Cusco Exotic 8 days 7 nights.

Included Activities:

• City Tour.
• Sacred Valley of the Inkas.
• Machupicchu.
• Manu 4d/3n.

Price: US$960.00

Duration: 8d/7n.

Itinerary.

Day 1: City Tour

When you arrive to Cusco, reception and transfer to the hotel. We will give you the information about the tours. In the morning you have free time. At 2:00 pm. We’ll pick you up from your hotel, with our guide we are going to visit the Cathedral there are magnificent colonial art and paintings, after we will visit some of the most impressive Inca stonework and the most important religious center at Koricancha (Temple of the Sun). Then we will visit the impressive Incan fortress of Sacsayhuaman and Archaeological sites including Qenqo, Pucapukara and the spring shrine of Tambomachay. We will end the tour at the main square of Cusco. Transfer to the Hotel.

Day 2: Sacred Valley of the Inkas

We will pick you up from your hotel at 8:30 am. We are going to visit the spectacular Sacred Valley. First we will see a fascinating Inka market at Pisaq which is a good place to buy gifts. Then we will visit the spectacular ruins of Pisaq. We will pass for different sites like Coya, Lamay, Calca, Urubamba, in this place we will have a delicious lunch. After lunch we will visit the fascinating ruins of Ollantaytambo Archaeological site which is a real sample of Inca Architecture. On the way back to Cusco we will visit Chinchero Village and enter to San Pedro Church. We will end the tour in the main square of Cusco. Transfer to the Hotel.

Day 3: Machupicchu

Today will be an extraordinary day that you never will forget because you will visit the lost city of the Inkas. Early in the morning we will pick you up at your hotel to transfer you to the train station. The trip takes about 4 hours to Aguas Calientes Town. From there we will take the bus up to Macchupichu with our guide who will give you a thorough tour of this ancient Incan city. In the afternoon we will take the bus to Aguas Calientes and take the train to Cusco. Transfer to the Hotel.

Day 4: Cusco - San Pedro

We leave Cusco early in the morning in a vehicle. Approximately mid-morning we visit the interesting tombs of Ninamarca, commonly known as “Chullpas”. We continue to Paucartambo, a picturesque Spanish colonial town, and then to the Acjanacu pass, which marks the beginning of the Cultural Zone of Manu Biosphere Reserve. Here, a thick cloak of clouds provides perpetual humidity and makes an ideal habitat for epiphytic plants such as bromeliads. This varied and fascinating world is home of the Cock of the Rock, Spectacled Bear, Orchids, Tree Ferns (one of the oldest living plants), mosses and lichens. This cloud forest exists between 2,000 and 3,500 m.a.s.l. and at least 50% of the plant species found here are endemic to this region. Overnight in the “Orquídeas de San Pedro Lodge”.

Day 5: San Pedro - Pilcopata - Erika

Today we wake up very early to observe the Cock of the Rock (Rupicola peruviana), Peru’s national bird from a platform. The male birds are a vibrant reddish orange, and as many as several dozen come together for an exhibition of a mating ritual dance in a place called Lek. The males display their crest, showing off and posturing for the females. The females, fewer in number, watch to select the most suitable males. After breakfast we continue in a vehicle (*1) down the narrow road between waterfalls and canyons toward the town of Pilcopata (*2) and then to Atalaya Port. here we board a covered, outboard motor boat and head down the Alto Madre de Dios River for approximately 15 minutes toward the private reserve of “Erika” a comfortable / rustic lodge owned also by Manu Ecological Adventures where we will hike through the interesting trail system that this transitional area between high and low jungle offers. Overnight at the lodge.

Day 6: Erika - Machuwasi Lagoon

After breakfast, we will start walking near the riverbanks, during the hike our guide will talk about insects, medicinal plants, trees, reptiles, mammals, etc. This afternoon we board a boat, and after five minutes, we will walk for another 30 minutes approximately though a very nice trail to observe and talk about the interesting flora fond such as sensitive plants, heliconias, fruit plantations, etc. until we arrive to Machuhuasi Lagoon where with the help of a telescope we can observe great egrets, tucanets, carpenters, Keskadees, cardinals, etc. Short night walk to observe American bullfrogs, horned frogs, tree frogs and an incredible variety of insects.

Day 7: Machuwasi Lagoon - Atalaya - Cusco

This day we will get up very early to board a boat again for only five minutes down river to our Parrot clay Lick called “Collpa” on the riverbanks, where many species of parrots such as the blue headed parrot, white-eyed parakeet, feed for mineral and salt supplements to their diet of seeds and fruits. Immediately we continue to Atalaya Port where the bus will drive us back to Cusco city, arriving late in the evening. Transfer to the hotel.

Day 8: Departure day

After breakfast transfer to the airport.

Included:

• 04 nights in hotel in Cusco, 03 nights in lodges.
• Professional bilingual guide.
• Entrances to City Tour, Sacred Valley, Machupicchu.
• Transportation.
• Bus ticket to Aguas Calientes - Machupicchu - Aguas Calientes.
• Train ticket to go and back to Cusco. (Back Packer).
• Canopy equipment.
• First aid kit.
• All transfers.
• Meals (7B, 5L, 3D).

Not included:

• Breakfast (day 1); lunch (days 1,3); dinner (days 1,2,3,7).

Bring with you:

• Warm and light clothing.
• Short and large pants.
• Hiking shoes.
• Rain wear or poncho.
• Hat, sun glasses, sun block, insect repellent.
• Towel, swimming suit, sandals.
• Flashlight, enough batteries (alkaline) and bulbs.
• Camera and films, extra batteries.
• Binoculars.
• One day pack and one back pack or duffel bag of luggage.
• Toilet paper.

Price: US$960.00

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(Students with ISIC card, discount US$ 17.00)

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