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Cuzco also known as the Archaeological Capital of America, was the center of the Inca Empire. According to legend, the city was founded about 1200 BC by Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, who emerged from the depths of Lake Titicaca, at the command of their father, the sun. This period ended with the arrival of the conqueror Francisco Pizarro in November 15, 1533, when the Spanish domination began.
In Cuzco, there are the monumental ruins of MACHU PICCHU (“The Lost City of the Incas”). These are the most impressive ruins, being exclusively made of stone and without the help of any modern mechanical devices.
TIP FOR TRAVELERS
Because Cuzco is 3326 meters above sea level, on the day of your arrival you need time to relax and adapt to the altitude.
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| TOURS |
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| CUZCO WITH DAY EXCURSION TO MACHU PICCHU (3Days / 2Nights) departs daily |
-First of all, your time to relax. In the afternoon, a three-hour escorted tour through the city and the surrounding ruins of Kenko, Puca-Pucara, Tambomachay, and the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
-Full day tour to Machu Picchu. A lunch at Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge and in the afternoon, return to Cuzco by train, first class service.
(Package includes round trip transfers, Cuzco city tour, tour of Machu Picchu and lunch, and nearby ruins of Cuzco, hotel accommodations). |
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| CUZCO AND MACHU PICCHU (4Days / 3Nights) |
-Enjoy Cuzco as outlined in tour #1, with the added enchantment of staying the night at a hotel in Machu Picchu. So you can feel the magnificent and spiritually powerful of the ruins.
-While overnight you may visit the thermal waters (“Aguas Calientes"), located near the train station.
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-You may also consider trekking up Huayna Picchu, the adjacent mountain overlooking Machu Picchu (approximately 3 hours up and down)
(Package includes 2 nights in Cuzco, 1 night at the Sanctuary Lodge in Machu Picchu hotel, located adjacent to ruins or Hotel El Pueblo at the foot of ruins. All transfers, round-trip train ticket to Machu Picchu, entrance fee, guided visit to ruins and lunch there). For estimate Quote click here |
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| PISAC INDIAN MARKET & OLLANTAYTAMBO FORTRESS (4Days / 3Nights) (Market only operates Sun & Tu.) |
-The Tour #1 plus an additional day and night to visit Pisac market (20 minutes from Cuzco), an attractive and colorful Indian market attended by nearby villages dressed in typical costumes.
Mass is celebrated in Quechua (Indian language) on Sundays.
-Lunch in a restaurant at the valley -A visit to the Fortress of Ollantaytambo. Includes lunch.For estimate Quote click here |
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| AMAZON CRUISE AND MACHU PICCHU (11Days / 10Nights) departs Sat. returns Tue. This tour is a Combo-Tours: #1 and #3. |
IMPORTANT: This tour Departs from Iquitos. -Saturday: Arrival in Iquitos, transfer to Hotel for overnight.
Sunday: Transfer to the dock to board the “M/V Amazonas” (a famous boat) for your cruise down the river to visit “Bora” and “Huitoto” Indian villages, for blowgun demonstrations.
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See the famous Victoria Reggia water lilies, missionary village at Lake Caballococha, fishing expedition to backwater lake, caiman spotting at night and treks into the depths of the Amazon Jungle.
-Sun-Fri: Cruises the Amazon river basin.
Saturday: Cruise ends with arrival in Iquitos, transfer to Hotel for overnight.
Sunday: Transfer to airport for flight to Cuzco (Via Lima).
Transfer to your Hotel. A full day tour to the Indian market of Pisac.
Return to Cuzco and transfer to your hotel for overnight.
Monday: Full day tour to Machu Picchu. Lunch at the Sanctuary Machu Picchu Lodge upon arrival, followed by a guided visit to the ruins. Afternoon return by first class train to Cuzco. Transfer to hotel.
Tuesday: Transfer to airport for your flight to Cuzco, back home place in Peru for an extension of your trip.
(Package in Cuzco includes hotel accommodations, 2 nights in Iquitos, 2 nights in Cuzco, 7D/6N cruise above the “M/V Amazonas” upper deck or Sun deck (full board), shore excursions mentioned transfers and excursions, entrance fee to monuments, ruins, etc…, train tickets first class to Machu Picchu and 2 lunches).For estimate Quote click here |
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| LIMA AND CUZCO (5Days / 4Nights) - “A” This tour is a Combo-Tours: #1 and a visit to Lima. |
-Arrival in Lima with overnight stay.
-Flight to Cuzco. Afternoon tour of Cuzco and the surrounding ruins of Kenko, Puca-Pucara, Tambomachay and the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
-Tour of Machu Picchu. Lunch at Machu Picchu Sanctuary and return to Cuzco by train. |
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-Return to Lima, private city tour (For knowing: The Cathedral and its museum, Plaza Mayor, Government Palace, the Court of Inquisition, Torre Tagle Palace, Church of San Francisco, the Main Railroad “Desamparados”, Bullring “Plaza de Acho”, Alameda de los Descalzos, the beautiful districts of Miraflores, San Isidro, etc…).
-Free at leisure and transfer to airport (Package includes excursions, transfers, lunch in Machu Picchu and First Class train).For estimate Quote click here |
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| LIMA AND CUZCO (6Days / 5Nights) - “B” |
-Half-day city tour of modern and colonial Lima. -Round trip transfers in Lima and Cuzco.
-2 nights in Lima. -3 nights in Cuzco (Hotel, buffet-breakfast).
-Round trip first class train tickets from Cuzco to Machu Picchu ruins.
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-Lunch and guided tour of Machu Picchu ruins. -City tour of Cuzco and surrounding ruins. -Full day tour to Pisac Indian Market and Ollantaytambo Fortress.
Lunch in a restaurant at the Inca Valley. -All services in English.
-Entrance fees to ruins, museums, parks, etc… -Cuzco tourist tax, hotel and service taxes. For estimate Quote click here |
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| THE SACRED INCA VALLEY CIRCUIT |
Departs Saturday or Wednesday.
-Sat/Wed: Arrive in Cuzco and transfer to hotel. -In the afternoon a city tour and nears by ruins. -From Cuzco enjoy a tour to the Indian Market of Pisac.
-A travel to Ollantaytambo by bus, to visit the famous Fortress.
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-19 miles by private car to the town of Yucay, where you will enjoy dinner and overnight at a beautiful charming hotel.
-Mon/Fri: Retrace your 16 miles from Yucay to the train station at Ollantaytambo station (by car) to catch the train to the great Machu Picchu ruins.
Upon arrival, enjoy a lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge, followed by a guided visit.
Overnight. -Tue/Sat: Return to Cuzco by train and transfer to hotel. -Wed/Sun: Transfer to airport for flight out. For estimate Quote click here |
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| FROM THE INCAS TO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST (8Days / 7Nights) |
Departs Tue & Fri.
-Round trip transfers in Lima, the Amazon, and Cuzco.
-1 night in an hotel in Lima and 3 nights hotel, buffet-breakfast in Cuzco.
-3 nights in the exotic Amazon (Lodge) full board, 3 meals per day, jungle excursions. |
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-Round trip first class train tickets, Cuzco to Machu Picchu ruins.
-Lunch and guided tour of Machu Picchu. -City tour of Cuzco and near by ruins.
-Excursion to Pisac Indian Market, lunch in a restaurant at the Inca Valley, visit to Ollantaytambo Fortress.
-All services in English
. -Entrance fees to ruins, museums, parks, etc…
-Cuzco tourist tax, hotel and service taxes. -2 lunches. For estimate Quote click here |
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| EXTENSION FROM CUZCO TO THE LAKE TITICACA (Puno) (3Days / 2Nights) |
-One way ticket on first class train from Cuzco to Puno.
-2 nights in a Puno’s hotel.
-Round trip transfers.
-Half-day excursions to the strange floating islands of the Uros Indians.
-Half-day excursions to the pre-inca tombs of Sillustani. Optional: Crossing of Lake Titicaca to La Paz (Bolivia) by “Catamaran”, by hydrofoil or by car. For estimate Quote click here |
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| OPTIONAL TOURS FROM CUZCO: |
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CHINCHERO MARKET: Half-day private excursion by car to this beautiful and colorful town. There is a market on Sundays. There is no mass on Sunday, unlike Pisac (see below).
MARAS-MORAY RUINS: The countryside of Maras, located 16 miles from Cuzco in the Andes is unforgettable. A further 7 miles takes you to the architectural ruins of Moray, a “coliseum” shaped creation of the Incas though to serve an agricultural purpose. There you will see the aqueducts of an ancient irrigation system.
PIQUILLACTA & ANDAHUAYLILLAS: Near town of Piquillacta lie the ruins of stone walls cemented together with compacted mud. It has been a fort used by the Incas to store agricultural produce. Andahuaylillas is home to the “Sistine Chapel” of Peru dating back to the end of the Inca Empire. |
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The Inca Empire was the largest empire in Pre-Columbian America, and one of the largest empires in the world at the time of its collapse. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cuzco. It arose from the highlands of Peru in 1197; from 1438 to 1533, the Incas used conquest and peaceful assimilation to incorporate a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, including large parts of modern Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. In 1533, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor (Sapa Inca) not being a puppet or freedom fighter, was killed on the orders of the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, marking the beginning of Spanish rule. The Inca Empire was organized in “señoríos” (dominions) with a stratified society, in which the ruler was the Inca. It was also supported by an economy based on the collective property of the land. In fact, the Inca Empire was conceived like an ambitious and audacious civilizing project, based on a mythical thought, in which the harmony of the relationships between the human being, nature and Gods was truly essential.
The Quechua name was Tawantin Suyu which can be translated The Four Regions or The Four United Regions. Before the Quechua spelling reform it was written in Spanish as Tahuantinsuyo. Tawantin is a group of four things (tawa "four" with the suffix -ntin which names a group); suyu means "region" or "province". |
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