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Abercrombie & Kent
PERU

Highlights
Of Peru

HIGHLIGHTS OF PERU

Travel Plan

Meals

Day 1 - Lima

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Day 2 - Lima

B

Day 3 - Sacred Valley

B-L

Day 4 - Sacred Valley

B-L

Day 5 - Machu Picchu

B-L

Day 6 - Cusco

B-L

Day 7 - Cusco

B

Day 8 - Lima

B

Accommodation
Premium- Belmond Miraflores Park
Affordable Deluxe- Jose Antonio Deluxe Hotel
Premium- Belmond Miraflores Park
Affordable Deluxe- Jose Antonio Deluxe Hotel
Premium- Belmond Rio Sagrado
Affordable Deluxe- Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay
Premium- Belmond Rio Sagrado
Affordable Deluxe- Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay
Premium- Belmond Sanctuary Lodge
Affordable Deluxe- El Mapi
Premium- Belmond Monasterio Hotel
Affordable Deluxe- Casa Andina Premium
Premium- Belmond Monasterio Hotel
Affordable Deluxe- Casa Andina Premium
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Day 1
Lima
On arrival at the Lima International
Airport, you are met and transferred to
your hotel.
Meals today are under your own
arrangements.

Day 2
Lima

B

This morning visit the “City of the Kings”,
starting in Plaza Mayor, the original site
upon which Lima was founded. You will
visit the historic Cathedral which is an
architectural masterpiece. Leaving here
you will pass the presidential Palace
with its excellent photo opportunities
and go on to Santo Domingo Convent.
After you have finished in the historic
center, you will be driven across Lima
to the Larco Museum where the
extensive private collection of pre-Inca
ceramics is considered to be the largest
of its kind in the world. It showcases
remarkable chronological galleries
providing an excellent overview
on 3,000 years of development of
Peruvian Pre-Columbian History. For
an unforgettable experience, Larco is
one of the few museums in the world
where visitors can also choose to
enter the storage area with its 45,000
classified archaeological objects.
Lunch and dinner are under your own
arrangements. The afternoon will be for
you to explore the City of the Kings, on
your own
Return to Hotel for Dinner.

Day 3
B-L
Lima/Cusco/Sacred Valley
Transfer from Hotel to Airport for flight
Lima – Cusco
Upon arrival in Cusco, you are met and
transferred to Plaza de Armas, for lunch
stop at Calle del Medio. After lunch you
will be transferred to the Sacred Valley
of the Incas. In route you will visit Manos
de la Comunidad, a center where
South American Camelids (members
of the camel family); Llamas, Alpacas,
Guanacos, and Vicunas are all bred.
You will learn about the renowned fibers
created from their coats, as well as the
ancient weaving techniques which are
still used.
Afternoon and Dinner on your own

Day 4
Sacred Valley

B-L

Meet Quechua-speaking farmers and
weavers on an inspiring half-day visit
to an Andean highland community in
the Sacred Valley near the well-known
market town and former Inca royal
palace of Chinchero. This personal
encounter reveals the unique lifestyle
and traditions of descendants from
the mighty Inca Empire. Explore their
village, see and taste the typical food
of the area, understand their ancient
medical remedies, watch weavers at
work, wander into the fields to learn
about local agricultural practices and
join in a traditional Andean blessing.
Drive through the valley to the salt
pans of Maras (Salineras de Maras) to
appreciate a method of salt extraction
used since Inca times. From the village of
Maras, continue to Moray, a fascinating
archaeological site comprising a series
of concentric agricultural terraces,
some as deep as 150 meters (492 feet),
while enjoying the magnificent views
this part of the Sacred Valley offers. This
is followed by lunch at Rancho Wayra,
where you will witness a spectacular
equestrian exhibition. The Paso horses
will amaze you with their graceful gait
and impress you with their elegant look, of first-rate artists. Overnight in The
prancing to the rhythm of live Marinera Sacred Valley.
music, played and danced by a group Dinner is under your own arrangements.

Day 5
B-L
Sacred Valley/Machu Picchu
This morning you board the Vistadome
train to Machu Picchu. Accompanied
by your guide, explore the city’s ruins,
and feel its pulse as you visualize the
lives of the priests, craftsmen, and
servants who inhabited this seemingly
uninhabitable citadel. Excavations at the
site have revealed skeletons, artifacts
and woolen clothing, but no gold. The
same precision of assembled stones
exists here as in other Incan sites. Enjoy
a buffet lunch at Belmond Sanctuary
Lodge. Then, you will go to your hotel
in Aguas Calientes to rest.
Dinner on your own.

Day 6
Machu Picchu/Cusco

B-L

This morning take a bus back to
Machu Picchu to learn more about this
fascinating, surprising and mysterious
Inca settlement, built in the fifteenth
century as a religious center and palace
for the Inca Pachacútec. In the afternoon
you return to Aguas Calientes to have
lunch and take the train back to Cusco.
Arrival, and transfer to your hotel.
Dinner is under your own arrangements

Day 7
Cusco

B the sun.

Morning at leisure
By the afternoon, enjoy a city tour
which includes the Cathedral on Plaza
de Armas and Santo Domingo, a
Dominican church and convent built
upon the foundations of the Koricancha.
Also known as the ‘place of gold’,
this was the Incas’ principal religious
building, dedicated to the worship of

Arrival, and transfer to your hotel.

Day 8
Cusco/Lima

B

Private transfer from hotel to Airport for
departure flight to Lima.
Assistance upon arrival for international
flight.

Rodrigo Custodio
Country Manager - A&K Peru
rcustodio@abercrombiekent.com.pe

Dalia Gibu
Regional Sales Director
dgibu@abercrombiekent.com.pe

info@abercrombiekent.com.pe

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