Arequipa city it is the second biggest city in the Peru country, the second more important city in Peru around the economy, and a really magnificent landscaped surrounded, with volcanoes snow caped mountains around as a protector of the city, and see the majestic Colca canyon and the fly of the condors so imponent birds in the high Andes, after this visit the city of Cusco offers you the history and the mystery of the culture of Inka, you can see a long the visit the evidence of this magnificent culture, and ending in the Machupicchu the big enigma still now days. Holidays in Peru ► More information about this program Name Email     Peru 10 days Arequipa - Cusco    ◄► Day 1 . Fly to Lima, capital city of Peru, located in Peru’s narrow coastal desert between the Pacific Ocean beaches and the towering Andes mountains. We meet you at Lima’s airport and transfer you to a comfortable hotel for overnight. Lima ► Day 2 . Fly from Lima to Arequipa and We meet you on your arrival at Arequipa airport and transfer you to your hotel. We spend the morning exploring the fascinating Santa Catalina Convent, followed by lunch at an open-air restaurant. We also visit the “Momia Juanita”, the Inca mummy recently recovered from the top of Ampato Volcano. Dinner on your own. Lima ►    Arequipa ► Day 3 . Arequipa – Colca canyon Colca Canyon.-Private guide and driver for the trip to Colca, with a stop in Aguadas Blancas vicuña reserve. We spend two nights in a comfortable country inn. We include lunch today, en route to Chivay. In the afternoon we visit an open-air hot spring. Dinner is on your own. Colca Canyon ► Day 5 . Fly from Arequipa to Cusco and We meet you on your arrival at Cusco airport and transfer you to your hotel. Cusco The former capital of the Inca empire now fills the head of a manicured valley at 3340 meters / 10,857 feet above sea level.  We transfer you to your hotel, and brief you on the events of the following days.  You have the remainder of the morning free.  We suggest you take it very easy for a few hours, to help your body adjust to the altitude.  You’ll have ample time later to explore Cuzco’s colourful streets and plazas.  In the afternoon free time to explore to center of Cusco or just rest. Arequipa ►    Arequipa ► Day 4 . 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. In the left bank villages and countryside we explore an extraordinary concentration of geoglyphs, terracing complexes, colonial churches, and a vibrant folk culture with distinctive costumes and housing styles. We return in the afternoon to Arequipa. Colca Canyon ►    Arequipa ►    Cuzco ► Day 6 . Cusco – Sacred valley - Machupichu Drive to Pisaq town and visit the colourful market at Pisac, at the entrance to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and afterwards the huge Inca ruins above the village and 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 that catch the train from Ollantaytambo train station to Aguascalientes (Machupichu) town one hour a half trip and spend the night. Cuzco ►    Sacred Valley of the Incas ►    Machu Picchu Pueblo ►    Ollantaytambo ► Day 7 . Machupicchu – Sacred valley  In the morning, before the tourists arrive, we climb by bus to Machupichu to have a tour and spend the morning at the ruins, For most people the highlight of the trip is the visit the greatest ruin 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 Sacred valley  hotel, where we spend the nignt. Machu Picchu ►    Sacred Valley of the Incas ►    Cuzco ► Day 8 . Maras – Moray - Cusco explore this day the Maras salt mine where the peasants from the countryside of Maras work making polls of salt and selling their products in the market around the sacred valley and even in Cusco city, after that visit Moray the circular terraces where the Inka culture or the Andean culture domesticate more than 1500 plants and after that visit the Chincheros town where is located the arqueological place and the colonial church, continue to Cusco city, stay here in a comfortable Hotel. Moray ►    Maras ►    Cuzco ► Day 9 . Cusco In the morning 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 the exquisite Inca shrines of Tambo Machay and Kenko in the hills above the city, and Saqsayhuaman, the enormous fortified temple with its massive ramparts of hewn stone, for a condor’s-eye view over the red tiled rooftops of Cuzco. Afternoon free to explore for your own the city of Cusco. Cuzco ►    Kenko ►    Tambo Machay ►    Saqsayhuaman ► Day 10 . Cusco - Lima : transfer to the airport and fly from Cusco to Lima. Cuzco ►    Lima ► Day 11 . In the morning city tour of the historical colonial centre as well as the modern district of Lima ending with a view over the Pacific Ocean. At night fly to Home. Lima ►