Travelpack

Highlights: Lima - Cusco - Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu - Cusco

Hotels Featured:
➤Iberostar Selection Miraflores 5*
➤Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness 5*
➤Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel 5*
➤Aranwa Cusco Boutique Hotel 5*

Itinerary
Thu 12 Jun 25: Outbound
➤Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bangkok Miami International Airport
Fly from London to Lima. Upon arrival at Lima International Airport, you will be met by our representative and private driver and will be transferred to your hotel for a two-night stay. Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and provide you with a detailed itinerary, vouchers covering all the services included in your tour and additional information on the organization of your Peru trip. You will also receive a contact information sheet with all the hotel details as well as our office's contact information for each city and a 24-hour emergency number.

Fri 13 Jun 25: Lima
➤Lima City tour and Larco Museum incl. lunch (private) Full-day Lima City tour, including the bohemian district of Barranco, Dedalo Art store & Larco Museum (private) We enjoy a full-day guided sightseeing tour to the most attractive and important sites in Lima, the "City of Kings". Visit Lima's Historical Centre, passing by Plaza San Martin, Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the City Hall, and the Cathedral (closed on Sunday and Saturday pm; Santo Domingo Convent is provided instead on these days) as well as San Francisco Monastery and its famous underground crypts known as the Catacombs. We continue through the residential Districts of San Isidro and Miraflores. We pass by El Olivar Park with olive trees brought from Spain in the XVth Century, the Central Park of Miraflores and El Parque del Amor, or Peruvian Love Park. Then it is time to visit a quieter side of Lima, the district of Barranco (Spanish word for cliff), the heart of the bohemian history of the city. Towards the end of the 19th Century, it became the favorite hangout of poets, writers, painters, and sculptors, inspired by the coastal scenery. The most emblematic symbol of this neighborhood is its wooden Puente de los Suspiros or Bridge of Sighs. Cajamarca is one of the most picturesque and colorful streets. a renowned repository of Peruvian handicrafts where we are able to admire and/or buy a great variety of artisan goods such as tapestries and ceramics. Our visit continues with a stop at Larco Museum, for an excellent overview of Peru's ancient past as it holds the best private collection of pre-Columbian art in the country. We have the chance to tour this old Hacienda House in the Pueblo Libre district, which was built upon a pre-Incan sacred site (Huaca), housing the private collection of a great Peruvian scholar: Don Rafael Larco Hoyle. The museum chronologically exhibits hundreds of ceramic, textile, metal and precious tone pieces and also inside you will find the vault which safeguards precious pieces of gold and silver with semiprecious stones. After the tour we are transferred to the hotel. We continue with a delicious meal at Caf del Museo Restaurant, located within the Museum compound. Dinner on passengers' own (Restaurant recommendations below)
Central: Centrals concept developed over the years, a menu took the form that takes diners through myriad different Peruvian ecosystems, categorized by altitude from below sea level in the Pacific Ocean to the high peaks of the Andes. Each dish reflects the origin of its ingredients, from Dry Valley (shrimp, loche squash, avocado) to Amazonian Water (pacu fish, watermelon, and coca leaf).
Maido: The fusion of Latin American and Eastern cuisines leads to an exciting and unusual menu. The 12-course Nikkei Experience degustation is predominantly fish-focussed: dishes such as Paracas scallops with green butter beans and miso feature alongside crab dish and tapiocas. The beef cheek is also not to be missed, served with tsukemono and a cloud of jora corn. Round off the marathon meal with the surprising and delicate medley of Lucuma ice cream, topped with soy sauce and mambo foam. Astrid & Gaston: A unique three-century-old colonial mansion setting adds a wow factor to the la carte and tasting menus, which focus on Peruvian flavors. Acurio takes traditional dishes such as guinea pig and gives them the haute-cuisine treatment and Gutsche showcases cacao and tropical fruits in her desserts.

Sat 14 Jun 25: Lima Cusco Sacred Valley
➤Transfer Hotel / Lima Airport (private) At the appropriate time, our representative will meet you at the hotel lobby and transfer you to Lima Airport to board your next flight. Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and all departure formalities. Flight Lima /Cusco (included) Transfer Cusco Airport / Sacred Valley (private) Upon arrival at Cusco Airport, you will be met by our representative and private driver and will be transferred to your hotel. Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and provide you with a detailed itinerary, and vouchers covering all the services included in your tour. Continue with the excursion to Textile Center and Pisac Ruins (private) En route towards the Urubamba Valley, we visit an Andean textile center that works to keep the wealth of Incan textile art alive. Here we will learn about the dyeing techniques and instruments used for hundreds of years in the weaving of these famous textiles and perhaps even take some home. The master weaver Walter Sulca, who possesses specialized knowledge of the secrets of Andean weaving, will embark you on a workshop to create our very own "Quipu". During this workshop, Quipucamayoc experience with Master Sulca, we'll delve into the symbolism, significance, and history of this essential Incan instrument. Most importantly, participants will depart with a unique experience and a wealth of historical and cultural knowledge. At the end, we will explore the Textile Museum and have the opportunity to visit the Camelid area. Here we can also walk along a thatched roof path and watch and learn about the four different kinds of South American camelids: Guanaco, Llama, Alpaca and Vicua. At the end of the path, we find weavers from over 12 communities in southern Peru who alternate exhibitions of threading, dying, and weaving traditional Andean textiles, thus avoiding their identity loss. Then, we continued to the Pisac Markets, which was the place of reunion for all artisans of the region to get together and exchange or buy and sell their products. Here, we will have the chance to interact with the local folk and even barter with the merchants while walking along colorful aisles full of textiles and crafts. After the tour we return to the hotel. For lunch, we will visit Hacienda Sarapampa. Here, we learn how corn influenced the Andeans and those who followed during colonial and recent times. We also visit the Giant White Corn fields and acquire more knowledge about this unique crop, the stages in the process of cultivating corn, and its importance in the economy of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and its farmers. We finish our adventure by enjoying a countryside lunch that may be hosted by the landowners of the Hacienda. After lunch and this unique experience, we will be transferred to the hotel in Sacred Valley.

Sun 15 Jun 25: Sacred Valley
➤Full day Chinchero Village, Maras Saltpans & Moray Terraces (private) Today we will set off in the direction of the Sacred Valley to the town of Chinchero, an authentic Andean village with lots of character, where we will find the colonial church that houses a large collection of painting from the Cusquean School of Art. Next, we continue our journey to the Maras Saltplan and its seemingly never-ending terraces, where salt extracted from springs is stored. Although these waters have been used for centuries, even before the time of the Incas, Maras was founded by the Spanish in 1556. It supplied salt to the southern highlands during the viceroyalty, making it a rather important town. It is impressive to see the variety of colors created by the reflection of the sun's rays in this field of salt deposits and to learn about the Incas' striking ability to generate resources. Then, we prepare to admire the Moray terraces. It is thought that Moray was used for plant adaptation to new climatic environments thanks to its circular terraces in immense cone-shaped depressions that resemble giant fingerprints. These created a series of microclimates at the different heights of the terraces, which enabled the Incas to experimentally improve a great variety of crops. Today, it is evidence of the high level of agricultural knowledge they reached. After the tour, we will return to the hotel. Lunch Set Menu - 03 moments at Unu Restaurant.

Mon 16 Jun 25: Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu
➤Half day Ollantaytambo Fortress (private) Today we will visit the Inca fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo. This fortress was believed to be constructed in order to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasions of tribes from the jungle lowlands. Later it served as a temporary capital for Manco Inca, leader of the Inca resistance in 1537 during the Spanish conquest of Per, who fortified the town to stop the advance, as Cusco fell under Spanish domination. Ollantaytambo also features the vestiges of the town built by orders of Inca Pachacutec and is thought to be not only a strategic military place to control the Sacred Valley of the Incas but also for agricultural and religious purposes. The town of Ollantaytambo is referred to as a "Live Inca Town" because inhabitants still live according to customs and traditions inherited from their ancestors. Ending your tour, you will take the train Vistadome to Machu Picchu. Upon arrival at the train station, you will be assisted to arrive at the hotel

Tue 17 Jun 25: Machu Picchu Cusco
➤Tour to Machu Picchu (private) From Aguas Calientes station, we board the bus that will take us on a 20-minute ride up to the citadel of Machu Picchu (3,400masl/11,15ft), or Lost City of the Incas. Here, we take a guided tour of the Citadel, probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire, with its giant walls, terraces and ramps, which appear as though they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. We will enjoy an amazing visit to the famous Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu, the great mountain-top city abandoned by the Inca Empire, reclaimed by the jungle and lost to humanity until its rediscovery in 1911. Along the way we will enjoy the changing landscape as we travel from Andean highlands to the beginnings of the jungle (eyebrow of the jungle), before finally arriving at the town of Aguas Calientes. Today, lunch set-menu will be served at Sumaq hotel PM: Return to Ollanta, transfer to Cusco (private) In the afternoon, at the appropriate time, take the shuttle bus to Aguas Calientes and then board your return train. Upon arrival at the Ollanta train station you will be met by our representative and private driver who will transfer you to the hotel in the city of Cusco. Optional: Upgrade your train journey with the Hiram Bingham Deluxe service Enjoy Belmond Hiram Bingham Train for your return to Cusco, pre-dinner cocktails will be served in the bar accompanied by live entertainment, and afterwards a 4-course a la carte dinner will be presented in the dining cars.

Wed 18 Jun 25: Cusco
➤Full Day Three Rainbow Mountains Trek (Private Service) A stunning alternative hike to the popular "Rainbow Mountain". The Three Rainbow Mountains trek provides 360-degree views of 3 different rainbow mountains and the Ausangate glacier at short distance. We are picked up from the hotel early in the morning, and after 2.5 hours by car, we arrive at Compapata, located at 3,400 m.a.s.l (11,155ft). From there, we leave the paved road to take a path for 1.15 hours until we reach the Palccoyo area. In this ride we will be able to appreciate the beauty of the Andres and their wild fauna. Around 11 am, we will arrive at the bus parking space at a height of 4900m (16,076 ft) where we will start a 30-minute walk that will take us along a path to the Palccoyyo viewpoint. Here we will have an hour to appreciate the beautiful landscape and take pictures, late we will make our way back and enjoy a delicious box lunch. Before heading to Cusco, we stop to visit the Checacupe bridge, a pre-Inca leather suspension bridge that is still used in our days. After the tour, we will return to te hotel.

Thu 19 Jun 25: Cusco Lima - Fly back to the UK
➤Check out of the hotel and transfer to the airport. Fly from Porto Seguro back to the UK

Prices & Departures:
Deposit: £1100pp
➤Z47279 Heathrow from £5499pp
➤Z87042 Manchester from £5789pp
➤Z87055 Glasgow from £5879pp
➤Z87096/88 Newcastle or Edinburgh from £5899pp
➤Z87104 Dublin from £5999pp

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