Classic & Lima & Trujillo & Chiclayo & Cajamarca

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Lima

Upon your arrival to Lima, one of our representatives will meet you at the airport and accompany you and take you to your hotel in Lima. *An extra day in Lima can be added upon request. Please let us know if you like us to add additional activities and meals.

Day 2: Flight to Trujillo / Chan Chan, Huaca Dragon & Huanchaco Tour (B)

After breakfast at your hotel in Lima, you will be picked up and taken back to the airport for your short flight to the city of Trujillo. Once you arrive in Trujillo, our representative will meet you to take you to your hotel in Trujillo. Once you arrive at your hotel, you will have some time to check-in and get settled, prior to departing on your full day guided Tour of Chan Chan. The vast adobe city of Chan Chan was built by the Chimu around 850 AD and lasted until its conquest by the Inca Empire in 1470 AD. After Chan Chan, you will visit the Huaca Dragon, also known as “The House of the Dragon” located very near to Chan Chan. It has been excavated only in the 1960s, and its well-conserved rainbow-shaped friezes are fascinating. Some have interpreted the central motif to be that of a dragon. The last stop on your tour will be Huanchaco, a small town on the Peruvian coast that is rapidly acquiring a reputation for the quality of the surfing off its relaxed beaches, prior to returning to your hotel for the remainder of the evening. *An optional bus to Trujullo can be arranged instead of flight. *An extra overnight in Huanchaco can be added to your proposal. Please let us know if you would like us to add extra activities.

Day 3: Sun and Moon Temple / Peruvian Dancing Horses Exhibition & Bus to Chiclayo (B, S)

After breakfast at your hotel in Trujillo, you will be picked up and taken on your Guided Tour of the Sun and the Moon Temple. This major archaeological site was built at the time of the Moche culture (100 BC-650 AD), just east of a prominent, freestanding hill, the Cerro Blanco (White Mountain), and next to a small tributary of the Moche River. It occupies a central location within the extensive Moche Valley. Next, you will be transferred to the Peruvian dancing horses exhibition, where you can enjoy of the show and have a delicious lunch on your own. The Peruvian “Caballo de Paso” is an incredible animal and one that surely can’t be missed. The horse moves in ways similar to that of a professional dancer, and its majesty and grace is something to truly behold. You will have the opportunity to enjoy an exhibition of a typical dance as performed by the horse and rider. At the conclusion of the exhibition, you will be taken back to your hotel in order to get ready before taking your bus trip to Chiclayo where once on board, a snack will be served. Upon your arrival to Chiclayo, you will be met at the bus terminal and taken directly to your hotel in Chiclayo, where you will have the chance to rest and prepare for the next day. *An extra day in Chiclayo can be added to your proposal. Please let us know if you would like us to add extra activities.

Day 4: Sipan Site and Museum Tour / Tucume Tour (B)

After breakfast at your hotel in Chiclayo, you will be picked up and taken on your Guided Tour of the Sipan Site and Museum. In the morning we depart from Chiclayo to the famous archaeological site of Huaca Rajada close to the village of Sipan, where the amazing treasures of the Lord of Sipan were found. The Lord of Sipán tomb is a Moche culture site in Peru. Some archaeologists hold it to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries in this region of the world in the last 30 years, as the main tomb was found intact and untouched by thieves. Then we will visit the museum of Sipan, designed to resemble the ancient Moche tombs. Finally we will head out to the Túcume Pyramids. This site was a major regional center, maybe even the capital of the successive occupations of the area by the Lambayeque/Sicán/Chimu and Inca Cultures. Local shaman healers invoke power of Tucume and La Raya Mountain in their rituals, and local people fear these sites. This is a wonderful tour, and an absolute must when visiting Chiclayo. At the conclusion of your tour, you will be taken back to your hotel. *An extra day in Chiclayo can be added to your proposal. Please let us know if you would like us to add extra activities.

Day 5: Bus to Cajamarca (B, L)

After breakfast at your hotel in Chiclayo, you will be taken directly to the bus terminal in Chiclayo, where you will take your tourist bus to the city of Cajamarca. Once on board, you will enjoy some lunch and have a chance to take in all the scenery, or rest and relax. Once we arrive in Cajamarca, you will be met by one of our representatives and taken to your hotel in Cajamarca.

Day 6: La Collpa, Llanacora & Baños del Inca Tour (B)

After breakfast at your hotel in Cajamarca, you will be met and taken on your Guided Tour of Baños del Inca. On this beautiful tour, we will visit La Collpa, a place where the cows come when they are called by their names to be milked, then we will visit the small town Llacanora (and its beautiful waterfalls), Callacpoma caves, where we can see cave paintings which are at least 7.000 BC and the therapeutic center los “Baños del Inc”a (Inca Baths Hots springs), thermo medicinal waters which are 82 C°, The Inca Bath, the perolitos, and the place where the Inca Atahualpa talked to the Spaniards for the very first time. At the conclusion of your tour, you will be taken back to your hotel for the evening. *An extra day in Cajamarca can be arranged. Please let us know if you would like us to add additional activities.

Day 7: Cumbe Mayo & Ventas de Otuzco Tour (B)

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be met at your hotel by one of our representatives, where you will then depart on your Guided Tour of Cumbe Mayo and Ventanillas de Otuzco. On this tour, we will visit the Archaeological Complex Cumbe Mayo, located roughly 20km from Cajamarca, and surrounded by a Stone Forest called Frailones. Continuing on with the tour, we then visit las Ventanillas de Otuzco (The Otuzco little windows). This place was a big pre-Inca necropolis, and which has crypts carved in volcanic rock. At the conclusion of your tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Cajamarca. *An extra day in Cajamarca can be arranged. Please let us know if you would like us to add additional activities.

Day 8: Flight to Lima & Connect with Flight to Cusco (B)

After breakfast at your hotel in Cajamarca, you will be taken directly to the airport for your flight back to the capital, in order to catch your short, one hour flight to Lima and to connect with your flight to Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incas, located at 11,100 feet above sea level. You will be met upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. You will have the remainder of the afternoon to rest and freshen up. It’s best to take it easy this morning to let your body adjust to the altitude. Some find enjoying a cup of hot coca tea a real help in adjusting to the high elevation and that is what the locals traditionally use coca for. Both lunch and dinner are on your own today as there are so many choices available at reasonable price either in or near your hotel. * Depending on which domestic flight you choose you will have more or less time to rest.

Day 9: Free Morning & Afternoon City Tour (B)

After breakfast at your hotel in Cusco, you will have the chance to enjoy a free morning at your leisure. Cusco is an extremely tourist-centric city, and you will have the chance to enjoy all the little shops and touristic attractions at your own pace, or continue to rest and enjoy the hotel: the choice is up to you! In the afternoon, you will set out on grand tour of Cusco, the former capital of the once vast Incan Empire. The city’s Spanish Colonial architecture both overlays and is interlaced with the earlier Incan architecture. We walk Cusco’s impressive Plaza de Armas and visit both the Spanish cathedral and Incan temple of the sun, Qoricancha. The Spanish conquistadores destroyed significant portions of the Inca civilization while leaving their mark on Cusco. Ornate cathedrals, adobe walls, carved balconies, hidden courtyards and cobblestone streets add to the historic richness of the ancient Incan capital.

Next we set out to visit the ruins above the city that were considered an essential part of the ancient capital. We start with one of the most impressive of them all, Sacsayhuaman. This is where Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun, is held during the Summer Solstice. Some of the stones used to build the site weigh up to 70 tons yet are fitted so precisely–without the use of mortar–that one cannot slide even the thinnest object between them. Some believe that the site forms the head of puma or jaguar and that the huge triangulated walls form its teeth, or symbolize lightening. Tambomachay, the Temple of the Sacred Waters, is another site we will visit and is a marvel of hydraulic engineering. Its waters still flow today. At Q´enqo we’ll see the remains of a ceremonial site used for fertility rites and for celebrations of the solstice and equinox. * An extra day in Cusco can be added upon request. Please let us know if you like us to add additional activities and meals.

Day 10: Sacred Valley Tour (B, L)

After breakfast, we set out into the Urubamba Valley, also known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Our first stop will be a visit to the the Pisac market. The Pisac market has a wide variety of artisan arts & crafts and you will have the chance to see the many different products that the sacred valley produces. This is a great opportunity to for you to do some unique shopping, and to purchase souvenirs for your family and friends. After the market, we head deeper into the Sacred Valley and visit the Inca town of Ollantaytambo, still inhabited by the locals in much the same way as it was during the time of the Incas. The lodging area is formed by complex structures known as “canchas” or apartments. The Inca built a temple on a terraced site above the town. The impressive, standing stones they erected, conjure up images of Atlantis. This is the site where Manco Inca and his warriors staged a temporary victory over the Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco Pizarro. During this victory, the Inca warriors flooded the fields, while raining down spears and arrows from above, making it difficult for the Spanish horses to maneuver, ultimately forcing a rare retreat on the part of the Conquistadors. We then return to Urubamba, where you will have a chance to break for lunch and recover energies to continue with our tour.

After lunch, we head out to the bustling market-town of Chinchero, our final visit today. The town of Chinchero is the the Birthplace of the Rainbow, situated at over 11,500 feet. Its extensive agricultural terraces made it, in Incan times, the breadbasket of Cusco city. The main sight to see at this location is a catholic church, with fine paintings from the Cusquenian School. Modern Chinchero has a very active community of women weavers who create textiles on backstrap looms using only natural dyes. The weavers make fine, high quality mantas, table runners, pillows, bags, belts, and scarves in soft natural colors. At the end of the day you will go back to Cusco. All of our suggested hotels are well situated, so that you can relax and enjoy more of both ancient and contemporary life this evening. * An overnight at the sacred valley can be added upon request. Please let us know if you like us to add additional activities and meals.

Day 11: Machu Picchu Tour (B)

The day you have been waiting for! After breakfast we catch the train to the town of Aquas Calientes at the base of Machu Picchu. Continue by bus for the short ride up switch backs to the Machu Picchu citadel overhead. We enter the ruins for a breathtaking view of the city in the sky. You will enjoy a full tour of the lost city and have lunch on your own after the tour. In the afternoon we say farewell to Machu Picchu as we set out by train heading to the station at Poroy and then on to Cusco Hotel by car arriving at night. * An overnight in MachuPicchu can be added upon request. Also, we can add bus and entrance tickets for a second day at the citadel. Please let us know if you like us to add additional activities and meals.

Day 12: Flight Back to Lima & Museum Tour (B)

After breakfast at your hotel in Cusco, you will be picked up and taken to the airport in Cusco to catch your flight back to the capital city of Lima. Many tours tend to forget about Lima in their tours. In our opinion, the history and anthropology of Lima, with Cultures that pre-date the Incas by thousands of years, provides an excellent ending point to better understand and appreciate the Inca cultures you have discovered in Cusco. Once in Lima, you will visit the Museum of Anthropology, or Museum Larco, where we will share the Peruvian culture from the many thousands of years of pre-Inca societies up to colonial Peru. This is a brief, but important tour that we urge all our clients not to miss when visiting Peru. At the conclusion of your tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Lima. * While in Lima, we highly recommend adding culinary activities such as cooking classes and tasting dinners in the best restaurants of Latin America, for more information check our Culinary site: taste-of-peru.com and ask our agents for more information. An extra day in Lima can be added upon request. Please let us know if you like us to add additional activities and meals.

Day 13: Morning City Tour & Flight Home (B)

After breakfast at your hotel in Lima, you will be met and taken on your morning city tour of the city of Lima. In the City Tour, we will see the Spanish city Square, get a snapshot of the most important city sites, and visit a world-class museum to learn about pre-Inca cultures. Sites to be visited: Main Square, The Cathedral, Government Palace, City Hall, San Francisco Monastery (including catacombs), old streets with colonial houses, and a great driving tour through beautiful San Isidro and Miraflores. At the conclusion of your city tour, your journey to Peru winds to a close as we provide transfer to the airport in Lima for the flight back home. * Please let us know if you like to add extra activities or a day hotel if your flight is late at night.

NOTE: Some people prefer to go directly to the Sacred Valley upon arrival to the Cusco Airport. Please let us know if you prefer that to send you an updated itinerary

Not exactly what you want?

Remember, that Magical focuses on providing the best available options, and can work with you in fully customizing your tour to better fit your interests and budget without compromising the quality of your tour. Just contact us with your questions and preferences, and we can modify this tour based on your expectations and requests.

Important Notes:

About MachuPicchu Entrance Tickets

As the popularity of MachuPicchu has increased in the last few years, and in order to preserve the ancient paths of MachuPicchu, the Peruvian Cultural Institute (INC) has restricted the number of people that could enter MachuPicchu to 2,500 people per day. This means that, once the 2,500 tickets are sold out, no further entrance tickets will available. Also, please note that to avoid a secondary market for these tickets, all tickets are issued with the name of the passenger, his/her passport number, nationality and date of birth. Therefore, tickets are non refundable and non transferable.

About Huaynapichu Tickets

Entrance tickets to Huaynapichu are not longer free, entrance tickets are now US$12.00 per person. There are two scheduled visits per day, with a limit of 200 people per visit (Total of 400 per day). If you are interested in hiking the Huaynapichu, we will need you to let us know at the same time you book your trip since the Huaynapichu tickets need to be purchased in conjunction to the MachuPicchu tickets.

Price

This tour (*) is available from:

USD$1174.90 per person – All Pool tours, except Cajamarca portion that is in private. All Private Transfers.

For single supplement and prices in a private service, please contact us!

* Based on double occupancy, 4 people, Budget Accommodations

IMPORTANT: As price depends on each passenger choices, please contact us to send you an updated price based on your specific request. Please send us the following information and we will respond within 24 hours with your updated price.

• Number of people in your party
• Level of accommodation (3, 4, 5*). Please see options
• Choosing a Private or Group Tour?
• Train choice. Please see options
• Adding options: if you like to add day tours, extra days, meals, etc
• Need domestic or international flights?
• Have a special request (e.g.: special diet, wheelchair, children, senior, etc)

What’s Included?

• Expedition train Roundtrip. Upgrade to other trains: Vistadome or Hiram Bingham upon request
• Bus to Machu Picchu roundtrip.
• Bus Ticket from Trujillo/Chiclayo, Chiclayo/Cajamarca.
• Expert leadership / guides & support personnel for all listed tours
• Accommodations: 2 nights in Lima, 1 night in Trujillo, 2 nights in Chiclayo, 3 nights in Cajamarca, 4 nights in Cusco.
• Meals as noted (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, S = Snack). We can add any meals upon request
• Land excursions as noted including entrance fees (Chan Chan, Huaca Dragon, Sun and Moon Temple, Sipan Site & Museum, Tucume Pyramids,La Collpa, Llanacora, Baños del Inca, Cumbemayo, Ventas de Otuzco, BTG, Cusco Cathedral, Qoricancha, MachuPicchu, Lima Cathedral, San Francisco Catacombs and Lima Museum)
• Private transportation: Lima Airport/Lima Hotel, Lima Hotel/Lima Airport, Trujillo Airport/Trujillo Hotel, Trujillo Hotel/Trujillo Bus Station, Chiclayo Bus Station/Chiclayo Hotel, Chiclayo Hotel/Chiclayo Bus Station, Cajamarca Bus Station/Cajamarca Hotel, Cajamarca Hotel/Cajamarca Airport, Cusco Airport/Cusco Hotel, Cusco Hotel/Train Station, Train Station/Cusco Hotel, Cusco Hotel/Cusco Airport, Lima Airport/Lima Hotel, Lima Hotel/Lima Airport.

What’s Not Included?

• Airport taxes: Local ($5-6) and International ($31) departure tax of payable in local currency by each passenger at Lima International Airport upon departure (if applicable)
• International and domestic airfares, usually quoted separately
• Insurance of any kind: mandatory evacuation insurance; suggested cancellation insurance, interruption, baggage loss, damage and delay
• Visas. Please be advised that some citizens other than Canadians and US may need visa to travel to Peru. Please advise us of your nationality to help you or check with the Peruvian Consulate
• Tipping & Gratuities (Guides $4 per person per day / Drivers $1 per person per day)
• Excess baggage charges
• Medical immunizations
• Items of a personal nature (clothing, sodas, liquor, snacks, laundry, etc.)

Domestic Tickets

Lima/Cusco/Lima: From US $190 per person. This is an example price. Prices depend on date and time of booking