NATURAL IMMERSION 11 Days 10 nights

paracas ballestas pisco ica travel tours This tour package will show you the enigmatic Nazca Lines, the beauty of our sea landscapes, where you will get to know the sealions and different kind of marine life, also you will have the oportunity to admire the Colca Canyon, Cusco and Machu picchu, very well-known for it´s unforgetable landscapes.

Lima, Paracas, Ballestas Island, Colca Canyon Cusco and Machupicchu

DAY 1: ARRIVAL TO LIMA
You will be picked up from the airport and taken to the hotel in Lima so you can rest. Overnight.

DAY 2: LIMA CITY TOUR AND GOLD MUSEUM
After breakfast around 9.00am we will pick you up to visit the major attractions of the city: the Paseo de la Republica (Promenade of the Republic), Plaza San Martin(San Martin Square) and the Plaza Mayor (Main Square), with their different buildings: Palacio de Gobierno(Government Palace), Palacio Arzobispal the (Archibishop's Palace), the Basilica Catedral (Cathedral Basilica) and the Palacio Municipal (Municipal Palace).Afterwards you'll continue to visit the most traditional residential areas in the capital: The Olive Grove of San Isidro, Miraflores and Larco Mar, distinctive tourist centre of contemporary Lima.Lunch time and then we will visit the Peruvian Gold Museum, this excellent collection includes pre-Columbian gold, silver and bronze, ceramics, weavings, mummies, etc. Upstairs is a remarkable arms collections with an impressive exhibition from Spanish colonial times. At the end transfer back to your hotel.(B,L)

DAY 3: LIMA – PARACAS
At 6:00 am transfer to the Bus station, at 7:00 am we will take the motor coach (best available) to Paracas (3 hours).
Upon arrival transfer to the Hotel, then excursion to Paracas of about 3 1/2 hours. Paracas is one of the best marine reserves, with the highest concentration of marine birds. In the afternoon return to the hostel and overnight(B,L)

DAY 4: BALLESTAS ISLANDS & NAZCA LINES.
At 7:15am transfer to the mole where you will take a motorboat excursion to the Ballestas Island. This Islands are spectacular , eroded into numerous arches and caves, which provide shelter for thousands of seabirds, some of which are very rare, and seas lions. The islands are known as "the Galapagos of Peru", at the end transfer to Nazca where we will admire the famous Nazca lines. Cut into the stony desert are large number of lines, not only parallels and geometrical figures, but also designs such as a dog, an enormous monkey, a bird with a wing span of over 100 meters, a spider and a tree. The lines, that represent some sort of vast astronomical pre-Inca calendar, are best seen from the air, we will take a half hour flight above the Lines then we will have a visit to the Chauchilla Cemetery, where skulls, mummies and pottery shards littering the desert.
At night around 22:00pm transfer to the Bus station for your trip to Arequipa (bus tickets included). Overnight in the Bus (B,L)

DAY 5: AREQUIPA CITY TOUR
Upon arrival at 6:00 am we will pick up from the Bus station and transfer to the hotel in Arequipa. Morning at leisure.
In the afternoon around 3 pm you'll take the Arequipa half day city tour that includes the visit at the Santa Catarina monastery The city has fine spanish buildings and many old and interesting churches built of sillar, a pearly white volcanic material almost exclusevely used in the construction of Arequipa. The Santa Catalina Convent is by far the most remarkable sight, opened in 1970 after 4 centuries of mistery. Overnight. (B)

DAY 6: AREQUIPA / COLCA CANYON
Pick up from your Hotel to depart to the Colca Canyon, on the way you will appreciate the variety of native animals as the Vicuñas, vizcachas, Llamas and the most impressive Volcano viewpoint.
Around noon we will arrive to the Chivay town where we will have lunch and transfer to the lodge, afternoon visit to the Thermal baths, La Calera , dinner at the lodge and overnight (B,L,D)
(Admission to the pools not included, about $4 per person).

DAY 7: COLCA CANYON / AREQUIPA
Early morning around 6:30 am breakfast in the Hotel and we will depart to the Cruz del Condor:see the deep of the canyon and if we have good luck we will see the flight of the Condor, on the way we will visit the towns of Yanque, Achoma, Maca Miraflores and Choquetico, the viewpoint of Tapay, lunch in Chivay town and around 14:30pm return to Arequipa, transfer to your Hotel and overnight (B,L)

DAY 8: AREQUIPA / CUSCO
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to take flight to Cusco (airfare not included).Upon arrival to Cusco reception and transfer to the Hotel where will receive an aromatic coca tea to stimulating for the height, will have the free morning to rest, in the evening we will depart on a City tour (entrance to the archaeological centers and museums including) we will visit to the Main square, Cathedral, the Koricancha (temple of the sun) and in addition we will make a route by bordering archaeological centers like Sacayhuaman, kenco, Pucapucara and Tambomachay, tour finishes 6:30pm approximately, transfer your Hotel and overnight (B).

DAY 9: SACRED VALLEY TOUR
Breakfast. You will be picked up at 8:15 am. Full day excursion to the Urubamba Valley visiting: the colorful Indian market in Pisac where a mixture of color, tradition will be able appreciated The Valley has a distance of 31 km (19 miles) of Cusco, and one altitude of 2,970 ms (9,700 p), Pisac where we will visit the market, and is located to the entrance of the Sacred Valley followed by Ollantaytambo, the older town continuously occupied of the American continent. The narrow streets of Ollantaytambo, along with their channels that have not varied from the time Inca, evoke their ancestral inheritance, lunch in a typical restaurant on the evening and then the Chinchero market. At the end, return to Cusco at 6:30pm approx.
The night is free for you to eat in a restaurant of your choice; although we always have plenty of suggestions for you should you require them. (B, L)

Note: Take this tour on market days: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

DAY 10: MACHUPICCHU TOUR.
Early breakfast and transfer to the train station to depart to Machupicchu the trip takes about 4 hours and you will be traveling in vista dome train, upon arrival to Aguas Calientes you will have to approach the bus station towards the Ciudadela of Machupicchu (Only 20 minutes ride) will receive a guided tour by this Huge Historical Sanctuary follow by some free time to lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge restaurant (included),in the afternoon return to Cusco reception at the train station and transfer to the Hotel where it passed the night (B,L).

DAY 11: TRANSFER OUT.
Breakfast and bus service to the airport (B).

END OF SERVICES

INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy. All scheduled transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees. Meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner.

IMPORTANT: For a better service, the company informs you that it has autonomy to change the Hotels mentioned in the itinerary with another one of similar category if therefore sees it by advisable taking into account justifiable availability of spaces or other reasons, if this it is the case you will be notified ahead of time.

NOT INCLUDE: International and domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of international flights and items of personal nature.

Discount Prices based in Double Accommodation 2010

	Basic Class	Tourist Class	First Class	Deluxe Class (Prívate)
Train Tickets	Backpaker	Vistadome	Vistadome	Hiram Bingham
Lima Hotel (DWB)	Ferre Miraflores	Faraona	Thunderbird B.	Park Plaza
Paracas Hotel (DWB)	P. Del Emancipador	Condor	La Hacienda	El Libertador
Cusco Hotel (DWB)	Cusco Plaza I	Andes De América	Novotel ****	Casona Inkaterra
Lunch (Hot Spring)	Box Lunch	Box Lunch	Box Lunch	Sanctuary Lodge
Price per Person	US $ 1408	US $ 1640	US $ 2138	US $ 4312