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Calle Garcilazo 210 Of. 201 - Cusco - Peru Telefax +51 84 221181 web: http://www.peru-planet.net/ email: info@southamericaplanet.com | skype: peruplanet1 |
Tour 15 days Luxe and fast South Peru ! Groups with tour leader !
No night busses and with cruise at Titicaca
Only In Private group !
PRICE A PERSON depend on how bigg the group is
WITH INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT FROM BRUSSELS
You can choose the departure date From Lima to ---Lima |
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How do we work ? Our tours are with an English /Dutch speaking tour leader, he travel all the time with you and the group, he is no guide but after many years working in Peru/Bolivia he knows what a tourist need ! He arranges all the hotels, transport and excursions. He’s support and translate in any problem. He gives you general info in every place, enough info, so you can discover the beauty of this country by yourself, or with members of the group.
Its a free departure you decide when !
You always can extend your stay if you tell us in advance!
We promote a lot of freedom and flexibility in our tours, we call it alone in group, you do your thing with the comfort of a group while de tour leader arrange your excursion or bus ticket. Freedom is one of the big points in this tour!
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Kind of tour: This is an easy tour, luxery tour without nightbusses and good 3 to 4 *** Hotels ,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 ! We’re going slowly to high altitudes ,so you get easily used to it ,together with a coca thee !In this tour you have your good hotel to see fast Peru , But also sleep 1 night at a Catamaran boat at Titicaca Lake |
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What is included? * All local bus transport , 1 national flight + International Flight
* All Hotels 3 to 4 **** with breakfast with private bathroom all very clean and central located, and 1 night at the luxery Catamaran boat with private cabins
* 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 sexe , there is no surcharge .If you like a single rooms there’s an extra cost and you have to tell us in advance !
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Highlights * The ballestas islands
* The Nasca lines
* Colca canyon tour 2 d
* The islands on Titicaca 2 d with sleeping on Catamaran boat
* Cusco , the Inca empire with Machu Picchu
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Day 1 + 2 Saturday + Sunday 29 + 30 August Lima We Leave Brussels/Madrid / lima the evening of 29 August and Arrive in Lima early in the morning 30 August. Someone from Peru planet pick you up from the airport and bring you to our first hotel in Lima or Miraflores ,you have to tell us your flight number and hour of arrival. In the hotel you get the first information over Peru and meet the tour leader ,depending on the arrival hour. First day free in Lima to visit Museo National de Arqueologia, in pueblo libre, one of the best museums in Peru, also the old centre is worth a visit, in the afternoon you can visit Colonial Barranco or walk on the seafront in Miraflores. You can do this on your own or as excursion in a city tour. |
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Day 3: Monday 31 August Ballestas Nasca Early in the morning bus to Pisco/if the group is more than 8 persons, we have a private bus till Nasca, other while it’s a good local bus, around 4 h drive to Pisco . We go direct to the port ,for de excursion 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 excursion sand boarding on the big sand dunes. We drive futher to Nasca for 3 h where we wil stay in a verry nice hotel with swimmingpool. |
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Day 4 : Tuesday 1 September Nasca Arequipa you can take the excursion the flight over the amazing Nasca lines ,depending on the weather .Around 12 o clock we wil take the luxery local bus in daytime for about 9 h to Arequipa. we drive along the nice coast and climb up to Arequipa where we have a nice hotel in this colonial city.
This Flight you have to reserve in advance ! |
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Day 5: Wednesday 2 September 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 time 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”
Relax , or Excursion visit the reality tour , the market ,silar stones ,and the poor surroundings of Arequipa to see the real Peru .Or you can do some excursion rafting, or just relax on the square with a coffee .in the evening you can try in one of the many restaurants the local “CUY” or marmot ,1 night hotel |
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Day 6 : Thursday 3 September Colca Start of the 2 days 1 nights Colca canyon tour included in this tour. After breakfast we start with out private bus. 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 as an excursion (10 sol ), and in the evening its possible to take a meal with folkloristic dances. 1 night hotel in the small village in the canyon. |
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Day 7 : Friday 4 September 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 !! From here we drive in our own bus to Puno , about 6 h. In Puno we wil stay in our nice 4 **** hotel |
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Day 8: Saturday 5 September Catamaran boat at Titicaca (Bolivia) Early land transfer to Copacabana (Bolivia ) Sanctuary 3 h, board the Catamaran Cruise Ship, lunch while sailing to Sun Island, the legendary birth place of the Inca Empire. Visit the Inca Garden, steps and fountain then the Inti Wata Cultural Complex including the Ekako Underground Museum, the traditional medicine and the Titikaka Reed Shipbuilders display centers, the Pachamama agricultural Inca terraces, a handicraft center, the Intica lounge and at the Manco Kapac look out the largest variety of Andean cameloids. Also, the Inti Wata Complex at Sun Island includes a unique sailing experience aboard a huge Titikaka Traditional vessel visiting the Pilkokaina Inca Palace. Catamaran Cruise to Sun Island isolated Challapampa Village ½ a day of participative tourism, visitors have the opportunity to interact with one of the most unspoiled indigenous Titikaka villages through an innovative program organized with the local community sharing rituals, ceremonies, folkloric demonstrations, visiting their own museums, houses, chapel, school, sailing in their vessels to an Inca holy temple, walking through Inca trails and receiving authentic welcome gifts. Romantic candle light dinner and overnight on board the Catamaran in lake view cabins with private facilities.
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Day 9: Sunday 6 september Catamaran to Coppacabana and bus to Puno Catamaran Cruise Ship sail across the lake enjoying the overwhelming panorama. Land transfer to La Puno where we wil have our nice hotel . |
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Day 10: Monday 7 September Cusco After breakfast we take around 8 AM our Private bus to Cusco, its 6 to 7 h over beautiful road and views over the sacred valley, mountain passes from more than 4300mt. Transfer to our hostel in Cusco.
Optional excursion You can take the Train, but this we have to reserve far in advance.
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Day 11: Tuesday 8 september cusco Cusco ,here you can do many things, this day you can sleep some longer, and in the afternoon you can do the excursion 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 DAYS INCATRAIL HAVE TO MAKE RESERVATION FAR IN ADVANCE! |
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Day 12 :Wednesday 9 September Sacred valley Today you we visit the ruins and village Pisaq /Ollantaytambo included in this tour. This takes a whole day in the beautiful sacred valley. We stay overnight in a verry nice hotel in the Sacred valley . |
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Day 13: Thursday 10 September Machu Picchu This morning to the railwaystation of Ollantaytambo, from where we take the vistadome train to Aqua Calientes this is the village close to Machu Picchu, there’s also a big tourist market and its much warmer than Cusco, because it’s the border of the jungle. you go on excursion to Machu Picchu by bus , this to see 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: Friday 11 September Lima + international flight |
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Day 15 : Saturday 12 September Home |
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General information People who like to do the very famous INCATRAIL , the 2 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 Indication prices for the excursions ,these are subject to change ! Lima city tour1/2 day: 20 Usd /Pisco ballestas 18 Usd Paracas 18 Usd /Huacachina jeep in the sand dunes: 19 Usd /Nasca flight over the Nasca lines 75 Usd tour Chauchilla 16 Usd /Arequipa rafting 35 USD, Arequipa tour 25 Usd /15 USD/Cusco ,citytour 10 Usd, horsride 15 Usd, rafting 35 USD , guide in Machu picchu 15 Usd /Incatrail in this tour 4 days Indication of entree fee Colca canyon 35 Sol /Machu picchu 122 Sol /cusco visitor ticket 130 sol /airporttax cusco 6 USD /airporttax Lima international 32 USD What to bring with you v We advice to travel as light as possible, around 15kg 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 600 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 group , and in communication with the group .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 group , but the tour leader always have the final decision !If there are some changes before departure, than everybody of the group gets a mail with clearly indicated the changes. The extra travel –or hotel costs are for the members of the tour .The tour leader always think what’s the best or safest for the group! In normal circumstances, the tour leader always follows the official program; changes only can be made if 100 % of the group decide to do this! 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.
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Departure of the tour Changes and extension possibilities
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.The incatrail reservation is never refundable WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO! |