Women only Tour-7 days

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Lima + Introduction to Peruvian Cuisine Class (D)

Upon you arrival to Lima, one of our representatives will meet you at the airport to take you to your hotel in Lima, where you will check in and have some time to unwind. After some rest time, our culinary guide will meet you at your hotel, and take you to the restaurant, where you will participate in our “Introduction to the Peruvian Cuisine” class. Our chef will teach you the quintessential basics of Peruvian Cuisine. You will learn how to prepare Peru’s staple dishes and afterwards you will enjoy a full tasting of these traditional Peruvian dishes. This demonstration class and dinner will offer you an opportunity to taste the many dishes you learned to prepare during this class. After dinner, you will be taken back to your hotel. * Depending on what time your flight arrives, you may need to add an extra day in Lima. Please let us know if you like us to add additional activities as well.

Day 2: Walking Lima City Tour & Teatime with Roundtable discussion (B, L, D)

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be met by one of our representatives, and taken on your walking city tour of the capital city of Lima. This special City Tour will be a travel along the 500 years of history of the city of Lima, as you will discover all the history and tradition hidden in every corner of the capital of Peru. You will begin your tour at Plaza San Martin Square to see the Bolivar hotel, one of the most luxurious in the world in the early 20th century. Then you will walk along the “jirones” (small narrow streets of downtown) until you reach the Osambela house, one of the best examples of colonial civil architecture, were you will discover how old Limenians used to live. You will continue on to the Lima Cathedral and continue to the popular San Francisco Catacombs and will finish your day at San Pedro church, the most impressive church in the city, full of gold and antique paintings. Along the road, our guide will take you to many little corners and places, and illustrate the vast history and legend of the places you will see. This is a highly recommended City Tour, especially if you are interested in Architecture.

At the conclusion of your tour, you will go directly to one of downtown Lima’s most famous Chinese restaurants, where you will enjoy a specially prepared Chinese-Peruvian meal commonly known as “chifa”. At the conclusion of lunch, you will be taken back to your hotel, where you will have the remaining of the afternoon to rest and freshen up prior to your evening activities. Dinner tonight is “Lonche” or Tea Time a Peruvian tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Tea Time in Peru is an early evening meal, typically eaten after 5pm and consists of small sandwiches, pastries, coffee, tea and juices. For this special tea-time, you will be accompanied by very well respected women in Peru, and engage in an exciting round-table discussion about a subject of choice or talk about interesting stories and common interest topics. You will be provided with an excellent interpreter, who will ensure that you don’t miss a single thing, of what is sure to be a memorable evening. At the conclusion of your discussion, you will be taken back to your hotel. * 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 3: Market Visit and Ceviche Mission & Festival + Author’s Fusion Dinner (B, L, D)

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up by one of our culinary guides and be taken on your Market Visit & Fruit Festival. You will start with a visit to the Main market. This market is informal and a great way to experience a little bit of the Peruvian culture in its daily life. In the Main Market you can find the best variety of vegetables and fruits in the country, including exotic products from the “Andes” and the “Jungle”. In all Peruvian markets, “el regateo” is a common practice “asking for a discount and negotiating the price for the product with each vendor” people even ask for a “Yapa” something for free with your purchase, one extra lime or one extra potato. We will also have the change to taste all the many exotic fruits that Peru offers. As part of your market visit, you will also take part in a special mission: Mission Ceviche–more than an activity, this is your secret mission: We will give you the recipe, ingredient list and money, which you will use to buy all your supplies to make your Ceviche (don’t worry if you don’t speak Spanish, this is part of the fun), as you find ways to stretch the money we gave you, you will experience first hand the concept of “regateo” and “yapa”. Immediately following your market visit, you will head out to your Ceviche Festival at Señorio de Sulco Restaurant, where Flavio Solorzano**, owner and Executive Chef of “El Señorío de Sulco” Restaurant will lead you on this journey into the famous Peruvian dish, Ceviche. Chef Solorzano, specializes in Peruvian Cuisine in which he applies modern techniques to recreate traditional recipes into special dishes. **Please note that Chef Solorzano may not be available on the day of your trip and we will provide a substitute chef of the same experience level.

After lunch at the restaurant, you will be taken back to your hotel in Lima, where you will have the remaining of the afternoon at your leisure. At dinner time, our representative will meet you at your hotel, and accompany you to one of Lima’s best restaurants, where a uniquely crafted experience awaits you. Our celebrity chef, Rafael Osterling, creates each and every dish as if he were creating a piece of modern art.  His cuisine is not defined by any style, and is only influenced by the freshness, and quality of the products he finds in each location he has a restaurant. His dishes are incredibly creative but always respectful of the ingredients, as he always points out. The result is a mind- blowing taste and presentation that will make you experience new and creative ways to eat popular ingredients. At the conclusion of dinner, you will be taken back to your hotel. * 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 4: Flight to Cusco + Walking City Tour + Shopping Tour in Cusco (B)

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken back to the airport for the short, one-hour 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 of choice. You will have the remainder of the day to rest and freshen up. It’s best to take it easy this day, 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. * Depending on which domestic flight you choose you will have more or less time to rest.

In the afternoon, you will be met at your hotel in Cusco by one of our representatives, who will take you on your walking city tour of the city of Cusco. 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. At the conclusion of your walking city tour, you will continue on to your shopping tour in the centric district of San Blas. San Blas is Cusco’s most picturesque city district. It is known as the district of craftsmen, for here live the city’s most famous artist. It’s steep, narrow streets are lined with charming Colonial buildings which have been recently restored. At the conclusion of your shopping tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Cusco.

Day 5: 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 Machupichu 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 6: 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 located 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 7: Back to Lima & Spa Day (B)

After breakfast at your hotel, your incredible journey to Peru winds to a close as we provide transfer to the airport in Cusco for the flight back to the coast. Upon arrival to Lima, you will take a short stop at your hotel, where you will have the chance to drop off your luggage, in order to embark on your Spa day, carefree. From the hotel, you will be taken directly to one of Lima’s best spa’s, where you will enjoy a very well-deserved, invigorating time at the spa, your package includes sauna, body exfoliation, body massage, wine therapy, Facial and reflexology (4-hours) prior to your ultimate departure back home. At the conclusion of your spa experience, you will head back to your hotel to pick up your luggage, and taken directly to the airport, to catch your flight back home. *Depending on your preferences, the spa has optional lunches that you can order in between your treatments You can also choose to add services as the spa is also a beauty salon. Depending on your flight time you might need to add an extra day. Please let us know.

Not exactly what you want?

Remember that Magical focuses on providing the best available options and can work with you on 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$1349.90 per person – All Private tours, except Sacred Valley & Machupicchu that is in group. 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?

• Round-trip Expedition train. Upgrade to other trains: Vistadome or Hiram Bingham upon request
• Bus to Machu Picchu roundtrip.
• Expert leadership / guides & support personnel for all listed tours
• Accommodations: 3 nights in Lima/ 3 nights in Cusco
• Meals as noted (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner). We can add any meals upon request
• Land excursions as noted including entrance fees (Lima Cathedral, San Francisco Catacombs BTG, Cusco Cathedral, Qoricancha, Machu Picchu)
• Private transportation: Lima airport/Lima Hotel, Lima Hotel/Lima Market, Lima Market/Lima Restaurant, Lima Restaurant/Lima Hotel, Lima Hotel/Lima Airport, Cusco Airport/Cusco Hotel, Cusco Hotel/Train Station, Train Station/Cusco Hotel, Cusco Hotel/Cusco Airport
• *Introduction to Peruvian Cuisine Class may have a different Chef based on Chef Solorzano’s availability.

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