Peru Xpress 10 Days

Lima

Day 1: Lima

Welcome to Peru!

Arrival to Lima’s airport, reception and transfer to the hotel in Miraflores district.

Day 2:  Lima Full Day Tour. (B- L)

Get a truly real life experience visiting "both sides" of Lima city; the impressive shanty town where you will not only learn interesting historical, political and cultural facts but most importantly, your day will be filled with responsible and meaningful encounters with locals. Then you will have lunch in a typical local restaurant, after lunch, your local tour guide will take you to the great historical center to enjoy a walking tour visiting the highlights: palaces, castles, beautiful wooden balconies and mysterious underground catacombs.

Day 4: Uros - Taquile

Today, you’ll enjoy a guided private tour around Lake Titicaca. Travel by boat to the floating islands of Uros, home to an ancient community whose ancestral lineage stretched back to pre-Inca times. Thanks to their self-made reed islands, which require continual renovation, the Uros people have managed to preserve their unique way of life and survive not just the Incas and the Spanish, but also the threat of encroaching modernity.Next, sail out to the less touristy area of Taquile Island. We then hike along a pre-Inca trail with spectacular landscapes of the island, visiting families of weavers to learn about their textile art and symbolism. In 2005, "Taquile and its Textile Art" were proclaimed "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO. Then experience the preparation of "Pachamanca", a traditional way of cooking meat, fish, and potatoes using underground ovens, and one of the main dishes of Peruvian cuisine. Enjoy these delicacies prepared by the hospitable islanders, before returning to our Lodge.

Day 6: Montaña De Colores

 Today we will start early in the morning at 7:00 A.m with a pick up from your hotel in our private transport. We will head out through the South Valley passing very quaint Andean towns to trailhead located at an elevation of 4,400 m / 14,432 ft, Throughout the hike you will pass through a vibrant green valley with the impressive Ausangate Mountain showing its majestic presence in the horizon. You will experience how locals live in the mountains and even have a chance to speak with them. As you get closer to the Rainbow Mountain, you'll begin to see the first signs of the colored minerals that formed the painted hills. The hike from the starting point to the Rainbow Mountain takes around 1.5 hours. Your guide will explain what makes up the existence of the Rainbow Mountain, and finally you will hike up to a vantage point that gives you a 360-degree view of the beautiful landscape that makes up the sacred land. Our next place to explore is the Red Valley, a stunning reddish valley with reddish hills, a must-see place after the Rainbow Mountain. Once we have enough time at this stunning place, we’ll walk for about one hour to get our transportation where we will take our picnic lunch. After enjoying our lunch, we will drive back to Cusco with some stops on the way.