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Peru and Bolivia from 9 July to 02 August 2010 for |
25 days
Difficulty: 2 Price: € 2789.00 |
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COD: PE-191
Category: Groups Tours |

Tour for 25 days South - Peru and Bolivia
Group with tourleader !
With 2 days jeeptour and tarrabuco market
Start: Friday 09 July 2010
Finish: Monday 02 August 2010
IB3205 G 09JUL 5 BRUMAD HK18 1910 2130 *1A/E*
LA2707 S 10JUL 6 MADLIM HK18 4S 0035 0600 *1A/E*
LP 034 Y 01AUG 7 CUZLIM HK18 1515 1640 *1A/E*
LA2706 S 01AUG 7 LIMMAD HK18 1900 1400+1 *1A/E* IB3214 G 02AUG 1 MADBRU HK18 4 1610 1825 *1A/E*
PRICE : 2789 EURO a PERSON
WITH INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT /
Fix departure date from Brussels
minima 6 persons, maxima 18 persons
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.The tour leader speaks in Dutch/English to the group .Its a fixed departure,so your flight Brussels/ Lima at 09/ 07 /2010 and your flight Lima / Brussels 1/08/10 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!
Minima 1 month before departure we inform you if the tour have enough clients to start, yes or no .If not, than we can arrange the same tour for the same price all arranged, individual with some small
changes .
Iff the group is less than 8 persons we wil use local transport in Bolivia |

Kind of tour

This is an easy tour to less easy, this because of the 1 night bus and the 2 days basic jeep tour at the salt lakes and lagunes, 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 use good 3 *** hotels and hostels central located(only at the saltlakes its basic ). We’re going slowly to high altitude so you get easily get used to it, together with a coca the |

What is included ?

* All bus transport, and 2 national flights, Sucre La Paz +Cusco /Lima + 2 days jeep tour over the salt lakes .+ 1 train
* All hotels in good 3*** hotels and hostels with private bathroom all very clean and central located, only on the salt lakes you sleep 1 nights basic !
*All hotels are based on double room ,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 , there’s also an Luxury night bus from Nasca to Arequipa .In Bolivia are no Luxury buses
* In all the hotels is breakfast included !
Not included ,
* your food, in the hotels is breakfast included, at the hostels not.
* The entry fees and taxes, like airport tax, entrée colca canyon, entrée national park on the salt lakes, visitor ticket in Cusco ,etc.
* The excursions, everything with the blue excursion in front, below there is a list of all the estimated prices.
* Insurance, everybody is obligated to have there own travel insurance from home, before starting this trip .
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Highlights

v The ballestas islands
v The Nazca lines
v Colca canyon tour 2 days
v The islands on Titicaca
v La Paz Tihuanacu and Copacabana
v The 2 days salt lake jeep tour with sleeping 1 night in a salt hotel!
v Sunday market in Tarrabuco
v The silver mines in Potosi
v Cusco and The Inca emperor |

Day 1+ 2: Friday + Saturday 9 +10 Juli Lima

We leave 9 september Brussels in the enening and arrive at Lima airport early nest day, someone from Peru planet pick you up from the airport and bring you to our first hotel in Lima or Miraflores. In the hotel you get the first information over Peru and meet the tour leader
Hostal Buena vista in Miraflores
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Day 3: Sunday 11 July Nasca

After an early the breakfast we have a private bus till Nasca 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. Later on we continue to Nasca, where we arrive in the late afternoon. Hotel Nasca with swimming pool.
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Day 4 Monday 12 July Nasca

After breakfast, in the morning or afternoon (depending on the weather) you can take the excursion the flight over the amazing Nasca lines ,
Approximately 45 minutes, the mysterious Nasca Lines are on a flat land of 500 km2. They were made by the Nazca people (Nasca Culture) and there are several theories about their origin, none of them with enough proofs to take as real.After or before we can do the excursion to chauchilla cemetery, at night around 10 PM we take the luxury local night bus for around 10 h to Arequipa where we arrive around 7 AM.
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Day 6 Wednesday 14 July Arequipa

Free day to visit this beautiful city, or to do some excursions.
This is good to acclimatize before we start climbing to the colca canyon.
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Day 9 : Saturday 17 Juli Titicaca

After breakfast, as excursion you can 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 live. 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 .Or you can visit the Sillustani Grave towers
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Day 10: Sunday 18 July La Paz

After breakfast we take the bus to La Paz (3636 m), this trip takes around 6 h. We have beautiful scenery and snowy mountaintops. In La Paz you can wonder around in one of the 100 markets around the City or the Witches Market ,or you take a city tour. If the whole group like to go to Tihuanaco ,we can stop as excursion on the way to La Paz .
Hostel estrella andina in La Paz.
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Day 11 Monday 19 July La Paz

La Paz, excursion to Chacaltaya the highest ski run from here you can see on clear days the Titicaca lake, with a visit to the moon valley or excursion Tihuanaco pre Inca temple, crossing the mountain regions of Bolivia and getting close to the lifestyle of the Aymaras. Tihuanaco is one of the oldest American civilizations, its temples and buildings are very appreciated around the world .You can do also as excursion the amazing mountain bike tour to Coroico over the most dangerous road in the world ,for many people a highlight !
Hostel estrella andina in La Paz.
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Day 13 + 14 :Wednesday + Thursday 21 + 22 July 2 days saltflats

Day 1 :Departure around (10:30 a.m.) towards Colchani town with our 4+4 jeeps, here they cut manual extraction of salt in blocks, than the salt hotel ,what’s now a museum ,You will visit the Inca Wasi Island, call Fished Island also by the form that it has, characterizes by his calcárea, fully of capricious caves and giant cactus from 8 to 10mts. Lunch, Arrival to San Juan where you are going to spend the night. We wil sleep in a salthotel ! Diner
Day 2: Breakfast. Departure towards Ollague volcano which is observed from a viewpoint, Cañapa lagoon, Hedionda and from here we return back to uyuni
It can be verry cold at night on this tour! And the hostals on the salt lake tour are verry basic , so you better bring your own sleepingbag ! |

Day 15 : Friday 23 July Potosi

Uyuni – Potosí (4090 m)
This morning we take our (local or ) private bus for around 7 h ( if the group is more than 10 persons )to the mining city of Potosi The road climb up very steep with stunning views. Potosi is situated at an altitude of 4000mt .
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Day 16 :Saturday 24 July Bus to Sucre

Today we take our bus to Sucre for about 4 h.Sucre the white city, this is now one of the richest city’s .This afternoon you can visit, by yourself, the cemetery or the beautiful textile museum , to have a good idea over the traditional clothing. In the afternoon you have some more time to discover further Sucre .
Hotel San marino royal Sucre ****
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Day 20 Wednesday 28 July 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
PEOPLE, WHO LIKE TO WALK THE INCATRAIL 2 or 4 DAYS, HAVE TO RESERVE THIS WITH BOOKING FAR IN ADVANCE! |

Day 21 Thursday 29 July Aqua Cal

This morning we take the backpacker train to Aqua Calientes this is the village close to Machu Picchu, there’s also a big tourist market and it’s much warmer than Cusco, because we are at the border of the jungle. The active persons can climb the mountain Pastorouri to have the first views over Machu Picchu or walk to the waterfall Mandor. We stay overnight in Aqua calientes
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Day 22 Friday 30 July Machu Picchu

This morning you can go on excursion very early to Machu Picchu by bus, this to see the sunrise over these amazing ruins ,here you can go as excursion with an English speaking guide. In the afternoon we will take the train back to Cusco, where we will arrive in the evening.
Hostal Inkari
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Day 23 Saturday 31 July Cusco

Today you can do 1 of the many excursions in or around Cusco, or visit a local market
or you do the excursion 1 day rafting on the Urubamba river with scenic views ,or for the more active persons you can do some paragliding , 4 track , horse ride ,rock-climbing ,maras salt terraces ,even hot air balloon just visit one of the many museums in Cusco ,or just relax and let live passing by on one of the many balconies
Today its also possible to do as excursion the Sacred valley tour
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Day 24 : Sunday 1 August Lima

Transfer to the airport and flight to Lima in 1 h, depending on your flight back home you can drop our luggage in the airport. People, whose flight home is some later, can take a taxi to Miraflores to finish this Peru adventure on a terrace near the seafront in Miraflores or with an excursion City tour. International flight home .The tour leader normally stay in Cusco |

Day 25 : Monday 2 August Home

Arrive home |
General Info

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 !
Incatrail 4 days 260 Euro extra a person during the tour and Incatrail 2 days 180 Euro extra a person
The 3 days Chavin trekking in Huaraz cost 225 Euro a person (inclusive entree trail ), minima 2 persons
Its also possible to extend your stay with one of our jungle trips to Manu or Puerto Maldonado ,before
you go home
315 euro a person 3 days Puerto including extra flight
366 Euro a peron 4 days Puerto maldonado including extra flight
price depend on prices flights
GENERAL INFORMATION
Indication prices for the excursions ,these are subject to change !
-Lima city tour 24 usd /Pisco ballestas 18 usd /Huacachina jeep in the sand dunes: 19 USD /Nasca flight over the Nasca lines 78 usd /Arequipa rafting 35 Usd /reality tour 25 Usd /Puno Silustani 15 Usd/ Prive from 9 pax 20 Usd/ Uros 15 usd / Prive from 9 pax 20 USD / Uros + Taquile 30 Usd Privé from 9 pax 38 usd /Cusco citytour 10 Usd Prive from 9 pax 20 usd, horseride cusco 15 Usd / rafting 35/55 Usd, guide in Machu picchu 15 Usd P/P /Incatrail 4 D during the tour 260 euro/ Chavin 3 D 225 Euro, 15 usd P/P /Privé from 9 pax 22 Usd P/P . Mountainbike saltpans cusco from 50 y 100 Usd / Potosi minas: 16 usd, Coroyco bicycletta 78 usd, Chacaltaya 25 usd Tarrabuco market 10 Usd sacred valley 15 USD ,rafting 35 USD, guide in Machu picchu 15USD ! Potosi Mines 16 usd Chacaltaya 25 usd,mountainbike dead road 78 usd, Tihuanacu 15 usd
Indication of entree fee
Colca canyon 35 sol /cusco visitor ticket 130 sol/airport tax cusco 6 USD /Machu Picchu Entreé 124 SOL airport tax Lima international 32 USD Entrée to the salt lake national park in Bolivia 8 USD entre isla pescado 10 Bol
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 aug / sept 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 or Bolivia!
Money and Passport
v We advice to bring with you around 750 EUROpocket 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 Inca trail )
v Credit cards like Master card /Visa are widely accepted , every place we go have ATM machines .Also in Bolivia
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 the 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 Peru Planet can not be held responsible for any of this information.
How to make a reservation? The easiest way to reserve a Peruplanet tour is fiklling in the reservation form at this website.Some days after we received your reservation, we confirm if there are still some places available on the date of your choice .Than we ask 30 % deposit of the total amount, the other 70% , you can pay 5 weeks before departure .This payment you can do at our Belgian or Peruvian banc account .After payment you receive a paper with confirmation of your payment . After full payment you receive the address of the first hotel in Lima. A booking is accepted and becomes definite only from the date when Peruplanet sends out a confirmation invoice (once we have received your deposit) at which point a contract exists and the deposit becomes non-refundable and non-transferable. Give us also your telephone number to contact you if there are last minute changes.
Ones you find the tour of your choice, don’t wait to long to make a reservation! We only do 1 tour a month, so there are not many spaces each month! Its also cheaper for yourself, as far in advance you buy your international flight ticket to Peru, as cheaper it gets!
Departure of the tour A tour of Peruplanet in general always start, but its possible that we don’t get minima amount of clients for a tour, what is 8 bookings .In that case we contact you minima 4 weeks before departure to tell you .No message means automatically departure of the tour .If the tour don’t go, than Peru planet can make a special alternative program to your needs on individual base.
Changes and extension possibilities
§ it is possible to arrive earlier than the group, also to depart later than the group. This you have to tell us in advance together with your reservation, so we ca arrange something for you.
§ 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 Clients are obligated and responsible for ensuring that they have adequate cover for the full duration of the tour in respect of medical expenses, injury, death, repatriation, cancellation and curtailment. It is our policy to check the validity and cover of your insurance policy and we hold the right to refuse travel to anyone whose insurance does not satisfy these criteria..
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 anyone ells 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% We strongly recommend that full insurance is taken out, which includes cover, under certain circumstances, against the loss of deposit or cancellation charges.Incatrail never have refund !
WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO! |
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