Land of the Incas

Land of the Incas

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Land of the Incas

13 Days Starting and ending in Lima

Visiting: Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu, Juliaca, Lake Titicaca, Taquile Island, Paracas, Nazca, Ballestas Islands

Tour operator:

Trafalgar

Tour code:

LLIAZ1M20

Interests:

Cultural

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Tour Overview

On your Peru tour, you’ll learn all about Incan history at Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, and Sacsayhuaman. Travel by private boat to UNESCO-listed Taquile Island and by private plane above the lines and geoglyphs of Nazca, with another highlight being your guided visit to the Ballestas Islands teeming with penguins, blue-footed boobies, whales, and sea lions.

Highlights

  • 1 Welcome Reception (WR)

  • 12 Breakfast (B)

  • 5 Lunch (L)

  • 2 Dinner (D)

  • 1 Regional Dinner (RD)

  • 1 Farewell Dinner (FD)

  • Sacred Valley: Connect with Locals over a Be My Guest experience lunch, learn about the culture surrounding the production of Giant White Corn. Our hosts will demonstrate the differences between traditional farming techniques and the newer technologies used today.

  • Lima: Dive into the rich history of Casona San Marcos, an ancient building in Lima now part of the property of a university. Learn to play the “cajón” (meaning “box” or drawer”) box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the faces with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements. Continue your musical discovery trying the basic steps of “musica negra”, a dance that originated in Chincha (near Paracas) that is popular during over the Christmas season. Over your lesson, try a snack from a “pregonero”, a vendor who specializes in selling a typical snack through boisterous advertising in the city streets.

  • Sacred Valley: We'll Dive into Culture and meet a Quechua Shaman who will perform a ceremony welcoming you to Peru.

  • Lake Titicaca: Visit the home of Víctor Coila and his wife Mariluz, and their two daughters, Luz Mery and Carla Mercedes. Join the family to try quinoa bread, potatoes with cheese, and chaco - a sauce made with a kind of clay used in cooking and medicine.

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Day 1: Arrive Lima

Location: Lima

Accommodation: Iberostar Hotel Lima

Accommodation Name: Iberostar Hotel Lima

The Capital of the New World extends a warm welcome on your epic voyage through the iconic and unexpected highlights of Peru. Meet your local host on arrival and transfer to your hotel in the upscale shopping district of Miraflores. This evening, you’ll join your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a Welcome Reception at 6 p.m.

Day 2: Lima Sightseeing

Location: Lima

Accommodation: Iberostar Hotel Lima

Accommodation Name: Iberostar Hotel Lima

Meals Included: Breakfast

Start your city tour taking in of the highlights of Lima. Visit Casona San Marcos, where you’ll enjoy a snack from a local vendor learn more about the fascinating history of this ancient building from Local Specialists. During a short workshop, learn to play the “cajón” percussion instrument and get an introduction to the basic steps of “musica negra”, a dance that originated in Chincha (near Paracas). Continue to the Main Square of Lima for more views and history. Choose to join a walking tour of Miraflores with a local expert highlighting the popular Larcomar shopping centre and on towards the Kennedy Parkor for dinner at one of the restaurants in “Pasaje de Ramón.”

Day 3: Lima – Cusco – Sacred Valley Dive Into Culture Stays With Stories

Location: Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley

Accommodation: Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness

Accommodation Name: Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

We'll fly to Cusco this morning, the gateway to Peru's treasured Sacred Valley, where you will enjoy a local Peruvian lunch with sweeping views of the Sacred Valley. Then we'll Dive Into Culture, meeting a Shaman who will perform a special ceremony to welcome us to Peru.

Day 4: Sacred Valley Connect With Locals

Location: Sacred Valley

Accommodation: Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness

Accommodation Name: Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Connect With Locals over a Be My Guest experience lunch, learn about the culture surrounding the production of Giant White Corn. Our hosts will demonstrate the differences between traditional farming techniques and the newer technologies used today. Revel in the romance of the local Marinera dance and local musicians. The marinera is the best-known couple dance on the coast of Peru. It is characterized by the use of handkerchiefs, steps of great elegance and rhythmic music similar to the Aragonese jota, the zamacueca and the Chilean cueca, but with its own Peruvian identity that flaunts the Hispano-indigenous-African miscegenation. For the same reason, over the years Andean and highland versions have emerged. This evening, meet Local Specialist, Peter Frost, a writer, photographer and independent scholar who has explored the Andes and Amazon for 47 years, locating and investigating the previously unknown Inca and pre-Inca site of Qoriwayrachina. He currently resides in Peru and works as an accompanying expert for National Geographic Expeditions. Later this evening, learn how to prepare an authentic Ceviche and pour the perfect Pisco sour.

Day 5: Sacred Valley – Machu Picchu

Location: Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu

Accommodation: SUMAQ Machu Picchu Hotel

Accommodation Name: El MaPi

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Visit the mystical Incan stronghold of Ollantaytambo, en route to Machu Picchu, a village in the Sacred Valley, set on the Urubamba River amid majestic mountains. It's known for the Ollantaytambo ruins, a massive Inca fortress with large stone terraces on a hillside. Then, ascend to the Lost City in the Clouds aboard the Vistadome train (light snack included) traveling along the Inca Trail, where you can view hikers and porters along the way. Here you will delve into the mysteries of this once-great civilization, joining your Local Specialist for an exploration of the temples, palaces and terraces whose construction defy imagination. Visit the iconic great Temple of the Sun, the House of the Priest, the Sacred Plaza and the intricately carved Intihuatana, most likely used as a sundial centuries ago.

Day 6: Machu Picchu – Cusco Dive Into Culture Stays With Stories

Location: Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Cusco

Accommodation: Hotel Novotel Cusco

Accommodation Name: Novotel Cusco

Meals Included: Breakfast

The ruins of Machu Picchu beckon yet again and we enjoy one final opportunity to reconnect with its story, spending some time on our own to explore the hill-top fortress. Next, we’ll journey back to the Sacred Valley by train, stopping en route to Cusco to MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® and learn about the natural dyeing techniques used by native weavers. Visit the Pisac handicraft market followed by sampling the sweet flavours of chicha, savouring the favourite drink of the Andes.

Day 7: Cusco Sightseeing

Location: Cusco

Accommodation: Hotel Novotel Cusco

Accommodation Name: Novotel Cusco

Meals Included: Breakfast

Begin your day at the ruins of the UNESCO-listed Incan Sacsayhuaman fortress overlooking Cusco. Admire the massive, sacred stonework before your Local Specialist guides you through Cusco’s colonial centre. During your city tour, visit the shop of the social project Mantay, a housing and education project for underage mothers to live here and learn a craft or trade. Later, you’ll join another Local Specialist who will reveal insights into the nearby 13th-century Incan settlement of Qoriwayrachina. The afternoon is free to join an optional experience including a visit to the Chocolate Museum, Cusco off the beaten track or the greenhouse and salt wells of Maras & Moray.

Day 8: Cusco – Juliaca – Lake Titicaca

Location: Cusco, Juliaca, Lake Titicaca

Accommodation: GHL Hotel Lago Titicaca

Accommodation Name: GHL Hotel Lago Titicaca

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Fly to Juliaca and meet a Local Specialist to learn about daily life on the Peruvian altiplano. After an included al fresco lunch, visit Sillustani, a pre-Incan burial ground on the shores of Lake Umayo where striking chullpas (stone tombs) are scattered across the landscape, inviting you to step back in time. Then travel via Puno along the shores to Lake Titicaca, the birthplace of the sun. Here you’ll Dive Into Culture visiting the home of Víctor Coila, his wife Mariluz, and their two daughters for a meal of quinoa bread, potatoes with cheese and authentic chaco sauce.

Day 9: Lake Titicaca Excursion Connect With Locals Dive Into Culture

Location: Lake Titicaca, Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca

Accommodation: GHL Hotel Lago Titicaca

Accommodation Name: GHL Hotel Lago Titicaca

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Connect With Locals as you cruise the deep blue waters of Lake Titicaca, passing floating islands constructed by the Uros people. Next, in the midst of South America’s largest lake lies Taquile Island, where we’ll Make Travel Matter and embark on a private tour to gain insights into the tradition of knitting and weaving for which the local villagers - men and women - are renowned. Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO. This experience aligns with UN's Global goal 10, reduced inequalities. Enjoy a lunch here and learn more about the islanders’ unique way of life upon islets make of totora reeds, which grow in the lake, and are attached to sticks driven into the bottom of the lake. Tonight, we indulge in a Regional Dinner at our favourite local restaurant in Puno.

Day 10: Lake Titicaca – Juliaca – Lima – Paracas

Location: Lake Titicaca, Juliaca, Lima, Paracas

Accommodation: Spa Hotel Aranwa

Accommodation Name: Spa Hotel Aranwa

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Return to Lima this morning, then continue your journey to the coastal playground of Paracas. Discover what life is like in Peru’s rural countryside before arriving to Paracas for dinner at your seaside hotel and an evening at leisure. Perhaps there’s even time for a stroll along the Malecon.

Day 11: Paracas – Nazca Lines Flight Dive Into Culture

Location: Paracas, Nazca, Paracas

Accommodation: Spa Hotel Aranwa

Accommodation Name: Spa Hotel Aranwa

Meals Included: Breakfast

Take to the skies, soaring above the coastal desert to see the enigmatic Nazca Lines, gigantic geometric designs viewable only from the air. Next, stop this afternoon at our Dive Into Culture, the Regional Museum of Ica, where we’ll explore the centuries-old cultures of the Paracas and Nazca. Later, we will once again Dive Into Culture during a visit to Bodega El Catador to learn about and taste the finest pisco in the country. The rest of the day is free.

Day 12: Paracas – Ballestas Islands – Lima

Location: Paracas, Ballestas Islands, Lima

Accommodation: Iberostar Hotel Lima

Accommodation Name: Iberostar Hotel Lima

Meals Included: Breakfast

This morning, connect with nature with a Local Specialist, cruising around the uninhabited Ballestas Islands, a 'mini-Galapagos' teeming with wildlife. See the mysterious Candelabra in Pisco Bay, then return to Lima where this evening, we’ll visit the Larco Museum with a Local Specialist. Our journey almost at its end, we’ll indulge in a festive Farewell Dinner in the museum’s garden restaurant.

Day 13: Depart Lima

Location: Lima

Meals Included: Breakfast

Say hasta luego to Peru and its ancient treasures, and take transfer to the airport for your flight home or consider extending your holiday in Lima at the Iberostar Hotel Lima.

What's Included

  • An expert Travel Director and professional Driver

  • Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted

  • All porterage and restaurant gratuities

  • All hotel tips, charges and local taxes

  • Breakfast daily and up to half of your evening meals

  • Must-see sightseeing and surprise extras

  • Audio headsets for flexible sightseeing

  • Luxury air-conditioned coach with Wi-Fi in most countries or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys)

  • A Trafalgar bonus all Intra-Air Flights: Lima to Cusco, Cusco to Juliaca and Juliaca to Lima, including porter service at all airports.

  • Tickets for a ride aboard the Vistadome train to Machu Picchu

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  • Who will be my travelling companions on the tour?

    The beauty of taking a guided holiday with us is that you’ll have the opportunity to meet and travel with people from all over the globe.

  • What policies are in place for Covid-19?

    Vaccination against Covid-19 is not mandatory to travel with Trafalgar. However, we strongly recommend that guests are vaccinated before travelling. Please note that airlines and/or other authorities may have different requirements. It is the guest's responsibility to comply with these requirements at all times.

  • How long has the tour company been trading?

    Since 1947

  • What Ethical Travel credentials does the tour company have?

    Trafalgar is a founding partner of the TreadRight Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation established in 2008. So far, the charity has donated more than US$2 million to help underprivileged communities and support sustainable tourism around the world.

  • Will the accommodation included meet local health and safety regulations?

    Yes

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