KT001 – 8 DAYS LIMA, CUSCO & MACHU PICCHU |
Day 1 Sun LIMA |
Arrive in Lima. Meeting and transfer to the hotel. |
Overnight in Lima
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Day 2 Mon LIMA – CUSCO |
Transfer to the airport. Flight Lima-Cusco. Meeting and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the morning at leisure to adjust to the high altitude (11,000 feet). Visit to the city. Visit Main Square and the Koricancha. Continue to the surrounding remains: Sacsayhuaman Fortress: At a walking distance from the centre, it has big walls of monumental stones distributed in zigzag and in three platforms that have an average of 360-m. /1,181 ft. There are stones of as much as 9 m/30 ft long and 5-m/16 ft wide. Tambomachay: Known as the Inca Baths, it is said to have been a sanctuary for water worship. Clear running water flows through its stairways. Puca Pucara Red Fortress: It is formed by terraces, stairways, turrets, urns, vaulted niches and platforms. Kencco Amphitheatre: Built in rock, it is said to have been an Inca worship site. There are passages, canals, and stairways with stone engravings representing the puma, a sacred animal. |
Overnight in Cusco
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Day 3 Tue CUSCO – URUBAMBA – CUSCO |
Excursion to Urubamba Valley. Visit the village of Pisac and its authentic and traditional Indian Market, where Indians barter their products. Continue through the Urubamba Valley to Ollantaytambo, favorite residence of the Incas, with its terraces running up the steep slope to the top where a carved stone throne allowed the ruler a magnificent view of his holdings. You will also see the fabulous Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo. Drop-off at the hotel in Cusco |
Overnight in Cusco
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Day 4 Wed CUSCO – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO |
Transfer to the station for a morning train ride to the unparalleled, Machu Picchu, thee “Lost City of the Incas”. It is the most important attraction in the Department of Cusco, one of “THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD” . Machu Picchu shows the knowledge of a culture that was able to build a citadel with gigantic rocks perfectly fitted together and in a site of difficult access. Still today, the attention is drawn on how and from where these people could transport such enormous stones. There are no stone pits in the region nor had the Incas discovered the use of the wheel. It was known in the world after its discovery by Hiram Bingham in 1911. Arrive in Aguas Calientes. Bus up to the Sanctuary. Guided visit. Descend by bus to Aguas Calientes. Return to Cusco by Vistadome train. Meeting and transfer to the hotel. |
Overnight in Cusco
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Day 5 Thu CUSCO |
Day at leisure in Cusco |
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Day 6 Fri CUSCO – LIMA |
Transfer hotel-airport in Cusco Flight Cusco-Lima. Meeting and transfer to your hotel. Shabbat |
Overnight in Lima
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Day 7 Sat LIMA |
Day free |
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Day 8 Sun LIMA – HOME |
Transfer to the airport |
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August 26,2019
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