{"id":4420,"date":"2024-02-11T14:24:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.perudestino.com\/peruvianblog\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2024-02-11T21:27:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T02:27:01","slug":"southern-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perudestino.com\/peruvianblog\/southern-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTHERN PER\u00da"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 1: Arrival to Lima<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Reception in airport, transfer to the hotel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Day 2: City Tour Lima<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast, we will start the tour with then the Promenade of Republic, San Martin Square and the Main Square, with their different buildings: Government Palace, Archibishop\u00b4s Palace, the Cathedral Bas\u00edlica and the Municipal Palace also we will enter to the Museum of the Banco Central de Reserva, Convent of Saint Francis and its Catacombs. We will continue visiting The Olive Grove of San Isidro, Kennedy Park in Miraflores and Larco Mar.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Day 3: Paracas, Ballestas Islands<\/a> & buggies<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast & Transfer to the Bus Station<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We go to Ballestas Islands<\/a>, they are located outside the reserve area. They constitute the habitat of a great variety of birds and sea lions. The reserve\u00b4s 335.000 hectares is a refuge for seals, Humboldt penguins, flamingos, and many other birds. You can visit many different natural and archaeological attractions in the reserve. One of them is the El Candelabro (The Candelabra), a geoglyph of more than 120 meters, better appreciated from the ocean that shelters marine otters or chingungos, a species on the verge of extinction, and other marine birds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next tour will begin in our Buggies along the desert, where the International Dakar competition was developed, and crossing dunes over 200 meters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Transfer to the Bus Station and arrive to the hotel in Nazca<\/a>. (2 Hrs. Aprox.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Day 4: Nazca Lines<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After breakfast at the hotel will be taken to the Nazca Airport to fly over the area in our small airplane, it is a vast network of lines and drawings of animals and plants credited to the Nazca<\/a> culture covering an area approximately 350 Km2.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon transfer to the Bus Station to Lima<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(5 Hrs. Aprox.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 5: Lima<\/a> – Arequipa<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast, transfer from the hotel to the airport to fly to Arequipa<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima<\/a> – Arequipa<\/a> flight<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reception in airport, transfer to the hotel, then City tour and Convent of Santa Catalina, Visit to the Cathedral, crossed by the claustros of the convent with its side streets, houses\u2026 Return to the hotel, overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 6: Colca Canyon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast, we depart towards the Ca\u00f1on of Colca, crossed by Pampas ca\u00f1ahuas (reserve of vicunas), Vizcachani, Viewpoint of Chucura\u2026 Arrival to Chivay, accomodation in Hotel. Visit to the Thermal Baths – the Limekiln of the Calera. Overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 7: Colca & transfer to Puno<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After breakfast we continue towards the Cross of the C\u00f3ndor where we can observe the depth and majesty of the Tube of the Colca, as well as the flight of c\u00f3ndores, crossed by native towns of Pinchillo, Maca and Yanque.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transfer from Chivay and arrive to the hotel in Puno<\/a>. (5 Hrs. Aprox.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Arrival to Puno, reception at hotel & accommodation, overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 8: Floating islands of the Uros and Taquile<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast in the hotel. The motor boat will take us around The Lake Titicaca, to the Floating island of the Uros. We continue with the visit of Isla Taquile. Return to the hotel, overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Day 9: Chullpas de Sillustani<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast. Excursion to the Chullpas de Sillustani and visit of the Umayo lake, where the Chullpas are located. Visiting the Gignatarios of the Tiahuanaco culture. Return to the hotel, overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 10: Route of the Sun<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast, the next tour includes 5 stops to visit La Raya – beautiful Andean hot springs Resort, and Pucara – landscapes known as “the temple of fertility”, Sicuani – place where we enjoy a delicious lunch buffet, the colonial church of Andahuaylillas, known as the America\u2019s Sistine Chapel, Raqchi  “Wiracocha (the creator of the Andean world) temple”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Day 11: Cusco <\/a>city tour<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrival to Cusco<\/a> and transfer to the hotel *** , after the lunch we start the tour and know El Museo de Sitio de Qorikancha, Temple of the Sun, Saqsayhuaman Archeological Complex, in the upper part of the city, Q\u00b4enqo, wich is considered a holy place where ceremonies honoring the sun, Puka Pukara which contains several rooms,inner plazas, arqueducts, vantage points and pathways, Tambomachay, that might have fulfilled an important religious function linked to water and the regeneration of the land El Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo, where you might enjoy of the music and dances of Cusco<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 12: Sacred Valley                                                                                             <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the breakfast our tour tour starts by El Valle Sagrado de los Incas, to know Pisac, well known for its craft market, but there are also inca archeological remants:El Intihuatana, a solar clock calendar, an astronomical observatory, and Los andenes de los Incas, agricultural terraces. We will pass by Calca Town. We will have the lunch in a touristic restaurant of Urubamba. Then our next point will be Ollantaytambo, where the incas built a fort that included a temple, agricultural terraces and an urban area, we also will apreciateLas piedras cansadas, el Tunupa, Then we will go to Ollantaytambo\u00b4s train station to get Aguas Calientes Town.(2 hrs. aprox.), arrival to the hotel. Overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Day 13: MACHUPICCHU<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Breakfast. Then after our guide is waiting to aboard a touristic bus for going to carry you to Machu Picchu<\/a> historic Sanctuary, an impressive Inca<\/a> citadel placed on the side of a mountain. Its quechua name means \u201cOld Mountain\u201d, but it is also known as \u201cThe Lost City of The Inca<\/a>s\u201d. For the afternoon we will back by backpacker train to Cusco<\/a> city and to our hotel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 14: Cusco<\/a> – Lima<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast, shopping morning at the city, then after t<\/em>ransfer from the hotel to the airport to fly to Lima city.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cusco<\/a> – Lima<\/a><\/strong> flight<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

End of the Services<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROGRAM INCLUDES:   <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Transfer airport\/hotel\/airport in all destinations. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Lima<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n