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Included excursions
· Tours of Lima and Cusco · Machu Picchu · Villages of the Andes · Visit to Khenko, Sacsayhuaman,
Tambomachay & Puca Pucara
· Lake Titicaca & the Uros Islands · Sillustani & Chullpas · Peruvian cultural show
Optional excursion
· The Nazca Lines
Lake Titicaca
Meal arrangements
Please note: This tour visits high altitudes in excess of 12,000 feet, where altitude sickness can occur. Our tour has been designed to allow a more gradual increase in altitude, giving you time to adjust to the lower oxygen levels. Other simple measures, such as eating light meals and drinking lots of fluids can also help to alleviate the symptoms. See page 80 for more information. YOUR HOTELS LIMA Hotel Libertador San Isidro (4-star), 4 nights (2 nights half board, 2 nights bed and breakfast). The well-appointed Libertador San Isidro offers a restaurant, a cocktail bar, gym and Jacuzzi. Guest rooms have TV, air-conditioning and hairdrier. SACRED VALLEY Casa Andina Private Collection Hotel (4-star), 2 nights bed and breakfast. This attractive hotel has a restaurant and bar. All rooms have TV, safe and hairdrier. CUSCO Libertador Palacio del Inka Hotel (5-star), 3 nights bed and breakfast. This converted palace offers a restaurant, bar, coffee shop, sauna and Jacuzzi. The elegant bedrooms each have air-conditioning, TV, hairdrier, minibar and safe. LAKE TITICACA Libertador Puno (4-star), 2 nights (1 night half board, 1 night bed and breakfast). This wonderfullylocated hotel has a restaurant and bar. The comfortable guest rooms have cable TV and minibar.
DAY 7 Cusco A day to relax; perhaps exploring more of the city where the legacies of the Inca and the Spanish conquistadors are evident. Join your fellow travellers this evening for dinner at a local restaurant. DAY 8 Train to Lake Titicaca We leave Cusco and take another spectacular train journey travelling first class on the Andean Explorer, which reveals more of the breathtaking Andean landscape. We travel south across the Altiplano, winding through remote high altitude moorland known as puna, and up to Juliaca, enjoying lunch on board as we take in the passing scenery. Our hotel for the next two nights is the 3-star Libertador Puno, superbly set on a private island in Lake Titicaca, which at 12,500 feet is the highest navigable body of water on the planet and is steeped in Inca myth and legend. DAY 9 Lake Titicaca As well as the highest, Titicaca must be one of the world's most enchanting lakes as we'll discover as we cruise its deep blue, mountainringed waters to the intriguing floating reed islands constructed by the indigenous Uros Indians. This small tribe harvests the lake's reeds to make countless everyday items. There's also time to explore ancient Puno; a great place to buy Peruvian textiles. DAY 10 Sillustani, Chullpas & Lima We drive up to Sillustani, a remote hilltop Inca site set on a peninsula above beautiful Lake Umayo. Here we can learn about the religious rituals of the Colla people who dominated this region before the Incas. See the well-preserved Chullpas, stone towers where members of the Colla nobility were buried, then visit a local farmhouse to see how native Indians live today. We fly back from Juliaca to Lima, where we stay for two nights. DAY 11 The Nazca Lines One of the great mysteries of the Americas is revealed on today's optional excursion; an opportunity to over-fly the amazing Nazca Lines in a light aircraft. Believed to have been carved into the desert floor in around AD 800, the huge depictions of animals, birds, plants and geometric shapes defy belief. They will provide a lively talking point at this evening's farewell dinner in an excellent seafood restaurant overlooking the Pacific Ocean. DAYS 12 & 13 Lima/UK Most of the day free before the overnight flight home to the UK, arriving on Day 13.
7 nights half board and 4 nights bed and breakfast plus 3 lunches
Also included
· The services of an experienced
Page & Moy Tour Guide
· Hotel porterage · Gratuities for local drivers, guides
and porters
· Complimentary transfers between your
home and UK airport
Travel Arrangements
Departure Dates & Prices
Holiday Number: ELPE 2008
26 March 14 May 3 September 29 October Price Per Person £2299 £2249 £2349 £2349
Deposit £150 per person Prices are based on the shared occupancy of twin or double rooms with private facilities. Scheduled flights by Iberia between London Heathrow and Lima via Madrid; departing at 0725h and arriving back at 1750h.
Regional flights available
Regional flights are available with KLM via Amsterdam from Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Humberside, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle and Norwich. Please ask our Holiday Booking Advisors for timings and prices.
EXTEND YOUR STAY
Amazon Extension 3 nights from £499
Take a different view of Peru on this rewarding extension to the heart of the beautiful rainforest. Stay for two nights in the luxurious 5-star Ceiba Tops Hotel, located on the banks of the Amazon river. Enjoy a hike, marvel at the amazing diversity of wildlife and enjoy a sumptuous dinner accompanied by music and a guide explaining some of the fantastic legends of the rainforest. We stay overnight at the Hotel Libertador San Isidro in Lima before the return trip to the UK. Single rooms £96. This add-on is available on all dates.
Supplements per person
Single rooms £440 Departure taxes US$30 (£20 approx) paid locally Holiday Insurance please see page 82 Please see pages 79-81 for details of items not included in the holiday price and our price policy.
Plaza de Armas, Cusco
Complimentary travel to all featured FREE airports taxi, National Express TAXI coaching or airport parking
Amazon River Please see page 6 for details
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