Cusco – Puno – Arequipa 10D/9N

10D/9N

This trip is create in order to see as much as we can in a short period of time, I understand that our life is fast and if you are the person who really wants to see in an efficient time this is your trip, so in this trip we visit the most important tourist areas like Cusco and Machupicchu, then we go to Puno where is so magnificent because of the lake Titicaca it’s culture and history, then we move to this spectacular area of Colca canyon, consider one of the deepest canyon of the world with its 3000 meters deep or 9870 feet deep, so also here is possible to appreciate the condors fly, really a magnificent bird of the world, after this ends in this beautiful and very relaxing city of Arequipa.

The conditions of this trip is moderate active, but can turn in Cusco a bit more active because of the hikes in Machupicchu, but mostly is more driving trip (especially from Cusco to Puno 10 hours and from Puno to Colca canyon 5 hours and from canyon to Arequipa another 5 hours).

But also we have some option that you can take like the train rides from Cusco to Puno; in the Itinerary I describe this option.

Tour Location

Cusco,Perú

Type of Tour

Peru Trips

Duración del tour

10D/9N

Dificultad

Medium

Recommended dates

All year

Recommended Ages

All ages

Price per person

Trip Details

Day 1: Arrival to Lima

Fly to Lima, capital city of Peru, located in Peru’s narrow coastal desert between the Pacific Ocean beaches and the towering Andes mountains. Most of the international flights arrived to Lima in the afternoon or late night, so be host in the airport hotel or nearby hotels.

 

Day 2: Lima – Cusco

Early fly from Lima to Cusco, in the morning arrive to Cusco the former capital of the ancient Inkas, Cusco is located at 3340 meters / 10,857 feet above sea level.  We transfer you to your hotel,

In the Afternoon we tour the Inca and colonial monuments in the city, including the Cathedral, the Inca Temple of the Sun, and the impressive Plaza de Armas. We also visit Saqsayhuaman the enormous fortified temple with its massive ramparts of hewn stone, also the Q´enqo where the inkas carve in the same natural formation of rock the sacrificial table.

Please tonight must repack an overnight back in order to bring on next day to Machupicchu, according with train companies your overnight pack must be 5 kilos or 11 pounds of weight (please this weight is a reference, the train company never check the weight, they just want make sure you don’t bring big lugged because of the space of the train car, also you can bring your carry on if you want, beside this carry on or overnight back, also you are allow to bring a day pack per person), the rest of the lugged we leaved at the hotel.

Spend the night in Cusco.

Day 3: Cusco – sacred valley - Machupichu

This day star at 7:30am.

Drive to Pisaq town and visit the huge Inca site above the village at the entrance to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, this magnificent monument has really a beautiful land scape, so you are going to have an amazing exploration in this inka site, but if your conditions allows you, I really encourage you to do the small hike of 2 or 2 an a half hours to the sun temple (inti watana) is worth to do it.

After lunch explore the magnificent Ollantaytambo, where many buildings display original Inca stone foundations. The adjacent Sun Temple offers some of the finest stone construction, after this amazing exploration, catch the train from Ollantaytambo station to Machupicchu Pueblo or town (in the pass call Aguascalientes) one hour a half trip buy train ride.

Spend the night in Machupicchu pueblo

Day 4: Machupicchu –Cusco

In the morning, we climb by bus to Machupicchu to have a tour, for most people the highlight of the trip is the visit the greatest inka site in the world, the lost city of Machu Picchu. This is one of the architectural and engineering marvels of the ancient world, in a mountain setting of staggering immensity. The Spaniards never found it, the Incas left no records about it, so Machu Picchu remains a great enigma, a city lost for centuries in the jungle, then board the train in the afternoon for the ride along the Urubamba River to Ollantaytambo train station and from here transfer buy car to Cusco, spend the night in Cusco.

Is possible to do optional hikes in Machupicchu, Huayna Picchu mountain takes approximately 2 hours round trip hike and also is a bit steep hike too, specially at the end of the mountain, or Machupicchu mountain takes like 3 a half hours round trip it is longer and bit more challenge than Huaynapicchu and at the end also turns very steep, there is limits of places for those two  hikes, so we have to book in advance if you want some of those specially Huaynapicchu mountain. Also, must add another different entrance ticket which the cost is 200 Peruvian soles or (55 US dollars)  

Spend the night in Cusco

Day 5: Cusco - Puno

In the morning at 7:00 am Today with our transportation to ride across the altiplano, the high plains separating the Andes from the jungles. Although it is quite a long drive, it is interesting and often spectacular. There are scheduled stops along the route to visit some of the most interesting sites to help break up the day and we get a feeling for the immensity of the Andean landscapes. These include Pucapucara, a pre-Inca town, and La Raya Pass, the watershed and geographical shift from altiplano to Cuzco Valley where the Raqchi Inca temple is located. We arrive in Puno approximately at 5:00pm.

PD.- there are different ways to reach Puno if you don’t want to take the long drive buy car, the first one is buy train also 10 hours ride, the train service call Titicaca train that only leaves every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday this train ride is very nice and worth to do it. The second option is the sleeping train call Andean explorer so this is more luxury and very nice train also if you can afford it is worth it too, this service leaves. and the third option is to fly from Cusco to Juliaca airport which is located one hour drive from Puno, the fly takes 45 minutes to reach Juliaca

Day 6: Puno – Urus - Taquile – Puno.

We leaved the Hotel at 7:30 This tour will do in shared group tour.

The highest navigable lake in the world at 3,856 m/12,650 ft, Lake Titicaca is intensively settled around its whole margin. We transfer to the port and board a motor launch for the 2 hours cruise and visit the astonishing Uros flouting Island after visit this magnificent island continue to Taquile Island.  Taquile’s rocky, terraced slopes rise precipitously from the waters in the center of the lake; We spend a delightful morning hiking on the island and after that in the afternoon return to the City of Puno. Spend the night in Puno Hotel.

Day 7: Puno – Colca

Leave the hotel at 07:00 am Drive from Puno to Colca, with a stop in Aguadas Blancas vicuña reserve (4400 m.a.s.l. or 14476 f.a.s.l.) in where is possible to see along the way many farms of Alpacas and lamas in the distance, the land scape also is very beautiful along the drive, also we will reached the “el mirador de volcanes” located at 4990 m.a.s.l. (volcanoes sightsee) our highest point a long of our trip, and from here is possible to see this very important volcanoes at the same time most of them snow caped mountains part of the western slope Andes of Peru, one of the most important is the Misty Volcano but also is possible to see the Ampato volcano in where in the years of 1995 where found the inka maiden of ampato named popularly a mommy Juanita, amazing history around her. We spend one night in Colca canyon arriving here around 1:00pm for enjoyed our lunch. In the afternoon we visit an open-air hot spring.

Day 8: Colca – Arequipa

We visit the Cruz del Condor, a lookout near the deepest part of the Colca Canyon, where condors spiral up on the morning thermal air currents, a long driving also is possible to observe terracing complexes, colonial churches, and a vibrant folk culture with distinctive costumes and housing styles. In the afternoon arrive to Arequipa.

Day 9: Arequipa

Pick up time 9:00am

In the morning exploring the fascinating Santa Catalina Convent, where it is so interesting to explore and big influence of the catholic religion during the colonial time, so here we are going to have an amazing explanation buy the local tour guide of the convent. We also visit the museum call “Santuarios Andinos” in where is located “mummy Juanita” the Inca mummy recently recovered from the top of Ampato Volcano and all the sacred offerings that it was with her, after this visit explore this amazing city, one of the most beautiful cities of Peru country, the city center consider a UNESCO heritage, offers such an amazing architecture a mixture of baroque and neo-classic architecture and also with its white color buildings because of the stone formation of the area call sillar which it is a volcano ash stone, give the popular name in Peru the white city (in Spanish ciudad blanca), so is very relaxing place where is worth to stay longer if you could.

Free afternoon.

Day 10: Arequipa – Lima

Depending of your time and preference stay in this beautiful city or fly to Lima, if you go early can explore the city center of Lima before your international connection.

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