Summary:
This package includes excellent destinations in the andes. You will be able to know fantastic tourist attractions like the Colca canion in Arequipa where you will see the majestic condor flying over the canion, the spectacular lost and sacred city of the incas, Machu Picchu in Cuzco and the life at the titikaka lake in Puno visiting amazing native communities that mantain their old customs changeless.

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Day by day itinerary :

Day 1(Arequipa)/Andes :
- Arrival and welcome at the airport and transfer to your selected the hotel.
- City tour of Arequipa, the second biggest city in Peru, known as the “White City” because it is built out of sillar, a kind of white volcanic stone. See the most beautiful Plaza de Armas in the country, the mangnificent Cathedral and the shopping malls in colonial style. Continue to the suburbs of Cayma and Yanahuara to enjoy a view of the majestic volcanos Misti, Chachani and Pichu Pichu. Following, visit to the Monastery of Santa Catalina built as a city in the city in 1580 and opened to the public after 400 years of being totally cut off the outer world.

Day 2 (Arequipa):
- Early departure from the hotel for a full day excursion to the Colca Canyon, known as the deepest in the world. After a four- hour trip with quick looks to several villages, scenic landscape and typical fauna: llamas, alpacas, vicunas, etc. arrival to the valley of Chivay. This is the beloved resting-place to many tourists going to the Colca Canyon. Continue to Cruz del Condor, where the Colca river is 1,200 m below, to see the condor, the giant bird with a wing span up to 3.2 meters, that lives in this region. At this point there is a spectacular view of the canyon. Overnight at hostal close to the canyon.

Day 3 (Arequipa):
- Return to Arequipa and transfer to hotel.

Day 4 (Arequipa - Cuzco)/Andes:
- Transfer to the airport to take your flight to Cuzco to continue your adventure.
- Arrival and welcome at the airport in Cuzco, transfer to your hotel.
- Brief rest this morning to adjust to the altitude.
- Afternoon tour of the colonial city of Cuzco, capital of the Inca Empire. Visit the Koricancha or Temple of the Sun, which is in practice a synthesis of the Inca organization, arquitecture and religion; the Plaza de Armas and its Cathedral. Continue driving to the surroundings ruins: fortress of Sacsayhuaman, temple of Kenko, fortress watch-tower of Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay, known as the Inca’s Baths.

Day 5 (Cuzco - Sacred Valley - Cuzco):
- After early breakfast at hotel, departure to the Sacred Valley of the Incas to visit the ruins of Pisaq, Ollantaytambo and Chincheros. The friendly village of Pisaq boasts a dynamic marketplace, and the ruins include one of the largest known cemeteries from the Empire.

Day 6 (Cuzco - Machu Picchu - Cuzco):
- After breakfast at hotel, early departure (5:30 a.m.) for a breathtaking four-hour train journey to Aguas Calientes. Then, transfer by bus to the top of the mountain to explore the fascinating ruins of Machu Picchu. "Lost City of the Incas" (As an option, you may overnight in this area)

Day 7 (Cuzco / Puno)/Andes:
- Transfer to the airport, train or bus station to travel to Puno.
- Arrival and welcome , then transfer to your selected the hotel to rest.

Day 8 (Puno):
- After early breakfast al hotel, departure for a two-hour motorboat ride to the Uros floating islands, the best-known of the islands dotting the Titicaca Lake surface. Their inhabitants use the totora, 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 Uros islanders fish, hunt birds and live of the lake plants. Then visit to the beautiful Taquile island where other community will welcome you. In the afternoon return to the hotel.

Day 9 (Puno / Lima):
Transfer to the airport to take your flight back to Lima.

Rates:

Included :
- 7 hotel nights
- 1 lodge night in Arequipa
- All the tours stated in the itinerary
- All breakfasts.
- All transfers and entrance fees.
- Accredited tour guides.
- Personalized assistance by Peru Best Tours during your whole stay.

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Additional night rates in Arequipa:

Additional night rates in Cuzco:

Additional night rates in Sacred Valley:

Additional night rates in Machu Picchu:

Enjoy the best options in Cuzco!:

- Sacred Valley Full Day River Rafting!: - price per person US$ 39
Our experienced guides will make you feel incomparble emotions!.

- Maras Moray Salt Mines Full Day Tour!: - price per person US$99 (2 persons)
Get to know the incredible horticultural Inca knowledge that created an amazing system based on different terrace levels to get to grow different crops.

- Folk show dinner!: - price per person US$ 25
Enjoy a delicious typical dinner watching a spectacular dance show

Additional night rates in Puno:

Enjoy the best tours in the market!:

- Excursion to the ruins of Sillustani! - price per person US$ 19
The most famous archeological discovery for the ending of the 20th century. If you are in Peru you have the tremendous opportunity of discovering with us this lost city covered with the desert for centuries.
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- Spend a night on the Amantani island! - price per person US$ 39
overnight at the lake with this community is simply an incomparable experience