Hotel accommodations for 7 nights including room taxes and service charges. (see selection of hotels & rates).
Daily breakfast.
Transfers to/from airport and train station.
Tours as mentioned including entrance fees.
English speaking tour guide.
Tips to airport and hotel porters.
Round trip airfare from Miami to Lima via American Airlines.
Local airfare Lima-Cuzco-Lima.
NOT INCLUDED:
Meals, unless specified in itinerary.
Insurance.
Tips to tour guide or bus driver.
Any other service not mentioned in itinerary.
Airport departure taxes when leaving USA departure tax $268 (Inc. USA airport tax/security/fuel surcharges).(Subject to change)
Lima and Cuzco $5.00 each and upon leaving Peru $28.00.
Re-entry fee to Machu Picchu.
Call (800) 533-5343 for more information or to book today! Mention code 7001236
Tour Operator
Tara Tours
Offer
Offer valid through 7/31/2008
Duration
8 Days
Escorted
Escorted - No
Itinerary
Day
Destination
Description
Day 1
Depart USA
SUN. MIAMI-LIMA : Depart USA for Lima, Peru. After going through customs and immigration, you will be met and taken to hotel selected.
Day 2
Cuzco
MON. LIMA-CUZCO : Transfer to the airport for flight to Cuzco, where you will be met and taken to your hotel. Afternoon sightseeing tour of Cuzco -the center of the universe for the Inca civilization- visiting the Temple of Koricancha or Sun God, the Cathedral and the ruins nearby such as, Kenko, Puca-Pucara, Tambomachay and Sacsayhuaman an impressive megalithic construction, strategically placed on a hill overlooking the city of Cusco, It name means "satisfied falcon" in Quechua. Formed by three successive walls of immense stones (the biggest one-28 feet high, 15 wide and 12 thick -must weigh some 360 tons.). The three walls are almost parallel. Forming a zig-zag, each supporting a terrace and parapet. The mind boggles at the thought of the effort that the building of this great monument must have cost men who did not have the wheel: the out side wall alone is 650 yards long. It is said that its construction, begun by the Inca Tupac Yupanqui, took more than seventy years and required the labor of over twenty thousand men. Overnite at hotel selected. (B).
Day 3
Ollantaytambo
TUE. PISAC-OLLANTAYTAMBO : Full day excursion to visit the colorful indigenous market of Pisac where hundreds of natives come to town wearing their unique customs, to exchange or buy products. After lunch at a local restaurant, continue with your tour guide to see and learn about Ollantaytambo A typical town of Inca origin. Its design and the foundations of the majority of its buildings date from the Inca era, when it was a strategic military, religious and agricultural center. Above it stands a fortress as a defense against the primitive inhabitants of the hot valleys of the "Antis" or jungle indians. The fortress consist of a series of superimposed terraces of carved stone accessed by long staircases. The upper terrace contains large, admirably worked stone. It was here that Manco Inca fought the troops of Hernando Pizarro in 1537, leading a fierce resistance against the Spanish at command of a "General" Ollantay who continued for many years from Inca hideouts in the jungles of Vilcabamba. You have to climb to visit the upper part, where six enormous stones (each weighing some 50 tons) stand upright. Return to Cuzco late afternoon. (B,L)
Day 4
Machu Picchu
WED. CUZCO-MACHU PICCHU : Full day excursion by train to the most mysterious and energetic place of the Inka civilization. Early morning your tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to the train station for your 3 1/2 hour trip -with spectacular views of the the Urubamba River and the Andean mountain range, to Machu Picchu. Temples, palaces, towers and staircases are built into the side of the mountain. Here your tour guide will take you from site to site explaining the advanced world of the Incas. Overnight at Hotel selected in Aguas Calientes or Machu Picchu. (B)
Day 5
Cuzco
THU. MACHU PICCHU-CUZCO : Day at leisure to explore the "Lost City " of Machu Picchu on your own. You can walk for 2 miles towards the Intipunko (main entrance of M.Picchu in Inca times), or take a back trail to see the old Inca bridge carved on the side of the mountain, or just relax, take pictures and absorbe the powerful energy of the place. Mid-afternoon return to Cuzco by train and bus.(B)
Day 6
Cuzco
FRI. CUZCO : Day at leisure to explore the Inka city of Cuzco on your own (Cuzco is like big open museum) or take advantage of great bargaings for swaeters, ponchos, rugs, handicrafts, etc. (or you can take an optional half day excursion to Chincheros, Maras or Piquillacta). (B).
SAT. CUZCO-LIMA : Transfer to the airport for flight to Lima with transfer to hotel selected. Early afternoon your tour guide will take you to visit the famous Gold Museum with more than 10,000 Gold pieces, textiles and metal work from Pre-Inka and Inka civilizations, some of them 4,000 years old. (B).
Day 8
Return USA
SUN. LIMA-USA : Transfer to the airport for flight to Miami, New York or Los Angeles. (B)
Dates/Pricing
Disclaimer
*From Jan.02 to Apr.16 and Jun.15 to Aug.15 add $100 p.p. From Dec.10 to 31 -please add $250 per person. AIRFARES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. NOTE: If you already have your international air portion...please deduct $550 to the air-land tour cost. For 5 stars hotels in Lima -you can choose among Marriot, Sheraton, Swissotel or Las Americas in Lima at the same rate. For hotel locations in Cuzco.....See City of Cuzco-Map
ADD-ONS VIA AMERICAN AIRLINES: For same package..... Add $300 from LAX, SFO, DEN, LAS and Zone 5; Add $160 from ATL, ORL, SJU, TPA & ZONE 1; Add $200 from DFW, HOU & ZONE 2; Add $280 from BDL, BOS, BWI, CHI, EWR, NYC, WAS, ZONE 3; Add $340 from ZONE 4. Add $350 from JAC, PDX, SEA.(See below Zone Chart). RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME.
INSURANCE: Tara Tours Inc. strongly recommends that you purchased travel insurance. Insured America has designed a policy for Tara Tours clients. Cost for this program is $200-270 per person (see inclusions in Insurance section). DEPOSITS: US$200.00 per person at the time of booking. FINAL PAYMENT: 45 days before departure. CANCELLATIONS: At any time $100 per person. Prior to departure: 45 to 30 days $150 penalty fee; 29 to 15 days 50% penalty fee; 14 days or less -No Refunds. Some airline may have a non refundable ticket policy...we will advise you at the time of booking.
FULL DAY EXCURSION TO NAZCA BY PLANETransfer to the airport for your 40 minute flight to Nazca. Then for about 45 minutes, fly over the Nazca plains in light aircraft. The fabulous pre-Inca lines, huge birds that resemble a landing field, geometrical lines, spirals, etc. Lunch at Hotel Las Dunas in Ica and visit the Archaeological Museum. Early in the afternoon return to Lima and transfer to your hotel. Price per person $499.00 (min. 2 people)
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