Individual tour 14 days south Peru, Lima, Paracas, Nasca, Colca, Puno, Cusco, Machu Picchu
Code : PQT013
Individual tour with hotels/transport and excursions included from Lima and back to Lima.
Kind of tour
This is an easy tour, for all ages. Open young minded persons is what we are looking for. Leave your western look home and just enjoy the beauty of this Andean country. Accept that its different, we come to admire the country, not to change it ! People who like to be active, can do trekking rafting and much more, but you also can enjoy boutique hotels, up to your needs. You can reserve this tour in lical Hostals or in 3, 4 or 5 * star hotels in the luxury option depending en each budget. We’re going slowly to high altitudes, so you get easily used to it, together with a coca thee!
How do we work ?
In our packet, you’ll travel all by yourself. Mundo hike will take care for you. We’ll reserve all your hotels and transport. When you arrive in Peru you’ll get a personal briefing at your first hotel in lima. We give you all the vouchers for hotels, buses and excursions. You’ll do excursions in International groups with English speaking guides.
We also arranges your transfers and gives you the bus tickets to go from A to B, like this, you’ll travel around by yourself but without worries , all arranged through Mundo hike. If there are any problems, you can always find support by contacting our office in Cusco or Lima! During your trip we have contact by whatsapp.
What is included?
- All bus transport, all hotels and all the tours as indicated in the program.
- All your vouchers, information packet, like general info over all the places you visit.
- All hotels are based on double room with private bathroom, single rooms on request for an extra price, all buses are based on good buses, we work most of the time with cruz del sur, the best company in Peru.
- We can offer this tour in luxury hotels or local clean hostels, or in a mix.
- All the transfers.
Not included
- Your lunch and diner, in the hotels is breakfast included.
- The entry fees and taxes, like airport tax.
- Local flight Cusco / Lima ( we also can arrange)
Nota / Price indicated in this program is FROM and each person, and based on minima 2 persons in double room in hostals with private bathroom. We also can arrange in 3* or 4-5 * hotels
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Destination
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Departure
Ruins, Cuzco | Altitude: 2050 – 4200 m. / 6730 – 13780 f -
Dress Code
Casual, comfortable athletic clothing, hat and light jacket.
Day 1 :
Lima
Arrive at Lima airport, someone from Southamericaplanet pick you up from the airport and brings you to your first hotel in Lima or Miraflores.
It will be your first day in Lima and today you will have a half day city tour. The tour begins with a visit to the historical downtown of Lima, also known as “the City of the Kings”. The stops include the Main Square of Lima, upon which lays the Government Palace, the Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace and the City Hall. Next on the itinerary, is a visit to the Santo Domingo Convent. You can also drive through Miraflores and San Isidro.
In the afternoon you can visit the Colonial Barranco, Musea National de Archaeological in Pueblo Libre or Larco Museo” the best museum in Peru” by yourself. You can also walk at the seafront in Miraflores. The city tour will include an English speaking guide. It will take 3 1/2 hours. The tour starts and finishes in your hotel.
Included
- City tour in Lima in international group ( 4* private)
- Hotel/hostal in Lima
Not included
- Entree fee cathedral and monastery 30 sol ( included in 4*)
- Lunch – Dinner
Day 2 :
Paracas
Around 7 am or 1.30 pm you take the luxury crus del sur bus to paracas. Its about 4 h drive. Your hotel is close to the harbor. You can walk on the boulevard and eat the delicious fresh fish. Your hotel have a swimming pool.
Included
- Transfer in lima
- Bus tickets to paracas( private car in 4*)
- Hostal / hotel in paracas
Not included
- Excursions/ Lunch – Dinner
Optional Paracas reserve tour
Day 3 :
Paracas – Nazca
This morning around 8 am you go by speedboat to the Ballestas islands. Paracas is known for its extraordinary marine wild life and wonderful natural setting. Enjoy a boat tour, lasting approximately 2 hours, around the Ballestas Islands, where you can observe countless species, including the world’s largest sea lion colony. You can also view seals, penguins, turtles, albatrosses, pelicans, and seagulls. With many sea lions and birds. Than you take a private car with driver for 3 h to Nazca. Along the road we visit huacachina where you can do optional the amazing sand buggy tour. Hotel with swimming pool in Nazca.( we recommend this, so you can do also the sand buggy tour in Huacachina and go to local pisco brewery).
Included
- Ballestas islands tour
- Private car to Nazca
- Hostal/ hotel with swimming pool
Not included
- Lunch – diner / pier-tax 13 sol
- Paracas reserve tour / sand buggy’s
Day 4 :
Nazca
After breakfast you will be picked up at your hotel for your journey to the mysterious Nazca Lines! You’ll board a small aircraft. During your adventure, you’ll see first hand several famous line figures, including the spider, monkey, astronaut, flamingo, parrot & condor among many others. Why were these figures created? Do they have an astrological or religious purposes?
After your flight you visit Chauchilla. The area is named after the Nazca civilization that flourished there between 300BC and 800AD. A Pre-Inca cemetery located 28km South of Nazca. The cemetery has exhibits of some well-preserved mummies, textiles and other artifacts, saved from decay over the centuries by the dry desert conditions. At night you take the luxury night bus for 10 h to Arequipa. The bus leaves at 10 PM.
Included
- Flight over nasca lines 30 min
- Tour Chauchilla
- Transfer
- Bus Cruz del sur to Arequipa
Not included
- Entree fee 9 sol ( included 4*)
- Airporttax 30 sol ( included 4*)
- Food
Optional you can take a Day bus
Day 5 :
Arequipa
You will arrive in Arequipa early in the morning, the white city and its famous historic downtown. Arequipa is Peru’s second largest city with a population of over 800,000 people and arguably the most beautiful city in Peru. Situated about 2,335 metres above sea level in the shadows of the stunning ice capped Misti Volcano (5,822 metres).
The perfect place to acclimatize to altitude before your tours in the Colca Valley.
You can do optional a city tour.We will show you all its charms of the main streets and colonial buildings, where you will visit The Main Square, The Cathedral from outside, La Compañia a Jesuit’s church and religious cloisters, Santa Catalina convent – which is a city within the city – built on the XVI century and closed to the public for almost 400 years until 1970, and it’s still home of a few nuns. The tour continues to the Church and Square of San Francisco and the local market. The highlight of Arequipa is the 16th century Santa Catalina Convent.
This beautiful complex of plazas and buildings is remarkably intact and remained closed to the outside world until 1970. You’ll also get to visit the star of Arequipa “The Mummy Juanita “. In the evening you may choose to dine at one of Arequipa’s many fine restaurants. Try the amazing alpaca steak!
Included
- Transfer
- Hotel / hostal in arequipa
Not included
- Lunch – Dinner
- Excursion like city tour, rafting or cooking classes
Day 6 :
Arequipa
Free day in Arequipa to relax or drink a cup of coffee on one of the nice balconies on the plaza de armas, or you can go optional, rafting on Chili river, a great adventure ! Or you take the Campina tour with viewpoints over the city or the reality tour, here you visit the local market, the silar stone works, and you can see how the poor Peruvian people survive ! Other options/ cycle down volcanoes, take Peruvian cooking classes.
This day is perfect to get used to the altitude !
Included
Hotel/hostal Arequipa
Not included
Rafting Reality tour or other excursions
Day 7 :
Colca Canyon
After breakfast you’ll be picked up for your journey to the Colca Canyon. It’s a scenic route 165 km from the city of Arequipa. You’ll enjoy beautiful views of the Misti, Chachani and PichuPichu volcanoes as you climb to the Canahuas National Reserve. Along the way, you will pass through Pampas Cañahuas, a plain in the midst of the Agua Blanca y Salinas National Reserve. Along the way you’ll stop at 3800m to drink some coca tea to counteract the effects of altitude sickness.
As you climb yet further up onto the Altiplano you’ll begin to spot wild vicunas, llamas and vicunas as well as some interesting bird life on the lakes. After reaching the highest point at about 4800m you’ll descend a little to the town of Chivay. The Colca Canyon is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, although its incline is much more gradual. Here we stop for lunch. after we bring our luggage to the hotel and in the afternoon we go to the nearby hot-springs, la calera.
Included
- 2 days tour in international group ( in Private in 4* )
- Hotel / hostal in Colca Canyon
Not included
- Entree fee 70 sol ( included in 4*)
- Entree fee hot springs 15 sol
- Lunch + diner
Day 8 :
Condors – Puno
This morning you will have an early breakfast at your hotel and set out to the Cruz del Condor look-out point, 60 Km from Chivay, for spectacular views across the canyon. We are looking for the world’s largest bird, the majestic Andean condor, gliding on the thermals that rise up through the canyon. Be sure to bring your camera.
On the return to Chivay you’ll make various stops, firstly at the traditional town of Pinchollo with its 1500 year old stone terraces, and later at the Choqetico view point and the Andean town of Maca. Around 1.30 Pm we take the good tourist bus for a 6 hours journey to Puno over the Altiplano. Accommodations for the night in Puno.
Optional you can take he 3 day Colca canyon tour, than you walk down in to the canyon, you sleep very basic at an oasis, next morning you start early the climb to Cabanaconde, from where we take the local bus back to Chivay and up to Puno.
Included
- Hostal / hotel in Puno
- Shared bus to Puno at 1.30 Pm ( private without guide in 4*)
- Transfer in Puno
Not included
- 3 days with trekking
- Lunch + dinner
Day 9 :
Titicaca
Today you will visit the incredible Lake Titicaca. Situated some 3800m above sea level and covering an area of over 8000 square kilometers. You’ll begin your tour by visiting the fascinating Uros islands, home to the descendants of the pre-Inca Urus people, who continue to live on the floating islands, which are constructed using the totora reeds which grow around the lake. It is said that, when seen from above, the lake looks like a Puma hunting a rabbit. Uros is comprised of about 40 islands, but the total number varies over time.
Than we go to Taquile Island. Another beautiful destination. The island still bears vestiges of a pre-Incan past. The are Ayamara Indians. The intricate and brightly-colored textiles produced here reflect the inhabitants’ Andean beliefs, myths, and ways of life. After a short but steep climb to the main village you’ll enjoy lunch and spend the afternoon exploring the island and finding out about its people. The islanders are known for the beautiful textiles and garments that they produce, and interestingly the knitting of these garments is done exclusively by men. Boat back to Puno.
Included
- Taquile – Uros tour
- Hotel- hostal in puno
Not included
- Lunch and diner
Day 10 :
Cusco
Cusco, where you can do many things this day, you can sleep some longer. Your afternoon Cusco tour will begin with a visit to the impressive colonial cathedral, home to finely carved wooden art pieces and impressive altars, followed by a guided tour of the Korikancha (Temple of the Sun). Later to the outskirts of Cusco for a tour of the Inca ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Incan fort that guarded the Imperial city. After this afternoon excursion you’ll be taken back to your hotel to relax for the evening.
Included
- Hotel / hostal Cusco
- City tour 1/2 day in international group with audio ( private in 4*)
Not included
- Entree fees/ like cusco visitor ticket 130 sol 25 cathedral 15 sol coricancha ( included in 4*).
- Other excursions like rafting or mountainbike, chocolat making, cooking etc.
- Meals.
People who like to walk the 2 or 4 days Incatrail have to make reservation far in advance !
Day 11 :
Cusco
Cusco, where you can do many things this day, you can sleep some longer. Your afternoon Cusco tour will begin with a visit to the impressive colonial cathedral, home to finely carved wooden art pieces and impressive altars, followed by a guided tour of the Korikancha (Temple of the Sun). Later to the outskirts of Cusco for a tour of the Inca ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Incan fort that guarded the Imperial city. After this afternoon excursion you’ll be taken back to your hotel to relax for the evening.
Included
Hotel / hostal Cusco City tour 1/2 day in international group with audio ( private in 4*)
Not included
Entree fees/ like cusco visitor ticket 130 sol 25 cathedral 15 sol coricancha ( included in 4*) Other excursions like rafting or mountainbike, chocolat making, cooking etc
People who like to walk the 2 or 4 days Incatrail have to make reservation far in advance !
Day 12 :
Sacred valley – Aquas Calientes
Today we wil visit the sacred valley of the Incas. It is divided by the Urubamba River and protected by towering mountains, like Veronica, Chicon, and Pitusiray, all above 5000 meters. Your first stop is visiting the local market in a small village of Pisac. After lunch you’ll spend the rest of the afternoon exploring the impressive Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo town and ceremonial center, an important archaeological site and an Inca stronghold during the Spanish conquest. In the afternoon or evening we wil take the train to Aqua Calientes, this is the village close to Machu Picchu, much warmer than Cusco, we are at the border of the jungle.
Included
- Sacred valley tour in internacional group ( private in 4*)
- Expedition train to Aquas Calientes ( vistadom in 4*)
- Hostal/hotel in Aquas ( in 4* included diner )
Not included
- Lunch + diner
- Entree hot springs
- Cusco visitor ticket ( included in 4*)
Day 13 :
Machu Picchu – Cusco
Early in the morning, we line up for the bus that takes you to the actual site of the “Lost City of the Incas.” Machu Picchu. It Is about 25 min driving. Your bilingual guide will take you throughout the vast ruins. Machu Picchu is the best known of the Inca ruins, as it is recognized worldwide, yet it is not mentioned in any of the writings of the Spanish Conquistadors. It is believed to have been constructed around the mid-15th century and was “rediscovered” by American historian Hiram Bingham in 1911. The guided tour of this fascinating place is an awe-inspiring experience. Visit the Main parts of Machu Picchu. After the explanation (about 2 hours) in total you can stay 4 h maxima at Machu Picchu. We are going to visit one of these circuits, Ministry of Culture has introduced fixed circuits from November 2021, depending on which one is available on the purchase dates. The ticket can only be used once to enter. You will then gain access to one of the circuits below. It’s a one way walk, you can’t turn back. Circuit 1 Alto Corto Circuit 2 Alto Largo Circuit 3 Bajo Corto Circuit 4 Bajo Largo Included is the standard ticket, without Huayna or Machu Picchu mountain NOTE: Keep in mind that if you want a Huayna Picchu permit you need to book far in advance (limited seats) and in this circuit you will only see a small part of Machu Picchu (only the lower part). Casa del Guardián (guardian house) can only be visited in circuit with Machu Picchu mountain permit. The sun gate is only accessible to people on the Inca Trail 2 and 4 days. After you are done exploring Machu Picchu you can walk down, or take the bus (included in the price) to Aguas Calientes to have lunch (not included). In the afternoon you will take the train back to Ollantaytambo or Poroy, from where there will be a transfer to Cusco, where you will arrive late evening after an amazing day.Optional you can take the train to Ollantaytambo, sleep 1 night in the sacred valley.
Included
- Bus to Machu Picchu
- Entree to Machu Picchu
- 2 h english speaking guide ( in private in 4 *)
- Bus down
- Trein to cusco or ollanta + transfers
- Hotel / hostal Cusco
Not included
- Food
- Wayna picchu permit
Day 14 :
Lima
Transfer to the airport, flight back to Lima to connect with your international flight. Optional you can stay 1 more night in Lima.
Included
- Transfer
Not included
- Food
- Transfer in Lima
- Local flight to Lima
- Extra night in Lima
This program is only an example, we can make programs to all your needs !!!
Its also possible to extend with North Peru or relax some days at the beach.
1 flight included: 1 over the Nasca lines.
This tour you can use as a base, you can add the 2 or 4 days Inca trail or extend this tour wit a visit to the jungle in Manu or Puerto Maldonado or extend to waterfalls iguazu in Argentina( direct flights )
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