“The most spectacular treks in America”
LIMA - CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY - INCA TREK TO MACHU PICCHU – TAMBOPATA NATIONAL RESERVE – LIMA
CODE LDP04

A perfect circuit for those looking for adventures. Choose among the options offered and be ready for an amazing journey.

Day 1 LIMA:
Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Lima.

Day 2LIMA :
In the morning, city tour of Colonial Lima visiting the Cathedral, located in the Main Square which was rebuilt on the same site from 1555, under the direction of Jesuit priest Juan Rehr after the 1746 earthquake. Both its façade and interior are austere with its remarkable wooden choir stalls, altars and the tomb of Francisco Pizarro, who died in 1541, are to be noted. Visit the Church of San Francisco, with its convent, museum of colonial art, cloisters and catacombs. Afterwards, panoramic view of the Main Square with the Government Palace, the Municipal Hall, the “Desamparados” Train Station, and finally drive through the old streets with their vice traditional mansions and Moorish style balconies. Continue through the most traditional residential and commercial areas of contemporary Lima, passing by sites of pre-Columbian Civilisations dating back to the beginning of the Christian era. Then, you will enjoy a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean.

Note: In Regular Service, the city tour is panoramic, except the Convent of San Francisco (Art Museum, Cloisters and Catacombs).

In the afternoon, visit the Gold Museum, where you will appreciate a unique and amazing collection of gold objects from many Pre-Hispanic Andean civilisations. This private collection of pieces and jewels worked in gold is of incalculable value. Appreciate pre Inca textiles and an exhibition of one of the largest and most interesting of its kind anywhere in the world “weapons of the world”.
Overnight in Lima. (B).
PLS note
Private Tour
Lima City Tour + Gold Museum : Half Day
Regular Tour
Lima City Tour in the morning and in the afternoon Gold Museum

Day 3 LIMA - PTO. MALDONADO - LOGDE:
Transfer to the airport for flight to Puerto Maldonado.
On arrival to Puerto Maldonado reception and transfer to the main port of embarkation.
Two hour journey by boat along the Tambopata river. Arrival to Cayman Lodge, welcome cocktail and brief orientation.
Afternoon excursion through the local rainforest.
Evening excursion to observe nocturnal animals and the many sounds from the jungle. Overnight. (B-L-D)

Day 4 LAGO SACHAVACAYOC:
Two hour trek through the rainforest to Lake Sachavacayoc, observe the many medicinal plants.
Arrival to lake, canoe excursion to observe the giant otters, monkeys, birds and many other mammals.
Early lunch in the rainforest facing the lake.
Return to the lodge in the afternoon.
Night excursion to see caimans. Overnight. (B-L-D)

Day 5 LODGE – PTO. MALDONADO – CUSCO:
Transfer to the airport of Pto. Maldonado for flight to Cusco (30 min.). Reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
In the afternoon, visit Cusco’s Historical Inca and Spanish Colonial Monuments, such as the Main Square, known in Inca times as Huacaypata or the Warrior’s Square, it was the scene for many key events in Cusco’s history. The Cathedral, originally built on the site of the old temple of Suntur Wasi (House of God), now the church of El Triunfo, a particular interest are the choir cloisters, the pulpit, the engravings on the altar and furniture.
Continue onto the Church and Convent of Santo Domingo, a Spanish construction belonging to the Dominican Order built upon the foundations of the Inca temple of Koricancha or Temple of the Sun. Koricancha (in Quichua, site of gold) was the main religious building of the Incas dedicated to the worship of the Sun and whose walls, according to the chroniclers, were plated with sheets of gold. Magnificent blocks of finely carved stone were used in its construction.
After, you will visit the surrounding ruins of the city of Cusco: Sacsayhuaman, this huge Inca fortress is built on three overlapping platforms, each of them over 360 m long. Then, onto Tambomachay, known as the Inca baths. It was apparently a site dedicated to the worship of water and a resting place for the Inca monarch.
Kenko, it is said to have been a worship site. There is a huge 5,9 m high stone block that looks like a puma. There are also passages, canals and stairways with stone engravings representing animals. Finally, Puca Pucara, which was an administrative and military centre formed by terraces, stairways, passages, turrets and vaulted niches.
Overnight in Cusco. (B).

Day 6 CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY - CUSCO:
Full day visit of the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Urubamba.
Visit the famous Pisac Market, attracting thousands of visitors and people from remote communities, dressed in colourful, traditional attire. In the marketplace are exhibited all types of colourful products.
Continue, onto the ancient village of Ollantaytambo, with its Inca Streets and Squares and houses built on the top of Inca Ruins. Ollantaytambo Sanctuary is one of the most important archaeological complexes of Peru, containing religious, astronomic, administrative, urban, farming and agriculture complexes. Typical lunch. In the late afternoon, return to the hotel in Cusco (B-L).

EXTENSIONS:

TREKS AVAILABLE from day 7 OPTION 1:
INCA TREK 4 Days / 3 Nights
CODE LDP04.1

OPTION 2: LARES & MACHU PICCHU 4 Days/ 3 Nights
CODE LDP04.2

OPTION 3: SALKANTAY - MACHU PICCHU TREK 5 Days / 4 Nights CODE LDP04.3

PERU ADVENTURE EXTENSION I PUNO “LAKE TITICACA” 4 Days / 3 Nights
CODE LDP04.4