Peru Tour 7 Days / 6 Nights (Cusco-Puno)

Description

Embark on a fascinating adventure through the treasures of the ancient Inca Empire with our 7-day, 6-night Peru Tour, exploring Cusco and Puno. Immerse yourself in Cusco’s rich history with an exciting City Tour and visit nearby archaeological parks, including Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay. On the second day, discover the breathtaking Sacred Valley, exploring Chinchero, Moray, and the salt mines of Maras, among other highlights. The crown jewel arrives on the third day with a visit to the majestic Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a world wonder that will take your breath away. On the fourth day, venture to the 7-Color Mountain, Vinicunca, for a challenging but rewarding hike through breathtaking scenery. Then, immerse yourself in the local culture with a two-day tour of Lake Titicaca, visiting the floating islands of Uros, Amantani Island and Taquile Island. Get ready for an unforgettable experience that will take you from the heights of the mountains to the depths of the highest lake in the world!

DAY 1: ARRIVAL TO CUSCO / CITY TOUR AND SURROUNDING ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKS

Arrival to the city of Cusco, reception at the Velasco Astete International Airport and transfer to the hotel.

13:00 hrs, start of the city tour. Our tour begins with a visit to the Temple of QORICANCHA, and then we will board our mobility to go to the archaeological centers as SAQSAYWAMAN which has a strategic location from where you can have a panoramic view of Cusco, this is very famous for the huge polished and molded stones. Then we will go to a mystical temple of the Incas known as QENQO where in Inca times religious sacrifices were made. Then, we will visit the control and military center of the Incas called PUKA PUKARA, finally we will visit the Temple of TAMBOMACHAY where the water fountains stand out. Return to the hotel around 18:30 hrs. Overnight in Cusco.

DAY 2: SUPER SACRED VALLEY

This tour starts at 06:30 am, first we will go to the town of CHINCHERO to visit the church and the archaeological park of the place, we will also have the opportunity to enter a textile production center where they still use ancient techniques of weaving and dyeing of wool. Later we will go to the archaeological park of MORAY famous for its circular terraces, then we will visit the SALINERAS de Maras which are about 5000 small ponds that are still exploited for human consumption.

Then, we will go to the city of Urubamba where you will enjoy a delicious buffet lunch. After lunch, you will go to the town of OLLANTAYTAMBO nominated as “living Inca city” for preserving the original urban design of the Inca period, in this town you will visit the archaeological park that awaits the temple of the sun composed of a megalithic construction, also highlights the temple of the 10 niches, sacred fountains, the face of the Andean god Tunupa, etc..

Later, you will go to Ollantaytambo train station to board the train that will take you to the town of Aguas Calientes, the train ride lasts 1 ½ hours, there you will be picked up by our staff that will take you to your assigned hotel. That same night you will be visited by our local tour guide to coordinate the next day’s tour. Overnight in Aguas Calientes.

DAY 3: MACHUPICCHU

At the coordinated time, you will board the bus for a 25 minute ride to the entrance point of the Inca citadel of Machupicchu. We will visit the Inca citadel for about 2 hours, during which time our guide will show and explain everything about this world wonder.
The work of our guide ends when you have completed the tour of the circuit inside the Inca citadel, then you will have the afternoon free so you can have lunch on your own, until the departure time of the train.

To return to Cusco it is necessary to be half an hour at the train station, according to the schedule assigned on the ticket. Then you will board the train that will take you to the town of Ollantaytambo, where you will be picked up by our bus that will take you back to the city of Cusco. Overnight in Cusco.

DAY 4: 7 COLORED MOUNTAIN VINICUNCA

At 04:30 a.m. we will pick you up at your hotel, and then we will start our trip following a paved road towards the town of Cusipata. Then, we will enter by a dirt road until we reach the town of Paucarpata, where we will enjoy our breakfast. After breakfast we will continue our journey to Qomer Qocha, there you will have enough time to get ready, also our tour guide will give you recommendations before the walk. The trek on foot has an average duration of 1 hour with an average degree of difficulty whose route requires an acceptable physical condition, since the arrival point of Vinicunca has an altitude of 5,200 meters above sea level.

Arriving at the mountain will have an ideal time to take pictures of the memory; then return to Qomer Qocha, there we will board our vehicle that will take us to the restaurant to have lunch for the day, and after a short rest we will return to the city of Cusco, this tour ends at 05:00 pm approximately. At 21:00 hrs will be transferred to the bus terminal to start the trip to Puno.

DAY 5 / 6: UROS - AMANTANI AND TAQUILE (PUNO)

Description of the tour

For this tour it is necessary to leave Cusco one night before, preferably in a sleeper bus that will allow you to travel comfortably and arrive early the next day to the city of Puno. The departure of the bus from Cusco to Puno is at 22:00 hrs, and you will arrive in Puno at 05:30 am the next day. There you will be picked up by our support staff, which will take you to the designated hotel to leave your luggage and be able to wash up, even in the hotel you can have breakfast extra or on your own. At 07:45 am we will pick you up from the hotel to start the tour.

ITINERARY

Day 1: Puno – Uros Island – Amantani

Minutes before 07:45 am you will be picked up from your hotel in Puno to go to the main port, where you will embark and start the navigation on the highest navigable lake in the world “Titicaca”. Our first stop will be in one of the islands of Uros, a culture more than 3,000 years old that builds its houses in the middle of the lake thanks to the use of a vegetable called totora. We will learn how they build their homes and more about their way of life. Optionally, we can navigate in a traditional totora reed boat, then we will continue our trip to Amantani Island, where some of its inhabitants will welcome us in their typical family houses where we will share pleasant and unforgettable moments with them, also they will share their food made from natural products of the place.

During the afternoon, we will be able to walk to the top of the island known as “pachatata”, which is located at 4,130 meters above sea level, from where we have an unbeatable perspective of Lake Titicaca and its spectacular sunset. Then, we will return to our assigned place of lodging, and in the evening you will attend for a couple of hours to an Andean music show.

Day 2: Amantani – Taquile – Puno.

We will wake up early to have breakfast and say goodbye to Amantani, then we will embark and head to the island of Taquile, which in colonial times was used as a prison. There we will be able to interact with the inhabitants, who will show us their textile handicrafts and some of their ancestral customs. We will also be able to walk around part of the island, visiting some non-touristy areas where we will find temples, tombs and terraces from the pre-Inca period. Afterwards, we will have some time for lunch; then, we will go down to the port to take our boat and start the return trip to Puno, arriving at the port of Puno at 5.30 pm approximately. Overnight in Puno.

DAY 7: PUNO / DEPARTURE

At the coordinated time, departure transfer to the international airport “Inca Manco Capac” in the city of Juliaca. End of service.

Transfer Airport – Hotel and vice versa (in Cusco and Puno).
02 nights accommodation in Cusco.
01 night accommodation in Aguas Calientes.
01 night accommodation in Amantani Island.
01 night accommodation in Puno.
01 Buffet lunch in the Sacred Valley tour.
01 breakfast, 01 lunch in the tour of the Mountain of 7 colors.
02 lunches in Puno.
Tourist transportation in the tours.
Professional guide in the tours.
BTG (General Tourist Ticket) in Cusco.
Entrance ticket to Qorikancha.
Entrance ticket to Machupicchu.
Bus ticket Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Aguas Calientes.
Tourist train ticket VOYAGER or EXPEDITION (route Ollantaytambo – Machupicchu – Ollantaytambo).
Sleeper bus ticket (Cusco – Puno).
Tourist ticket in Puno.
First Aid Kit, Oxygen Balloon in the tour of the Mountain of Colors (Group Use).
Orientation and
permanent monitoring to the passenger.