Day 01, Sunday, October
29 - LIMA TO AREQUIPA
Lima - Arequipa: Transfer to Lima Apt. Upon arrival to Arequipa
transfer and after a rest City tour; visiting the Convent
of Santa Catalina, the Church Cloisters of the Company, La
Plaza de Armas, Casa Moral, Cathedral, Complex of San Francisco,
Yanahuara. Return to Hotel.
Overnight in Arequipa.
Day 02, Monday, October
30 - AREQUIPA TO COLCA CANYON VALLEY
Tour of the Colca Canyon, with its bright green valleys. Enjoy
the flight of the Condor, pass by the great Volcanoes of Misti,
Chanchani and Ampato. Visit the Aguada National Reservation,
appreciate elegant “vicuñas”. On the way,
see the many small villages such as Toja, Chucura, Patapampa
and its mestizo baroque art, pass through Puente Cervantes
and Ichupampa. The Collaguas; who inhabited the Colca before
the Incas, developed a remarkable agriculture in the high
areas which for 1,500 years yielded the fruits of the new
world, potatoes, corn, quinua, bean. They also controlled
the Vicuñas known as South American Camelids, which
provided them with meat, wool and hides.
Overnight Colca Canyon (B-L-D).
Day 03, Tuesday, October
31 - COLCA CANYON - PUNO
Search for the Condor, visit to Maca, Lari Pinchollo, Madrigal
and Mirador of Tapay. Departure by bus from Colca Canyon to
Puno approximately 6 hours.
Overnight in Puno (B-L).
Day 04: Wednesday, November
01 - PUNO - UROS - TAQUILE - PUNO
Transfer at 8.00 a.m. to take a boat that will take us through
the Titicaca Lake, visiting the Uros floating Islands and
discovering the opulence of the world’s highest navigable
Lake, at 3,812 m.a.s.l. Then we will arrive to the Taquile
Island.
Taquile offers a magnificent lake landscape
from where the impressive snowfalls of the Cordillera Real
(Real mountain chain) can be seen. Other attractions to tourists
in Taquile are: the great skills of men, women, and children
for handmade textiles, the purest and most conservative Quechua
that is spoken by Taquile inhabitants. The return to Puno
is at 16.00 p.m. It includes transport hotel / pier / hotel
and a warm lunch at a typical restaurant.
Overnight in Puno.(B-L).
Day 05: Thursday, November
02 - PUNO - LIMA
Transfer to Julaica Airport for flight to Lima and transfer
to hotel. (B)
Day 06: Friday, November
03 - LIMA / HOME
Transfer in the morning to Lima Airport for international
flight home. (B)
$1,279.00 based on double and a minimum of 2 people.
- Hotel accommodation for 5 nights,
- Meals where stated
- local guide, transfers
- local flights from Lima to Arequipa and Juliaca to
Lima. |
- Local airport taxe of $5.00 US and International tax
of $28.00 tax
- items of personal nature such as internet, bottled water
and laundry
- discretionary tips. |
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