Day 1 Fri: Arrive Lima candelabra-shaped etching on the Paracas perched on a hillside overlooking Cuzco. It
Your journey begins as you board your over- cliffside, can also be seen as you cruise back still remains unfathomable how and when
night flight to Lima, Peru. Upon arrival, you to shore. Re-board your coach and arrive in this fortress of gigantic stones—with some
are met and transferred to your hotel. Lima by late afternoon. Overnight at your blocks weighing more than 350 tons—was
Day 2 Sat: Lima – City Tour & Larco
hotel. (BD) built. (BD)
Herrera Museum Day 5 Tue: Lima / Cuzco - Pisac Day 9 Sat: Cuzco / Puno
After a leisurely morning, embark on your Depart for Cuzco by flight this morning. Travel to Puno. The rest of the day is at lei-
tour of Lima. Your local expert focuses on Upon arrival, proceed to the fortress vil- sure. (B)
the city’s colonial heritage during a walking lage of Pisac, an old mountain village whose
Day 10 Sun: Puno / Copacabana /
tour. Start at the Plaza de Armas to see the buildings reflect the brilliant precision of Inca
Huatajata by Hydrofoil Cruise
Government Palace and visit the Cathedral, stonemasonry. Today is market day! You will
Board a sleek hydrofoil and head east to
where the skeleton of Francisco Pizarro is have free time in the town center to browse
Huatajata, located on the most panoramic
sealed in a wooden coffin. From there, stroll the many colorful stalls. Overnight in Sacred
shore of the sacred lake. Stop en route to visit
to the venerable San Francisco Monastery Valley. (BLD)
Copacabana. Later, visit some of the fascinat-
with its splendid 17th-century cloister
Day 6 Wed: Sacred Valley / Machu ing museums and exhibits of your resort. Visit
murals. Next, stop at Lima’s famous Herrera
Picchu the new Andean Eco Village to learn about the
Museum. This evening, enjoy a welcome din-
Board your train this morning for a short different styles of life on the plateau, includ-
ner at a La Rosa Nautica Restaurant. (BD)
journey into the lush Urubamba Valley. Then ing the artisans, fishing villages and the Uru
Day 3 Sun: Lima / Ica – Nazca Lines transfer to a motor coach for the ascent to Chipayas Mud Igloos. Meet one of the build-
Enjoy a scenic drive south along the Pan legendary Machu Picchu, the “Lost City of ers of the RA II vessel used for the late Thor
American Highway to the town of Ica, the the Incas,” situated high above the steep val- Heyerdahl’s epic journeys. After dinner, visit
wine capital of Peru. Have your cameras ley overlaid with dense tropical jungle. Your the unique on-site living museum of natural
handy this afternoon as you board your local guide will bring you closer to the lives medicine doctors, the Kallawayas. (BD)
aircraft for a flight over the Nazca Plains. and mysteries still hidden in these amazing
Day 11 Mon: Huatajata / Tiwanaku
Your pilot will point out the famous, mysteri- structures built by the pre-Columbian mas-
Ruins
ous markings known as the Nazca Lines—a ters of this sacred land. (BL)
Today visit the Tiwanaku Ruins, once the site
series of drawings of animals and geometric
Day 7 Thu: Machu Picchu / Cuzco of an impressive imperial capital. Discovered
figures etched into the parched soil, some
Enjoy the tranquility of the morning before in AD 1200, this deserted city inspired the
of which are up to 1,000 feet in length.
you take some free time to wander the ruins Incas with its advanced agricultural and archi-
The most accepted of the various theories
at your own pace and inhale the magic that tectural techniques. Visit the Kallawaya com-
regarding these amazing artifacts belongs to
is Machu Picchu. After lunch, return to Cuzco pound, the subterranean temple of Kontiki
German mathematician Maria Reiche, who
in the late afternoon. (BL) and the Sun Gate. Drive from here to Lake
dubbed the land as the “astronomical cal-
endar” of the ancient Peruvians. Dinner this
Day 8 Fri: Cuzco - City Tour
Titicaca. Situated at 12,500 feet above seal
evening is at your hotel. (BD)
Today learn more about the Incas and their
level, this vast inland sea is the world’s high-
futile struggle with the invading Spaniards.
est navigable lake. (B)
Day 4 Mon: Ica / Ballestas Island Cruise
Visit the imposing Cathedral, the Santo Day 12 Tue: Huatajata / Julliaca / Lima
/ Lima
Domingo Monastery, the nearby Inca baths Today, drive to Julliaca airport to board your
Head north to the Bay of Paracas. Cruise
of Tambomachay and the semi-circular flight through Lima to home. (B)
out to the Ballestas Islands, which are inhab-
Kenko Amphitheater, with its stone altars
ited by a wide variety of sea mammals and
Note: Maximum elevation on tour: 13,000 ft.
and labyrinth of passages. See the ancient
exotic birds, including boobies, sea lions and
site of Puca Pucara before reaching the
Extend your tour with a Galapagos
Humbolt penguins. The huge Candelabro, a
Temple of Sacsayhuaman, “House of the Sun,”
Islands Cruise (please see page 18-19)
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