AVVENTURA ANDINA - PERU' & BOLIVIA date fisse italiano collettivo — NAAR
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Departures are guaranteed (min 2 participants). Subject to availability. Group tour with local guides. In Italian
the journey involves changes in temperature and altitude
Itinerary
Day 1 — Lima
Welcome upon arrival and transfer to the hotel, Rooms will be available from 15, Founded in 1535, in the days of the Conquest Lima used to be one of the wealthiest, mightiest cities in in South America. Its historic centre (UNESCO World Heritage Site) still boasts the beautiful Plaza Mayor, with the old palaces of politic and religious life. The soul of the city, however, has drifted to the modern towns of Miraflores and San Isidro, and to the lively sea town of Barranco., free evening and night. Accommodation Hosteria El Retorno (a 12 Km dalla cittĂ ),
Car
Day 2 — Lima → Urubamba
Breakfast, morning visit of the city, transfer to the airport, flight to Cuzco (not included), arrival at, Rising at an height of 3,400 m, Cuczo, once the capital of the Inca empire, was rebuilt by the Spaniards on the vestiges of its ancient palaces, using the remains of the Inca temples and edifices. Today, Cuzco is a lively, fascinating town. Even in the busy summer months, when the Sacred Valley literally swarms with tourists, it preserves its charm.. Departure to Urubamba, arrival at Urubamba, free evening and night. Accommodation ***OBX Hotel La Capannina
Breakfast, transfer to Machu Picchu con bus navetta, morning visit to the archaeological site of, Machu Picchu is one of the major tourist attractions in South America: an astonishing, mysterious archaeological site, rising between tall mountains covered in tropical lush. Perched as it is on the steep mountainside overlooking the Urumbamba river, Machu Picchu might seem to rise at a considerable height: in fact, it is located about 1,000 m lower than Cuzco. Its several temples, edifices and storehouses are connected by hundreds of steps; and the site is interspersed with colossal, abrupt terraces., return to Aguas Calientes con bus navetta, travel by train to Cuzco, arrival at Cuzco. Accommodation
Day 5 — Cuzco
Breakfast, morning visit of Qenqo, centro di culto alla Pachamama (Madre Terra in quechua); Tambomachay, conosciuto come “Bagno dell’Inca”, centro dedicato al culto dell’acqua e Sacsayhuaman, ancora oggi oggetto di studi archeologici, return to, visit of the city, free afternoon, dinner at a restaurant with a folk dance show. Accommodation,
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Day 6 — Cuzco → Puno
Breakfast, departure to Puno in bus turistico con guida parlante spagnolo/inglese (fino a 5 partecipanti); a partire da 6 partecipanti trasferimento privato con guida parlante italiano e sosta a Sillustani inclusa, lunch at a restaurant, arrival at Puno, Puno, rising on the border with Bolivia at a height of 3,810 m, overlooks Lake Titicaca. Though not exceptionally interesting in itself, the town makes for the perfect base to visit the rest of the region.. Accommodation Lee Vining Motel
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Day 7 — Puno → Copacabana
Breakfast, departure to, I arrive at the Desaguadero and go through customs formalities., continue to, less than 30 km from the southern shore of Lake Titicaca, the ancient ruined city of Tiwanaku is one of the most monumental and intriguing archeological sites in South America, now a UNESCO World heritage site. Founded some three millennia ago, Tiwanaku was the capital of a huge empire that lasted almost a thousand years and inspired the Inca civilization. Tiwanaku was a sophisticated urban ceremonial complex with great pyramids and opulent palaces painted in bright colours and inlaid with gold. At its peak the city was home to some fifty thousand people. Only a fraction of the site has been excavated., visit the archaeological site of, lunch at a restaurant, continue to, afternoon visit of Copacabana, The little town of Copacabana is the main Bolivian centre on Lago Titicaca, just a few kilometres from the Peruvian border and the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in the country, being home the revered image of the Virgen de Copacabana. You will see the ubiquitous "cholitas", the Aymara women dressed in voluminous skirts and bowler hats.. Accommodation New Year's Eve Packages - Millennium Broadway
Car
Day 8 — Copacabana → La Paz
Breakfast, full day tour of Lago Titicaca, lunch at a restaurant, return to La Paz, transfer to La Paz, few cities in the world have as spectacular a setting as La Paz, hunched in a narrow canyon at over 3500 m above sea level. Congested and polluted, it is a city of stunning contrasts: church spires and office blocks in the downtown area, steep valley slopes covered by the ramshackle homes and the magnificent peak covered in ice of Mount Illimani. Though it is not the capital, La Paz is the political and commercial center of Bolivia, but always with a dual identity, the indigenous Aymara, that make up the majority of the population, and the European. Accommodation Pallas Hotel
Flight
Day 9 — La Paz → Sucre
Breakfast, transfer to the airport, flight to Sucre (not included), arrival at, The administrative, political and religious centre of Bolivia during Spanish rule, is still officially the capital. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sucre is Bolivia's most refined a beautiful city, a masterpiece of immaculately preserved colonial architecture, full of elegant churches, mansions and museums. It’s also the market centre for the deeply traditional Quechua-speaking communities of the surrounding mountains, visit of the city, lunch at a restaurant, free afternoon. Accommodation trasferimento Palermo aeroporto - hotel zona Cefalù
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Day 10 — Sucre → Colchani
Breakfast, departure to, PotosĂ, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the highest city in the world, 4100 m above sea level, on a desolate, windswept plain. The city owes its existence to Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain), the richest source of silver the world had ever seen: its mines turned PotosĂ into one of the world’s wealthiest and largest cities. In the early seventeenth century its population was 160,000, far bigger than contemporary Madrid, and equal in size to London. However, this wealth was achieved at the expense of the lives of millions of indigenous forced labourers and African slaves. Estimates of the total number who died over three centuries of colonial mining in PotosĂ run as high as nine million. Today it's a repository of colonial art and architecture., visit of the city, lunch at a restaurant, continue to Colchani, dinner at the hotel. Accommodation GHOTEL hotel & living MĂĽnchen-Nymphenburg
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Day 11 — Colchani → Uyuni
Breakfast, full day tour of Salar de Uyuni, The Uyuni Salt Flat, Salar de Uyuni in Spanish, 3,656 m asl, 10,582 square km, is not a lake in the conventional sense: though below there is water, its uppermost layer consists of a thick, hard crust of salt, capable of supporting the weight of a car. So harsh and inhospitable is this perfectly flat white expanse, with unbroken chains of snowcapped mountains lining the far horizon, that it’s easy to believe you’re on another planet. During the wet season, from December to April, it’s covered by a thin layer of water that forms a giant mirror, reflecting the sky so neatly that the line of the horizon disappears. In this extreme enviroment only tenacious ecosystems can survive, including colonies of cacti and other hardy plants and flocks of flamingoes. Equally hardy are the isolated communities of Aymara and Quechua campesinos. But the Salar is attracting the attention of the world for its vast reserves of untapped lithium and the Bolivian government is discussing options and feasibility for its extraction and production, stop at nel mezzo del Salar for lunch, transfer to Uyuni. Accommodation Baymont by Wyndham Cedar City - CHIUSO DEFINITIVAMENTE,
Flight
Day 12 — Uyuni → La Paz
Breakfast, transfer to the airport, flight to La Paz (not included), arrival at, morning visit of, lunch at a restaurant, free afternoon. Accommodation Pallas Hotel,
Day 13 — La Paz
Breakfast, transfer to the airport,
Notes
ROOMS: rooms only have one or two beds. “Triple”, “quadruple”, “family” room refers to the number of the guests, who will sleep in the beds provided (max. 2). The possibility of adding a rollaway bed – even if requested at the time of reservation – is subject to availability, with a supplement to be paid on site. Likewise, special requests for double or separate beds; adjoining, high-floor, low-floor rooms etc. are always upon request and these services can never be considered as granted.
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: before the start of the tour, all the participants must make sure they possess the required documents to enter the destination countries, and that such documents are comprehensive and valid.
HOTEL / ITINERARY, CHANGES: The Organizing Body reserves the right to substitute the itinerary and/or the hotels to alternative of a similar or superior category in the event of unplanned circumstances, and if the safe and normal proceeding of the tour is threatened. Furthermore, when in the impossibility for all of the travellers to stay at the same hotel, the group will be split amidst several hotels of the same category.
MEALS: not included when not specified
REFUNDS: If the tour or any part thereof cannot be conducted due to Force Majeure or Vis Majeure, the Company shall not be responsible to give any refund; also, no refund will be given for any portions of the tour unused by the traveler
Starts from
13 days / 11 nights – from Lima to La Paz,
Meals
Key: B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner, BL bag lunch,
Price includes
Admissions, visits and excursions: as scheduled, accommodation at the scheduled hotel (or similar), meals: breakfasts, lunches, dinners,
Price does not include
Administration fees and “no-risk” coverage, trip cancellation, medical expense & baggage coverage, meals that have not been specified; beverage; any extra, tips, porterage, air travel and taxes, everything not expressly mentioned in "The fee includes",
Important notes
The Peruvian Ministry of Tourism has introduced the CLOSED NUMBER FOR MACHU PICCHU: it is therefore NECESSARY TO BOOK WELL IN ADVANCE. At the time of booking, it is mandatory to provide date of birth, nationality, passport number, and expiration date; without this information, the reservation for all services for visiting Machu Picchu cannot be confirmed. If the provided data does not match the identification document presented at the entrance, access to the archaeological site will be denied.
A good part of the tour takes places at a height of 3,000mt and above, with long bus rides through winding, sometimes dirt roads, in barely populated areas. We recommend you check with your doctor before you book the tour (especially if you suffer from heart of respiratory conditions).
domestic flights not included, flight from LIMA to CUZCO (not included): book LA 2113 at 15.10 or LA 2113 at 15.10, flight from LA PAZ to SUCRE (not included): book OB 601/570 at 05.50 or OB 601/570 at 05.50, flight from UYUNI to LA PAZ (not included): book OB 305 at 09.15 or OB 305 at 09.15, flight from LA PAZ to SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA (not included): book OB 660 at 05.45 or OB 660 at 05.45,
