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10 Days Travel From Enigmatic Machu Picchu to Atacama Desert

Duration:                               10 Days and 9 Nights
Departures:                            Daily departures from Lima Peru
Activities:                               Mix of Culture and Nature excursions of 2 countries
Airfares:                                 NOT INCLUDED, can easily be included in the package upon request
Customizable:                         YES, feel free to ask for extra services or modifications

DAY 1 LIMA
Pick up upon arrival at Lima's airport and transportation to the hotel. Overnight (No meals)

DAY 2 LIMA - CUSCO
Breakfast and Transportation to the Lima airport for the flight to Cuzco (Airfare Not Included).
Upon arrival to Cusco Airport. Reception and transportation to the Hotel where you will receive an aromatic coca tea to stimulating for the height, will have the free morning to rest and also we suggest you have a light lunch in either your hotel or in one of the surrounded; in the evening we will depart on a City tour (entrance to the archaeological centers and museums including) we will visit the Main square, Cathedral, the Koricancha (temple of the sun) and in addition we will make a route bordering archaeological centers like Sacsayhuaman Fortress, Q'enko, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay, tour finishes 6:30pm approximately at the main square in order you can take dinner in one of the exquisite restaurants in the area, then overnight. (B)

*Optional Buffet Dinner with Folkloric Show: Adding $24 per person

DAY 3 FULL DAY MACHUPICCHU TOUR
Early breakfast and pickup to go the train station to depart to Machu Picchu, the trip takes about 4 hours. During the trip we will have an amazing view of the landscapes of the Sacred Valley of Urubamba and the Amazon rainforest providing you a small hint of how much Peru has to offer. Upon arrival to the little town of Aguas Calientes you will have to approach the bus station towards the "Ciudadela of Machu Picchu" (Only 20 minutes ride) to receive a professional guided tour by this Huge Historical Sanctuary follow by some free time to explore the zone on your own and then take your buffet lunch at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge restaurant (included), an according time, we will go down to the Aguas Calientes town to return to Cusco City. Reception at the train station and transfer to your accommodation (B,L).

DAY 4 FULL DAY SACRED VALLEY TOUR
Breakfast. You will be picked up at 8:15 am. Full day excursion to the Urubamba Valley visiting: the colorful Indian market in Pisac where a mixture of color and tradition will be able appreciated besides will have a good opportunity to try our bargain skills on the free time to interact with the local craftsmen to purchase their hand-made souvenirs. The Valley has a distance of 31 km (19 miles) of Cusco, and an altitude of 2,970 ms (9,700 p), Pisac is located to the entrance of the Sacred Valley and followed by Ollantaytambo, the older town continuously occupied of the American continent. The narrow streets of Ollantaytambo, along with their channels that have not varied from the time Inca, evoke their ancestral inheritance, lunch in a typical restaurant and then the last visit will be to Chinchero market.
Chinchero is believed to be the mythical birthplace of the rainbow. Its major claim to tourism is its colorful Sunday market which is much less tourist-orientated than the market at Pisac. At the end, return to Cusco main square at 6:30pm approx.
The night is free for you to eat in a restaurant of your choice; although we always have plenty of suggestions for you should you require them. (B, L)

Note: Take this tour on market days: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
Bilingual Guided tour on different days

DAY 5 CUSCO / SANTIAGO
Breakfast and transportation from the hotel to the airport for your flight back to Santiago de Chile (airfare not included).
Reception at the airport in Santiago and transfer to the Hotel. Overnight. (B)

DAY 6 SANTIAGO - CALAMA -SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA
Breakfast at hotel. Departure to airport on time to board flight with destination Calama (Airfare not Included)
Reception and immediate transfer to San Pedro de Atacama through the Domeyko mountains, located in the Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world. Arrival to your selected hotel and accommodations with breakfast. During the sunset we go to the Moon valley, located in the salt mountain range, 90% salt and 10% other minerals, to observe an unusual landscape treasure at the bottom, made up by attractive and impressive geological formations of diverse shapes and colors, together with giant dunes and beautiful salt crystal on the crunching ground, that will make you feel like being in another planet or the moon itself. Overnight. (B)

DAY 7 HALF DAY ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCURSION
Breakfast at hotel. Departure in the morning to start an Archeological Tour, visiting the Pukará of Quitor, Cordillera de la Sal and the old Ruins of Tulor, dating 3000 years and the Pictoglyphs of the Roca de Coca. Return to your hotel. Rest of the day free and Overnight (B)

DAY 8 FULL DAY TOUR TO LAGUNAS ALTIPLANICAS AND SALAR DE ATACAMA
Departure at 07:00 AM, heading to Lagunas Altiplanicas and Salar de Atacama.
Our first visit will be El Tambillo (Artificial forest in the desert). Then we visit the village of Toconao, where you can see volcanic rocks crafts. We continue to Valle de Jeri, Laguna de Chaxa in the middle of the desert, to see pink Flemish. Time for a box lunch. At the afternoon return to the hotel and Overnight . (B)

DAY 9 SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA - SANTIAGO
The departure is at 04:30am to visit the Geysers del Tatio, at 4.200 meters of altitude above de level of the sea, with a picnic breakfast included. Free time for guided walks, baths in little lakes, but most of all observe the Geysers.
Return through chilean altiplanic and appreciating fog, where the animals feed. Ending the day in the village of Machuca. Transfer to the Aeropuerto de Calama, for your next flight to Santiago (Airfare Not Included) Arrive, reception and transfer to selected hotel for accommodations.(B)

DAY 10 TRANSFER OUT
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport on time to board your next flight.

Important: The itinerary and excursions in San pedro de Atacama, are subject to modifications without previous advise.
We suggest to arrive Calama flight AM and return from Calama after the 18.00hrs

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