Complete Peru Tour 18D/17N

Itinerary

First day:

• Welcome and transfer from the Lima airport to the selected hotel.
• Welcome coca tea at the hotel.
• Tour in the City of Lima: Park of love, Explore the city downtown, San Francisco catacombs, explore San Isidro and plaza el Olivar. (in the afternoon from 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.). IF YOU ARRIVE VERY EARLY WE CAN ALSO START THE CITY TOUR AT 10: 00 AM AND THEN FREE AFTERNOON IN LIMA FOR YOU
• Night in selected hotel.

Second day:

• Early pick up and transfer to the bus station to go to Paracas.
• Tour in Ballestas Islands (you will see Humboldt penguins, sea lions, cormorants and too many types of birds).
• Huacachina tour with buggy ride and sandboard.
• Night in selected hotel in Huacachina oasis.

Third day:

• Breakfast in the hotel. 
• Early pick up from the hotel and transfer to the aerodrome in Nazca.
• Overflight of the Nazca lines, you will see 13 figures on the Nazca dessert. The most famous ones will be the spider, the monkey and the hummingbird. 
• In the afternoon you will tour the Cantalloc aqueducts and the Paredones inca site for 2 hours.
• Bus from Nazca to Arequipa at 8 pm. 10 hours bus ride.

Fourth day:

• Pick up at 6 am. from the bus station and transfer to the hotel.
• Transfer to the hotel in Arequipa. 
• Tour the Santa Catalina Monastery.
• Free afternoon.
• Night in selected hotel in Arequipa.

Fifth day:

• Breakfast in the hotel. 
• Transport to Chivay town.
• Optional, you can go to the thermal baths in Chivay. 
• Night in selected hotel in Chivay.

Sixth day:

• Breakfast in the hotel.
• Tour the Colca canyon.
• Cruz del Condor to spot condors. 
• Bus from Chivay to Puno. 6 hours bus ride. 
• Night in the selected hotel in Puno.

Seventh day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Transfer from the hotel to Lake Titicaca harbor.
• Boat to Titicaca lake.
• Tour the Uros floating islands.
• Visit the Amantani island. 
• Homestay in Amantani.

Eight day:

• Breakfast at the homestay.
• Taquile island tour.
• Boat the Titicaca lake.
• Back to Puno.
• Night in a selected hotel in Puno.

Ninth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Transfer from the hotel to the bus station.
• Touristic bus with stops from Puno to Cusco.
• Transfer from the bus station to the hotel.
• Night in selected hotel in Cusco.

Tenth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free morning.
• Tour in the City of Cusco: Cathedral, Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Tambomachay, Qenqo and Tambomachay. (in the afternoon from 1:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.).
• Night in selected hotel.

Eleventh day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. (Visit Chinchero, Moray, the salt ponds of Maras and Ollantaytambo, from 08:00 hrs – 16:00 hrs)
• Buffet lunch in the Sacred Valley.
• Travel by Inka Rail train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes (From 4:36 p.m. to 6:09 p.m.)
• Night in a hotel in Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu).

Twelfth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Bus ride to Machu Picchu.
• Guided tour to Machupicchu (7:00 hrs – 10:00 hrs).
• Bus down to Aguas Calientes.
• In the afternoon return by train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo (From 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.) arrival to Cusco at 6:30 pm.
• Transfer to your hotel in Cusco.
• Hotel night in Cusco.

Thirteenth day:

• Rainbow mountain tour.
• Hotel night in Cusco.

Fourteenth day:

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day to explore the plazas, streets and markets in Cusco.
• Bus from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado. 10 hours 
• Optional, if you dont want to go by bus you can take a flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado; the flight is not included.

Fifteenth day:

• Pick up from the airport or bus station or hotel. 
• Transfer to the Madre de Dios river. 
• Motorboat ride to the lodge in the heart of the jungle.
• Visit the monkey island.
• Night in selected lodge.

Sixteenth day:

• Breakfast in the lodge. 
• Hike into the woods.
• Observation of the Apu Victor oxbow lake from a huge Lupuna tree. 
• Lunch in the lodge.
• Visit Gamitana river to see giant otters, caimans and turtles. 
• Night in selected hotel in the lodge.

Seventeenth day:

• Breakfast in the lodge.
• Hike to recognize medicinal plants and big trees.
• Lunch in the lodge 
• Explore the Lost oxbow lake to spot caimans, Sachavaca and giant otters.
• Night in the selected lodge.

Eighteenth day:

• Breakfast in the lodge.
• Take the boat to return to Puerto Maldonado.
• Private car to airport 
• Flight from Puerto Maldonado to Cusco 
• Night in the selected hotel in Cusco.
• End of services

Description of the Complete Peru Tour 

Day 1: Reception and City tour in Lima “Gastronomical Capital of South America”.

After getting the airport in Lima a representative of IncaGo Expeditions Peru Tours will pick you up to take you to the hotel in Miraflores area. (Just take note that our representative will wait for you with a banner of our company in the international arrival area – (El Corral close to the first escalator).

Once to get the Hotel in Miraflores area you will have time to rest and have your breakfast included, at around 2:00 pm the City tour of Lima will begin with your private transportation and private tour guide, you will visit the following places (We can also start the Lima city tour in Lima at 10:00 am. According your arrival time to Lima):

1. Miraflores Downtown and the Park of Love.
2. Historical Center of Lima, the Country Hall.
3. San Francisco Monastery and Catacombs.
4. San Isidro and plaza el Olivar
5. The city tour will finish around 06:00 pm and then you will have time to taste a typical dinner in Miraflores area. 

Day 2: Ballestas island tour and Pisco experience.

Very early in the morning our representative will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the bus station where you will catch the bus to Paracas Region; this bus ride will take 3 hours and 40minutes. Paracas harbor is located inside the National Reserve of Paracas. In Paracas you will visit the BALLESTAS ISLANDS, a bunch of very famous islands where all the sea life is protected especially, sea lions, Humboldt penguins, cormorants, and others. Then you will ride tubula After the tour you will be transported to the Ica Region where you will have a chance to learn about the production of Pisco (flagship Peruvian drink) and wine in one of these famous Pisco estates.

In the afternoon by 4 pm. you will be picked up from the hotel and have the opportunity to explore the Huacachina dessert. For the past 12 years has served as the site of one of the most popular adventure tours in South America, dune buggy and sandboarding tour. People of all ages – including kids, teenagers, and adults – all visit Huacachina and climb into a 4-wheel-drive dune buggy driven by a professional driver.

Half the tour is riding in the dune buggy, up and down the dunes at fast speeds. And the other half of the tour is a chance to try the adventure sport of “sandboarding”. This is just like snowboarding, but instead of snow, you will be boarding on the fine-grained sand of the desert. If you aren’t athletically talented, no problem! Just lay on your stomach on the board, and go “sand sledding”. This activity has lots of fun, and doesn’t require any patience or ability.

In the afternoon you will get Huacachina to spend the night in this magical place.

** a super day visiting Paracas, learning about Pisco and sleeping on the biggest oasis in America.

Day 3: Tour the Nazca lines and do sandboarding in the Huacachina dessert.

After breakfast in the hotel, we will take you to the aerodrome to overflight the Nazca lines. We designed an overflight for you to observe the enigmatic Nazca Lines. During the flight the tour guide will explain the various theories about why the Nazca drew these lines, which include astronomical calendars, offerings to the gods in search of rain, and contact with celestial beings. The Nazca overflight is for 40 minutes and includes 14 Nazca lines figures.

After a free time for lunch. We will start the tour at 2 pm. The Cantalloc aqueducts are located approximately 4 km outside the city, one of the most impressive pre-Inca constructions, works that must have meant a great physical effort, organization and technical direction of hydraulic engineers. Their intakes are located in the heights of Nasca and take the underground waters by filtration to take them to the city. There are 21 spiral-shaped wells or vents.

Then we will also visit the geoglyph «El Telar», located a few minutes from the Cantayo aqueducts, where we will climb a small hill, which will serve as a natural viewpoint to be able to see the fascinating figure, where we will also have a clear idea of ​​how these enigmatic lines were shaped in the desert pampas, since we will be very close to them.

Finally, we will also visit the archaeological complex «Los Paredones», said complex dates back to the Inca culture, considered an administrative center governed by relatives of the Inca elite class. After completing our visit we will finish with the respective transfer to your hotel in Nasca.

At night you will take the bus from Nazca to Arequipa.

** Amazing day in Peru, touring the Nazca lines and the cantalloc aqueducts. 

Day 4: White city of Arequipa – Santa Catalina monastery.

Upon your arrival to the bus station our representative will pick you up and take you to the hotel.

In the afternoon you will visit the Santa Catalina convent and your guide will explain you all details about this citadel. This convent has many little streets with different colors and shades. 

In the late afternoon you will have free time and you will be able to explore the beautiful Arequipa downtown.  

You will spend the night in Arequipa City.

** First day to enjoy Arequipa, the white city

Day 5: On the way to Colca canyon – Hotel night in Chivay.

After your breakfast at the hotel, the tour in Arequipa will begin. We will travel for 5 hours from Arequipa to the town of Chivay. Along the stretch we will make various stops to see Vicuñas, the volcanoes that surround the Arequipa region and various picturesque towns.

Once you arrive in Chivay, you will have time for lunch and time to enjoy this beautiful town. You will have the afternoon free in Chivay, a place where there are some beautiful thermal baths.

You will spend the night in the city of Chivay.

** Chivay is the closest place to Cruz del Condor, a place for condor sightings.

Day 6: Colca canyon – Condor spotting – bus to Puno.

After an early wake-up and a light breakfast, he will board a private bus that will take him visiting various towns in Colca, until he reaches the Cruz del Condor where he will have the opportunity to see the majestic flight of the Condors. If you are lucky you will be able to see all the members of this majestic family and after seeing the condors, you will return to Chivay where you will have lunch before leaving for Puno, the duration of the trip to Puno is approximately 5 hours. You will arrive in the city of Puno around 7 pm.

You will spend the night in the city of Puno.

** Fantastic day to be amazed by Condors, the biggest flying birds on the planet. 

Day 7: Floating Uros island and overnight in Amantani 

To start this Peru diversity tour, your guide will pick you up from your hotel at 8 am. and will transfer it to the port of Lake Titicaca. From this point you will travel for 30 minutes on a part of Lake Titicaca until you reach the floating islands of the Uros.

Upon arriving at the Island you will be able to see a group of people dressed in their typical attire, who will give you an affectionate welcome. When you disembark from the boat you will notice how the islands are floating under the water. The guided tour of the Uros Islands will be very interesting.

Later you will sail the Titicaca lake for 3 hours to the island of Amantani. Upon arrival you will be welcomed by the families where you will spend the night and enjoy a delicious typical lunch.

In the afternoon you will walk to the sacred places Pachatata and Pachamama; You will be able to appreciate a panoramic view of the sunset of Lake Titicaca, then you will begin your descent towards the main square where each family will be waiting for you to return to the accommodation and have dinner all together, later you will participate in a typical sharing that the residents prepare for you to share about their custom and traditional music.

** amazing first day touring the Lake Titicaca on this complete Peru tour. 

Day 8: Lake Titicaca tour and night in Puno

After enjoying a delicious typical breakfast, you will board the boat that will take them 60 minutes to the island of Taquile. To get to the main square of Taquile, you will have to walk uphill for 40 minutes. In this place you will visit the textile museum and the colonial church.

Lunch will be a delicious quinoa soup and a trout dish, accompanied by a traditional muña mate.

Afterwards, you will board the return boat to the city of Puno. Your guide will drop you off at the selected hotel.

** 2-days exploring the Peruvian Lake Titicaca 

Day 9: Bus ride and South tour to Cusco 

We will pick you up from your hotel in the morning and transfer you to the bus station. The bus that will take you from Puno to Cusco leaves at 7.30 am. from Cusco and arrives in Puno at 5 pm. This 9-hour tour includes visits to the Sistine Chapel of America or Andahuaylillas Chapel, the Imposing Temple of the god Wiracocha, the Majestic Paso de la Raya (Road Limit between Cusco and Puno – View of the Nevado Chimboya) and the Mythical Lithical Museum of the Pukara Culture. In addition to a buffet lunch at the La Pascana tourist restaurant.

This interactive travel alternative from Puno to Cusco allows you to learn and enjoy beautiful landscapes, architecture and history while traveling to the Inca capital.

Upon arrival in Cusco, a representative of the agency will be waiting for you at the bus station. He will take you to the selected hotel to rest to begin your tour on Lake Titicaca the next day.

** Best way to travel from a Lake Titicaca tour to Cusco

Day 10: City tour in Cusco.

You will have the morning for free to rest after many days of consecutive tours in Arequipa and Puno. In the afternoon we will come to pick you up at 1:00 p.m. To start the tour to the city of Cusco and its surroundings, we will visit the center of the millennial city of Cusco, the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, the Monastery of Santo Domingo, the Koricancha Temple and the nearby ruins of Kenko, Puka Pukará, Tambomachay and the Sacsayhuaman fortress, built with megalithic stones will blow your mind away. After a wonderful afternoon exploring the most iconic spots of Cusco, we will transfer you off to your hotel.

** Tour the best bits of Cusco, the Inca navel.

Day 11: Tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and overnight in Machu Picchu.

The tour in the Sacred Valley of Peru begins at 6:30 a.m. with the pick-up from your hotel in Cusco, then we will visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas, where we will have the opportunity to meet and enjoy picturesque towns dedicated to the work of crafts, ceramics and agriculture. We will visit several tourist attractions in the Sacred Valley of Peru such as: Chinchero (textile market, colonial temple and archaeological site) then we will visit Moray (an agricultural experimentation center) and the salt mines of Maras, then we will go to the town of Urubamba to taste a delicious buffet lunch.

After lunch we will visit the Ollantaytambo ceremonial center, where there are still descendants of the Incas who live in the old Inca buildings, finally we will head to the Ollantaytambo train station, to board the train to Machu Picchu, which leaves at 4: 36 p.m. The train ride is approximately 2 hours to the town of Aguas Calientes, where we will arrive around 6:00 pm, where we will spend the night at the selected hotel. Aguas Calientes is the closest town to Machu Picchu.

** This Machu Picchu express tour allows you to visit the most outstanding buildings of the Inca in a sacred valley.

Day 12: Tour to Machu Picchu «The lost city of the Incas»

After getting up very early and having breakfast, we will take a bus up to Machu Picchu, then a tour will be made with our guide through the lost city of Machu Picchu, for 3 hours. During the tour you will visit the most important sites of Machu Picchu such as: the main sacred square, the temple of the sun, the sundial, the royal quarters, the temple of the three windows and the temple of the condor. Concluded the tour in Machupicchu optionally: If you booked your additional tickets, you can trek to the summit of Huaynapicchu or Machu Picchu Mountain, this will take a few hours, in which you will be able to enjoy the landscape and take in some amazing views (This visit is without a guide). Then we will go down by bus to Aguas Calientes and in the afternoon we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where our staff will be waiting for you, to transport you by bus to the city of Cusco and transfer you off to your hotel.

** To do a tour in Machu Picchu privately is the best way to enjoy it fully.

Day 13: Rainbow Mountain Tour

We will start with the pick up from your hotel at 4:30 am to head towards the district of Cusipata, passing through valleys and small lagoons until we reach the town of Cusipata where we will make a short stop to enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast.

After having enjoyed breakfast we will continue the trip to Chilliwani, where our walk to the sacred mountain of Vinicunca (5200 meters above sea level) begins. Our walk will last about 1 hour and 30 minutes, at a moderate pace on the way to the mountain of 7 colors we will be able to appreciate the Vilcanota mountain range until we reach the viewpoint of the mountain of 7 colors, better known as the Rainbow Mountain, because its colors resemble the Rainbow.

After the visit we will begin the descent to Chilliwani to board the transport to return to the city of Cusco, but before making a stop in the town of Cusipata to enjoy a buffet lunch.

The trip will end at the Plaza de Armas in Cusco around 5:00 pm.

** Great day on the rainbow mountain in Cusco.

Day 14: Free day to explore Cusco

You will have a complete free day in the beautiful city of Cusco. Cusco is known as the archaeological capital of south America and so it has to many wonders to visit. In the morning you can visit the San market, where you will see more than 1000 stalls with many interesting and bizarre things typical to the Andes. 

In the afternoon you can go the planetarium and learn more about Inca constellations or visit the San Cristobal overview to have a fantastic view of Cusco city at night. 

At 10 pm. we will take the bus from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado

This day, you can take a flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado ( not included on the budget)

** Explore Cusco by yourself and gain a deep Andean experience 

Day 15: Flight to Puerto Maldonado and Peruvian jungle tour. 

Upon arrival in Puerto Maldonado, a representative of the agency will take you to the banks of the Madre de Dios River to board a motor boat that will take you 2 hours to the lodge. On the way, you could observe the alligators, turtles, herons and other animals.

Arriving at the Peru Amazon Lodge, you will enjoy the exquisite typical welcome drink and then you will settle into comfortable bungalows, afterwards you eat lunch. With the help of our specialized guide, we will visit Monkey Island, located just five minutes from the lodge, in the middle of the Madre de Dios River.

The monkey island hosts different monkey species: starting from the noisy ones, the Maquisapas, the happy Achuñis, and the very impressive Frailes to the very little and funny “leoncitos” little lions.

During the way to the Island, you will see very beautiful landscapes with all the flora and fauna that they host, as well as the amazing sunset in the jungle.

Day 16: Explore the best of the Peruvian jungle and Apu Victor oxbow lake.

A beautiful sunrise with the songs of the macaws; Then comes breakfast. We will begin our trip with a walk deep into the forest, special trails with causeways to cross the clearings. During the tour we will observe the caiman cave. Then we will continue and arrive at the majestic Lake Apu Víctor, beautiful crystal clear waters, surrounded by enormous swamps, giant trees and Aguaje palms.

Later we will go up to our Amazon Peru Tours observatory, where we will have a panoramic view of Lake Apu Victor, we will observe parrots, macaws, toucans, camungos, shanshos, herons, and if we are lucky we will be able to observe one of the most spectacular animals in the jungle, the otter. giant, after many hours, we will return to the lodge and have lunch. In the afternoon we will visit the Gamitana River, which originates in the heart of the Puerto Maldonado jungle.

On the shore of this majestic river we can see turtles, alligators, butterflies and some other animals. You can swim in its waters. In the afternoon we will return to the lodge for dinner and rest after a spectacular day exploring the Peruvian jungle.

** Today you will explore the depths of the Peruvian Amazon jungle and its beautiful Amazon meanders.

Day 17: Jungle exploration, touring the lost owbox lake.

After a nutritious breakfast, we will begin our adventure in the virgin jungle of the Peruvian Amazon, and accompanied by a local guide, we will take a walk deep into the jungle. We will explore the Cocha Perdida, an oxbow lake that constitutes a refuge and feeding ecosystem for a wide variety of animals. There we will have the best opportunity to observe Otters, Alligators, Turtles, Sachavacas (Tapires), birds with multicolored feathers, hopefully the majestic Jaguar and a variety of fish species. This area is unique and belongs to the Ecoamazónica Ecological Reserve that keeps it intact, with enormous swamps and various aguajales.

**Let’s explore the depths of the Amazon jungle of Tambopata and the Cocha Perdida.

Day 18: Jungle Peruvian tour and flight to Lima.

Having a good breakfast, we will pick you up from the jungle lodge where you are staying and we will take you to the airport of the city of Puerto Maldonado, which is located 2 hours from the lodge, we must be at least an hour before to make the arrangements for flight confirmation, after checking in with the airline that we will fly and paying the airport tax, we will say goodbye and take the flight from Puerto Maldonado to Lima.

** Fantastic 18-day complete tour in Peru, explore the best bits of the Peruvian jungle, coast and Andes.