Explore All That Peru Has to Offer!
All-in Price: $6,275CAD* per person
*Price is per person. Based on double occupancy and April 10, 2022 departure.Package Includes:
- Roundtrip international and domestic airfare from Toronto*
- Welcome assistance upon arrival and departure at all airports
- Private transfers and porterage between airport and hotel
- 9-Nights accommodation
- 2-Nights in Lima
- 1-Night in Arequipa
- 1-Night in Colca Canyon
- 2-Nights in Lake Titicaca
- 2-Nights in Cuzco
- 1-Night in Machu Picchu Town
- Breakfast daily and other meals as indicated
- Hotel taxes and service charges
- Airport & departure taxes**
Photo: Lima, Peru
Itinerary:
DAY 1: TORONTO — LIMA
Depart from Toronto to Lima; welcome, private transfer and check into your hotel. Hilton Lima Miraflores, Deluxe ★★★★
Day 2: LIMA
After breakfast, enjoy a memorable day in the captivating capital of Peru. Lima was founded in 1535 and was once the capital of Spain’s South American Empire for 300 years; it is also known as the City of Kings. Enjoy a private afternoon city tour featuring the Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the 17th-century Baroque Cathedral and Church of San Francisco and the Palacio de Torre Tagle, Lima’s most elegant colonial mansion. Also visit the Larco Herrera Museum. Enjoy the rest of your day at leisure. Hilton Lima Miraflores, Deluxe ★★★★ - BREAKFAST
Day 3: LIMA – AREQUIPA
Fly to Arequipa, Peru’s second largest city. Arrival, welcome and transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, enjoy a city tour of Arequipa and its famous Santa Catalina Monastery. Costa del Sol Wyndham Arequipa, Superior ★★★★ - BREAKFAST
AREQUIPA – COLCA CANYON After an early breakfast, begin your trip along Yura’s Highway, bordering the snow-capped Chachani Mountain and drive toward the Pampa Cañahuas habitat of vicuñas. Visit the villages of Callalli and Sibayo with stone buildings built with a mixture of Collagua and Spanish architecture. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and visit the hot springs of La Calera. Colca Lodge Spa & Hot Springs, Standard ★★★★ - BREAKFAST/LUNCH
Day 5: COLCA CANYON – LAKE TITICACA
Breakfast. Early morning departure to the Cross of the Condor viewing point to observe one of the deepest canyons in the world and the impressive flight of the Condors. Continue on to Puno, known as the folklore capital of Peru, due to its wealth of artistic and cultural expressions including knitting and textile arts. Here, traits of the Aymaran, Quechan and Spanish cultures merge. Arrive in Puno/Lake Titicaca. Casa Andina Premium Puno, Lakeview ★★★★ - BREAKFAST
Photo: Colca Canyon, Peru
Day 6: LAKE TITICACA
Travel by speedboat through the deep blue waters of Lake Titicaca, the largest lake in South America. Visit the incredible floating Uros Islands near the Bolivian border which are made and remade from totora reeds. Also witness the interesting and unusual ancestral culture of the Aymara on the island of Taquile, with beautiful views of the snow-capped Andes. Casa Andina Premium Puno, Lakeview ★★★★ - BREAKFAST/LUNCH
Day 7: LAKE TITICACA – CUZCO
Early morning breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the bus station for your bus ride to Cuzco. Stop and visit ruins along your journey, then check-in at your hotel in Cuzco; the beautiful city, which was once the capital of the Inca Empire. Novotel Cusco, Colonial ★★★★ - BREAKFAST
Day 8: CUZCO – MACHU PICCHU TOWN
In the morning, journey by train to the fabled ‘Lost City of the Incas’, arguably the most important archaeological site in South America. The Machu Picchu Citadel was built by the Incas as a favoured retreat for Inca nobility, and remarkably until 1911, it lay hidden from the world amongst dense jungle covered mountains. Following a guided tour of the ruins, enjoy lunch then check into your hotel. El Mapi by Inkaterra, Superior Deluxe ★★★★ - BREAKFAST/LUNCH
Day 9: MACHU PICCHU TOWN – CUZCO
Early morning breakfast. Board your bus to take you back to the top of the mountain and visit the citadel for a second time. After lunch, board the train to Cuzco. Upon arrival, welcome and transfer to your hotel. Novotel Cusco, Colonial ★★★★ - BREAKFAST/LUNCH
Day 10: CUZCO – LIMA – TORONTO
Breakfast at your hotel. Enjoy a morning excursion including an historic city tour and visit to the sites of Sacsayhuamán, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay located just outside the city. Later in the afternoon, transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima. Your home-bound flight departs later that evening. - BREAKFAST
Day 11: TORONTO
Early morning arrival in Toronto.
Photo: Machu Picchu, Peru