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Lima to La Paz Tour (14 days)14 days duration
Your Experience Tour commences today on arrival into Lima, where you will be met and taken to your hotel for two nights.
This afternoon you will be taken on a city tour of Greater Lima, which includes the three distinct historical periods of the city: pre-Columbian, Colonial and Modern. The tour also visits the Santo Domingo Convent and the Casa Aliaga (an Inca Tours exclusive!), one of South America’s oldest Spanish homes and still inhabited by direct descendants of the original family. You will stop at the Government Palace and the Plaza de Armas (Main Square), before driving through the elegant tree-lined avenues of San Isidro and Miraflores. At Parque Salazar you will enjoy spectacular views of the Pacific. (B)
This morning you will be transferred to Lima Airport for your flight to Puerto Maldonado, deep in the Amazon Jungle. On arrival you will be driven to the river dock. From here it's a half hour canoe journey down the Madre de Dios River. On arrival at the lodge, you will be welcomed for a two-night stay.
After lunch and a siesta, you will board the catamaran and set off to explore the waterways. Here, in the flooded forest it’s possible to drift beneath ravenous red-bellied Macaws as they return for the night. You are returned to the lodge around dusk for dinner. Later you may wish to return to the river to spot large black caimans. (BLD)
You have an early morning excursion on the river for a possible encounter with the resident giant otters. Most of the water birds around the river actively fish in the early morning as well, and you may see some prehistoric-looking hoatzins.
After breakfast you will set off into the cool canopy of the tall virgin forest to see some towering wild Brazil Nut Trees and gain an insight into how the Indian community farm their land. (BLD)
This morning you will be transferred back to Puerto Maldonado Airport for your flight to Cuzco, “The Inca Capital”, as it was known. On arrival into Cuzco you will be driven to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, at a lower altitude than Cuzco. On arrival in the Sacred Valley of the Incas you will be taken to your hotel for two nights. (B)
Today you will be taken to visit the famous and traditional Pisac Markets. Here you will have ample time to bargain with the local Indians for their fabulous artifacts and weavings.
After lunch (at an Inca Tours exclusive estancia!), you will be taken to the Inca Fortress city of Ollantaytambo. The remainder of the afternoon is at leisure to further enjoy your surroundings. (BL)
After breakfast you will be transferred to Ollanta Train Station for your two-day excursion to Machu Picchu. You will follow the Urubamba River on one of the world’s ‘great train journeys’.
Machu Picchu, also known as the “Lost City of the Incas”, is undoubtedly the best known and the most spectacular archeological site on the continent and is a must for all visitors. Your lunch is supplied at Machu Picchu and tonight you will stay in the township of Aguas Calientes, a highlight in itself! (BL)
You have the morning free to further explore the ruins of Machu Picchu without the hassle of crowds. After lunch you will make your way back to the train station for your return journey to Cuzco and transfer your hotel for two nights.
Cuzco is the archeological capital of the Americas and the continent’s oldest continuously inhabited city. Massive Inca-built stonewalls line most of Cuzco’s central streets to form the foundations of Colonial and modern buildings. The streets are stepped, narrow and filled with Quechua-speaking descendants of the Incas. (B)
This morning you will be taken on a very comprehensive tour of Cuzco that includes the Main Cathedral, Plaza de Armas (Main Square), the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), as well as other city highlights. Your tour then visits three of the other very important Inca ruins out of Cuzco: Kenko, Tambomachay and Sacsayhuaman. (B)
This morning you will be transferred to the train station for your Orient Express rail journey across the Andes, over the La Raya Pass (the world’s highest rail pass) and on to Puno, on Lake Titicaca. This journey takes about 9 hours and will give you a wonderful experience into Indian life as it has been for hundreds of years. Enroute you will experience some of the world’s most spectacular views. On arrival in Puno you will be taken to your hotel for tonight. (BL)
This morning you will travel by road around Lake Titicaca past small communities of totora reed boat builders. You will travel through the town of Juli and onto Copacabana, where the Church of the Virgin of the Lake is visited. Here you board your catamaran for your Lake Titicaca crossing. You sail past the Island of the Moon and travel on to the Island of the Sun, where you stop for the night.
After lunch you will go ashore to see the Yumani Stone Steps, the Inca water-springs that are supposed to be a source of eternal youth. You will then be taken to the village of Challapampa. Here you will experience the daily life of the locals, minding animals or building their unique reed boats. (BLD)
This morning your catamaran departs from Challapampa and travels further along this vast lake. You will sail through the Straits of Tiquina, where the Bolivian Navy is based. You will continue on to Chua, where you board your bus for La Paz. On arrival you are taken to your hotel for two nights. (B)
This morning you will be taken on a city tour of La Paz and the spectacular Moon Valley. You will visit the Indian and Pagan sacrificial markets, Calle Jaen with its museums, San Francisco Church, Plaza Murillo, the National Congress, the Main Cathedral, the Presidential Palace, the areas of Obrajes, Calacoto & the Moon Valley. (B)
Your tour ends this morning when you are transferred to La Paz Airport. There are good connections for flights home or to continue with the next Experience Tour. (B)
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