Thursday, June 21 - USA - LIMA
Arrive in Lima. Proceed through the immigration and customs areas. You will be met by a local representative and transferred to the Hotel JW Marriott.
Overnight at Hotel Marriott

Friday, June 22 - LIMA
11:00 a.m. Pick up at the hotel by private guide for tour of Lima.
3:30 p.m. Return to hotel to rest and refresh
5:00 p.m. Transfer to Architects' college
7:00 p.m. Dinner at local restaurant. Rest of evening at leisure.
Overnight at Hotel Marriott [BB, D]

Saturday, June 23 – LIMA/CUSCO
Pick up at the hotel and transferred to the airport for flight to Cusco. [There is an airport departure tax of $6.05 per person to be paid directly at the airport]. Met by the local representative and transferred to the Hotel Libertador Cusco. Time to rest and adjust to high altitude

Later in the afternoon half day city tour & Sacsayhuaman, San Blas and the Merced Church
“Cusco, The Archaeological Capital of the Americas, exists in the present and the past at the same time, being a living example of the meeting of two different ages of culture”.

Visit to the Koricancha or Temple of the Sun and the Cathedral. Continue the excursion with the visit to the fortress of Sacsayhuaman.

San Blas is one of the most picturesque barrios in Cusco. The Merced, the baroque-style Church built between 1657 and 1680. Overnight at Hotel Libertador [BB]

Sunday, June 24 - CUSCO/INTI RAYMI
Full Day Inti Raymi
The Winter Solstice in the southern hemisphere and the local harvests are the driving force behind the greatest, most majestic pre-Hispanic ceremony to render homage to the sun. Today, the Inti Raymi festival evokes the splendid Inca ritual of yore, being carefully scripted by Cuzco professors, archaeologists and historians. The central event is acted out on the esplanade below the imposing fortress of Sacsayhuaman, 2 km. outside the city of Cusco. There, step by step, thousands of actors enact a long ceremony giving thanks to the sun god, Inti. The Inca ruler is borne on a royal litter from the Koricancha, or Temple of the Sun to the Huacaypata, the city's main square, where he commands the local authorities to govern fairly.
Overnight at Hotel Libertador [BB, L]

Monday, June 25 – CUSCO/ MACHUPICCHU
6:00 a.m. You have a very early start this morning as you travel by coach to the station for a three-hour rail journey through the spectacular Urubamba Valley, the Sacred valley of the Incas, through pictures Indian villages.
On arrival at Aguas Calientes station, you board a bus for an amazing 20 minutes drive up a zigzag road to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. You have a guided tour through the stone ruins of palaces, temples, towers and staircases.
Enjoy lunch in a purpose –built restaurant near the stone ruins. The guide will return to Cusco in the afternoon
Overnight at Hotel Hatuchay [BB, L]

Tuesday, June 26 – MACHU PICCHU
Morning at leisure to reenter the ruins
Buffet lunch at Sanctuary Lodge. Overnight at Hotel Hatuchay [BB, L]

Wednesday, June 27 – MACHU PICCHU
Morning at leisure to reenter the ruins. Lunch at Sanctuary Lodge.
Overnight at Hotel Hatuchay [BB]

Thursday, June 28 - MACHU PICCHU/CUSCO/OLLANTAYTAMBO
The group departs Machu Picchu at 1:30 p.m. and gets off in Ollanta to visit the town and ruins of Ollantaytambo. Continue to Cusco and visit the interesting ceramic workshop of Seminario who uses ancient techniques to produce wonderful modern pieces. Arrive in Cusco by 6:30 p.m. Overnight at the Libertador Hotel. [BB]

Friday, June 29 - CUSCO/ LIMA/USA
Morning at leisure. After lunch transfer to the airport.
Depart Cusco at 3:20p.m.; arrive in Lima at 4:40p.m.
In Lima, you are met by your guide and visit Larcomar for last minute shopping or photography. After dinner transfer back to the airport for flight back to USA. [BB]

Land Price: US$1,995.00 per person based on double occupancy.
Land Price: US$2,690.00 per person based on single occupancy.
Deposit of US$600.00 due at time of registration.
Full payment due by April 1st.

Included: Accommodations and meals as described in the itinerary, transfers and excursions on private basis with local English speaking guides, entrance fees, train tickets to Machu Picchu, local service taxes and administration fees.

Not included: international airfares, airport taxes (domestic US$ 6.05 per route per person / International US$ 30.25 per person) telephone calls, laundry services, tips at hotels and restaurant, additional, expenses not specified above.

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