16 Days: Northern Enchantments to the Andean magnificence

Lenght: 16 days 15 nights

Places you will visit: Lima, Caral, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Chachapoyas, Kuelap, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu.

Attraction:

The majestic northern Peru is enriched with history, archaeology and enchanted sights. homing the birth to a great extent of former pre - Incan civilizations. During the 1st to the 15th Century AD the most illustrious heritages of Moche, Lambayeque, Chimu and Chachapoyas made significant achievements and developments in their times some of which included fortresses, tombs and temples which enchant some of the major cities of the north. Travel to the center and discover the heart of the Inca empire, Cusco. Megalithic Inca walls form the foundations of the mansions and baroque churches of the colonial period, and the hills beyond the city and the Sacred Valley are studded with the archeological sites of ancient temples and palaces. From Cusco we travel Machu Picchu, the lost Inca Citadel.

Trip outline:

Day 1: Arrive Lima. Transfer to hotel. Overnight Lima
Day 2: Morning free. Afternoon visit Lima Museums. Overnight Lima.
Day 3: Day excursion to Caral. Overnight in Lima.
Day 4: Transfer to airport. Flight Lima/Trujillo. Transfer to Hotel. Afternoon city tour Trujillo and excursion to Chan Chan. Overnight in Trujillo.
Day 5: Free morning. Excursion to Sun and the Moon temple. Lunch. Excursion to the Lord of Sipan. Overnight Chiclayo.
Day 6: Visit the Bruning Museum in Lambayeque. Afternoon excursion to the pre-Columbian pyramids of Tucume. Overnight Chiclayo.
Day 7: Drive Chiclayo to Chachapoyas. Overnight Tingo.
Day 8: Visit funeral buildings of Revash. Afternoon visit of the Pre-Inca mummies in the town of Leymebamba. Overnight Tingo.
Day 9: Day excursion to Kuelap. Overnight in Chachapoyas
Day 10: Return to Chiclayo. Free time. Overnight Chiclayo.
Day 11: Transfer airport. Flight Chiclayo/Lima/Cusco. Transfer to your hotel. Overnight Cusco.
Day 12: Morning free. Afternoon walking tour of Cusco and its two most important sites: Sacsayhuaman and Qenko. Overnight Cusco.
Day 13: Day Excursion of Sacred Valley of the Incas. Overnight Sacred Valley.
Day 14: Vistadome train to Machupicchu. Tour of Sanctuary. Overnight Machupicchu Town. (Aguas Calientes)
Day 15: Free time to explore Machupicchu Sanctuary on your own. Afternoon return by Vistadome train. Transfer to your hotel in Cusco. Overnight Cusco.
Day 16: Morning flight to Lima. Afternoon Lima City tour. Evening international flight.

 

Reservation code: CHA-RTS-31

 

Day 1 Arrival Lima

International flight arrival in Lima. Transfer to your hotel. Lodging Lima. No meals included.

 

Day 2 Museum Larco Herrera & National museum and Lima city-tour

Morning free. Free time for lunch. Afternoon, enjoy a visit of the museum Larco Herrera and National museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Lima. Lodging Lima. Breakfast included.

The Larco Museum
The Larco Museum showcases remarkable chronological galleries providing an excellent overview on 3000 years of development of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. It features the finest gold and silver collection from Ancient Peru and the famous erotic archaeological collection, one of the most visited Peruvian tourist attractions.

National museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History
This is Peru’s grandest museum and houses the Estela Raymondi and the Tello Obelisk monuments, two important carved stone pieces dating back to the Formative period 1000 years B.C. It features the largest textile collection, with fabrics from the Pre-Ceramic period through the Inca Empire, and a major collection of Ancient Peruvian metals.

 

 

Day 3 day excursion to Caral

A full day excursion to Caral. Caral is one of the most ancient cities in America dating as far back as 2600BC. It is located 190 km (120 miles) north of Lima in a lush valley. It's stone pyramids, plazas and residential buildings spreads out over 150 acres of desert. Caral was a thriving metropolis at roughly the same time that Egypt's great pyramids were being built. Afternoon return to Lima. Lodging Lima. Breakfast and boxed lunch included.

 

Day 4 Trujillo city tour and Chan Chan

Morning transfer to the airport for your Flight Lima/Trujillo. On arrival you will be transferred to your hotel. Once checked in your off for your day excursion: City tour of Trujillo: Casa Urquiaga, Palacio Iturriagui, Casa de la Emancipacion and La Merced Church. Visit the grand central plaza and wander the streets lined with colonial mansions. From there the excursion takes you to impressive royal palace of Chan Chan, built by the Chimu culture in pre inca period. You will have lunch in the attractive town of Huanchaco. Lodging Trujjilo. Breakfast and Lunch included.

Note: City tour does not function on Sunday’s

 

Day 5 Chiclayo

In the morning, we'll head south of town to visit the temple of the Sun and Moon built by the Moche Culture in around 500 AD. These 130-foot-tall pyramids are thought to be the largest adobe structures in the Americas. We'll travel by private car or bus to Chiclayo where we have lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch you visit Sipan, where the tomb of the Lord of Sipan was discovered. The Lord ruled around 200 AD over the Moche culture, and his gold-laden tomb is considered to be the richest in the Americas. Lodging Chiclayo. Breakfast an lunch included.

 

Day 6 Chiclayo

In the morning we will travel to the town of Lambayeque to visit the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum where many of these riches are displayed (All artefacts were transferred from their previous home, the Bruning Museum to the new Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum). After lunch, we will visit the 26 pre-Columbian pyramids of Tucume. These pyramids were excavated by Thor Heyerdahl (of Kon-tiki fame), who discovered 102 burial sites, textiles, Incan figurines and depictions of reed boats. This, together with goods from far-flung corners of the South America, allowed Heyerdahl to prove that the ancient people of Tucume were experienced voyagers and traders. Lodging Chiclayo. Breakfast and lunch included.

Note: (Museum is not open on Monday)

 

Day 7 Chiclayo to Chachapoyas - Tingo

In the morning you will depart from Chiclayo by private car, van or minibus. Here you will cross 4 different Peruvian departments: Lambayeque, South Piura, the North of Cajamarca and end in the Amazonas, starting in the coast and arriving in the late afternoon in the cloud-forest of Chachapoyas. Lodging Tingo. Breakfast, Box lunch and dinner included.

Note: (days of departure: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from May - October)

 

Day 8 Chachapoyas - Revash - Leymebamba mummies - Tingo

After breakfast you will enjoy an excursion by horse to visit the colorful funeral buildings of Revash perched on a ledge up high on a cliff. They overlook a valley and tributary of the Utcubamba, near the town of Santo Tomas. The Cliff walls at Revash are decorated with geometric designs and figures of camelids. Some of the tombs are decorated with T and a cross-shaped niches. After lunch, you will continue to town of Leymebamba to visit an amazing collection of well-preserved pre-inca mummies discovered in the Laguna de los Condores. Lodging in Tingo. Breakfast, Box lunch and dinner included.

 

Day 9 Tingo - Kuelap - Chachapoyas

After breakfast you will visit Kuelap, a spectacular pre-Inca walled city hidden atop of a precipitous mountain. Although Kuelap was discovered 60 years before Machu Picchu, it is not as well known to the outside world. Nevertheless recent amazing discoveries in nearby areas that relate to Kuelap and to its history have captured the attention of archaeologists, international magazines and film companies. Lodging in Chachapoyas. Breakfast, Box lunch and dinner included.

 

Day 10 Return from Chachapoyas to Chiclayo

After an early breakfast you will return to Chiclayo by road. Late afternoon arrival and transfer to selected hotel. Lodging Chiclayo. Breakfast and Boxed lunch included.

 

Day 11 Chiclayo to Cusco

Transfer to the airport in Chiclayo for your flight Chiclayo/Lima/Cusco. On arrival in Cusco you will be transferred to your hotel. Free time to acclimatize. Lodging in Cusco. Breakfast included.

 

Day 12 Cusco City tour - Sacsayhuaman - Qenko

Morning free. This is a good moment to buy souvenirs since Cusco offers the best in fine Alpaca wool, silver jewelry, and other fine handicrafts. Afternoon a private alternative City tour including two nearby archeological sites. We visit Qoricancha then a short stroll enjoying the atmosphere of Cusco visiting the Cathedral in the main square. Continuing on to see the famous 12 angled stone; from there your car will transfer you to the archeological site of Sacsayhuaman and then Qenko. Finishing back at your hotel. Lodging Cusco. Breakfast included.

 

Day 13 Sacred Valley of the Incas

Day excursion to the Sacred Valley in private service. We visit the colorful indigenous market of Pisac and the archeological site of Pisac. A buffet lunch is served in Urubamba. In the afternoon we visit the archeological site of Ollantaytambo. At the end of your tour you are dropped of at your nearby Hotel in Ollantaytambo. Lodging in the Sacred Valley. Breakfast and lunch included.

 

Day 14 Machupicchu Sanctuary

Transfer to train station in Ollantaytambo for your 1 1/2 hour Vistadome train ride to Machupicchu Town (Aguas Calientes). Enjoy your 3 hour guided tour with your personal guide of the Sanctuary. Lodging in the Machupicchu Town (Aguas Calientes). Breakfast included.

 

Day 15 Machupicchu-Cusco

Today you have free time to return on your own to the Machupicchu Sanctuary to explore this magnificent site by yourself. In the afternoon you return by Vistadome train to Poroy were our representative awaits to transfer you to your hotel. Lodging in Cusco. Breakfast included.

 

Day 16 Cusco - Lima - City tour of Lima - International flight

Morning transfer to Cusco airport for your flight to Lima. Arrival in Lima. Leave luggage in airport storage. Transfer to city center for your guided Lima city tour. Lima's city centre is a UNESCO world heritage. The City Tour offers the best combination of the different attractions in Lima and its three historical periods: pre-Hispanic, colonial and contemporary. During our guided tour we will travel along its millenary history.
Evening return to the airport for your international flight. Breakfast included.

 

Included:

• Transfer: All Transfer services IN/OUT
• Tours: All excursions mentioned in the program
• Train: Train to Machupicchu by Vista-Dome (roundtrip)
• Machupicchu requirements: Day 14 and 15 Roundtrip bus tickets & entrance tickets to the Sanctuary
• Guide: Official bilingual guides during excursions
• Hotel nights Lima: 03 nights in Lima
• Hotel nights Trujillo: 01 night in Trujillo
• Hotel nights Chiclayo: 03 nights in Chiclayo
• Hotel nights Tingo: 02 nights Tingo
• Hotel nights Chachapoyas: 01 night Chachapoyas
• Hotel nights Cusco: 03 nights in Cusco
• Hotel nights Sacred Valley: 01 Night in Sacred Valley
• Hotel nights Machupicchu: 01 night Machupicchu Town, (Aguas Calientes)
• Entrance tickets: All entrance tickets for the places to visit mentioned in the program
• Meals: Meals as mentioned in program.

 

Not Included:

• Flights: International flights
• Flights: 04 Domestic flights Lima/Trujillo/Chiclayo/Lima/Cusco/Lima (From US $ 475.00)
• Flight taxes: National (approx. $ 6.00) and international (approx. $ 30.00) departure airport taxes
• Tips: Tips at airports, hotels and tips for guides, drivers or other personal.
• Insurance: Travel insurance

 

Our recommended hotels for you:

• Hotel 3*** Casa Andina, Lima Miraflores
• Hotel 5**** Libertador, Trujjilo
• Hotel 4**** Gran Hotel Chiclayo in Chiclayo
• Hostel 2** El Chillo in Tingo
• Hotel 3*** Casa Viejo, Chachapoyas
• Hotel 3*** Casa San Blas Cusco
• Hostel 3*** Pakaritampu Sacred Valley.
• Hotel 3*** Machupicchu Inn, Aguas Calientes
Note: hotel selection is subject to change and depends on availability

Prices per person (2010) based on 2 adults in one room:

From: US $ 3290.00 with hotels as mentioned

 

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