Discover Peru

Visit Peru: Discovery Tour

8 Days/7 Nights

 

DAY 1: FLY TO PERU

Board your flight and fly through the night to Peru.

DAY 2: CUSCO

Bienvenidos in Peru! Meet your Prométour Tour Director upon arrival.

Transfer to your hotel to drop off your luggage.

Guided tour of the city – see Plaza de Armas and the 17th-century Cathedral, a masterpiece of colonial art.

Then visit Koricancha – a famous temple dedicated to the sun, it is one of the most fascinating sites in Cuzco.

Have lunch with your group in a local restaurant.

Explore the ruins around Puca Pucara. See Tambomachay and its ceremonial water fountains as well as Qenqo, a temple, and amphitheater that once held several kinds of ceremonies
Finally, see the famous fortress where Sacsayhuaman (Festival of Sun) occurs annually.

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Cusco.

DAY 3: SACRED VALLEY

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Travel to the Sacred Valley.

Visit the agricultural and archaeological region of Moray.

Then enjoy a visit to Maras and its large salt basins – Walk down until the Urubamba river, heart of the valley.

Have lunch at a local restaurant.

Explore the village of Ollantaytambo and its ruins with a local guide – It is the most ancient and continuously inhabited village of the American continent. Admire its namesake fortress.

Return to Cusco.

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Cusco.

DAY 4: SOUTH VALLEY

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Travel to Huasao – located in the South Valley of Cusco, Huasao is a small village known as an esoteric place due the large number of Shamans that live there.

From Huasao partake in a bike ride; you will take the single track route until you arrive at Oropesa, a small colonial town also known for the preparation of a typical kind of bread
Enjoy a picnic!

Continue the ride to the Huacarpay Lagoon, where you will be able to see many different kinds of birds.

Then, from Huacarpay, you will cross to the Pre-Inca Archaeological Complex of Pikillacta for a brief visit.

Return to Cusco.

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Cusco.

DAY 5: SACRED VALLEY

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Travel to the Sacred Valley.

Spend the entire day with students from a local school located in the Sacred Valley – Tour the school, exchange cultural difference, practice your Spanish and have lunch with them. Why not challenge each other with a friendly soccer game! You can also donate school supplies, clothes or toiletries!

Return to Cusco.

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Cusco.

DAY 6: MACHU PICCHU

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Early transfer to Poroy’s train station to go to Machu Picchu.

Meet your local guide in Aguas Calientes to explore the fabulous archaeological site of Machu Picchu. It is a center of worship and astronomical observation but also the secret refuge of the Emperor Pachacutec. There are several great places, and agricultural area, several temples, and royal tombs built with an amazing precision.

Have lunch with your group in a local restaurant.

Board the train back to Cusco.

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Cusco.

DAY 7: CUSCO – LIMA

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Enjoy a Peruvian cooking demonstration and lessons with a local chef – prepare 3 Peruvian dishes and enjoy them in a cozy setting.

Take the rest of the day to explore Cusco at your own pace with your group leaders.

Transfer by motor coach to the Airport.

Board your flight to Lima.

Transfer to your hotel for check-in.

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Lima.

DAY 8: LIMA – FLY BACK HOME

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Visit the colonial and modern historical center of the city; Plaza Mayor, the cathedral containing the remains of the conquistador Pizarro, the Santo Domingo Convent and City Hall – the city’s most important monuments.

Explore the Monastery of San Francisco, famous for its catacombs containing 70,000 graves.

Explore the popular Plaza San Martin.

Have lunch with your group in a local restaurant.

Experience the Magic Water Show of Lima – an exceptional display of water fountains choreographed to music and light designs.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant.

Transfer by motor coach to the Airport.

Board your flight from Lima and fly back home.

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