016 Best Combo of Peru 

Day 2 Chachapoyas
Transfer to airport in Lima and our staff will meet you in Chachapoyas (or Chiclayo, if there is no direct flights and transfer to Chachapoyas). Visit Sonche Canon with spectacular waterfalls and Huancas, an Inca Mitima village, with their ceramic (the residents were transplants from Huanuco in the Inca heartland, to pacify the rebellious Cloud People.)  Huancas main business is pottery making since ancient times, providing for the entire zone.  A five-minute walk takes us to a canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon. Gigantic waterfalls cascade into a virgin river, which hasn’t been run yet by white water rafters.  Night in Chachapoyas.  (L, D)

Day 3 Chachapoyas - Levanto
Visit ruins of Yalape in Levanto (one hour from Chachapoyas).  Levanto was the most significant city of the zone at the time of the Inca invasion and also in the Spanish colonial era. We will see a colonial church 5 years older than Lima with its high carved alter. This is one of Peru's oldest cities not far from where the Inca was captured.  We will go to the fortified ruins of Yalape overlooking the city, and also see the 22 km Inca Canal, which brought water to Levanto. Nearby is Colla Cruz (Colla for its loyal Inca residents transferred here from the Colca Canyon area, and Cruz meaning cross roads). This was a major crossroads of the empire's roads with over 2000 miles of major roads going north to Ecuador & Colombia, south to Huanuco and Cuzco, and east to Cajamarca (where the Inca was captured) to that Central Andes highway System and on to the Coastal Highway System. We will see the Inca Military Garrison guarding this intersection. This is the zone's first restoration, which revealed a major defeat of the Incas by the Cloud people in the revolution against the Spanish.  Night in Levanto Lodge.  (B, L, D)

Day 4 
Option to hike the Inca Trail from Levanto to Chachapoyas with excellent panoramic views of the area. (3 hours).   We will go to see the spectacular 8-foot high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia, on steep cliff. From there we will go and see more sarcophagus higher on a sheer cliff than any building you have ever seen, and an ancient colonial mill.  Night in Choctamal Lodge. (B, BL, D)

Day 5 Fortress Kuelap
We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known as "the Machu Picchu of the North". Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 5 levels of walls, and is the largest stone structure in all South America.  Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress, which is estimated to have 3 times more volume of materials than Egypt's largest pyramid.  On the way to Chachapoyas we will observe the burial Tower of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River.  Overnight at Colonial Mansion, 3 Star Hostel. (B, L, D)

Day 6  Lima
Transfer to airport.  Airport pick up service in Lima and transfer to hotel 3 star in Miraflores.  Free afternoon. (B)

Day 7  Lima - CUZCO
Upon your arrival into Cuzco our staff will meet and transfer you to the hotel of your choice. After your arrival to the hotel you can enjoy a cup of "mate de coca" or coca tea to assist in the acclimation to the 11,300 ft. altitude in the Inca capital of Cuzco. In the afternoon (1:45 p.m.) our staff will meet and transfer you by bus for a City tour of Cuzco. Stops during the tour include :the Colonial and Inca sites of La Cathedral, Santo Domingo Convent / Q’oricancha. Later you will continue to the most important and impressive sites of Sacsayhauman, Kenko, Tambo Machay & Pucapucara. Early evening ( 5:45 -6:15 p.m.) return to Cuzco and your hotel. 

Day 8 
Our staff will meet and transfer you in the morning (8:45 -9:00 a.m.) into the Sacred Valley of the Inca passing by the Inca terraces and farm land of this fertile region until the town of Pisac and proceed to the Ancient Pisac Market for the annual show where many of the local Indians sell & barter their hand made textiles, fresh fruits & vegetables. After a hour or so of mingling with the locals you will proceed to have lunch at a local hacienda restaurant in the Sacred Valley. Afterwards continue to Ollantaytambo and the oldest continuously habituated town of the Inca. Here there are several structures of importance to the Inca. At the top of the sixteen massive terraces are the ever impressive ruins of Ollantaytambo Fortress where it is known the Inca fought some of their strongest battles. The huge precisely carved stones were transported somehow by hundreds of men down one mountain range to the Ollantaytambo location and fitted perfectly to support a strategic fortress that has bared the test of time. There is as well the "silos" or grain mills that are directly adjacent to the fortress and were to have maintained thousands of pounds of grain for the Inca and its people.You will have time for some photos and additional shopping before your return to Cuzco and your hotel in the early evening. ( L ) (Tu. Th. & Su.) 
**OPTION TO OVERNIGHT AT SACRED VALLEY.**

Day 9
Our staff will transfer to the Cuzco train station for the morning train departing at ( 6:00 a.m.) Here you will transfer by auto wagon train winding into the Andean Mountains passing through several small villages where the local Indian farmers manage their farms and reside just as they have for hundreds of years. After a long but scenic ride ( 3½ hours you arrive into the final stop at Aguas Calientes. Here the temperatures will have changed to that of tropical and a abundance of plants typical for this region of the Amazon basin can be appreciated. Here you will board the tourist bus and proceed up a incredible winding road that leads to the fabled site of Machu Picchu. Upon your arrival ( 10:15 a.m. ) your guide will explain the history & the myths that surround this archaeological wonder. Thousands of people from around the world frequent this magnificent ancient site to pay homage and grasp the spectacular views of Machu Picchu’s 7'800 ft. plateau that reaches into the clouds and heavens above. Afterwards ( 1:00-1:30 p.m.) transfer to the Sanctuary Lodge Restaurant for lunch.Afterwards time will be available on your own to take more photographs or relaxing to the ambiance that only Machu Picchu visitors will understand. Later you will bid farewell to the lost city of Machu Picchu and transfer by tour bus returning to Aguas Calientes and then proceed to board the auto wagon train at 3:00 p.m. for your return to Cuzco. After your arrival into the Cuzco and the train station ( 6:45 -7:00 p.m.) our staff will meet and transfer you to your hotel. ( L ) 
 **OPTION TO OVERNIGHT AT MACHU PICCHU.**

Day 10 
Today our staff will meet and transfer you to airport for your departing flight out. Additional tours in Cusco or to Amazon, Lake Titicaca & other archaeological cities are available from Lima. 

Package includes: All information listed above, bilingual speaking guides, all tours, transfers, entry fees and meals where noted on the program.
Not included:  Internal flights, tips, airport taxes, alcoholic beverages,snacks & water bottles. 

Price based in 2 passengers minimum.  Double accommodations.

US$ 1,386 p.p.  minimun 2 pax.
Internal tickets:  US$ 190  r/t p.p. approx. 

Single supplement: US$ 280.