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Nazca Lines and Machu Picchu Tour 8 Days

Ica, Cusco, Perú
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Duration

8 Days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

20 people

Languages

English

Tour Overview

  • Tourist package to Machu Picchu 8 Days- 7 Nights
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  • Daily and fully personalized departures
  • Minimum of 2 people

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Day 1: Arrival in Peru- Transfer to the Hotel (Optional City tour in Lima)
  • Day 2: Lima- Ica.
  • Day 3: Ica- Nazca Lines- Lima
  • Day 4: Lima- Cusco City Tour.
  • Day 5: Sacred Valley of the Incas and train to Machu Picchu.
  • Day 6: Tour in Machu Picchu.
  • Day 7: Tour to Rainbow Mountain
  • Day 8: Cusco Airport- Lima.

Packages Itinerary

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DAY 01: ARRIVAL IN PERU- START OF THE TOUR
DAY 01: ARRIVAL IN PERU- START OF THE TOUR

Morning or afternoon pick up from the Airport
Transfer to your hotel in Miraflores.
City tour in Lima with entrance to all the different sites included (02:00 to 06:00 pm)
Overnight in your hotel in Lima.

DAY 02: TRAVEL FROM LIMA TO ICA
DAY 02: TRAVEL FROM LIMA TO ICA

Breakfast in your hotel.
03:00a.m. Transfer from your hotel to the terminal Cruz del Sur.
07:15a.m. Pick up from Paracas bus terminal.
08:00a.m. Ballestas Islands Tour.- We board our 2 outboard motor boats that will take us to the wonderful Ballestas Islands, the most important wild sanctuary of the Peruvian coast where we can observe sea lions, booby birds, pelicans, penguins and other sea birds.
11:00a.m. Transfer from Paracas to Huacachina (Duration: 1 hour)
Lunch (not included)
01:20p.m. Start of the Ica City Tour (Duration: 3 hours) to the following places:
Main Square of the city of Ica; a place with 2 beautiful obelisks which represent the 2 great cultures that flourished in the region of Ica.
Artisan Wine Cellar "El Catador"; We will see the press that is used for the grapes and the vintner will show and explain to us the traditional artisan method of making wine and pisco.
Luren sanctuary; a majestic church that was affected but it’s still standing after the earthquake of August 2007.
Huacachina lagoon; known as the oasis of America, a beautiful place surrounded by palm trees, huarangos (American carob tree) and immense sand dunes.
16:00p.m. Buggy & Sandboarding- You can experience the adrenaline of these different adventure sports (1 hour)
18:00p.m. Return from the tour
Pick up and transfer to the accommodation of your choice
Overnight in Ica

DAY 03: ICA- FLIGHT OVER NAZCA LINES - LIMA
DAY 03: ICA- FLIGHT OVER NAZCA LINES - LIMA

Breakfast in your hotel
09:05a.m. Transfer Ica- Nazca (2 hours Approx)
11:15a.m. Pick up at Nazca, transfer to the airdrome
Enigmatic Circuit: Overflight of the Nazca Lines
Overflight on the Nazca Lines: Start of tour at Maria Reich Newman airdrome.
The Nazca Lines are in the south of Peru, on a desert plateau between the Valleys of Ingenio and Nazca.
In this tour you can have a perfect view of the lines that create the gigantic figures of birds, animals, plants and deities. Unique in the world because the only way to see it’s huge size and dimensions is from the sky.
In this excursion you will get the opportunity to see first hand the enigmatic lines and geoglyphs of Nazca, recognized as a world heritage site.
Return bus to Lima at 03:30pm (7 hours)
Overnight in your hotel in Lima.

DAY 04: LIMA- CUSCO (CITY TOUR)
DAY 04: LIMA- CUSCO (CITY TOUR)

Breakfast in your hotel and transfer to Lima Airport
Flight Lima- Cusco
Transfer to your hotel in Cusco
Free morning to relax and walk around the city.
1:00p.m. - Our staff will pick you up from the hotel to start the city tour with all its historical monuments:
Church and Convent of Santo Domingo. Spanish construction over the Inca temple of Qoricancha or Temple of the Sun. Qoricancha (in Quechua “golden enclosure”) was the main Inca religious complex dedicated to the worshiping of the sun. It’s interior walls, according to the chroniclers, were covered with sheets of gold.
Next, we visit the archaeological sites located around the city of Cusco:
The Fortress of Sacsayhuaman: 2 km from Cusco. It’s a cyclopean masonry fortress from the Inca period. It is built on three superimposed platforms that have an average of 360m. long.
Tambomachay: 7 km from Cusco; known as the Inca baths. It is considered a place of worship to water.
Qenqo: 3 km from Cusco; it’s believed that it was a shrine. It has passages, canals, stairways, engravings and a huge stone block of 5.90 m. all resembling a puma.
Puka Pukara: 6 km from Cusco. It was an administrative and military center made up of platforms, stairways, passages, towers and niches.
Return to the City of Cusco.

DAY 05: SACRED VALLEY AND OVERNIGHT IN AGUAS CALIENTES
DAY 05: SACRED VALLEY AND OVERNIGHT IN AGUAS CALIENTES

Breakfast at the hotel.
8:00a.m. Our staff will pick you up from the hotel to start the Sacred Valley of the Incas tour.
Taray viewpoint: Time to take out our cameras or phones and admire the beautiful landscape of the Sacred Valley of the Incas
Pisaq: Our first destination is the archaeological site of Pisaq, which includes a visit to the local market in town
Urubamba: Buffet lunch in one of the restaurants with the best typical Andean dishes.
Ollantaytambo: A town that remains untouched from the Inca times. We can get a good idea of how this religious, military and cultural center looked like.
Train to Machu Picchu town: 16:30p.m
18:10p.m. Arrival at the town of Aguas Calientes.
Pick up from the train station to take you to the hotel of your choice
Meeting with the guide to agree on the departure time of the next day to Machu Picchu sanctuary.

DAY 06: TOUR AROUND MACHU PICCHU- RETURN TO CUSCO
DAY 06: TOUR AROUND MACHU PICCHU- RETURN TO CUSCO

Breakfast at the hotel.
At the time agreed with the guide, we will take the bus up to Machu Picchu (30 minutes approx.).
Machu Picchu sanctuary (2430amsl):
We have to show the entrance ticket or ID to begin our visit
The guide will be waiting to start the 2 hour guided tour around one of the seven wonders of the world
At the end of the guided tour, you will have enough time to take the photos and go around the site on your own before boarding the bus back to town.
Optional: Buffet Lunch in Aguas Calientes (El Mapi Restaurant) Extra Cost US $ 17.00
Optional: In your free time, you can climb up Huayna Picchu mountain or go to the hot springs in Aguas Calientes (extra cost)
Time to visit the artisan markets in Machu Picchu.
4:12p.m. We board our train heading to Ollantaytambo station.
Transfer from the train station to your hotel in Cusco.

DAY 07: TOUR TO RAINBOW MOUNTAIN
DAY 07: TOUR TO RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

Excursion to Rainbow mountain
Difficulty level: Intermediate
The tour to Vinicunca (Rainbow Mountain) is a full day. We start 3:00am and return approx. at 6:00- 6:30pm. It’s a 3 hour trip until Hanchipacha, where we will have breakfast (Continental). Then another 10 to 15 minutes in our vehicle to the starting point of the walk. It’s 2/ 2.5 hours to the top. We return on the same route back to the parking lot where our transport will be waiting to take us to the restaurant to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch. Afterwards we return to Cusco.
Overnight in the city of Cusco

DAY 08: CUSCO- LIMA

Breakfast at the Hotel
Transfer from your hotel to Lima Airport (International departure)

Tour Included/Excluded

  • Lima:
  • Transfers Airport- Hotel- Airport
  • Transfer hotel- Cruz del Sur terminal
  • Transport Cruz del sur Lima- Ica- Nazca- Lima
  • City Tour in Lima
  • Ica and Nazca:
  • Buggy adventure tour + sand-boarding
  • Transfer Cruz del Sur terminal- hotel
  • Flight over the Nazca lines
  • Cusco:
  • Pick up and transfer: Airport- Hotel- Airport.
  • Certified guide and Transportation
  • Entrance Ticket (Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Tambomachay and Puka Pukara)
  • Entrance to Qoricancha
  • City tour
  • Sacred Valley of the Incas:
  • Certified guide and Transportation
  • Entrance Ticket (Pisaq, Ollantaytambo)
  • Buffet lunch
  • Machu Picchu:
  • Certified guide
  • Train ticket Ollantaytambo- Machu Picchu
  • Bus up and down Aguas Calientes- Machu Picchu
  • Entrance ticket
  • Buffet lunch in Aguas Calientes (optional)
  • Train ticket Machu Picchu- Ollantaytambo
  • Transfer Ollantaytambo train station- Cusco
  • Vinicunca or Rainbow mountain:
  • Pick up from your hotel
  • Round trip bus ride to the starting point of the trek
  • 1 Buffet breakfast
  • 1 Buffet lunch
  • Certified tour guide
  • First aid kit
  • Portable Oxygen kit
  • Hotels:
  • Lima 2 nights, includes breakfast
  • Ica 1 night, includes breakfast
  • Cusco 3 nights, includes breakfast
  • Aguas Calientes 1 night, Includes breakfast
  • Local flights Lima- Cusco- Lima
  • Meals not previously mentioned
  • Entrance to Rainbow mountain (10 soles per person)
  • Entrance to Huayna Picchu (US$ 25.00 extra)
  • If you wish to enter, please notify us beforehand as there are only 400 places per day.

What to take on the tour

Important recommendations for the tour to Machu Picchu

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  • Passport (very important) to visit all the sites
  • Warm clothes for Cusco
  • Light clothes for Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley
  • Small backpack for your belongings
  • Camera
  • Drinking water
  • Sun cream

Prices

Price of the package

  • From January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020: Price per person, Lima, Ica, Cusco and Machu Picchu. Tourist package: From US $ 750.

* Includes the Expeditions or Voyager train companies from Ollantaytambo station to Aguas Calientes round trip

Optional services

  • Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu or Huayna Picchu mountain: US$ 45 per person.

Discounts:

Children: We have special rates for children:

  • Students between 12 and 17 (Discount of USD $ 25.00 per person)
  • Kids between 8 and 11 (Discount of USD $ 80.00 per person)
  • Kids between 4 and 7 (Discount of USD $ 90.00 per person)
  • Kids between 0- 3 (Free entrance)
  • University Students: To claim this discount it is mandatory to have a valid student card.(Discount of USD $ 10.00 per person)
  • For the Andean Community: You must be from any of the following countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia. (Discount of USD $ 20.00 per person)
  • For Peruvians: Have a Peruvian nationality (Discount of USD $ 34.00 per person)

Tour's Location

Ica, Cusco, Perú

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