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Calle Garcilazo 210 Of. 201 - Cusco - Peru Telefax +51 84 251145 web: http://www.peru-planet.net/ email: info@southamericaplanet.com | skype: peruplanet1 |
South Peru in 14 days
Individual tour with, hotels/transport and excursions included From lima to ---lima |
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How do we work ? In our packet tours you travel all by yourself , Peru planet take care for you, we reserve all your hotels and transport .When you arrive in Peru you find in your first hotel an envelop with all the vouchers for hotels /buses and excursions .The excursions you do in International groups with English speaking guides .Our local agent arrange also your transfers and give you the bus tickets to go from point A to point B, like this you travel around by yourself but without worry’s ,all arranged thru Peru planet. If there are any problems, you always find support by contacting our office in Cusco |
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Kind of tour This is an easy tour, for all ages .Open young minded persons is what we are looking for . Leave your western look home and just enjoy the beauty of this Andean country .Accept that its different ,we come to admire the country , not to change it ! People who like to be active, can do 2 or 4 days Inca trail trekking. We use good 3 *** hotels and hostels .We’re going slowly to high altitudes, so you get easily used to it ,together with a coca thee !In this tour its possible to do 1 trekking, but if you don’t like to walk, there are many other options ! |
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What is included? *All local bus transport, 1 national flight
*All Hotels in a good mix with private bathroom with breakfast, all very clean and central located
*All hotels are based on double room with breakfast, if you are single and don’t mind to share the room with a man or women from an other sexes , there is no surcharge .If you like a single rooms there’s an extra cost and you have to tell us in advance !
*All buses are based on good local buses, sometimes private if written in the program
The excursions written in the prgram
*Insurance, everybody is obligated to have there own travel insurance from home, before starting this tour.
*The international flights / we also can arrangee ! |
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Highlights v The ballestas islands v The Nasca lines v Colca canyon tour 2 d v The islands on Titicaca
v Sacred valley tour and sleep in Sacred valley
v Cusco , the Inca empire with Machu Picchu |
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Day1 Lima Arive in Lima depending your flight. Transfer to our hotel in Lima /miraflores. At the reception you wil find an envelop with all your vouchers and general info about your trip. You can visit on your own Museo National de Arqueologia, in pueblo libre, one of the best museums in Peru. Today there is 1/2 day city tour included in your tour with a visit to the old centre. in the afternoon you can visit Colonial Barranco or walk on the seafront in Miraflores. You can do this on your own or as optional extra excursion.
Hotel Lima / Miraflores
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Day 2: Paracas After our breakfast there is transfer to the busterminal to take the bus to Paracas. Optional you can drive in private transport for about 4 h to Paracas, the harbour of Pisco. here we have a hotel with swimmingpool close to the harbour. |
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Day 3: Nasca In the morning we go direct to the port, for the tour to Ballestas islands, its 1 ½ H by speedboat, the islands are full of sea lions and birds. In the port we can relax with a cup coffee before we go with our private transport to “EL CATADOR “ the Pisco brewery. Here we can see the whole making process and taste the Pisco. After this tasting process we drive to our next relaxing destination,”HUACACHINA” this is an oasis in the desert, here you can do some sand boarding or jeep as optional excursion on the big sand dunes. After that adventure we continue to Nazca, where we arrive in the late afternoon. Hotel in Nasca with swimming pool.
Hotel In Nasca
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Day 4: Nasca Rhis morning you wil take the flight over the amazing Nasca lines, depending on the weather. In the evening you can go to the lecture over the Nazca lines or watch the stars in the planetarium. At night we take the night bus to Arequipa around 10 PM.
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Day 5 :Arequipa We arrive early in Arequipa ;around 7 AM, transfer to our Hostel in Arequipa. Arequipa, the white city with his amazing “MISTI volcano ,transfer to our hotel. Here we can relax ,after our night bus, its also good to get used to the altitude before we go to the canyon. Free to visit this beautiful city, or as excursion in a city tour, visit the star of Arequipa “The MUMMY JUANITA “ or the” Santa Catalina monastery” in the evening you can try in one of the many restaurants the local “CUY” or marmot
Hotel Arequipa |
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Day 6: Arequipa Today we do reality tour, the market, silar stones, and the poor surroundings of Arequipa to see the real Peru, This takes 1/2 day, Or you can do optional some rafting, Mountainbike or just relax on the square with a coffee .
Hotel Arequipa |
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Day 7: Colca Start of the 2 days 1 nights Colca canyon tour included in this tour. After breakfast we start with out private bus in international group. We take many photo stops to see this beautiful canyon, with his many vicunias/Lamas /volcano’s. We arrive in the small Village of Chivay were we take lunch, in the afternoon you can swim in the hot spring , and in the evening its possible to take a meal with folkloristic dances . 1 night hostal in a village in the Canyon.
Hotel in Chivay |
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Day 8:Condor - Puno After early breakfast we leave to the condor cross to see this amazing bird “The CONDOR , its still nature, so we cant promise you anything, but the Canyon is real worth a visit also without the condor . If you see one, just take it as some extra ! We return back to Chivay for lunch where we chang bus. This 4 MM bus brings us till Puno, over a scenic road.
Hotel Puno |
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Day 9: Titicaca Today we go by boat for a visit to the Uros floating reed islands, the guide explain everything over the islands and the Titicaca lake, after this we go to Taquile island, here they have there own way of living. Men’s are knitting the clothes, no animals or cars allowed on the island, here we have some lunch, most of the time trout from the lake. From here we take the boat back to Puno
Hotel Puno |
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Day 10: Cusco After breakfast we take around 8 AM the good local bus to Cusco, its 6 to 7 h over beautiful road and views over the sacred valley, if the groupo is more than 16 we take private bus, mountain passes from more than 4300mt. Optional you can take the tourist bus with guide/ lunch and Stops. Transfer to our hotel
Hotel Cusco
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Day 11: Cusco Cusco, here you can do many things, this day you can sleep some longer ,and in the afternoon you can do the citytour, here you visit the cathedral /temple of the sun
/saqsaywoman /quenca/puca pucara, the ruins above Cusco additional you can also visit these Ruins by horse to see the beautiful surroundings of Cusco. Its real worth to buy the Cusco visitor ticket 130 Sol ,for the most of the entrees to ruins and museums in and around Cusco
Hotel Cusco
People who like to walk the 2 or 4 days Incatrail have to make reservation far in advance !
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Day 12: Sacred valley - Aquas Calientes Today you we visit included the ruins and village Pisaq /Ollantaytambo this takes a whole day in the beautiful sacred valley.In the afternoon you wil take the train to Aquas calientes where you stay for the night
Hotel in Aquas Cal |
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Day 13: Machu Picchu - Cusco This morning we go very early to Machu Picchu by bus, this to see the sunrise over these amazing ruins, here you go with a English speaking guide, in the afternoon we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo or Cusco, transfer to our hotel in Cusco
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Day 14: Lima Transfer to the airport and flight to Lima, depending on your flight back home. People who’s flight home is some later, can take a taxi to by yourself Miraflores to finish this Peru adventure on a terrace near the seafront in Miraflores International flight. The tour leader stay in Cusco |
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Finish of this tour People who like to do the very famous INCATRAIL , the 2 or 4 days (look at this website for the program ) have to make reservation for this ,together with the reservation of this tour .This Inca trail is so popular that it need more than 60 days reservation in advance ! Its also possible to extend your stay with one of our jungle trips to Manu or Puerto Maldonado ,before you go home |
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General information What to bring with you
v We advice to travel as light as possible, around15kg a person ,we prefer a backpack or travel bag, we don’t like suitcases while they are hard to travel in local transport and buses . v Clothes , in this tour we go from the coast to the highlands , in July /August its Winter ,so it can be cold at night and at high altitudes , so prepared for cold and warm , good walking shoes ,sunscreen, waterproof clothing ,alarm clock ,lip salve, personal medication, travel dictionary and don’t forget , if there is something you miss , you always can buy it cheaper in Peru ! Money and Passport v We advice to bring with you around 500 EURO pocket money, this in a combination of travel cheques/cash/and credit card. This money is for the cost of the excursions and the meals in the restaurants, not included your souvenirs, its just an indication to eat normal and do the indicated excursions, everybody spend different! v The money in Peru is the Nuevo sol ,EURO is widely accepted around Peru , you better bring around 150 USD to pay the excursions /airport tax and entrée fee ,the rest in Euro .(not included incatrail ) v Credit cards like Master card /Visa are widely accepted , every place we go have ATM machines . v No visa is necessary for countries of Western Europe /Asia/North or South –America/Australia/New Zealand/South Africa. With a valid passport the tourist card allows you up to 90 days in Peru Climate The Andes mountains have a lot of influence at the climate in Peru .The coast is one big dry desert ,the Andes have high temperatures in springtime/daytime if the sun shines ,In the evenings it can be cold .The best time to travel :dry season , from may till October , The temperatures are some lower , but the sky is mostly clear with less rain . But be prepared ,showers of rain , can be all year around ! Medication Altitude sickness can appear, but after 2 days you get used to the altitude, you feel some headache, but we climb slowly PS: People who have hart or Long problems, better contact first a doctor before travelling to high altitudes . Peru don’t ask officially vaccinations, exception for Manu: for Manu you have to take against yellow fever We advice that you take some vaccinations like : - Hepatitis-A - DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, polio); You have to start with these vaccinations about 6 weeks before departure . Don’t drink tap water! For more info ,look at www.doh.gov.uk/traveladvice www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk GENERAL
Peruplanet wants you to enjoy your holiday of a lifetime with complete success. Please read the following conditions carefully as it is your contract with Peruplanet. We don’t want to make you afraid, but we like to be very clear! Because of the adventures character of this tour, some unexpected circumstances can appear .That’s why we maybe have to change the program or parts of it. Peruplanet do everything to follow the booked program ,but it can appear that for example , roads are unexpected not possible to drive because of heavy rain , buses break down , local flights are cancelled or are delayed ,strikes of all the transport .We only change the program to guaranty the safety of the client.We keep the right to change the program before or at that moment like ,day schedules , hotels , transport or excursions .This is and stay a tour with an adventures character .The changes in the program happens mostly in conversation with the client, If there are some changes before departure, than you get a mail with clearly indicated the changes. The extra travel –or hotel costs are for the members of the tour . Our prices do not include , international airport taxes, meals not specified in your itinerary, personal expenses, personal insurance, and tips. Peru Planet will not pay compensation if forced to cancel or change your tour because of war, threat of war, riot, civil strike, industrial dispute, terrorist activity, natural or nuclear disaster, fire or extreme weather conditions, epidemics or health risks, technical or maintenance problems with transport, closed or congested airports or ports, changes imposed by re-scheduling or cancellation of flights by airlines, the alteration of airlines or aircraft types, or similar events beyond the control of Peruplanet. The client is also responsible for personal belongings. Clients undertake the tours, treks or expeditions, featured in our programme, at their own volition.
Travel information
This information makes part of the contract with Peruplanet.Read it well before booking ! Clients must be in possession of, and are responsible for arranging a valid passport. Information about these matters or related items (climate, clothing, baggage, etc) is given in good faith but PeruPlanet can not be held responsible for any of this information If there are any problems, you always can contact us at our office in Cusco /Peru . We ask 40 % deposit for reservation and the next 60% / 5 weeks before departure . For reservation we need the following information: v Full name like it is written in your passport v Date of birth v Nationality v Passport number v Flight number ,date and hour of arrival Insurency
It’s obligated to have your own travel insurgency!
Changes and extension possibilities
§ We can arrange some extra nights, before or after the tour.Let us now your date, time ,flight number and carrier of arrival , so we can arrange the transfer in Lima to the hotel ,always included . § You can extend your trip with a jungle arrangement in Manu or Puerto Maldonado /Tambopatta . Insurance 24-h emergency service
24-h of your private travel insurgency , but we have an office in Peru/Cusco , Here Peruvian people are working and its always possible to contact them 7 days a week 24 h for emergency .They now there country better than we do and have the best contacts !
Cancellation
Should the client wish to cancel, cancellation charges will be imposed. These are calculated from the day written notification is received by Peruplanet .The charges are shown below: 56 and more days before departure: 15% deposit 56 to 42 days before departure: 30% of total price
28 days to 14 days before departure: 75% of total price 14 days to 7 days : 90% of price, less than 7 days 100% In addition to the cancellation fees mentioned above, the full insurance premium is also payable. We strongly recommend that full insurance is taken out, which includes cover, under certain circumstances, against the loss of deposit or cancellation charges. Incatrail and international flights is never possible to cancel or to refund.
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