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Fixed Departures: Every Thursday and Friday
Day 1 – ..... / Arrival in Lima
- Upon arrival at the airport a host will meet and assist you in transferring
to the hotel and help you in registering.
- Accommodation
Day 2 – Lima / Iquitos /
Ceiba Tops /
Explornapo
(B-L-D)
- Breakfast at your hotel.
- Transfer to Lima airport and flight to Iquitos
- Reception at the airport and transfer to the Explorama dock (Fri, Sat). Twenty-five mile journey down the Amazon River to
Ceiba Tops where your Amazon adventure begins.
- Afternoon transfer by boat on the
Amazon and Napo Rivers to the ExplorNapo Rainforest Reserve and ExplorNapo Lodge.
- Afternoon hike through primary, terra firme, non-flooding rainforest including a
visit to the ReNuPeRu Medicinal Plant Garden adjoining the lodge.
- Evening
excursion by open boat along the Sucusari Stream in search of caiman and to
enjoy the night sounds and stars of the Southern sky.
- Overnight Explornapo Lodge.
Day 3 – Explornapo Lodge (B-L-D)
- Breakfast.
- Early morning birding excursion.
- Morning hike to the Canopy
Walkway, a suspended bridge spanning over 500 meters (one-third of a mile),
connected by tree platforms and reaching a height of over 35 meters (115 feet)
above the ground. Here there is time to observe a part of the rainforest rarely
seen by man but accessible without any type of climbing skill or equipment.
- Afternoon boating excursion along one of the Napo tributaries spotting for sloth,
birding and having a try at fishing for piranha.
- Overnight Explornapo Lodge.
Day 4 – Explornapo Lodge / Iquitos / Lima (B-L)
- Breakfast.
- Early morning birding by boat or foot.
- Morning excursion to visit
some of the local river people called "ribereños" whose houses and schools are
seen along the river. They will be pleased to show you their simple way of life
dominated by the movements of the mighty rivers that surround them.
- Early lunch
and start on your return to civilization by boat on the Amazon and Napo Rivers
back to Iquitos.
- Transfer to the airport to flight to Lima.
- Upon arrival at the airport a host will meet and assist you in
transferring to the hotel
- Accommodation
Day 5 – Lima / Cusco (B)
- Breakfast at your hotel.
- Transfer to the airport for your flight to Cusco.
- Tour of Cusco and Inca places - This afternoon's tour of the oldest continuously
inhabited city in the western hemisphere includes important landmarks of
enchanting Cusco and also the
Archaeological
Park of Sacsayhuaman, visiting to Kenko, Puca Pucara, Tambomachay as
well as the Sacsayhuaman fortress. Once the center of the Inca civilization,
modern Cusco is a delightful combination of Inca and colonial.
During the tour, you will visit Cusco's Cathedral, Santo Domingo Church and the
Plaza de Armas.
- Accommodation
Day 6 – Cusco / Sacred Valley
of the Incas / Cusco (B-L)
- Breakfast at your hotel.
- Full Day Excursion to the Pisac Indian Market and
the Ollantaytambo Fortress (Tu, Th, Su) -Morning departure for a drive through
the fertile countryside to the colonial village of Pisac. During your visit to
the bustling marketplace you will have the opportunity to bargain with the
natives for many different types of Peruvian handicrafts and jewelry.
- After lunch the tour continues to the village of Ollantaytambo for a visit
to its impressive Inca fortress.
- Accommodation
Day 7 – Cusco / Machu Picchu / Cusco (B-L)
- Breakfast at your hotel.
- Excursion to Machu Picchu - Early wake up for a
train ride through the sacred valley of Urubamba to the "Lost City of the
Incas," Machu Picchu. Perched 8,200 feet above the valley, it was hidden by
mountains and semi-tropical jungles for 400 years until discovered by Hiram
Bingham of Yale University in 1911. Archaeologists believe that the Inca "Virgins
of the Sun" took refuge from the Spanish Conquistadors here. Guided tour of the
ruins and lunch are included.
- In the afternoon return to Cusco.
- Accommodation
Day 8 – Cusco / Lima (B)
- Breakfast at your hotel.
- Transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima.
- Tour of Colonial
Lima and Modern Lima - This half day tour visits both the colonial
and modern sections of this "City of Kings." Colonial sites include the lovely
Plaza de Armas with its cathedral and palace, and the exquisite Torre Tagle
Palace modern day seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In modern Lima,
drive along the exclusive residential areas of Miraflores and
San Isidro.
- Accommodation
Day 9 – Lima / ........
- Breakfast at your hotel.
- Transfer from hotel to the airport for departure.
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