ITINERARY
LUXURY TOUR – AMAZON AND MACHUPICCHU
DAY I: ARRIVAL TO LIMA – MIRAFLORES – BARRANCO
LUXURY TOUR – AMAZON AND MACHUPICCHU, Our pick-up team will be attentive to the arrival of your flight from the country of origin. Once you have landed we will get in touch to welcome you privately inside the airport and take you to your hotel in one of the important districts of Lima (Miraflores). This place is paradisiacal heaven with beautiful beaches which bathe the coast. 2 hours after accommodating you in your hotel; we will take a walk to the magic places you want (tour à la carte). At night, our team will surprise you with an exquisite, selected, and varied cuisine.
DAY II: ARRIVAL TO LIMA – TAMBOPATA – PUERTO MALDONADO
After breakfast, you will be taken to the airport. Once there, we will board to flight from Lima to Puerto Maldonado. Flying for 1 hour 20min. Arriving at the airport, our team from the Amazon will be waiting for us; we will go to the institution of “Inkaterra” to have some rest and there our staff will be waiting for you with snacks, cocktails, and soft drinks from the Amazon. After that, we will head to the port to embark downstream for 1 hour to the hostel “Reserva Amazónica”.
There, the area staff will be waiting for you to welcome. You by introducing you to the areas of the hostel and to introduce; you to your cabin for your stay in the following days. After a short break, you will come for the lunch in a beautiful ecological restaurant where you will enjoy one of the most exquisite Amazonian foods. Then, take a short break and in the afternoon carry out the reconnaissance tour of the Amazon forest; flora and fauna of the surroundings; and later after 6 in the afternoon we will embark downstream to observe caimans; boas and nocturnal animals who marry to the riverside. Afterward; we will return to the hotel where we will be waiting for a delicious dinner; a la carte and a delicious welcome drink.
DAY III: SANDOVAL LAKE – “CANOPY”
After having enjoyed a delicious breakfast, we will go on our boat to the national reserve of Lake Sandoval. This beautiful lake is characterized because it is surrounded by unique vegetation where it hosts an essential amount of animals; like the River Wolf; the turtles, the “Shanso” prehistoric bird, alligators and snakes, and in waters a great amount of fish. When we will arrive at Lake Sandoval, we will sail in its waters. We will visit the home of the River Wolf “Pteronura Brasiliensis” each one of these very different species, then we will observe the Shansho “Ophisthocomus Hoazín” one of the birds with the unique characteristic where we can only observe at the edge of the lakes, so on the way, we will observe many more species.
After that, our guide will provide you hooks to make piranha fishing. “Serrasalmus nattereri” which abound on the shores or shady parts of the lake. While our Chef will be ready to prepare the fish. This day, we will have lunch in our cottage on the lake; an exquisite typical dish with products of the area. After that, we will return near the hostel and visit the Canopy, hanging bridges that are built in the tops of trees at a height of 35 to 40 meters. From there, we can appreciate the beautiful Amazon, we will observe birds and species who live in the treetops, and later we will wait for the sunset; which from this point is unique. In this place, you have the option of staying overnight in the treehouse, with all its luxury, unique in the Amazon.
DAY IV: “GAMITANA” GORGE – NATIVE COMMUNITIES
After enjoying a delicious breakfast at the lodge, we will get ready to visit another important place far from our lodge. We will take the boat by the main river down, in this way we will go through a secondary river which will lead us to a ravine.
These types of rivers practically shelter a great number of species including the Raya; poisonous fish, the maiden, and always to the border we will be able to observe the number of mammals to cross by this place will be wonderful; until arriving at a native community of the Ashaningas, one of the Amazonian tribes who lasts until today if they lose their customs and traditions, where with them we will perform a series of activities, such as clothing, food, fishing, hunting, and fruit collection where we will be fascinated by the joy how these men live. When you return from there, they will bid us farewell with their dances. This day will be memorable for you.
DAY V: PARROT CLAY LICK – MADRE DE DIOS MARKET – CUSCO
Our last day in the Amazon is to contemplate the uncivilized, the tranquility. This day very early in the morning before breakfast we will head to the Parrot Clay Lick (the place where birds and mammals concentrate to feed on a type of mineral), here the show is colorful where you will find a great variety of birds, including mammals: the Otorongo or Jaguar “Panthera Onca”.
We will observe the behavior of these species and most of them which we could see in our tour and others that we have not been able to observe. Our senses will open to nature in the silence of it. Then, we will return to the hostel and we will have breakfast. Afterward, we will take our boat to go to the city of Puerto Maldonado. We will pass by the traditional market and we will go to the airport to take the flight to the city of Cusco. There our team will be waiting to welcome you to the capital of the Inca Empire. Magical evening and night.
DAY VI: CUSCO
We will tour the city of Cusco with our guide, it will be like going back in past time hundreds of years, where you can observe in its walls the history, the tradition, art, and gastronomy. The tour begins with the pick-up from your hotel, then we will go to Cusco’s Main Square, where our guide will explain the historical content.
After that, we will visit one of the archaeological monuments Sacsayhuaman. a beautiful building with giant stones. finely carved out which can weigh 120 tons, and a sign of admiration for tourists. Here, we will perform a series of Andean rituals; such as the offering of coca to Mother Earth by its arrival; after that, we will go to Qenqo, the religious magic sector where we will appreciate the stone altar. Then to the enigmatic place of the water fountains of Tambomachay, considered the Temple to the cult to the water.
DAY VI: CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY
After breakfast in the city of Cusco, we will head to the Sacred Valley. Beautiful scenery where we will be in contact with nature and the communities. Firstly arriving at Taray from where we will appreciate the valley entrance. Later Pisaq, the second largest and important construction after Machupicchu. Here we will be surprised by the form of its construction and the terraces that support the monument.
At the colorful market of Pisaq, people bring their fabrics and handicrafts from different places of the Sacred Valley to interchange or to sell it. Continuing, we will pass by many towns or hamlets which are dedicated to agriculture; crafts, and others until arriving at Urubamba where we will go to a beautiful. hacienda with green areas on the bank of the sacred. A river where our chef will be waiting for us to delight a delicious lunch. After lunch, we will head to Ollantaytambo (an archaeological center with many magical aspects and religious) here our guide will interpret astrology and astronomy and its use. After having enjoyed this wonderful experience, we will go to your hotel in the Sacred Valley “Hotel Tambo del Inca or Rio Sagrado”, both with an exclusive atmosphere where you will enjoy a wonderful evening.
DAY VII: SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS – “AGUAS CALIENTES”
We will be in the hotel until noon, after which we will board. the most luxurious train in the world too. Machupicchu Hiram Bigham; the exclusive train with all the services of restaurant, drinks on board, accompanied by Andean dances and enjoy the landscape with panoramic windows. The scenery on the way is beautiful, this journey will take about 2 hours. Arriving in “Aguas Calientes” our team will accommodate you in your hotel where you will spend the afternoon, in case you want to do some excursion, there will be our interpreter so he will provide information.
DAY VIII: NATIONAL SANCTUARY OF MACHU PICCHU
The wonder of the world needs more than a full day to enjoy the whole. Our team, interpreter, and guide will ensure that you enjoy to the maximum; this majestic and wonderful Inca construction, the cradle of a civilization according to the legends entrusted by the Gods. Your experience will be different. First, we will pick you up from your hotel, then head to the entrance gate of Machu Picchu to check us in.
Once there, with our guide, we will go to the upper part of Machu Picchu. From where we will observe all the architectural monuments; this is where we will begin the tour of the Inca citadel; visiting the Temple of the Sun; the Condor, the Three Windows, the Urban Sector, the “Aclla Wasi” (Women’s house of choice) and many other sectors; each with its own style of work and architecture which our interpreters will thoroughly explain, about archeology, history, geology, biology and astronomy of Machu Picchu. After the tour, you can decide to stay all afternoon, visiting other areas of Machu Picchu or return to your hotel and get ready to leave the place heading to the city of Cusco.
DAY IX: CUSCO – LIMA
After breakfast in the city of Cusco, we will head to the airport from where we will take the flight to the city of Lima. Once you arrive in the city of Lima, our staff will take you to your hotel, where after some rest, we will visit the best restaurants in the city of Lima, making a gastronomic and shopping tour.
DAY X: LIMA – CITY OF DESTINATION
Each experience with “X Travel Peru” is unique and impeccable, after 10 days of pleasant and comfortable travel. It will be time to say goodbye, we will pick you up from your hotel heading to the airport, farewell. Happy experience with “X Travel Peru”.
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LUXURY TOUR – AMAZON AND MACHUPICCHU
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