CUSCO LAMBAYEQUE Email: [email protected] Av. Manco Cápac 515 – Wanchaq Ca. M. M. Izaga 740 Of. 207 - Chiclayo www.chaskiventura.com T: 51+ 84 233952 T: 51 +74 221282 PSCDE3 - THE FOUR SIDES OF THE INCA EMPIRE SUMMARY DURATION AND SEASON 15 Days/ 14 Nights LOCATION Department of Arequipa, Puno, Cusco, Raqchi community ATRACTIONS Tourism: Archaeological, Ethno tourism, Gastronomic and landscapes. ATRACTIVOS Archaeological and Historical complexes: Machu Picchu, Tipón, Pisac, Pikillaqta, Ollantaytambo, Moray, Maras, Chinchero, Saqsayhuaman, Catedral, Qoricancha, Cusco city, Inca and pre-Inca archaeological complexes, Temple of Wiracocha, Arequipa and Puno. Living culture: traditional weaving techniques and weaving in the Communities of Chinchero, Sibayo, , Raqchi, Uros Museum: in Lima, Arequipa, Cusco. Natural areas: of Titicaca, highlands, Colca canyon, local fauna and flora. TYPE OF SERVICE Private GUIDE – TOUR LEADER English, French, or Spanish. Its presence is important because it allows to incorporate your journey in the thematic offered, getting closer to the economic, institutional, and historic culture and the ecosystems of the circuit for a better understanding. RESUME This circuit offers to get closer to the Andean culture and to understand its world view, its focus, its technologies, its mixture with the Hispanic culture, and the fact that it remains present in Indigenous Communities today. In this way, by bus, small boat, plane or walking, we will visit Archaeological and Historical Complexes, Communities, Museums & Natural Environments that will enable us to know the heart of the Inca Empire - the last heir of the Andean independent culture and predecessor of the mixed world of nowadays. CUSCO LAMBAYEQUE Email: [email protected] Av. Manco Cápac 515 – Wanchaq Ca. M. M. Izaga 740 Of. 207 - Chiclayo www.chaskiventura.com T: 51+ 84 233952 T: 51 +74 221282 CONCEPT The circuit that we offer as the four sides of the Inca Empire invites you to discover the reality of the 6 oldest civilizations of humanity, with a fully endogenous and autonomous development. When the conquerors came to the country they called Peru, they found a confederation of about 200 kingdoms, brought together by the Inca people, or "ENQA" (in Quechua, they had the strength power or energy). It was built in about 170 years, and the last people were invaded by the Incas only 60 years before the Spaniards came, that´s why for many local lords, the Spanish conquest was a chance to be released from this supervision, because the nation, the Tawantinsuyo nation or Land of the Four Regions, lacked unity. This country went from Pasto (Colombia) to Mendoza (Argentina) with a road network of more than 12,000 km. Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador are 4 of the 12 mega diverse countries in the world, and Peru is, by far, the most diverse country of all, with more than 10% of the planet's biodiversity. Crossing the South of the Inca empire, we offer you to discover the essence and history of a unique civilization, of which the Inca culture was only the last heir; as well as a mega diverse country with one of the richest seas and the driest deserts, where the sky becomes confused with the horizon, beautiful Andean valleys and the high jungle. TOUR MAP CUSCO LAMBAYEQUE Email: [email protected] Av. Manco Cápac 515 – Wanchaq Ca. M. M. Izaga 740 Of. 207 - Chiclayo www.chaskiventura.com T: 51+ 84 233952 T: 51 +74 221282 ITINERARY Day 1: ARRIVAL TO LIMA Arrival to Lima city. BEGINNING OF THE SERVICES Reception and transfer to the hotel Dinner not included. Night in your hotel in Lima Day 2: LIMA PREHISPANIC Breakfast Visit of the complex of Pachacamac: It is one of the greatest archaeological and important sites in Peru, and in his time, was the huaca (oracle) most consulted of the Andean world, leaving a deep print until today. It is a large architectural complex with many buildings that were built in different periods, from the early years of our era to the sixteenth century. As a "creator of the world" and people, plants, animals and everything in the world, Pachacamac is related with several elements of nature, like water, and other phenomena such as earthquakes, which are common in the Pacific coast of Peru. However, far from being the one who protects people from earthquakes, he was the one causing them and people had to thank him and give him offerings not to send this scourge. Lunch buffet of Peruvian Gastronomy, in the restaurant Puro Peru. The Peruvian Gastronomy is under the influence of the native and gastronomy (Spanish, French, Italian), African (western coast) and Asiatic (China, Japan). In the afternoon visit of the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru. The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru is the oldest state museum in our country and at the same time the headquarter of the National CUSCO LAMBAYEQUE Email: [email protected] Av. Manco Cápac 515 – Wanchaq Ca. M. M. Izaga 740 Of. 207 - Chiclayo www.chaskiventura.com T: 51+ 84 233952 T: 51 +74 221282 Museums of State. Its importance lies in the vast and varied cultural heritage that its showrooms and warehouses contain. Ceramics, textiles, metals, organic and lithic material related to human remains preserved with invaluable skills that surprise even the experts, making the legacy of our pre-Hispanic past. Objects of historical and artistic value, as well as photographic and bibliographic documentaries give an idea of the colonial and republican periods. They all make out of this a place of encounter with the history of Peru. Dinner not include, (in option, dinner show with dances) Return to your hotel Night at your hotel Day 3: LIMA – PARACAS - NAZCA Early transfer to the bus terminal Bus at 3h45 am to Paracas Arrival in Paracas at approx 8h00am Departure in boat and visit of the Ballestas Islands and Paracas chandelier, you will see sea lions, pelicans, penguins and sea birds. We will also admire the "candle", a giant figure on one side of the hill with the same style as the Nazca lines. Visit of the Paracas Reserve with clear blue waters, beaches, steep cliffs, rock formations carved by the sea and the wind is a place where water is mixed with sand dunes, this protected area includes a sea where are living species such as sea lions, penguins, dolphins and over 200 species of migratory birds including flamingos and Andean condor. CUSCO LAMBAYEQUE Email: [email protected] Av. Manco Cápac 515 – Wanchaq Ca. M. M. Izaga 740 Of. 207 - Chiclayo www.chaskiventura.com T: 51+ 84 233952 T: 51 +74 221282 Tour in the natural reserve of Paracas Lunch not included in Paracas Moments free Bus at 17h00 Paracas – Nazca Arrival in Nazca at the end of the afternoon Reception and transfer to your hotel Dinner not included Night at the hotel Observation 1: duration of the travel Paracas – Nazca – approx. 4h Observation 2: altitude of Nazca – approx 600m Day 4: NAZCA - AREQUIPA Breakfast OPTIONAL: Flight over the Lines of Nazca: Transfer to the aerodrome of Nazca and flight over the enigmatic lines of Nazca. Huge drawings which can only be seen from the sky. These drawings represent different insects and animals, such as the Monkey, Colibri, Condor, Lizard, Spider, Whale, but also the tree, the hands, the Astronaut and a number of lines which cross all the plain of Nazca. Yet we don’t known for certain how they were made. According to one theory, scientists think that the lines are a Great Astronomical Calendar representing the constellations. The pilot of the plane will give us a brief explanation. Visit of the complex of Cahuachi Cahuachi is one of the biggest complexes of pyramids and places built during the pre Hispanic period. It has a surface of 24km². It was the capital of the political and religious power of the governors of the culture of Nazca which organized the population of the valleys from Ica to Acari for the construction of huge works like Cahuachi or the well known lines of Nazca. The place chosen for Cahuachi by the antiques Nazca is strategic. They built the city on arid hills, closet the valley and cultivates areas, and the river who gives water, all year long, unusual characteristic of the rivers of the Peruvian coast. From Cahuachi - climbing to the valley of the river Nazca - it is easy to join the highest parts of CUSCO LAMBAYEQUE Email: [email protected] Av. Manco Cápac 515 – Wanchaq Ca. M. M. Izaga 740 Of. 207 - Chiclayo www.chaskiventura.com T: 51+ 84 233952 T: 51 +74 221282 the Andes, in the department of Ayacucho. There, they could provide themselves of abundant alpaca and vicuna wool that they used to make the prodigious and wove fine textiles, gaining everybody’s admiration, including ours today. The pyramids of Cahuachi were built one close to the other leant on small hills following the bank of the valley and the desert. In total, the constructions are scattered within an area of 24km2. In all the valley of Nazca, Cahuachi is the only known example of monumental architecture for the period in which they were used: 200 BC. to 450 AC. Broadly, the architectural planning of the pyramids is an overlapping platform base (pyramid) that serves as support for places, courtyards, corridors, stairways, ramps and rooms, guiding visitors on a route that goes from the outside to the inside, from the bottom to the top and from the public (open) to the private (restricted). Lunch Visit of the Aquaducts of Cantalloc About 2000 years ago, the people of Nazca developed a system of underground aqueducts to irrigate the dry parts of the valley that had no surface water.