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LIMA CUSCO SACRED VALLEY AGUAS CALIENTES MACHU PICCHU

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12/27 ARRIVAL IN LIMA

Assistance provided at your arrival to Lima International Airport and transfer to your Hotel. There you will receive a briefing on your tour; receive vouchers covering all the services included in your tour and additional information on the organization of your Peru trip.

12/28 FLIGHT TO CUSCO

Morning or afternoon transfer to Lima airport to take your flight to Cusco. Meet upon arrival and transfer to your selected hotel. Rest and adapt to altitude. Meals Included: Breakfast at your hotel.

12/29 FREE DAY IN CUSCO

OPTIONAL CUSCO CITY TOUR –Includes Santuranticuy- In the afternoon, we will visit the City of Cusco on a 4-hour guided sightseeing tour visiting the Main Square, the Cathedral and the Temple of the Sun or Korikancha. Then, we drive out of the City to visit the Inca sites of Kenko, Tambomachay, Puca Pucara and the impressive Fortress of Sacsayhuaman, strategically built on a hill overlooking Cusco, famous for its enormous carved stones, some of them standing over 9 m / 30 ft high and weighing over 350 tons. Meals Included: Breakfast at your hotel

12/30 PRIVATE TOUR OF THE SACRED VALLEY Morning bus excursion to the Urubamba Valley, the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Visit to the picturesque Indian Pisac Market held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, the shopping paradise of the Andes where barter is still practiced. Enjoy the unique atmosphere during a typical lunch. In the afternoon, passing through the Towns of Calca and Urubamba, we visit the Inca Fortress and Citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to guard the entrance to

this part of the Valley, and protect it from possible invasion from the tribes in the Lower jungle. You can walk through the quaint streets of the nearby Town, and get a good idea of what this Strategic Military, Religious, and Agricultural Centre was like during the era of the Inca Empire. Optional overnight in the Sacred Valley

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On our way back to Cusco we stop of at the picturesque Andean village of Chinchero to visit the ruins of the Royal Hacienda of Tupac Inca Yupanqui. We will admire a well-preserved Inca Wall in the Main Square, and visit the beautiful Colonial temple built on Inca foundations, with interesting frescoes in the portico. A Late afternoon return to your selected Hotel for overnight. The evening is free. We suggest strolling around the Main Square and enjoy the night atmosphere trying a delicious Pisco Sour in some of the many pubs around the Square. Note:

Pisac market only Tuesday Thursday and Sunday. Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

12/31 : TRAIN TO AGUAS CALIENTES AND PRIVATE

TOUR OF MP

The day starts with an early morning rise to transfer to train station for a train journey to the famous Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu , also known as "The Lost City of the Incas". Arrive at Aguas Calientes station followed by a 30-minute bus drive, climbing 6km of winding road, to the Incredible Machu Picchu. Upon arrival, we'll participate in a guided tour of the Citadel, visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sun Dial,

the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows and various burial grounds. After the tour you will have time to stroll around the archaeological site at your leisure. Lunch at a local restaurant in Aguas Calientes Town. Overnight at Hotel in Aguas Calientes. Meals Included: Breakfast at your hotel. *Note : When operational or technical reasons obligate the Train

Operator to relocate the clients onto the Sacred Valley-Aguas Calientes train service, Best Peru Tours will provide all transfers needed to the train station in the Sacred Valley in order to board the train to Aguas Calientes.

01/01 MACHU PICCHU

Leisurely breakfast. Excellent opportunity to wake up early and enjoy with a beautiful sunrise as well as stroll by the Town of Aguas Calientes and visit its Hot Springs Thermal waters. Then, you will have time to visit the Citadel of Machu Picchu for the second time (optional/additional). For the most adventurous people, we suggest to go up the Huayna Picchu (if it is not raining) from where you can appreciate the immensity of Machu Picchu, even more amazing being high and distant. Arriving at the top takes about two hours and a half and it must be before 13:00 hours. It is necessary to register in a office at the beginning of the trail. An exciting adventure for the travellers who want to see, from the top, the nature and the carved stone emerging from the ground as a geological miracle Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel. Return train to Cusco. Meals Included: Breakfast at your hotel.

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01/02 FLIGHT TO LIMA AND RETURN FLIGHT HOME

Transfer to Lima airport. Meals Included: Breakfast at your hotel ** END OF SERVICES **

PRICE PER PERSON BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY US$1349

PRICE PER PERSON BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY IF BOOKED BY JUNE 30TH US$1249

*Price subject to change based on in country airfare changes and availability. Only 25% deposit require to secure space and rate.

Price based on a minimum of 10 passengers. Price does include a free TC when booking 10 or more passengers (excluding flights).

Please take US$50 off per person for triple occupancy.

CONTINUE NEXT PAGE PRICE INCLUDES:

All taxes and fees (except airport tax) Limited insurance Lima Cusco Lima airfare

P9216 22DEC LIMCUZ 0930 1040 P9217 27DEC CUZLIM 1110 1220

2 nights in Lima at Britania Hotel Miraflores http://www.hbritaniamiraflores.com/contenido-i.html 3 nights in Cusco at Terra Andina Hotel http://www.terraandinahotel.com/ 1 night in Aguas Calientes at Waman Hotel http://wamanhotels.com/ Meals where indicated Transportation to the visitor sites 1-day entrance to the visitor sites 1-day bus ride and entrance to Machu Picchu ( please add US$100 per person for second day

entrance to MP and HP) Train tickets Cusco/Aguas Calientes/Cusco via Expedition train service ( please add US$75 for

Vista Dome train R/T) Transfers from and back to the airports/hotels Local certified bilingual guides Excursions as detailed in the program

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NOT INCLUDED

International airfare ( please see below flight quote) Meals not specified in the itinerary (see our Survival Travel Kit for guidance) Cusco city tour US$99 per person Lima tour US$50 per person Overnight Sacred Valley US$50 per person

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GLOSSARY

CUSCO

Cuzco (often spelled Cusco, less frequently Qosqo or

Qusqu) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba

Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is

the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco

Province. The city has a population of about 300,000;

triple the population it contained just 20 years ago. The

altitude of the city, located on the eastern end of the Knot

of Cuzco, is around 3,500 m (11,500 feet). The historic

capital of the sun-worshipping Inca empire. It was found

in 2006 to be the spot on Earth with the highest UV level.

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LIMA

Lima, capital of Lima Province, is both the capital and largest city in Peru. It is the cultural and

economic hub of the country. Lima occupies the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers. It

lies on a desertic coast overlooking the Bay of Lima in the Pacific Ocean where its port was built

and named Callao.

Lima was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as the City of

Kings. It became the most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, an administrative

area encompassing most of Spain's possessions in South America during the colonial era (mid

1500s to early 1800s). For more than three centuries, Lima was the greatest metropolis in South

America. Today nearly one-third of the nation's population lives in this one metropolitan area.

MACHU PICCHU

Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Piqchu Old Peak; sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas")

is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft)[1] on a mountain

ridge. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi)

northwest of Cusco. Forgotten for centuries by the outside world, although not by locals, it was

brought back to international attention by archaeologist Hiram Bingham who rediscovered it in

1911, and wrote a best-selling work about it. Peru is pursuing legal efforts to retrieve thousands

of artifacts that Bingham removed from the site.

VISTA DOME

The Vistadome service runs from Cusco, Poroy or Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, to the

ancient ruins at Machu Picchu. It offers a stunning journey in comfortable, efficient trains, with

carriages that have been especially designed with panoramic windows that offer unsurpassed

scenic views and photographic opportunities. The Vistadome train is also the quickest way to

get to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu) station. The three-and-a-half hour journey takes you

through a changing landscape of lush, green fields and colorful Andean villages, to a spectacle

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of rushing rivers, steep green mountains and rocky outcrops hung with orchids and bromeliads.

Machu Picchu hides only a short bus journey away.