DAY 1 Reception in Lima

After your arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to your hotel for overnight.

Day 2 Lima City Tour & Archaeological Museum

In the morning, visit  The Archaeology and Anthropology Museum. This small but well laid out museum offers one of the best overviews of ancient Peruvian art and archaeology. The museum houses the Raymondi Stone Slab, the Tello Obelisque, outstanding examples of Paracas and Nazca pottery, together with other major collections, which can be appreciated in a chronological display. In the afternoon, Lima city tour, offers the best of colonial and modern Lima.  Included are Lima’s most imposing colonial churches and mansions such as the Government Palace, the Plaza Mayor, the City Hall and the Cathedral, including 17th century San Francisco Monastery. The tour ends with a visit to the modern suburbs of San Isidro, where a visit to the pre-inca pyramid of Huaca Huallamarca (closed Mondays) and on-site museum is included before continuing to Miraflores, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean.  Meals Included:  Breakfast.

Day 3 City Tour of Arequipa

Transfer to the airport to catch your flight to Arequipa. Upon arrival in Arequipa, reception at the airport and then transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we will be ready to start a city tour, which covers the most beautiful places of the “White City” (named this way because of the volcanic material that its mansions in downtown are made of). The Monastery of Santa Catalina, that was opened to the public in 1971 after 400 years that remained closed, will be visited as well. Meals Included:  Breakfast.

Day 4 Colca Canyon

Today you will be picked up from your hotel at 8 a.m. for the scenic bus ride to the Colca  Canyon.  On leaving Arequipa you will drive through the Aguada Blanca National Reserve where you will see herds of llamas and alpacas grazing on the Patahuasi plains.  After 4 hours you will reach the beginning of the Colca Canyon with its green valleys and andean terraces. A stop is made at the picturesque town of Sibayo for a box lunch and visit to a vicuña reservation.  Your journey will end at the town of Chivay where hot springs are located and your accommodation for overnight at a local lodge.All Meals Included

Day 5 Colca Canyon

After breakfast, an early morning departure towards the "Condor Cross", the best point for a breathtaking view of the Colca Canyon with the Colca river flowing 1,200 meters below and the majestic condors in flight  above.  Visit the Hanging Tombs at Choquetico before continuing on to the towns of Maca, Achoma and Yanque with  its lovely white church.  Return to Chivay for lunch before driving back to your hotel in Arequipa.Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.

Day 6  Reception in Cusco.  City Tour & Nearby Ruins

After breakfast, transfer to the airport to catch your flight to Cusco. Upon arrival, meeting and transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, tour of this beautiful city and surrounding ruins.  You will visit the Koricancha, or Temple of the Sun, where you will appreciate the incredible masonry of the Incas.  The tour will take you to the Plaza de Armas, scene of so many historical events in Cusco during the Inca and Spanish reigns.  Under a backdrop of the majestic Andean mountains and the remarkable Spanish Colonial architecture of the Cathedral and the Church of La Compañia, built on the foundations of Inca palaces, Cusco seems to have been frozen in time.  The Cathedral, built in the form of a Latin cross, offers beautifully carved woodwork, especially in the side chapels and the cedar choir stalls; a baroque pulpit; the high alter covered in silver; and the interesting painting of the Last Supper by Marcos Zapata in which a guinea pig is depicted.  Enjoy the drive to the Inca fortress of Sacsayhuamán on the hill above the city of Cusco.  The views from here down the Andean valley and overlooking the city are spectacular.  You will continue on to the underground cave and temple of Kenko and then to Tambomachay, known as the "Baths of the Inca" due to its thermal springs.  Drive back down to Cusco and your hotel. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 7  Machu Picchu

Transfer to the train station to catch the morning train for a two day tour of Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas" one of the most renowned examples of Inca architecture. Surrounded by lush cloud forest, the citadel perches on a
mist-shrouded mountaintop. Overnight in Aguas Calientes, little town located at the bottom of Machu Picchu. Meals included: Breakfast, lunch

Day 8  Machu Picchu  Second Day

Free day. Excellent opportunity for an early wake up to see the sun rising over Machu Picchu. Enjoy the ruins and watch the mist rise over this mountaintop citadel at dawn. (Transportation and entrance fees are included, no guide included this day). In the afternoon, return to Cusco and Accommodation. Meals included: Breakfast, lunch

Day 9  Reception Puerto Maldonado

Transfer to the airport in Cusco to catch your flight to Puerto Maldonado. Upon arrival, transfer from Puerto Maldonado airport to the river port on the Madre de Dios River.   A 25 minutes journey down the Madre de Dios River by motor canoe brings you to the end of the trail in to Sandoval Lake Lodge.   From here the trail takes you on a 2-mile walk/or rickshaw ride through secondary forest, until  we reach a small canal where we board canoes and are paddled 220 yards through a flooded forest of 100-foot tall Mauritia palms.   As the canal opens onto the shimmering surface of the lake, we transfer to a catamaran and are leisurely paddled across half the lake to the lodge.
After lunch and a brief rest to avoid the early afternoon heat, we once again board the catamaran and set off to explore the entire west end of the lake.   Here, in the flooded palm forest we drift to the sounds of hundreds of Red-Bellied Macaws as they return to the palm forest for the night.  We return to the lodge around nightfall for dinner.
After dinner we will return to the canoes to look for the large and extremely rare Black Caimans.  If it is a clear starlit night, we will also be able to float in the middle of the lake and marvel at the brilliance of the sky. Meals included: Lunch, dinner.

Day 10  Puerto Maldonado

A pre-dawn wake-up call will enable us to be on the lake for sunrise and a hopeful encounter with the family of Giant Otters which frequent the lake and are most active at this time of day.   Most of the fish-eating water birds around the lake actively fish in the early morning as well, and this outing should provide excellent views, and photographs, of the prehistoric- looking Hoatzins.
After returning for a late breakfast we set off into the cool under story of the tall virgin forest near the lake to see some towering wild Brazil Nut trees and a demonstration of how our hosts collect, open and commercialize this important natural product.
After lunch and an hour or so to relax we once again board the catamaran to explore the eastern part of the lake, where we might see one or more of the five species of monkeys which live in the forest near the lake, such as the Brown Capuchin Monkey.
There is a final chance after dinner to try and spot some Black Caimans on the lake, or to go on a short night walk through the primary forest. Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Day 11  Puerto Maldonado

Rising once again at dawn, we have a quick snack before boarding the catamarans to explore the western end of the lake in the hope of an Encounter with Giant Otters.
After a late breakfast we explore some of the rain forest trails with our knowledgeable resident naturalist guide.  As we walk the forest will be brought to life as your guide explains the ecology of the rain forest and its diverse flora and fauna.
We return for lunch, and then there is an optional rest for those who would like to escape the early afternoon heat.  For those still full of energy, there is an option to independently explore some of the forest trails.
In the cooler late afternoon we will once again board the catamaran to explore the eastern end of the lake, and hopefully experience a spectacular sunset over the lake before returning to the lodge for dinner.
After dinner, there is a final chance to look for Black Caiman on the lake, or to go on a short night hike through the forest. Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Day 12  Puerto Maldonado

After a dawn breakfast we take a final, shorter paddle around the west end of the lake to try and glimpse the Giant Otters before returning to Puerto Maldonado to catch the flight to Lima. After arrival, transfer to your hotel  (day use).  At a fixed time, transfer to the airport for your international connection. Meals included: Breakfast, lunch.

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Terms and Conditions       

• Rates per passenger. Good through December 23rd, 2007 and subject to change without notice.        
• Minimum 2 passengers. Supplement for one passenger available.          
• Subject to availability. Lodging in selected hotels or similar in case of non availability.    
• Standard rooms. In some hotels, triple occupancy is formed by a double              room plus and additional bed.    
• There could be changes in some excursions during holidays.      
• Rates do not apply during special events or during the Inti Raymi Feast in Cusco (from June 20 - 27).
• It is mandatory to show passport with the entrance seal and the immigration card at hotels.     
• The program is subject to the general terms and conditions of Condor Travel Peru.       
• Tailor made itineraries, combinations and extensions available upon request.     

           
Included:      

• Seat in bus services with local English/Spanish speaking guide in each city.      
• Lodging, transfers, excursions with entrance tickets and meals according with itinerary.           
• Cusco Tourist Tax (BTC) for the indicated trips.    

           
Not included:           

• Domestic and International air tickets.         
• Early Check-in, late check-out, services and non-mentioned meals in the itinerary, drinks during meals, hotel extras and personal spending.         
• Airport taxes should be paid cash before embarking.          Airport taxes are subject to change: 
  Airport   taxes  are  subject  to  change:  Domestic Flights:  US$ 6.05 p/pax. / International Flights: US$ 30.25 p/pax. 

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