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FIND YOURSELF IN WITH INKATERRA

Journey to Peru's most mesmerizing places, enjoying a stay at unique & luxury Inkaterra hotels. Share the magic and mystique of the Citadel and explore the Inca and colonial legacy.

7 days / 6 nights: (2 nights); Machu Picchu (2 nights); (2 nights)

______7 Days / 6 Nights Cost: Starting from USD 3472 pp (based upon twin share)

Sacred Valley (2 nights); Aguas Calientes (2 nights); Cusco (2 nights)

Summary: ======Day 1 Private transfer from the Cusco airport Private guided excursion to Pisac Market & Ruins en route to your hotel Lunch at Hacienda Huayoccari Dinner on your own Overnight at Inkaterra Urubamba - Jr. Suite

Day 2 Breakfast at your hotel Private guided excursion to Chinchero, Maras & Moray Lunch at El Parador de Moray Dinner on your own Overnight at Inkaterra Urubamba - Jr. Suite

Day 3 Breakfast at your hotel Private guided excursion to ruins Lunch on your own Vistadome train from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Dinner included at your hotel Overnight at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo - Junior Suite

Day 4 Breakfast at your hotel Private guided excursion to Machu Picchu & Wayna Pichu Lunch on your own Dinner included at your hotel Overnight at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo - Junior Suite

Day 5 Breakfast at your hotel Vistadome train from Machu Picchu to Ollantaytambo Private transfer from the Ollantaytambo train station to Cusco Lunch and dinner on your own Overnight at Inkaterra La Casona - Patio Suite

Day 6 Breakfast at your hotel Highlights of Cusco and visit San Blas Lunch and dinner on your own Overnight at Inkaterra La Casona - Patio Suite

Day 7 Breakfast at your hotel Private transfer from your hotel to the Cusco airport

______DETAILED EXPERIENCE

Day 1

Upon your arrival at Cusco airport our Guest Services Representative will be waiting in the arrivals area. After collecting your luggage walk through the doors and look for a sign with your name.

Excursion to Pisac Ruins & Market (Alternatives available: Chinchero, Pisac Ruins, Pisac Market or Maras & Moray). Visit the Pisac mountaintop complex including overlooks, terraces and the main temple, located next to the town of Pisac. It is known for its small, polished stones that fit perfectly together. In the main ruins, you will find temples of the sun, moon, rain, rainbow, and stars, as well as a few Inca crosses rising from the ground. Among the most important buildings in the area are Pisaca, which is a fine curving wall, the Intihuatana group of temples, and the military area, called “Q’ Allaqasa”. Exploring these ruins means walking a path, which snakes its way along the hillsides east of the Sacred Valley.

Visit Pisac village and its traditional market. The small Main Square is filled wall-to-wall with stalls selling the full range of Peruvian handicrafts: alpaca sweaters and mittens, carved gourds or “mates burilados”, ceramics, felt hats, musical instruments, paintings, antiques, a huge variety of trinkets, and, most of all, weavings and jewelry. Even if you are not buying, the café balconies overlooking the square offer you superb people-watching opportunities. Traditionally, people of the highlands come down to exchange their produce such as vegetables, weavings and pottery, for essentials such as salt, sugar and rice in a trade called “trueque”. You can also visit the church and a small interesting museum.

Lunch at Hacienda Huayoccari, a beautiful ranch built in the Fifties by one of the most prestigious families in Cusco: landowners and art collectors. It is located 1.5 miles uphill from the main Sacred Valley road.

Huayoccari is a private home. It provides beautiful surroundings, amazing garden and views, antiques and folk art throughout, and delicious food. The

______house is lived-in by its owners and receives guests to private luncheons by appointment only.

Overnight at Inkaterra Urubamba in a Junior Suite.

Day 2 Breakfast at your hotel.

Excursion to Chinchero, Maras & Moray (Alternatives available: Pisac Ruins, Pisac Market, Chinchero, Pisac Ruins & Market, Ollantaytambo, Maras & Moray or Pisac Market & Ollantaytambo).

Experience a full-day private guided excursion throughout the Sacred Valley. First, visit Chinchero, a small Andean village, located high-up on the windswept plains of Anta (12,342.52 ft.), about 30 km from Cusco. You will find yourself surrounded by gorgeous views overlooking the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the Cordillera Vilcabamba, with the snow-capped peak of Salkantay dominating the western horizon. This is the location of the village of Chinchero. Chinchero means the birthplace of the rainbow in Quechua. This excursion combines Inca ruins with a typical Andean village, a colonial church, some wonderful mountain views, and a colorful traditional market.

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Lunch at El Parador de Moray restaurant. The house has a central courtyard where you can find entertainment options, and 3 rooms arranged perpendicularly around the yard with large and small windows that make amazing postcards views of mountains, valley fields, and an esplanade with an impeccable view of Moray.

Continue through the sites of Maras and Moray. En route, witness some of the best sites in the valley. First, stop at the ancient salt mines, nearby the town of Maras, which can be seen from an old chapel just above. Second, visit the huge circular agricultural terraces at Moray built by the Incas in natural sinkholes on a limestone plateau overlooking the Urubamba Valley. It has been suggested that they have a cosmological meaning; however, the Incas are thought to have used them as a kind of crop– laboratory to determine the optimal conditions of each species.

Overnight at Inkaterra Urubamba in a Junior Suite.

Day 3 Breakfast at your hotel.

Excursion to Ollantaytambo en route to the Ollantaytambo train station. (Alternatives available: Chinchero, Pisac Ruins, Pisac Market, Pisac Ruins & Market or Maras & Moray).

______Visit Ollantaytambo, the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the Americas, which shows the best surviving example of Inca city planning. Its fortress, with its extremely well built walls, was both a temple and a fortress to the Incas. The spectacular steep terraces that guard the Inca complex mark one of the few places where the Conquerors lost a major battle. The temple area is at the top of steep terracing, which helped to provide excellent defenses. The stones for Ollantaytambo were taken from a nearby quarry on the mountainside of the opposite bank of the river. This was an incredible feat involving the efforts of thousands of workers. The complex was still under construction by the time of the conquest and was never completed.

Board the Vistadome train in Ollantaytambo for your 1.5 hour journey to Machu Picchu. With the Vistadome train, you are completely surrounded by panoramic windows, allowing unsurpassed scenic views and photographic opportunities as you cruise deeper into the Inca´s territory. On-board entertainment, snacks, and hot and cold refreshments are included. Arrival in the Aguas Calientes train station.

Reception at the train station by the hotel’s representatives followed by a short walk and assistance to Inkaterra Machu Picchu.

Evening at leisure to relax or enjoy some of the hotel’s most charming attractions that include the reading room, the wall in the main dining room displaying scores of pre-Columbian artifacts, the lounge’s crackling

______fireplaces, and the Andean sauna, an igloo made from indigenous bamboo and fresh eucalyptus leaves, in the UNU Spa (Prices for services at the UNU Spa are available at the front desk of the Hotel).

Suggested Excursions: Bird-watching walk, Nature trail, Twilight walk, Orchid Tour, Organic Tea Processing and Evening Nature Shows.

Dinner “a la carte” at the Main Restaurant; This restaurant, brags adjacent terraces which were built as a large glass house with an exceptional view of the Urubamba River and the surrounding green mountains.

Overnight at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel in a Junior Suite.

Day 4 Breakfast at your hotel.

Machu Picchu Citadel Excursion & Excursion. (Options available: Mandor Waterfalls or Putukusi Mountain).

A short walk from the hotel; take a 30-minute bus ride to Machu Picchu Citadel. (8000 ft. – 2432 m.a.s.l.)

Once there, climb the mystical Huayna Picchu Mountain in order to see the ruins at the top. There are 2 entrance oportunities dependant on availability; 7am or 10am. We will select the 7am entrance time unless otherwise requested. This hike lasts approximately 2 hours at a slow pace. Then, explore the Machu Picchu citadel accompanied by a certified English-speaking guide.

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Explore the enigmatic citadel of Machu Picchu accompanied with your guide for three hours. Your expert guide will lead you through the site, providing archaeological and historical information on key areas of interest, including Intihuatana (the Sun Dial), the Sacred Plaza and the Temple of the Sun.

This is an opportunity to revel in the energy and atmosphere of one of the most significant and spectacular archaeological sites on the planet, surrounded by the cloud forest, Wayna Picchu and (the Sun Gate), the entrance to the Machu Picchu Inca trail.

Overnight at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel in a Junior Suite.

Day 5 Breakfast at your hotel.

Board the Vistadome train in Aguas Calientes for your 1.5 hour journey to Ollantaytambo.

Upon your arrival at the Ollantaytambo train station, there will only be one exit point. Look for our guest services representative there, holding a sign with your name on it. You will be transferred to Cusco. (Approximate duration 1.5 hours)

Overnight at Inkaterra La Casona Hotel in a Patio Suite.

______Day 6 Breakfast at your hotel.

Excursion of Cusco City and San Blas Neighborhood. (Options available: Visit to the Four Ruins, excursion of Cusco City & Four Ruins or Excursion of Cusco City & Sacsayhuaman.)

Experience a private guided tour through the city of Cusco with its Inca walls, colorful costumes and legendary streets. Stroll with your guide around the Main Square or “Plaza de Armas”. Framed by the Andes and lined by pillars and carved wooden balconies, it is the main attraction and focal point of Cusco. This is the perfect spot to film or to take pictures of the wonderful architectural delights flanking the square. Enjoy the beauty and attractiveness of San Blas neighborhood, one of the most picturesque communities in Cusco. It is characterized by its narrow and steep streets that zigzag among old colonial houses constructed with walls of Inca stone. Then, visit the pre-Columbian Art Museum, a showcase of approximately 450 archeological selected pieces. The collection was taken from the storage rooms of the Larco Herrera Museum in Lima. On display are ceramics, metal works, jewelry and other artifacts from the Nasca, Moche, Huari, Chimú, Chancay, and Inca cultures. In addition to this, paintings from the famous Cusco School of Art and wooden sculptures are exhibited. Pieces are carefully chosen and well displayed.

Overnight at Inkaterra La Casona Hotel in a Patio Suite.

Day 7 Breakfast at your hotel.

Private transfer to the Cusco airport. (Approximate duration 20 minutes)

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*Domestic air fare is subject to availability and might vary without previous notice

Price Includes:  Meals as indicated in the itinerary  Transfers provided in private vehicle  Private excursions with local English speaking guide  Entrance tickets to all specified sites

Price Does Not Include:  International airfare  Local airfare  Local airport taxes  Personal expenses  Entrance tickets to ruins or other unspecified sites  Local taxes at hotels (18% V.A.T. is applicable only to Peruvian and foreign resident of Peru. In order to be exempted you will need to show your original passport and the Andean immigration card). Please, note that this is a preliminary quotation subject to availability; some changes might apply prior to confirmation.

Any deposit, partial or total payment for a reservation constitutes the consent of the terms and conditions set here-in.  A 30% deposit is required 15 days after the itinerary is confirmed.  The 70% balance is required 46 days prior to arrival.  All deposited trips that cancel will have a penalty

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