3 Days / 2 Nights ICA, PARACAS & NAZCA

Day 1 – LIMA / PARACAS
Drive along the Pan American Highway to the Hotel Paracas in the Pisco province. After lunch at the hotel, take a tour of the Paracas Museum to appreciate the pre-Columbian textiles and artifacts of the
Nazca-Paracas cultures. Then visit Lagunillas and the “Mirador de Lobos”.

Day 2 – PARACAS / ICA
In the early morning, there is a short tour to the Ballestas Islands. On the way, you will appreciate the famous “Candelabra”. Drive from Paracas to Ica, with a brief visit to the Regional Museum. Upon arrival in Ica, check-in at the Las Dunas Hotel.

Day 3 – ICA / NAZCA / LIMA
Drive to the small airfield of Nazca for a 45 minute over-flight of the Nazca plains, which affords the opportunity to appreciate the drawings and figures that are so intriguing to archaeologists and anthropologists. Upon return to Lima, stop for lunch at the Hotel Paracas. Arrives in Lima in the evening.

PARACAS NATIONAL RESERVE 2 Days / 1 Night

Day 1: Lima – Pisco – Paracas National Reserve
Very early in the morning pick up from your hotel and transfer to the bus station to take bus to the city of Pisco. Arrival to the selected hotel. Visit to the Julio C. Tello site museum to observe fine pottery pieces and the famous polychrome textiles made by the Paracas people. Visit to the Cathedral, the sea lions look out point, and Lagunillas and Atenas, accessible beautiful beaches where we will enjoy the sun and the sea. Return to Pisco. Overnight in Pisco or Paracas.

Day 2: Ballestas Islands – Lima (B)
Early in the morning motor boat excursion to Ballestas Islands, in the Paracas National Reserve, where we will observe sea lions, bobo bird, pelicans, penguins and marine birds, among many other species converge looking for shelter.
From the boat we will observe the famous Candelabro, an enigmatic figure that many people believed is related to the Nazca lines, others link the drawing to the Southern Cross constellation and many other believe it is a stylized drawing of a cactus, that was used by high Inca and pre-Inca priests as hallucinogen. After taking pictures of the sea lions, seals and seabirds rookeries we will return to Pisco. Transfer to the bus station and return to Lima. End of services.

14 days / 13 nights Peru Mystical

Places to visit along the Tour: Lima /Puno /Cusco /Valle Sagrado /Ollantaytambo /Machu Picchu /Cusco / Maldonado /Tambopata /Paracas /Ica /Nazca

Day 01: Lima

International arrival and transfer to the selected hotel.We recommend you to sleep long enough to be ready to start this unforgettable journey through this wonderful country.

Day 02: Lima – City Tour

Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning free to recover from the long previous journey. Free time for lunch. In the afternoon, guided city tour by the most attractive and important sites in Lima: the “City of Kings”. The tour includes Lima’s HistoricalCenter, visiting San Martin Square, the Main Square, the GovernmentPalace, the City Hall, the Cathedral, and the Church of Santo Domingo with the tombs of Saint Rose and Saint Martin of Porras and Lima’s Colonial Balconies. Evening free to rest as the next Day our guide will pick you up early.

Day 03: Lima – Puno

Breakfast in the hotel.
Transfer to the airport and connection to Puno by domestic flight. Arrival to Puno and transfer to the selected hotel. Lodging.

Day 04: Puno – Titicaca Lake

Breakfast in the hotel.
Early in the morning, we will have an unforgettable sail tour on the waters of the TiticacaLake to the “Floating Islands” of the Uros Indians. These ancient inhabitants of the lake, known as the Water Tribe, have built their own “islands” by periodically adding new layers of a type of reed unique to the area called “Totora” (Scirpus Totora), vegetable fiber from the Papiro family. After lunch in a local Taquile Inn, we have a walk through the various hills and archaeological sites of this 6 km long island. In the afternoon, return to Puno for overnight at your hotel. Evening free.

Day 05: Puno – Cusco

Breakfast in the hotel.
Early transfer to the bus station, to leave heading to Cusco . During the journey, tour of the Archaeological complex of Pucará, the Temple of Viracocha in Rajchi and, if time allows it; Andahuaylillas and its beautiful chapel called The Andean Sistine Chapel.
Arrival to Cusco and transfer to the selected hotel.
Lodging.

Day 06: Cusco : City tour

Breakfast in the hotel.
Remaining morning free to rest in your hotel in order to avoid altitude sickness. In the afternoon, we will visit the city of Cusco on a guided tour visiting the Main Square, the Cathedral and the Temple of the Sun or Korikancha. Then, we drive out of the city to visit the Inca sites of Kenko, Tambomachay, Puca Pucará and the impressive fortress of Sacsayhuamán, strategically built on a hill overlooking Cusco , famous for its enormous carved stones, some of them standing over 9 m / 30 ft high and weighing over 350 tons. Return to your hotel.

Day 07: Cusco – Sacred Valley

Breakfast in the hotel.
Heading through the Sacred Valley, coinciding with the market and fair Day, we will visit the coloring market of Pisaq, we will continue toward Urubamba and we will arrive to the Ollantaytambo Archaeological Complex, includes lunch; lodging at Ollantaytambo in one of the cozies selected hostels.

Day 08: Ollantaytambo – Machu Picchu

Breakfast in the hotel.
Transfer to the train station of Ollantaytambo where we will take the train to the lost city of the Incas: Machu Picchu. At the town of Aguas Calientes, where we will take the bus that will transfer us to the citadel of Machu Picchu, the guided visit of the archaeological group, lunch in Aguas Calientes, free time to walk for the surroundings; lodging in the selected hotel.

Day 09: Machu Pichu – Cusco

Breakfast in the hotel.
Day at leisure, in the afternoon we take the return train to Cusco , arrival and transfer to the hotel.

Day 10: Cusco – Puerto Maldonado – Tambopata

Breakfast in the hotel.
Transfer to the airport and connection to Puerto Maldonado by plane.
Arrival at Puerto Maldonado airport.Greeting and transportation from the airport to the river port.Set out on outboard motorboat down the Madre de DiosRiver to RESERVA AMAZÓNICA (45 min). Arrival at the lodge. Welcome drink, accommodations and lunch at the lodge. Guided walk along the lodge’s Trail System or Evening Nature Presentations on Amazonian topics. Typical dinner at the lodge. Evening walk, sounds identification and search of Amazon animal footprints.
Overnight at RESERVA AMAZÓNICA

Day 11: Tambopata

Excursion to RolinIsland with the possibility of observing various species of monkeys.
Buffet-style tropical breakfast at the lodge. Visit to the wetlands flooded ecosystem.
Lunch at the lodge. Boat ride up the Madre de DiosRiver. 1-hour trek to LakeSandoval.
Rowboat excursion around the lake. Possible swim in the lukewarm waters.
Sunset and moonrise observation. Return downstream to RESERVA AMAZÓNICA with a chance of observing caimans and nocturnal birds along the ride. Evening Nature Presentations on Amazonian topics. Typical dinner at the lodge. Overnight at RESERVA AMAZÓNICA

Day 12: Tambopata – Puerto Maldonado – Lima – Pisco – Paracas

Buffet-style tropical breakfast at the lodge.
Return to Puerto Maldonado , transportation to the airport and visit to the Butterfly Farm. Departure from Puerto Maldonado airport to Lima. Arrival and reception in Lima and transfer to the Bus Station going to the city of Pisco. Reception at the Pisco bus station and transfer to the selected hotel. Lodging.

Day 13: Paracas – Ica – Nazca – Ica – Lima

Breakfast in the hotel.
Very early transfer to the Bay of Paracas; cruise tour to the Ballestas Island by motorized boat, where we can observe sea lions, boobies, pelicans, penguins and marine birds. On the way back, from the water, we can also see the “Candelabro” (Candelabrum), a giant figure etched in the sand on the side of a hill in the style of the Nazca Lines
After arrival to Ica, we will transfer to Ica airport to take an aircraft flight over the enigmatic Nazca Lines. These enormous lineal drawings of animals, birds and geometric figures, remain etched in the desert and they can only be appreciated from the air.
After flying over the Nazca markings, we will do a guided visit to the Regional Museum of Archaeology to learn a little more about the Nazca and Paracas pre-Inca cultures and the legendary town of wizards and witches called Cachiche. Transfer to the bus station and return to Lima.Transfer to the selected hotel for overnight.

Day 14: Lima

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the airport for the international connection.