Mystical Experience in Southern Peru

Reception and assistance at Jorge Chavez Lima airport. We will be waiting you with a sign with your name on it. Transfer to your selected hotel. Free day. We suggest you to visit the Pachacamac Ruins which are the beginning of the Pre-Inca era. These ruins are considered as one of the most important magnetic centers of the earth. As a peregrination center located at the Peruvian Coast, it is as important as the Machu Picchu citadel at the Peruvian Andes. (Overnight in Lima).

Early in the morning we will be transferred to Nazca. Nazca City located 6 hours away from Lima. Arrival to Nazca and transfer to the aerodrome, where you will board a light aircraft in which you will fly over the biggest Astronomic Calendar of the world, the enigmatic Nazca Lines. They are mysterious marks made on the sand in a 350 kms. Extension. Free time to have lunch. Then, we will travel to Ica and we will check in at the Hotel located in the Huacachina Oasis. The Huacachina Lagoon is surrounded by Royal Palms, Date Palms, huarangos, and desert sand dunes. The Lagoon, with its emerald colored waters, is located five kilometers from the city. At 18:00 in the afternoon we will make a ritual in Huacachina Lagoon. A local legend tells us that when there is a full moon you can hear a the sorrowful cry of a woman who decided to drown herself when she found out her fiancé was killed at war. (Overnight in Ica).

At 06:30 am transfer to Paracas (245 kms. South Lima). This is a beautiful place because of its weather and beaches. We will visit the Ballestas Islands, rocky formations that are the home to an important marine fauna like the Guaneras birds, Peruvian Penguins and sea lions. Free time to have lunch. Finally, transfer back to Lima for overnight. (Overnight in Lima).

Breakfast. Transfer from your hotel to the airport to board your flight to Cusco. The city of Cusco has the shape of Puma and its head was the Sacsayhuaman site. The Incas had a cosmological vision of existence according to their myths and legends and in everything that they consider sacred. Sacred was connected to the word “Huaca” and had a range of meanings. Reception and transfer to your selected hotel. Free morning to get acclimatized to the 3 360 m.a.s.l. In the afternoon, we will pick you up for the City Tour. It starts at the impressive Colonial Cathedral in Cusco that contains over 400 paintings from the Cusqueña School, several altars. After that we go to visit the Temple of the Sun, main religious center of the Incas dedicated to the Sun Cult. According to the chroniclers, the walls of this temple were entirely covered with gold. From here we go by bus to visit the four surroundings ruins located at less than 8 km. We start with the Sacsayhuamán Fortress. People think it was an astronomic observatory and is used for meditation because of its great accumulated cosmic energy. You will visit Q’enqo, this place was used for worship and ceremonial center, Puca-Pucara which means “Red Fortress” this site was an administrative and military center, and Tambomachay or Inca’s Bath, considered as a place of the cult to the water. (Overnight in Cusco).

Early breakfast at the hotel to start our visit to Machu Picchu archeological complex, located in a subtropical Cusco area at 2 350 m.a.s.l. At 05:45 in the morning transfer from your hotel to the train station. The trip in the train takes nearly 3 hours and a half to get to Aguas Calientes, following the course of Vilcanota River. Arrival to Aguas Calientes, and your private english speaking guide will be waiting for you to start the tour. Then, you will take the bus to Machu Picchu (20 minutes). In Machu Picchu we have about 2 hours and a half for our guided tour and another hour and a half to explore the ruins individually. You will know the amazing Machu Picchu Citadel walking by temples, altars, tombs, liturgical sources, astronomical observatories, and the Inty Watana or solar clock. After that, you will take the bus back to Aguas Calientes. Then you will have some free time to have lunch. Finally you will take the train to Ollantaytambo town located in the sacred valley.. (Overnight in Sacred valley).

Breakfast. At fixed time, transfer from your hotel to the airport to board your flight to Lima. Reception at Jorge Chavez airport, then you will be transferred to your hotel. Lodging. Free morning for personal activities. In the afternoon, you will visit Lima City, Colonial and modern. The historic center is packed with 16th- and 17th-century marvels, including immaculately restored homes such as the Casa de Aliaga and the Palacio Torre Tagle. The city tour starts on the Plaza Mayor, which is graced with a bronze fountain from 1650 and flanked on one side by the Catedral, which was built in the late 16th century. It contains the carved wooden sepulcher of Francisco Pizarro, who was murdered in 1541 by mob of Almagristas, a rival political faction. As you enter, the first chapel on the right is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and contains a carving of Jesus that is considered to be among the most beautiful in the Americas. But the highlight of the cathedral are the choir stalls carved in the early 17th century by Pedro Noguera. Also, you will observe the Government Palace, which forms the other side of the Plaza Mayor and was built by the Spanish on top of the home of Taulichusco. Then, you will have a small visit to Lima’s antique post office, the Casa de Correos y Telegrafos, which has a small stamps museum. Finally, you will visit the 16th-century San Francisco Monastery, with its beautiful cloister and entrance, as well as the catacombs or public cemetery, where slaves, servants, and others without money were buried until 1821 (rich citizens were usually buried in their home chapels). The underground labyrinth is a series of wells, some 20 meters deep, where bodies were stacked and covered with lime to reduce odor and disease. After they decomposed, the bones were stacked elsewhere. Then you will travel back to the XX century visiting modern districts with beautiful squares, small squares and avenues, as well as Miraflores with its beautiful beaches, intensive commercial trading and active nightlife. You will visit the Park of Love, where stands a big sculpture representing a “Couple of Andean Lovers” facing the Pacific Ocean. Transfer back to the hotel and overnight. (Overnight in Lima).