Inti Raymi Tour

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FIRST CLASS
Hotels included in this package
Miraflores Colon Hotel Lima
Picoaga Cusco
Inkaterra Machupícchu Hotel (Machu Picchu)
Eco Inn Puno

TOURIST CLASS
Hotels included in this package
La faraona Hotel Lima
Los Portales Cusco
Presidente Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu)
Qelqatani Puno

DAY 1: JUNE/19 LIMA PICK UP
Pick up upon arrival and overnight at the Hotel located in Miraflores, Lima (No meals)

DAY 2: JUNE/20 LIMA - CUSCO / SACRED VALLEY TOUR
Early in the morning transfer to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco (airfare NOT INCLUDED).
Upon arrival at Cusco airport you will be met and driven to Hotel, where you are advised to rest for a while to acclimatize to the altitude.
From your Hotel in Cusco you will be picked up at 8:15 am to begin the Full day excursion to the Urubamba Valley visiting: the village of Pisac, a picturesque town of creole and colonial aspect and its lndian market and craftfair. Lunch provided. In the afternoon you'll visit to the fortress of Ollantaytambo, an architectural group that in the days of the Tahuantinsuyo empire was a gigantic agricultural, administrative, social, religious and military complex, then the Chinchero market. At the end, return to Cusco at 6:30pm. Overnight (B,L)

DAY 3: JUNE/21 CUSCO CITY TOUR (HALF DAY)
Morning at leisure by your own. In the afternoon Cusco City Tour From 1.45pm to 6.30pm.
This tour includes the Qoricancha (temple of the sun) and the Cathedral .
The tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to famous fortress of Sacsayhuaman , then to Q'enqo , Puca Pucara and Tambomachay Including Spanish and English speaking guide. Also included in this is a tourist card, giving you access to all the sites in the Cuzco area as a whole (i.e., including
outside of the City itself). Hotel Overnight. (B)

DAY 4: JUN/22 MACHU PICCHU TOUR
At 5:45 a.m. you will be picked up from the hotel to the Poroy train station which leaves at 06:57 a.m. Travel will be in "Vistadome" Class (formerly "Autowagon"). At 09:52a.m. you will arrive at the Aguas Calientes Station, from where you will take a 25 minutes bus ride to the ruins of Machu Picchu. Once there, you will take a guided tour, with an English speaking professional guide. The ruins are on the eastern slope of Machu Picchu in two separate areas: the agricultural and the urban. Lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (included). Overnight. (B,Lunch)

DAY 5: JUN/23 MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO
Morning at leisure in Machu Picchu to continue visiting the ruins by your own (please take note that the entrance and bus fee to Machu Picchu for this day are not included on the rate). In the afternoon we'll take the Vistadome return train. Upon arrival to Cusco, transfer to the Hotel. Overnight (B)
DAY 6: JUNE/24 INTI RAYMI
Cusco celebrates the Inti Raymi with occasion of the winter solstice -the solar new year - for a town which main cult object was the god Inti (the sun). In time of the Incas was a religious ceremony, now it is a theater representation. However this expression generates a feeling of identity in the town that evokes values and memories that are still excellent in our days, it also brings to the memory a time that lives in the heart of the town of Cusco (Qosqo). The version is expressed in the original, Quechua language. The celebration starts on the Temple of the Sun (Koricancha) then continues to the Sacsayhuaman, we will provide you the transportation and entrance. Afternoon transfer to the Hotel and overnight. (B, Box Lunch)

DAY 7: JUN/25 CUSCO - PUNO
Transfer to the bus or Train Station. Ten hours aprox. Bus or Train ride to Puno*, across the scenic high Andes landscapes only dotted by small villages and herds of the llamas and vicuñas. Upon arrival transfer to the Hotel and overnight. ( B,L ) (*If travelling by train, ask for price and availability).

DAY 8: JUN/26 UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS
You will be picked up from your hotel 6:40 am, after 2 hours motorboat you will arrive at the Uros island, in the Titikaka lake. Fishermen and hunters inhabit the floating islands of the Uros. The residents of the Uros use the cattail, a type of rush, which grows in the lake, to create the conditions that ensure the islands stay afloat. The dense roots that the plants develop support the island.The roofs are waterproof and the houses are extremely humid because of the surrounding water. At present they speak Quechua and Aymara. Then we will visit the Taquile island , including lunch in the co-operative restaurant, there is also a co-operative shop on the plaza that sells exceptional woollen goods which are not cheap but of very fine quality. Taquile Island is famous for its craft production, particularly for its beautiful textiles. The island is narrow at about 1 Km. wide and 6 to 7 Km. long. The visit could be exhausting because of the 533 steps on the stone stairway to climb to get to the village and because of the altitude (13,000 ft above sea level). On Taquile there are numerous pre-Inca and Inca ruins as well as Inca terracing. We will return in Puno in the afternoon. Overnight at the Hotel . (B,L)

DAY 9: JUN/27 SUN ISLAND FULL DAY
You will picked up from your hotel at 6,30 am. Land transfer to Copacabana Sanctuary. You will arrive into Copacabana after about 3 hours. Copacabana is the most important religious sanctuary of Bolivia, thousands of pilgrims visit every year the virgin of Copacabana also known as Native Madonna, you will visit the main square and the impressive Cathedral (1/2 hour tour). You will arrive into the Sun Island after about 1 hour of a spectacular catamaran cruise including lunch on board, this island has been identified as the birthplace of several revered entities, including the sun itself. A source of magnetic energy, the vertex of the earth and the cradle of the Inca Empire, the Inca couple Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo appeared here and founded the Sun Empire. During a 2 hours Sun Island Tour you will visit:
-The Inca garden, the island micro climate provides the ideal location for this garden that during Inca times was full of Andean flowers, water and trees.
-The Inca Stairs that was built by the Incas in order to reach the Inca Water spring.
-The Inca water spring, a natural water spring with 3 different openings of different tastes, this Inca made water fountain is
supposed to be a source of eternal youth.
-The Sun Island Inti Wata Complex,that contains the largest amount of archaeological items founded in the island and the largest demo variety of Andean flora and fauna available in Bolivia.
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Ceremony, witchcrafts, natural medicine, art, magic, and millenary traditions are part of the mystic world of the Kallawayas heritage. The purpose of this mystic ceremony is to purify the souls of the Chinkana holy temple visitors, this Ceremony take place in a Inca altar at the top of the hill facing the temple and overlooking the lake. You will then proceed back to Copacabana and then to Puno, we will return in Puno at 6:30 pm. Overnight. ( B,L )

DAY 10: JUN/28 SILLUSTANI - LIMA
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima (airfare not included).
On the route visit at the Sillustani Chullpas (pre-Colombian funeral towers). The scenery is desert but impressive, in a beautiful setting on a peninsula on Ayumara lake about 32 Km. from Puno. Most of the towers date from the period of Inca occupation in the 15th century; the engineering involved in their construction is more complex than anything the Incas built. Upon arrival reception and transfer to the hotel. Overnight. (B)
DAY 11: JUN/29 LIMA CITY TOUR & PACHACAMAC RUINS
In the morning Lima city tour, you will be picked up from your hotel at 09 AM. We will visit the colonial area and to the Plaza de Armas where you will see the Government Palace, the Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace and the City Hall as well as the XVII century church and cloister of San Francisco, a world cultural heritage.
Then we will go to the modern downtown with a view of the Pacific Ocean and the modern residential suburb of San Isidro. We will visit a place that is near Lima, there is an archaeological enclosure whose constructions conserve the mysticism and religiosity of their past. Its name: Pachacamac. When traveling this sanctuary, where hundred of years ago the natives surrendered cult to the sun and to the Earth, one can feel the magic attraction of a place that will always be sacred. Finally, return to the hotel. Overnight. (B,L)

DAY 12: JUN/30 TRANSFER OUT
Transfer from the hotel to the airport (B)