Peru Unique Wonders

Enjoy one of the most amazing and diverse countries on the planet!
You will have a unique travel adventure in the impressive Peruvian virgin rain forests, Cusco, the legendary lost city of Machu Picchu, the enigmatic Nasca Lines and Ballestas Islands. Only the Highlights of Peru!
Please look over the itinerary below to see all details and contact us to arrange your once in a life time experience.

Tour highlights: Tambopata National Reserve, Cusco, The Incas’ Sacred Valley, the hidden city of Machu Picchu and Nasca Lines.

ITINERARY

Day 1: Lima.
On your arrival at Lima international airport you will be met by our representative and transferred to your selected hotel.
Evening: Overnight in Lima.

Day 2: Lima Tour.
14:00: After lunch, we will drive you downtown into the city of the Kings; our English speaking guide will help you to get to know the Plaza de Armas, with the baroque cathedral, the Palacio de Gobierno (Governors Palace), the Archbishop's Palace with its big carved wooden balconies, and the convent of San Francisco, whose bright yellow facade covers a grisly secret. Underneath the convent lie extensive catacombs that served as the cemetery for the whole of Lima during the colonial period!
Evening: Overnight in Lima.
(B)

Day 3: Flight Lima Puerto Maldonado/Sandoval Lake Lodge.
Early morning: transfer from your hotel to Jorge Chavez Airport to board your flight to Puerto Maldonado.
On arrival at Puerto Maldonado airport, you will be transferred to the Tambopata River boat dock to board a motorized dugout canoe and set off to the nearby confluence of the mighty Madre de Dios River, a headwaters tributary of the Amazon. Here we turn downstream for a 25-minute river trip to the trailhead landing at Sandoval Lake Lodge.
Stopping as we go to spot birds and butterflies, we walk – or take a rickshaw ride – along the 3km/2 mile trail to the narrow boat channel through flooded palm forest that leads to the open waters of this peaceful lake. As our crew paddle us across to the lodge (motors are prohibited here), we may see the lake’s surface broken by a massive Paiche – an Amazon fish that can reach 100kg/220lbs. Or perhaps we will hear the strange and haunting calls, and see the heads bobbing above the lake’s surface, that will signal our first acquaintance with Pteronura brasiliensis, the Amazonian Giant Otter.
After lunch and a brief rest to avoid the early afternoon heat, we once again set off by boat or catamaran to explore the entire west end of the lake. Here, along the fringes of flooded palm forest we drift to the sounds of hundreds of Red-Bellied and Blue-and-yellow Macaws as they return to the palm forest for the night. Our viewpoint from the canoe often allows closer and more extended encounters with birds and mammals than on a typical forest trail hike, and we may witness intimate feeding and mating behavior. On Lake Sandoval monkeys, in particular, have almost lost their fear of humans.
We return to the lodge around nightfall for dinner. After dinner we take to the boats once more, in search of black caimans, which today are extremely rare in the Amazon, but still common in this protected lake. They grow up to 4m in length, and compete with the Giant Otters for their share of the fishing. On clear nights we take our boat further out into the lake to get an unimpeded view of the vast southern sky, with its unfamiliar constellations and superb vistas of the Milky Way.
Evening: Overnight in Sandoval Lake Lodge.
(B, L, D)

Day 4: Lake Sandoval.
A pre-dawn wake-up call will allow us to be on the lake for what is often a spectacular sunrise, and hopefully an encounter with the Giant Otters, which patrol the entire lake in a close-knit family pack, and are most active at this hour of the day. Most of the lake’s birdlife is extremely active now, too, and this outing should provide views of numerous species of fish-eating birds as they stalk and catch their prey, along with close-up views of the large, clumsy and primitive leaf-eating Hoatzins.
After returning for a late breakfast we set off on a trail walk through the cool understory of the mighty primary rainforest that surrounds the lake. We will see the great Brazil-nut trees that are abundant here, and meet a local family – the only people permitted to live here permanently and harvest the natural bounty of Lake Sandoval. They will show us how they collect the nuts, remove their shells and market this important forest product. After dinner we will have another chance to spot caiman on the lake, or perhaps take a night trail walk in search of the numerous creatures, including frogs, toads, owls, nighthawks, spiders and night monkeys, that make the forest such a busy and different place during the night.
Evening: Overnight in Sandoval Lake Lodge.
(B, L, D)

Day 5: Lake Sandoval to Puerto Maldonado/Flight to Cusco.
After a dawn breakfast we take a final, short paddle along the palm swamps of the west end of the lake in search of the resident Giant Otter family. From here, on clear mornings, we will see a glorious sunrise and its reflection in the open waters of the lake. Returning once more down the trail to the Madre de Dios River, we return to Puerto Maldonado to catch the flight to Cusco.
On arrival at Cusco airport, you will be met by our representative and driven to your hotel.
Free afternoon to rest and adjust to the altitude.
Evening: Overnight in Cusco.
(B)

Day 6: Private tour of the Incas’ sacred valley.
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your and driven to the Incas’ sacred valley, visiting the famous Indian Market of Pisac where you'll be able to interact with the local families or buy handicraft, souvenirs, learn about the local culture, see the native villages and have a guided tour of Ollantaytambo Fortress, an incredible Royal Inca site where the Incas made one of their last stands against the Spanish.
Evening: Overnight in the valley of the Incas (9,100 ft).
(B, L)

Day 7: Machu Picchu by Train.
Morning: you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to Ollantaytambo train station to board the Vista dome train which will take you to Aguas Calientes (the base town of Machu Picchu).
Private guided tour of Machu Picchu (8,200 ft)
On your arrival at the train station your guide will pick you up and take a 25 minute bus journey to Machu Picchu, the most impressive and mysterious Inca Site where you will have a private guided tour and learn about the history of this site, who lived here, how it was discovered in modern times and why the Spaniards never found it. You will have some insight into the various features of this sacred city and have free time to really enjoy yourself alone in this spectacularly located site, an unforgettable experience that will stay with you forever!
Afternoon: Train journey back to Cusco.
On your arrival at Cusco train station you will be met by our representative and transferred to your Hotel.
Evening: Overnight in Cusco.
(B, L)

Day 8: Private tour of Cusco and nearby Inca Ruins.
14:00: Your guide will pick you up from your hotel and show you the highlights of Cusco, the colonial cathedral, the great temple of Korikancha and the 4 impressive Inca ruins around Cusco: Sacsayhuaman, with its massive walls, Qenko, site of carved living rock, Puca Pucara, an Inca lodging Site & Tambo Machay, known as the Baths of the Inca.
Evening: Overnight in Cusco.
(B)

Day 9: Flight Cusco Lima/Tourist bus journey Lima - Paracas (4 ½ hours).
Morning: Transfer from your Hotel to Cusco airport & departure to Lima.
On arrival at Lima airport, you will be driven to the tourist bus station to board your tourist coach to Paracas National Reserve.
17:00: on arrival in Paracas you will be met by our representative and transferred to your Hotel.
Evening: Overnight in Paracas Peninsula.
(B)

Day 10: Flight over Nasca Lines from Ica airport.
After breakfast, you will be transferred from your hotel to Ica airport to take the flight over the fantastic Nasca Lines for panoramic views of a monkey, a fish, a spider, a hummingbird and many drawings and geometric figures on the desert visible only from the air. The mystery of these huge figures in the desert continues even today.
Afternoon: you will have a guided tour of wineries and enjoy the sun, walking around Huacachina Oasis or try the sand boarding and the sand dune buggy ride!
17:00: Private transfer to your hotel located in Paracas.
Evening: Overnight in Paracas Peninsula.
(B)

Day 11: Ballestas Islands.
Early morning: you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to Paracas bay from where you'll go by motorboat to Ballestas Islands and observe seabirds flying around, colonies of sea lions, and Humboldt penguins, on the way you will appreciate the candelabra, a pattern etched into the sand and rock of a hill!
Afternoon bus journey Paracas – Lima/International Flight.
You will be picked from your hotel and transferred to the bus station to return to Lima by tourist bus.
On your arrival in Lima our representative and transferred to the airport to board your flight back home.
(B)

Price Inclusive: From $1,990.00

*Prices are per person in Double and Single occupancy.

Tour price inclusions:

• English speaking tour guides.
• 24/7 Assistance during the entire trip in Peru.
• Eight nights of accommodation in Hotels with breakfasts and two nights in Eco-lodge.
• Private Guided tour of Lima includes: Guide, Car and entrance fee.
• Three day Amazon trip (All meals, snacks, purified drinking water, juices, Bilingual naturalist guide, all rainforest and lake excursions and Tambopata National Reserve entrance fee)
• Private guided tour of the Incas’ sacred Valley including: guide, entrance fee, transport and buffet lunch in the Valley.
• Excursion to Machu Picchu including: private guide in Machu Picchu, entrance fee, Vista dome (Ollantaytambo- Aguas Calientes-Cusco), bus ticket Aguas Calientes-Machupicchu-Aguas Calientes and lunch.
• Private half day guided tour of Cusco and the four nearby Inca ruins including: guide, entrance fee and transport.
• Tourist bus tickets Lima-Paracas-Lima.
• Flight over Nasca Lines from Ica airport.
• Guided tour of wineries and Huacachina Oasis.
• Boat trip to Ballestas Islands.
• Private transfer Paracas-Ica-Paracas.
• Air fares: Lima-Puerto Maldonado/Puerto Maldonado-Cusco/Cusco-Lima.
• All transfers Airport/Train station-Hotels in Lima, Puerto Maldonado, Cusco and Paracas.
• Confirmation of Domestic and International flights.

Tour price does not include:
International air fares to Peru, airport taxes, meals other than those specified in your itinerary, personal expenses, personal insurance, and tips.

Selected hotels by destination:

Lima:
Tourist Class: Casa Andina Classic (Traditional Room)
First Class: Casa Andina Private Collection (Traditional Room)
Deluxe Class: Miraflores Park (Executive Suite)

Puerto Maldonado:
Tourist Class: Sandoval Lake Lodge
First Class: Sandoval Lake Lodge
Deluxe Class: Sandoval Lake Lodge

Cusco:
Tourist Class: Casa Andina Classic (Traditional Room)
First Class: Casa Andina Private Collection (Superior Room)
Deluxe Class: Monasterio (Deluxe Room)

Sacred Valley:
Tourist Class: Villa Urubamba (Standard Room)
First Class: Casa Andina Private Collection (Superior Room)
Deluxe Class: Sol y Luna (Suite)

Paracas:
Tourist Class: Posada del Emancipador (Standard Room)
First Class: Hilton Paracas Hotel (Suite)
Deluxe Class: Libertador Paracas Hotel (Suite)

*Please note this itinerary will be adapted to your exact dates and requirements.