PERU AT A GLANCE Lima, Cusco & Machu Picchu

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4 Days PERU AT A GLANCE

Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu

Day 01 LIMA
Arrive in Lima. Meeting at the airport and transfer to your hotel
Overnight in Lima

Day 02 LIMA - CUSCO
Transfer to the airport. Flight Lima-.Cusco. Meeting and transfer to the hotel.
Balance of the morning at leisure to adjust to the high altitude (11,000 feet).
Tour to Cusco. Visit Main Square and the Koricancha. Continue to the surrounding remains:
Sacsayhuaman Fortress: At a walking distance from the centre, it has big walls of monumental stones distributed in zigzag and in three platforms that have an average of 360-m. /1,181 ft. There are stones of as much as 9 m/30 ft long and 5-m/16 ft wide. Tambomachay: Known as the Inca Baths, it is said to have been a sanctuary for water worship. Clear running water flows through its stairways.
Puca Pucara Red Fortress: It is formed by terraces, stairways, turrets, urns, vaulted niches and platforms.
Kencco Amphitheater: Built in rock, it is said to have been an Inca worship site. There are passages, canals, and stairways with stone engravings representing the puma, a sacred animal.
Overnight in Cusco

Day 03 CUSCO - MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO
Breakfast - lunch
Transfer to the station. Departure by train to Aguas Calientes. On arrival, take the bus up to the Sanctuary. Guided visit to one of the "NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD". Machu Picchu shows the knowledge of a culture that was able to build a citadel with gigantic rocks perfectly fitted together and in a site of difficult access. Still today, the attention is drawn on how and from where these people could transport such enormous stones. There are no stone pits in the region nor had the Incas discovered the use of the wheel. It was known in the world after its discovery by Hiram Bingham in 1910.
Descend by bus to Aguas Calientes.
PM Return to Cusco by train. Meeting and transfer to your hotel
Overnight in Cusco

Day 04 CUSCO - LIMA
Breakfast
Transfer to the airport. Flight Cusco-Lima. Meeting at the airport and assistance on international departure.