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9 DAYS / 8 NIGHTS

Lima - Cuzco - Machu-Picchu and Puerto Maldonado
DAILY DEPARTURES

Day 1: Lima
Arrival in Lima reception at the airport and transfer to selected hotel.   Overnight.
Day 2: Lima  
Buffet breakfast    Morning or afternoon guided visit to the Cathedral, Main Square, San Francisco Convent and its Catacombs and the residential areas of San Isidro, Miraflores, the new commercial area South of Lima, the ocean front to enjoy a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean. Return to the hotel. Overnight. B
uzco is a city where past and present collide in an uneasy mix. This mythical capital of the Inca Empire, preserves with pride its wall and battlements of stone, which evoke the greatness of the sons of the sun. Cusco is a city plentiful of historical monuments and relics and of myths and legends. Visiting Cuzco is an unforgettable experience that permits to unravel some of the mysteries of the Incas, because Cusco was the center, the navel of the Andean world.Day 3: Lima - Cuzco 
Buffet breakfast  Early transfer to the airport. Departure to Cuzco . Arrival in Cuzco, reception at the airport and transfer to selected hotel. Rest of the Morning at leisure.  2:30 p.m. Visit to the nearby ruins including the Sacsayhuaman Fortress, overlooking the city of Cuzco, a pre-Inca architectural masterpiece; Quenquo, a rock sanctuary whose main attraction is a monolithic altar representing a puma; the red fortress of Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay, a beautiful fountain fed by a spring forming a series of basins. Continue the tour to the city of Cuzco : the Main Square , the Cathedral and the Santo Domingo Church or Temple of the Sun (Koricancha). (Excursion for 4 hours). Late afternoon return to the hotel. Overnight. B
Day 4: Cuzco - Machu-Picchu  
Buffet breakfast at the hotel    Early transfer to the train station and departure for a day tour to Machu-Picchu (3 and half hours trip). Arrival in Aguas Calientes Station and bus ride up to the ruins (25 minutes). Guided visit of Machu Picchu built completely of stone blocks, fitted together with masterful precision. This fabulous city has houses, temples, warehouses, a large central square, all connected by narrow roads and steps, and is surrounded by terraces cut into the mountain side which were used for agriculture. Lunch at Machu-Picchu Sanctuary Lodge.    In the afternoon, descent by bus to Aguas Calientes and overnight at Machu-Picchu Pueblo Hotel. B / L
Day 5: Machu-Picchu - Cuzco 
Shamanic legends say that when sensitive persons touch their foreheads to the stone, the Intihuatana opens one's vision to the spirit world (the author had such an experience, which is described in detail in Chapter one of Places of Peace and Power, on the web site, www.sacredsites.com). Intihuatana stones were the supremely sacred objects of the Inca people and were systematically searched for and destroyed by the Spaniards. When the Intihuatana stone was broken at an Inca shrine, the Inca believed that the deities of the place died or departed. The Spaniards never found Machu Picchu, even though they suspected its existence, thus the Intihuatana stone and its resident spirits remain in their original position. The mountain top sanctuary fell into disuse and was abandoned some forty years after the Spanish took Cuzco in 1533. Supply lines linking the many Inca social centers were disrupted and the great empire came to an end. The photograph shows the ruins of Machu Picchu in the foreground with the sacred peak of Wayna Picchu towering behind. Partway down the northern side of Wayna Picchu is the so-called "Temple of the Moon" inside a cavern. As with the ruins of Machu Picchu, there is no archaeological or iconographical evidence to substantiate the 'new-age' assumption that this cave was a goddess site.Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Morning at leisure. (second bus and second entrance to Machu-Picchu not included).In the afternoon return to Cuzco and transfer to selected hotel. Overnight. B
Day 6: Cuzco - Puerto Maldonado - Reserva Amazonica 
Buffet breakfast. Transfer to the airport and departure by plane to Puerto Maldonado. After a twenty-five minutes flight, arrival, reception and transfer to the river port for motorized motorboat trip to Reserva Amazonica. Arrival in the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, walk through the rainforest and visit to the medicinal plant garden. Dinner and overnight. B/L/D
Day 7: Reserva Amazonica
Buffet breakfast    Trip up the Madre de Dios River by motorboat. Thirty minute walk to Sandoval Lake . Canoe ride on the lake to observe the wealth of flora and fauna. Swimming in the lake and a visit to the Fitzcarrald ship. Participants will see a variety of fauna (widgeon, cranes and macaws) and flora (seiba and schihuahuaco trees). Return to the lodge for lunch. Puerto Maldonado - The canoe pushes through the mist, as if to tear itPUERTO MALDONADO - TAMBOPATA PICTURE PUERTO MALDONADO apart and cut a path for the hesitant rays of light unable to find an opening in the thick, hazy, almost impenetrable cloak. The haze seems to shroud everything in a dawn of diffused lines and shades, in which gnarled trunks and mud paths are sensed rather than seen.Boat trip to the Monkey Island (Isla Rolín), a recovery center where guests can view different types of primates in the process of readapting to their natural environment. Visit to a native plot where guests can become familiar with the variety of Amazon crops grown. On the way back to the lodge, observation of caimans on the shores of the Madre de Dios River.  Dinner and overnight. B/L/D
Day 8: Reserva Amazonica - Puerto Maldonado - Lima  
Buffet breakfast    Transfer by motorboat to Puerto Maldonado and to the airport for departure by plane to Lima . After a two hours flight (intermediate stop in Cuzco), arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to selected hotel. Day at leisure for last minute shopping or optional tours. Overnight. B
Day 9: Lima
Buffet breakfast  Transfer to the airport Departure by an international flight.
SOUTHERN HORIZONS VACATIONS PACKAGE PRICES INCLUDE (unless added):
Accommodation in single or double room with private bath in the suggested hotels or of similar category
Breakfast Daily
Lunch when noted
Dinner when noted
All Domestic Airfares
Transfers
Tours & Excursions as per itinerary (based on shared services with local)
 English Speaking Guides
SOUTHERN HORIZONS VACATIONS PACKAGE PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE:
Meals not specified in this itinerary
International air tickets
All Airport taxes
Personal expenses such as telephone calls, laundry expenses, drinks, tipping, etc. Insurance against theft, loss, illness or accident
International air fare
We do offer special discount air from any gateway in the United States
AMAZON BASIN | AREQUIPA | CAJAMARCA | CHICLAYO | COLCA VALLEY | CORDILLERA BLANCA | CUZCO
ECOTOURISM, BIRDWATCHING, AND NATURE TOURS | HUARAZ | IQUITOS | KUÉLAP | LAKE TITICACA & PUNO
ICA | LA PAZ – BOLIVIA | LIMA | MACHU PICCHU | MANU NATIONAL PARK | NAZCA
PARACAS | PUERTO MALDONADO & TAMBOPATA | TRUJILLO
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