour of the city, starting out at the Santo Domingo
convent monastery. This former Colonial monastery was previously
the Koricancha temple, one of the most important temples devoted to
worship of the sun. According to the chronicles, it was covered in
gold Leaf and filled with golden representations of nature. Also
included in the tour are stops at the Plaza de Armas and the
Cathedral. After touring the most interesting sites of the city,
you will be driven to the countryside outside Cusco to visit some
of the remarkable Inca ruins in the area. Included are the cult
centre of Sacsayhuaman, the temple and amphitheatre of Kenko, and
the Red Fortress of Puca Pucara.
18:45 Dinner at restaurant Tunupa, enjoy the best panoramic view of the
marvellous mainsquare of cusco. Ancestral music and folk dances,
together with novo-andine buffet and international cuisine.
(Transfers included)
FRI 25 CUSCO/LIMA B/L/-
Breakfast at the hotel
08:50 Transfer from the hotel to the airport. Assistance on departure flight.
10:50 CUSCO / LIMA
STAR PERU - 1118
12:20 Upon your arrival in Lima, we will provide assistance at the airport
and transfer to Restaurant “Café el Museo” for lunch.
15:00 Visit the Larco Herrera Museum, housed in an 18th century colonial
mansion that holds the most extensive collection of pre-Columbian
art in Peru. It contains fine examples of textile work, one of
which has a World record-beating 398 threads per inch, as well as
the tools ancient Peruvians used to make metals, huaco ceramics and
gold and silver pieces with semiprecious stones.
Enjoy some leisure time strolling around a typical Peruvian
handicraft market.
We will transfer you from your hotel to the airport, and provide
assistance on your departure flight.
HOTELS
Lima: Sol de Oro Apart & Suites http://www.soldeoro.com.pe
Urubamba: Pakaritampu http://www.pakaritampu.com
Aguas Calientes: Sumaq http://www.sumaqhotelperu.com
Cusco: Costa del Sol Picoaga http://www.picoagahote.com
B:Breakfast L: Lunch BXL: Box lunch D: Dinner
END OF THE PROGRAM
**Times are subject to change**
