Border information: If you are starting in Cusco, enter Peru at Cusco Airport.
Group meeting at 10:00 hrs to plan the following day's trekking with the rest of the day free to enjoy Cusco. We stay in a good quality colonial hotel in Cusco.
Hotel for the night: Hotel Cahuide
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Included
7 nights in and around Cusco and the Urubamba Valley
Included in tour
Day2-5
Inca Trail , Sacred Valley, Cusco
17 Jul to
20 Jul 2014
Trekking in the Andes. We will have a tour of the sacred valley and either begin the community trek or the classic trek to the world heritage site of Machu Picchu. The nights are spent camping.
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Included
Tour of the Sacred Valley, Sacsayhuaman and Ollantaytambo
Included in tour
Included
EITHER
Hike unspoilt Inca Trails and visit Quechua communities in remote stunning Andes scenery away from tourist treks on our exclusive Inca Trails Community Trek
OR
Trek the Classic Inca Trail up the Royal Inca Road
IF YOU WISH TO BOOK THE CLASSIC INCA TRAIL THIS MUST BE ADVISED AT TIME OF BOOKING OTHERWISE YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PUT ON OUR COMMUNITY TREK.
Included in tour
Day6
Machu Picchu
21 Jul 2014
Visit to Machu Picchu one of the world's most iconic sights. We'll have a guided tour with a local expert and plenty of time on site before catching the train back to Cusco.
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Included
Guided tour of Machu Picchu
Included in tour
Included
Train back from Machu Picchu to Cusco
Included in tour
Day7
Cusco
22 Jul 2014
Relax after the trek with optional activities available such as white water rafting. Overnight in the same colonial hotel.
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Optional
White-water rafting and mountain biking in the Cusco region
USD 40
Day8
Puno, Sillustani Ruins
23 Jul 2014
In the morning we have a 440kms drive to Puno. We will visit the Sillustani ruins and museum en route and overnight in hotel
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Included
Visit to the pre-Inca Sillustani Ruins near Puno
Included in tour
Day9
Copacabana, Puno
24 Jul 2014
Border information: Exit Peru at Desguadero, enter Bolivia at Copacabana.
We head out on a boat on Lake Titicaca to the floating reed islands of Uros before a 200kms drive takes us across the Bolivian border to the lakeside town of Copacabana where we overnight in a hotel
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Included
Boat trip to the floating islands on Lake Titicaca
Included in tour
Day10
Copacabana
25 Jul 2014
Today is a non-driving day with an all day visit to Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca. We return in the evening to Copacabana to overnight in the same hotel
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Included
Take a boat to Lake Titicaca's Isla del Sol
Included in tour
Included
Stay in the pretty lakeside colonial town of Copacabana
Included in tour
Day11
La Paz
26 Jul 2014
A 160kms drive brings us to La Paz, Bolivia’s capital where we have time to explore the city and do optional activities. Overnight good quality colonial hotel in central La Paz
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Included
Free time to explore the vibrant city of La Paz
Included in tour
Day12
La Paz
27 Jul 2014
Free time to explore La Paz or do activities such as downhill mountain biking.
Border information: If you are leaving in La Paz, exit Bolivia at La Paz Airport.
Activities
Description
Approximate Cost
Optional
Downhill "gravity assisted" mountain biking from La Paz to Coroico
