Full South :. Lima – Arequipa – Puno - Cusco 8D/7N

Upon arrival at Lima’s airport, we will be waiting for you and together we will go to the accommodation in Lima.
Overnight in Lima
**NOTE:. Check in at hotel at 11am**

At 9 am, transfer from our accommodation to start our Lima city tour, we will start with Visit to “Pucllana Pyramid” then Historical Center of Lima with more than fifty monuments and Colonial edifications, such as the Paseo de la República, the San Martín Square, the Main Square, the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Cathedral Basilica, and the City Council Palace amongst others, San Francisco Convent.
Overnight in Lima

At appropriate time, transfer from hotel in Lima to the airport, to take our flight from Lima to the white city of Arequipa. The flight will take approx. 1 hour. ( Flight NOT included on the package) **NOTE:. Recommended to arrive before 11am**
Arrival in Arequipa
Once we arrive in Arequipa, we will be pick up and transfer to the hotel. After check-in at the hotel, we will have free morning for shopping or resting.
Afternoon:. Arequipa City tour
In the afternoon, around 13:30h we will start our Arequipa city tour, we will Visit the Monastery of Santa Catalina, then we will visit the Plaza de Armas, one of the most beautiful in Peru, the Jesuit Church of the Company, which in its beautiful façade announces the so-called mestizo architecture, its cloisters and dome, the Tristan del Pozo house and at the end and for a magnificent view from the city we will visit the typical districts of Carmen alto and Yanahuara. (Mirador and Church). We will be back in Arequipa around 6pm.
Overnight in Arequipa

We leave Arequipa between 2:30-3:00am, will drive for 3 hours northwest behind the Chachani to Chivay, capital of the Colca Canyon. Where we will have breakfast.
We continue driving for 2 hours at the most famous spot in the Colca Canyon "La Cruz del Condor". This is where we see the depth of the canyon and the flight of the Condor. The area has beautiful typical villages like Yanque and Maca, colonial churches, friendly people with dresses and hats with typical sewing, and hundreds of pre-Inca terraces that are still in use with Andean crops such as corn, quinoa and amaranth. Already in Chivay at noon there is an optional visit to the hot springs of La Calera, with pools that have a water temperature of 40 ° C / 104 ° F. Once in Chivay we will have a traditional lunch and after lunch we will travel to back to Arequipa. We stop on the way, on the highest step: the viewpoint of the volcanoes and snow-capped mountains in Patapampa (4,800m). Later we will see wild vicunas, alpacas and llamas in the national reserve of Pampa Cañahuas and some birds like flamingos, ibis, Andean geese, ducks and eagles Andean Quechua called "Kara Kara".
Chivay to Puno
Around 13:30hs, transfer to the bus station in Chivay to take our bus to Puno. On the road we will experience beautiful sceneries , stopping in Pampa Cañahuas: for seeing vicunas, Pampa Cañahuas: for drinking coca leaf tea, stop in Lagunillas: for bird-watching and seeing little lakes Arriving in Puno at 19:30hs
We will arrival in Puno around 6pm
Overnight in Puno

Our tour begins with pick up from your hotel at 7:00 am to go to the port of Puno. Then we take a trip by boat for 2 hours at Lake Titicaca to the floating islands of Uros. These inhabitants of the lake are known as the Water Tribe, they have built their own islands by periodically adding new layers of a unique species of sugarcane in the area called "Totora". Their homes and boats are also made from these materials.
After visiting the natives continue our trip to Taquile Island, inhabited by locals who speak Quechua and have developed efficient and unique social systems, as well as good hand weaving techniques. On reaching the village of Taquile we will have a typical lunch. Then we walk through the hills and archaeological sites of this 6km Island. In the afternoon, we return to Puno by boat. Arrival aprox at 5pm.

Puno to Cusco

In the afternoon, around 7pm, transfer to the bus station for your night bus from Puno to Cusco. The drive takes around 7 hours.
Overnight in nightbus

Upon arrival in Cusco, reception at the bus station and transfer to our hotel in the city center. Rest of the morning to rest.
Afternoon:. Cusco City tour
In the afternoon around 1:10 pm pick up from your hotel to Cusco City Tour. The tour will begin visiting the Temple of the Sun or Qorikancha, Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay. And return around 7:00 pm
Overnight in Cusco

Pick up from your hotel in Cusco in the morning. We will take you to the train station where we will embark on this extraordinary train ride to Machu Picchu where you will have beautiful views and e include refreshments. The train passes through beautiful ecosystems then have your camera ready to take pictures.
Approximately four hours after his departure from Cusco will arrive at the train station in Aguas Calientes (the town located at the bottom of Machu Picchu). Your expert guide will be waiting at the station. Together we will take the bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu that lasts 25 minutes.
Arriving at Machu Picchu, you will enter the site (do not forget to have your passport stamped!) And your guide will give you a tour of the citadel for 2 hours. After the guided tour, there will be free time to explore, take pictures.
After exploring Machu Picchu lower by bus to Aguas Calientes. Then you can enjoy the restaurants, explore the village, or relax in the thermal baths.
In the afternoon return to Cusco by train, four hours after leaving, you will come to Cusco and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight in Cusco

At appropriate time, transfer from hotel in Cusco to airport for your flight to Lima.
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