Destination Peru

Every place on the planet has something of interest, but Peru is undoubtedly a privilege country for its great natural, cultural and human legacy.
Here, nature lovers will feel gratified by the diversity of environments and scenery. They will be amazed by the sharp contrast between forests and deserts on the coast; deep ravines and towering snow-capped mountains in the Andean highlands; densely forested slopes and huge plains of  thick vegetation in the Amazon jungle; and they will be surprised at the wide variety of flora and fauna, unique in the world, that are characteristic to each of these regions.

Those who admire the remains if the past will find magnificent testimonies to an ancient civilization that dates back six thousand years, with an unmistakable cultural identity that created wonders such as the Royal Tombs of Sipan, the Nazca Lines, Chan Chan and Machu Picchu. And they will be able to see the best examples -in painting, sculpture and architecture - of the fusion of Hispanic and American cultures.

Adventure travelers will be able to ride tall waves and go looking for underwater life on the long stretches of natural beaches; climb high mountain  rangers, explore deep caves, run the longest and biggest rivers on the continent, trek along ancient paths that wind through different eco-systems; and observe endangered species up close in natural reserves of indescribable beauty.

Because it is a racial melting pot, the country is home to multiple expressions of its peoples through their ancient, creative and colorful folk art. Visitors can join in age-old celebrations, each music and dance retelling its own history. They are welcome to share in the customs and tasks of villagers and witness how farmers have been able to masters the difficult terrain of the coast, highlands and jungle.

There also will be no lack of opportunities for the most demanding of palates to savor the variety and quality of Peruvian cuisine, which offers the visitor the best combination of flavors in the Americas

  Contents:

• Destination Cusco
• Destination Arequipa
• Destination Puno
• Destination Ica
• Destination Lima
• Destination Trujillo

The city of Cusco is located in the southeastern Andes. Its name in Qechua means "center of the world", when it was the capital of the empire or Tahuantinsuyo (four regions). Legend has it that the city was founded by Manco Capca and Mama Occlo, who rose out of Lake Titicaca.
The architectural legendary of Cusco dates back to the 15th century and is attributed to the Inca Pachacuteq (1438 - 1471), who built the city's most remarkable constructions, including fine stone carving and perfect locking between stone blocks and the  trapezoidal design of  entryways. These buildings include Sacsayhuaman, in the upper part of the city; the Koricancha (temple of the sun) on top of which the Spanish built the Santo Domingo convent; and on the street called Hatun Rumiyoc (two blocks from the main square), the wall that includes the famous12-sides stone.
Following the arrival of the Spaniards, Cusco became a mestizo and colonial city featuring splendid colonial constructions, built on top of Inca foundations, and which developed its own mestizo style of architecture and painting that can be seen in the Cathedral and the Compañia de Jesus church.
The city is know as the Archaeological Capital of the Americas, UNESCO declared Cusco a World Heritage Site in 1983.
The Sacred Valley includes the remarkable archeological areas of Pisaq and Ollantaytambo. Also the Inca Market in Pisac.
The archaeological complex of Choquequirao is 185 km (114 miles) from Cusco, with a main square, storage buildings, terracing systems and ceremonial platforms.

Excursions Cusco in Trips in Cusco

City Tour Excursion, visit Koricancha,  Sacsayhuaman, Q'enqo, Puka pucara, Tambomachay... more			Sacred Valley of Incas Visit sacred Valley of the Inca, Pisaq Ruins, market Pisaq. Ollantaytambo...more
Machupicchu 1 Day Excursion in Train route to Machupicchu ... more...			Machupicchu 2 Days Visit Machupicchu, People of Aguas Calientes, Nights in Hostal Aguas Calientes.. more...
South Valley Cusco Tipon, Pikillacta, Andahuaylillas, Raqchi more...			Moray and Maras (the salt mines) Moray is located two hours from Cusco city... more
Cusco Traditional Transfers airport / hotel in Cuzco, city tour in Cuzco, full day visit to Machu Picchu with train tickets Vistadome class, accommodation in selected hotel more..			Cusco Deep This is one of our best seller. A simple form to visit Cusco area, includes all the most important tourist attractions more...
Cusco Best All our programmes can be tailor made according to your requirements, whether regarding the length of your tour, any special interests or specific activities, flight reservations, optional destinations or tours more...			Cusco Adventure Reception at the airport of Cusco and lodge at your Hostal select or similar tourist class accommodations. Inca Trail to Machu picchu, Rafting more...

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the white city and the majestic Misti.

Arequipa, Peru's second-important city 2335 meters (7659 feet), was listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 2000.
Its is also known as "the White City", because many of the its churches and colonial mansions are buit from the sillar white volcanic stone. There volcanoes rise above Arequipa, including the majestic Misti (5821 meters - 19092 feet) that can be from any point of the city.
One of the city's main attractions is the Santa Catalina Convent, considered "a city within a city", founded in 1580 for cloisterd nuns and opened to the public 1970. There are also fine colonial homes such as the Casa del Moral and the Casa Goyeneche, which still feature Baroque-style sillar carving in their doorways. Another of the city's impressive attractions is the Lady of Ampato or the Juanita Mummy, the mummy of and Inca adolescent who was offered as a sacrifice to the gods and which today can be seen at the Andean Sanctuaries Museum of the Santa Maria Catholic University (UCSM). The city is surrounded by countryside that includes the picturesque stone mill at Sabandia and the Yura hot springs.
Today, the city of Arequipa is a key trade hub for southern Peru, famous for its export quality textil woven from alpaca and vicuña wool. It offers excellent hotel infractructure is very sitable for international events, and it boasts some of the most varied and succulent dishes to be found in Peru.

Excursions Arequipa:

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This takes you to the valley of Chillca for majestic views of the city, surrounding volcanic mountains and terracing. Then you return to the city center and the magnificent Cathedral before concluding with the Santa Catalina monastery.

Our tour will start in the town of Carmen Alto. From its Mirador (lookout point) we will appreciate the three imposing volcanoes which surround Arequipa, Misti (5,825 m), Chachani (6,075) and Pichu Pichu (5,325 m), as well as the impressive landscape and terraces. Later on we shall go to visit the traditional and colonial town of Yanahuara, its main plaza, church, cloisters and typical houses with narrow streets, built with the white volcanic stone called "sillar", reason why Arequipa is known as the "White City". Further on we will get to the oldest part of the city (Historic downtown) which was declared by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage of Humanity. You will visit the Plaza de Armas (Main Square), surrounded by three portals made of granite stone and vaults of brick, and the fountain made with three bronze plates and in its top the figure of a soldier of the XVI century, called "Tuturutu". Then we shall visit the Basilica Catedral (year 1656), considered one of the first neoclassic religious monuments, damaged by a fire in 1844 and rebuilt in 1868. It is 107 m long and it is decorated with 70 columns in classic style, two big towers and two bronze medallions. Inside there are many religious works and paintings. The main altar is in Italian marble from Carrara. The Pulpit sculptured in cedar wood by a famous French carver Paul Renaul, made in France, and the pipe organ made in Belgium in the XVII century. After that we will go to the Convent of La Compañía de Jesús, built by the Jesuits, the most beautiful expression of the religious architecture with its church (1573). the polychrome Chapel of Saint Ignacio de Loyola as well as the cloisters with decorated arches in sillar, the typical white volcanic stone, the vaulted walls and columns in exuberant baroque and the altars covered in gold leaf. Finally, will visit the Santa Catalina Monastery (1580) a small town in a town, all made in sillar with an extension of 20,000 m2, with peculiar characteristics where cloistered nuns built their private rooms and had a life under severe confinement. Behind those thick and tall walls there are designs and architectural forms which are a mixture of native and spanish elements. The convent is of the XVI century all built with narrow streets bordered with homogeneous tile roofed houses with sillar walls colored in shades of clay. Inside there are the important Claustros de los Naranjos, Apprenticeship, the Major Cloister, Museo Precolombino and the Pinacoteca (Art Gallery).

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Juanita is the name given to the mummified body of an Inca sacrificial victim found on the volcano Ampato (6,380m) in 1995 by Johan Reinhardt. This 500 year old body is now preserved in the Catholic University of Arequipa. Scientific research is revealing details of life in Inca times trough analysis of the wonderfully preserved corpse and accompanying material goods. The results tell a captivating tale of the last days of her life as well as detailing the diet and diseases of Inca time . a visit to see Juanita can be added to most itinerates in Arequipa.

Momia Juanita (Spanish for "Mummy Juanita" or better known in English as "The Ice Maiden") is a 15th century Inca mummy of a 12 to 14 year old girl who died around 1440 and 1450. She was discovered in southern Peru in 1995 by anthropologist Johann Ole Reinhard and his Peruvian climbing partner Miguel Zarate. Also known as the Lady of Ampato and The Frozen Lady, Juanita the "Ice Maiden" toured the United States in 1996 and Japan in 1999 before returning to Peru. The mummy was remarkably well-preserved throughout five centuries, making her one of the more important mummy finds in recent years. When found in Mount Ampato (part of the Andes cordillera), the mummy weighed, according to Reinhard, approximately 80 lbs. Reinhard and his partner then came to the realization that due to the heavy body mass, the mummy's flesh must have been frozen. This was an extrodinary discovery because it allowed biological tests to be run on the lung, liver, and muscle tissue, revealing new insights on Inca health and nutrition during the reign of Sapa Inca Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui.

The discovery of Juanita
Johann Reinhard had made various ascents in several mountain ranges like the Himalayas (in Nepal) and the Peruvian Andes. As an archaeologist, he had studied Machu Picchu, Chavin and the Nazca Lines. He became very familiar with the Peruvian heights and the nature of the country's native inhabitants. For him and his parter, Miguel Zarate, a guide from Arequipa, it became a regular routine to climb the Apus, (the mountain gods in Inca mythology).
In 1995, during an ascent of Mt. Ampato, Reinhard and Zarate surprisingly found inside the summit crater a bundle that had fallen down from an Inca site when the ride had collapsed due to the melting caused by volcanic ash that has fallen from the nearby erupting volcano of Sabancaya. To their astonishment the bundle turned out to contain a remarkably well-preserved mummy of a young girl. In addition, they found--strewn about the mountain slope down which the mummy had fallen--many items that had been left as offerings to the Inca gods, such as statues and food items. A couple of days later, the mummy and the objects were taken to Arequipa; the remains of the mummy were initially kept in a special refrigerator.

In 1995, before Reinhard and Zarate left on their journey, they had a traditional maize beer offering to the gods wishing for a safe and successful journey.

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This takes in the rock art during first day but instead of making the two and a half tour journey back to Arequipa you wind in the swimming pool of the Majes River Lodge where you stay the night and eat in the atmosphere of regional folklore show. The second day consists of a visit to the rock formations at Colleagues that was once a castle, and a Pisco distillery (Pisco being the Peruvian spirit).

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Gathering of passengers from the hotel
9:00 a.m
Departure from town to the Province of Castilla (Majes Valley). North-West of Arequipa. 163 km (2 hrs)
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Arrival to Majes Valley, then we take a detour and cross the bridge towards Corire. We enter to the site where are located the petroglyphs or rupestrian carvings of Toro Muerto, the most remarkable centre of rock engravings in the world. It is located in the Majes Valley, at 400 - 800 meters above sea level, considered one of the most fertile and important valleys of Arequipa. Toro Muerto was discovered in 1951 by a team of archeologists from Universidad San Agustín. It has an extension of more than 5 Km2 and spreaded there are approximately 5000 huge stone blocks of magma or volcanic lava engraved with different figures. Its antiquity goes back to the beginning of our age (1200 years). According to Carbon-14 Tests, the engravings are 11 centuries old, that is to say between 700 to 800 AD. The sculpted stone material is igninbrite or rhyolitic tufa, the product of a volcanic eruption that may well have been either the Chachani or Coropuna volcanoes and that could have happened during the Tertiary Era. The topics of the paintings include thousand of anthropomorphous characters (dancers, musicians, shepherds, hunters, realistic and semirealistic figures), animals (jaguars, condors, smakes, eagles, camels, fishes), phytomorphous, geometrical symbols and even incomplete shapes, in process of elaboration, all of them engraved by different cultures, the Wari and Collahua, whose message and interpretation continue to be a mistery. After visiting the petroglyphs we shall visit Querullpa where, after a 20 minute walk, we would appreciate dinosaur foot prints. This place contains nearly 68 foot prints measuring between 50 and 90 cms in lenght. The age of these foot prints is about 150 million years and they correspond to the Jurasic and Cretaceus periods. These foot prints were discovered in 2002. Studies from Bristol University, England, mention that these foot prints would be the oldests found in South America. About 50 million years older than the ones found in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. Some of the foot prints of 50 and 30 cm would have 4 fingers, 3 of them joined by membranes and the other one was free, shorter and backward. The magnitude and depth of these foot prints give an idea that these animals were about 3.5 m high and 15 m long from head to tail. There are also some other paleontologycal evidences in the area such us marine and plant fossils that show that this place was, at some time, an ocean floor
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Lunch in restaurants of the region (Punta Colorada) where visitors will enjoy typical food with delicious shrimp, excellent Pisco and other varieties of the traditional food of the region. Time for rest.
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Return to Arequipa through the desert. (20 minutes)
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Arrival to Arequipa. Transfer to the hotel. End of tour.

Salt Lagoons (full day)

This one for the birdwatchers with access to numerous populations of flamingos and parihuanas. But there is also the 18th century Dominican church of Chiguata and some archeological centers to visit.

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City of Puno of the departament of the same name, s located in south-eastern Peru, in an enclave on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world and a source of life for the towns existing in the area. Located on the Plateau of Collao, Puno offers visitors magnificents pre-Hispanic funerary monuments made of stone in the shape of of circular towers, chullpas (tombs), Colonial churches and rusty ichu-covered natural landscape projecting a spectacular view of the way of life in the high Andean tableland or Peruvian altiplano. These areas are home to different cultures, such as the Aymara, Quechua, Uro, Pacaje and Puquina peoples who, following the Spanish conquest, merged with the elements of the Western Culture, producing a rich blend which is currently state in the varied cultural, artistic cultural, artistic and flokoric expressions.

Excursions Puno

Sillustani tour (1 day) This is focused on a pre-inca burial tower and takes in the natural lagoon of humayo with many species of birds and local pastoral communication.			Uros and Taquile (2 days) There is a short stop on the reed island of Uros before a noon arrival at Taquile where you will stay with local families
Uros and Taquile (1 day---9			Circuit of the world (2 days) This version of the Lake Titicaca Island gives you an overnight on Amantani Island before going on to Taquile the next day.
Temple of fertility / Acora / Taquile and Uros (1 or 2 days) The Temple of Fertility, Taquile an Uros can be visited together over two days, with an overnight on Tequila Island in the local community			Temple of Fertility / Juliaca /Pomata (1 day) This full day combines a visit to the Inca remains of Chucuito and nearby rock art,

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This is focused on a pre-inca burial tower and takes in the natural lagoon of humayo with many species of birds and local pastoral communication. Sillustani, 34 kms. from Puno, is one of the largest archeological areas in America. The chullpas, impressive burial monuments standing over 12 meters high, were built by the Collas people.

Description:
Hundreds of years ago, the ancient people from the Altiplano, that lived at the shore of the mystical Lake Titicaca, built a series of funeral towers to bury their kings and other important people of their regions. The Sillustani towers are perhaps the finest and the most perfect cylindrical constructions of ancient Peru, as such perfection can be found no where else in South America. A tour to Sillustani will give you a better view into the life of pre-Inca civilizations, and exploring the area, you can marvel with the great beauty of the Umayo Lagoon, which is located at the foot of Sillustani.

Our tour to Sillustani starts at 2:00 PM. Our clients are collected from their hotels and then are conducted to the western part of Puno. The bus ride to Sillustani lasts about 30 minutes and offers along the way fine w¡ews of the Lake Titicaca. At the archaeological site of Sillustani, our local guide with show us the most important sectors of the burial site and will give us a good insight into the Andean culture. Afterwards we will visit local farmes that live along the road, in order to learn about the economical activity in the area, there you will learn how they plant their potatoes, breed ther alpacas and vicuñas and also how the weave those beautiful colorful ponchos. Finally we will return to Puno, getting there by sunset.

End of the tour.

Duration: 03 hours.

Inlcuded:

• Private transportation.
• Professional english speaking guide.
• Entrance fee

Daily departure: 2:00 PM.

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There is a short stop on the reed island of Uros before a noon arrival at Taquile where you will stay with local families. Lunch is at a local restaurant and the afternoon is spent visiting the artisan co-operative, local ruins prior to observing the sunset across the lake. There is an option in the evening to enjoy local folklore in the form of music and dance. The second day sees you visit the Mother Earth Temple on the highest point of the island, this involves a short hike. After lunch, transfer back to Puno.

The one day version of this trip does all that the 2 day one does except visiting the temple, and, of course, enjoying the evening with the locals.

Itinerary:

FIRST DAY.- Our guide will pick you up from your hotel in Puno very early in the morning, to take a two-hour motor excursion on the waters of Lake Titicaca to the unique Floating " Islands " of the Uros. 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". Their homes and boats are also made from this material. After having experienced some of the ancient traditions of the local people, you continue your motor boat trip to to Taquile Island , also inhabited by Quechua-speaking natives who have developed efficient and unique social systems, as well as fine hand weaving techniques, down through the generations. It is necessary to go up a stairway of more than 567 steps - streaks of stone that wind their way among greenery platforms - to arrive at the Town of Taquile where we will have a break to eat.

SECOND DAY.- After breakfast, you have time to stroll at leisure through the quaint streets of this colourful island in the afternoon, return to Puno. Overnight at hotel

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Circuit of the World-Uros/Amantani/Taquile (2 days)

This version of the Lake Titicaca Island gives you an overnight on Amantani Island before going on to Taquile the next day. Here you can stay with local accommodation, visit the artisan center and trek to the Pacha Tata (Temple to Father Earth). Again there is an evening of local food, dance and music

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Day 1: Lake Titicaca: Floating Islands of the Uros and overnight at the Amantani Island
After breakfast, take a two-hour motor boat excursion on the Lake Titicacaca waters towards the unique Floating Islands of the Uros, ancient inhabitants of the lake, known as the Water Tribe. This Andean natives built their own islands by adding periodically new layers of a unique plant called "totora" (a type of reed), as well as their homes and boats. After experiencing some of the ancient traditions of the local people, continue your motor boat trip to Amantani Island, inhabited by quechua-speaking natives still ruled by their ancient traditions and whose main occupations are the production of ceremics and textiles. The positive energy of this island is so powerful that it is known as the "Love Island".
Box lunch. Overnight at the house of a local islander to enjoy the hospitality of a typical Amantani home.

Day 2: Lake Titicaca: Amantani Island and Taquile Island - Puno
After breakfast, time at leisure to stroll by the quaint streets of this colorful island. Late morning, take motor-boat towards the Taquile Island, inhabited by quechua-speaking natives who have developed an efficient and original social systems and a fine hand weaving technique through generations. After lunch at a local posada of Taquile, take a walk through the several hills and archaeological sites of this 6km long island. Afternoon, return to Puno for overnight at selected hotel.

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The Temple of Fertility, Taquile an Uros can be visited together over two days, with an overnight on Tequila Island in the local community. This trip, if taken on a Sunday can take in the Indian market in Acora, on a Saturday there is a lively livestock market. Both of these are bonfire local markets and very colorful.
Alternatively, this can all be done a single day but with less time in each destination.

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Temple of Fertility/Juliaca/Pomata (one day)

This full day combines a visit to the Inca remains of Chucuito and nearby rock art, with the museum of colonial paintings in Juliaca and the San Santiago Church of Pomata. There are also beautiful Churches in Juliaca to see.

On a small promontory on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca, Chucuito, a small Aymara town, is one of the oldest in the altiplano region. The town, capital of the province during colonial times, has a lovely main square and a colonial church, Nuestra Señora de La Asunción (built in 1601). Chucuito was also the primary Inca settlement in the region. Near another colonial church, Santo Domino, is a most curious construction dating to pre-Columbian times and the town's main attraction: Inca Uyo is composed of dozens of large, mushroom-shaped phallic stones, most a few feet high, which were apparently erected as part of fertility rituals. The anatomically correct stones, which until a few years ago were kept in a sterile museum, leave little doubt as to what their creators were getting at. Some point up at the sun god, Inti, while others are inserted into the ground, directed at Pachamama, or Mother Earth. At the center of the ring, lording over the fertility temple, is the king phallus. Local guides tell tales of the exact rituals during which virgins purportedly sat for hours atop the phalluses to increase fertility. The stones might predate the Incas, but some contend that they are fake. Spanish missionaries did everything in their power to destroy all symbols and structures they considered pagan, and it does seem odd that they would have constructed two churches nearby but left this temple intact.

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One releases tie tradition with the desert and agriculture surrounds to the city of Ica, capital of the department of the same name. From the Virreinato, Ica became important an inside vitivinícola one. It counts the tradition that, to few years of the Spanish conquest, seeded in these sunny earth stocks brought from the Canary islands whose surprised adaptation all. With these under it was only managed to produce an excellent wine, but that taste of such Spanish and that continues conquering to all those that they prove it. But the creativity iqueña also gave origin to a new product: the cachina, a licor prepared with the must of the fermented, very popular grape in the local celebrations.

Besides to prove its drinks, Ica invites to us to taste great variety of plates prepared on the basis of pallares, and delicious candies as fréjol strained and the roofing tiles, that is to say, stuffed pacanas, lemons or higos with manjar white and covers with a sugar bath.

The intense winds that raise sand clouds, calls locally paraca, have formed singular dunes and place setting of sand the famous Pampas of Ica, that jealously keep the mysteries from old regional cultures. In spite of the water shortage, their inhabitants reached an admirable agricultural development, thanks to the design of complex channels of irrigation that take advantage of the filtrations underground water.

Excursions Ica

Lines Nazca 07.00hrs Departure to Ica by royal class itinerary bus 11.00hrs Arrival to Ica and transfer to the airdrome in Ica			Reserve Paracas and Island Ballestas (03 Days - 02 Nights)  The site museum begins with the excursion to the National Reserve of Paracas visiting Julio C.
Nazca / Pisco (02 Days - 01 Night) Arrival to the city of Nasca Transfer to the aerodrome to carry out I fly over to the enigmatic lines and figures of Nasca

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Lines Nazca ( Full Days )

07.00hrs Departure to Ica by royal class itinerary bus
11.00hrs Arrival to Ica and transfer to the airdrome in Ica
Fly over Nazca Lines by light plane you will appreciate amazing figures like spider, monkey, etc
Return to Ica . Lunch in a tourist restaurant
PM. Guided city tour Ica, visit to the regional museum where you will appreciate samples of the Paracas, Nazca and Ica preinca cultures. After that, we will visit to Huacachina Lagoon, and then to the wineries to see the process of making wines and Pisco. Last, transfer to the bus station in order to take the royal class bus - back to Lima.

TOUR INCLUSIONS
INCLUDED:

• Bus ticket Lima / Ica / Lima Royal Class itinerary service
• Fly over Nazca Lines from Ica by light plane
• Guided visit Ica and its surroundings
• 01 lunch in a Tourist Restaurant
• transfer, entrance fees, guidance

NOT INCLUDED:

• Baggage excess
• Alcoholic drinks, soda or bottled mineral water
• Personal expenses
• Tips
• International or National personal telephone calls

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Itinerary

Day 1 Pisco - National Reserve of Paracas
Exit to the city of Pisco in bus type Royal Class. Arrival and transfer to the selected hotel. The site museum begins with the excursion to the National Reserve of Paracas visiting Julio C. Tello, continues the visit to the Cathedral, the Viewpoint of Wolves and beaches of Lagunillas where it will be possible to be enjoyed the sun and the sea. Spend the night in Pisco

Day 2 Pisco - Ballestas Islands
Transfer to the wharf of the Beach the Chaco in Paracas to make an excursion in speedboat to the Ballestas Islands. During navigation the Bay is surrounded and the port is appraised San Martín, soon the Mysterious Candelabrum and in the Ballestas Islands the deposits of Marine Wolves and Guaneras Birds have an interview that in their natural habitat constitute, by their capricious and beautiful forms, one of the most beautiful landscapes of the Peruvian Coast, return to the wharf and free time to enjoy the beach. To opportune hour transfer to Pisco to approach the bus from return to Lima.

INCLUSIONS OF THE TOUR
IT INCLUDES :

• Transfers.
• Tour Reserves Nac. Paracas, Museum Julio C.Tello.
• Ballestas Islands.
• One night of lodging in Pisco with Continental breakfast.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE:

• Excess luggage.
• Alcoholicas drinks, of soda water or mineral water.
• Personal expenses.
• Tips.
• National or international telefonicas calls

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Nazca / Pisco
02 Days / 1Night

- Arrival to the city of Nasca
- Transfer to the aerodrome to carry out I fly over to the enigmatic lines and figures of Nasca
- Visit to the archaeological cemetery of Chauchilla and the factory Of the process of gold and the ceramics
- opportune Hour transfer to the station to Pisco
- Arrival to the Pisco city
- Reception and transfer to the hotel suite san Jorge
- free Night

 2do DAY

- Continental breakfast
- Transfer to the bay of Paracas to visit the Islands Crossbows
- Tour to the reserve of Paracas
- Return to the city of Pisco
- Transfer to the terminall

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Lima Extensions and Excursions

Lima became the capital of Peru after the Spanish conquest and has remained so to this day. As the main port of entry for the majority of tourists most visitors come to spend time here. With its agreeable climate and access to wonderful fresh seafood a break here can be very pleasant. But there is so much more that can be achieved from Lima: apart from museums, colonial and archaeological attractions, there are a plethora of wonderful cultures waiting to be discovered by journeying a little way along the Pacific coast.

Excursions Lima:

City Tour Lima City Tour in Lima : A guided tour of Huaca Pucllana, a magnificent ceremonial and administrative site, dating back to the IV century A.D			City of Caral Experts claim that human beings started their development 5 million years ago, but only started building urban centers and forming networks of communications
Palomino Islands - Lima Sea Lions in the Islands off the Callao Lima Port. We will pick you up early from your hotel to transfer to the embarkation point in the District of La Punta in the Callao Sea Por			Traditional Lima Lima, "The City of Kings", in the past the centre of the Spanish Empire in the New World and nowadays the Capital of Peru,
Archeological Lima Lima, "The City of Kings", is not only the Capital of Peru and the starting point for tourist programs in the country,			Pantanos de Villa This area was established on May 29, 1989, through Law (R.M.) 00144-89-AG/DGFF on January 20, 1997, it is located in the department of Lima, province of Lima, district of Chorrillos,

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The reserved area of the Swamps of Villa

This area was established on May 29, 1989, through Law (R.M.) 00144-89-AG/DGFF on January 20, 1997, it is located in the department of Lima, province of Lima, district of Chorrillos, with a surface of 396 hectares. This is the only protected area within the city of Lima, these swamps are connected to the hydrological system of the river Rimac.

There are 67 types of plants like the grama salada (Distichlis spicata), the reed plant in flooded areas, as well as the scirpus americanus and Paspalum vaginatum. the fauna is represented by 155 species of birds which 77 are migratories, we can notice: the zambullidor grande (Podiceps major), the zambullidor pico grueso (Podilymbus podiceps), the garza blanca (Egretta thula), the huaco (Mycticorax nycticorax), the pato colorado (Anas cyanoptera), the aguila pescadora (Pandion haliaetus), la polla de agua (Gallinula chloropus), la gallareta (Fulica americana), the playero blanco (Calidris alba), el pata amarilla mayor (Tringa melanoleuca), the white seagull (Larus modestus) among others as well as 12 types of fishes and some reptiles and gnawings.

Among the main purposes of this Reserved Area, we can see: the protection of the migratory and resident fauna and the aquatic ecosystem, the preservation of the rich wild and typical flora of the aquatic ecosystems in the coast.

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Absolut Travel do not currently offer walking expeditions from this regional city but the scope and depth of the places to visit is absolutely scintillating, especially if you are fascinated by ancient civilizations. Everyone has heard of the Inca but the history of Peruvian civilizations is a long and complex one going back al least 5000 years. Most of us will have heard of the Nazca lines and may have some vague ideas of the culture that was behind them. But here in the north of Peru around the same time as the Nazca flourished the civilization know as the Moche, whose pottery is world famous for its sexually explicit pieces. In addition, there are extensive remains and museums associated with the Lambayeque and Chimu periods of Peruvian culture that preceded the establishment of the Inca Empire.

Although, all three of these were in contact with far distant places, none had an empire the size of the Inca. But they were vibrant societies with skilled artisans who produced stunning artifacts in textiles, metals and pottery. Their architects have left a huge legacy in ceremonial buildings and tombs, which have survived over 1000 years of wear and tear despite being made of mud bricks. Like most major early civilizations worldwide these were founded upon an ability to use water to produce food and raw materials. Evidence of this can de found in the Chicama valley where there still stands a major Moche aqueduct.
In addition to the archaeology, Trujillo boasts pleasant Colonial architecture, fantastic restaurants and a major leatherworking industry and market. You can buy beautifully crafted leather products at a fraction of their worth al home or even in Lima. The climate is very agreeable year round. The flight from Lima takes less than an hour, or alternatively, you could opt for a coach journey up the Pan Americana highway. This is
Well worth doing in one direction as the coast is splendidly rugged and wild. As you pass between the greenery of irrigated valleys you will come to fully appreciate the importance of water management to human history and how the people of Peru played an important part in this development and in the process domesticated so many foods that we now use all over the world (potatoes, corn, squash, tomatoes, aborigines, etc).

Trujillo was another major Inca administrative centre but is better know for the fantastic remains from previous epochs. The city is the location of the major ceremonial complexes associated with the Moche period during the first millennium AD. These are in the form of two enormous adobe pyramids known as the temples of the Sun and the Moon, where many human sacrificial victims have been excavated during the last ten years. The Moche civilization was followed by the Chimu period. The capital of Chimu is at Chan Chan just outside Trujillo, adjoining the coast. This is an enormous site that contains different towns built by successive rulers. We recommend that you also visit the beach resort of Huanchaca near by to Chan Chan, where seafood lovers can eat fabulously fresh dishes caught by hand on reed boats.

In the next valley going north (Chicama) lies the burial and ritual complex of El Brujo. In Spanish the term means the warlock or sorcerer and it is no coincidence that local shamans still carry out ceremonies at the site. Here are two Moche pyramids and one from the time of Chavin (see Huaraz extensions and excursions). The remarkable conditions of preservation have yielded wonderful textiles from both periods at this site, which is more remarkable due to the fact that the site abuts the ocean. Burials have been made at El Brujo for thousands of years and suggest long term continuity in land use for this site. There is an ongoing excavation al El Brujo that has uncovered exceptional murals and carvings on areas of a pyramid that formed a major ritual complex. Here, there is also the chance to get down to the Pacific Ocean in a tranquil, spiritual setting.
The visits to Chiclayo being further north again use a short flight from Trujillo airport. In this northernmost area oh Peru’s great civilizations we find the Lambayeque valley and the tomb of the Lord of Sipan. This Tutunkamun of the Americas was only discovered in 1987. The period overlaps with Moche and again has huge very slanted eyes. Legend tells that the Lambayeque god of the “flying eyes” arrived by canoe to these shores. However, to date no firm archaeological connections with Asia at this time have been made, though there are claims that some of the textile designs are in fact Japanese…..
The following are the options we currently offer for visits to Trujillo and you should contact us for full details. There are lots of other potential destinations in the north, including major centers that are more difficult to get to i.e. in the jungle. So if there is anything else you want to do just ask and we will oblige if it’s feasible.

Excursions Trujillo

City tour (half day) It visits civil and religious Colonial monuments. The visit in the House of the Mayorazgo de Facalá will begin			Huaca de la Luna (half day) This famous pyramid of marinates was constructed in the EARLY INTERVAL and belongs to the Mochica Culture (200-800 e.c.) It is located in the archaeological complex of Moche...
Chan Chan (half day) This pre-Hispanic urban center represents the greatest city of mud of pre-Hispanic America. Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO in 1986 was declared			El Brujo (1 day) The trip will be made by the North Pan-American highway in where we will appreciate the cane cultures sugar of the zone. We will visit the towns of Chicama, Chiclín
Chiclayo and Tucume (3 days) Arrival and transfer to the hotel. 3-hour tour to the tomb of the Lord of Sipan located 33 Km (20 miles) southeast of the city on the terrain of a sugar-cane plantation			Trujillo Traditional (4 days) Assistance on your arrival in Trujillo, transfer to your selected hotel

All the above include your personal guide, entrance permits, transport to the sites accommodation in Chiclayo, and transfers from and to the airport. We will arrange hotels in Trujillo for you according to your wishes. Airport departure tax is not included.

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