PERU ADVENTURE TOURS...
Southern Peru:
Lima - Paracas - Nazca
Arequipa - Puno - Cuzco

Other Peru Treks:

CORDILLERA BLANCA TREKS:

Alpamayo Trek 12 days
Santa Cruz Trek 4 Days
Santa Cruz Trek 6 Days
Quebrada Ulta 7 Days
Quelcayhuanca 3 Days
Olleros-Chavin Llama Trek

HUAYUHASH TREKS:

Huayhuash Mini Trek 4 Days
Huayhuash Trek 12 Days
Huayhuash-Cajatambo 8 D.
Huayhuash- Churin 8 Days
Huanucoviejo-Huayhuash
Inka Nani-Huanucoviejo

CLIMBINGS:

Alpamayo
Quitaraju
Artesonraju
Pisco
Chopicalqui
Huascaran
Ishinka
Tocllaraju
Vallunaraju

CLIMBING GEAR REQUIRED

INKA TRAIL TREK
Cuzco - Peru

AREQUIPA-COLCA CANYON

TESTIMONIALS

BOOK YOUR TREK/CLIMBING










• Day 1: Europe / USA - Lima:
  Reception at Lima International Airport and transfer to the selected Hotel in Miraflores. Overnight in Lima, Peru.
• Day 2: Lima City Tours:
  After breakfast, passengers will be picked up from their hotel at 10:00 a.m.
  The city tour begins with the visit to Plaza the Armas, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Running along two sides are arcades with shops: Portal de Escribanos and Portal de Botoneros.
  In the centre of the Plaza there is a bronze fountain dating back to 1560. Located in the Plaza is the Cathedral. note the splendidly carved stalls, the silver covered altars surrounded by fine woodwork, mosaic covered walls bearing the coats of arms of Lima and Pizarro. Next to the Cathedral is the Archbishop's Palace.
  Then we'll visit the the XVII century Monastery of San Francisco, this is famous for the tilework(Seville) and panelled ceiling in the cloisters, the catacombs under the church and part of the monastery are well worth seeing as well.
  We'll visit the old colonial streets in the centre of the city, and the modern Lima with the district of San Isidro and Miraflores. We will also visit the Peruvian Gold Museum, this excellent collection includes pre-Columbian gold, silver and bronze, ceramics, weavings, mummies, etc. Upstairs is a remarkable arms collections with an impressive exhibition from Spanish Colonial times. At the end, transfer back to your hotel.
• Day 3: Lima - Paracas - Ballestas Islands:
  After breakfast in the Hotel in Lima we will take a morning bus to Paracas. It will take us 3 hours to get there. When we wrrive to Paracas port we will have lunch, then aboard the small motor boats and navigate to Paracas Islands.
  We will visit the islands and see sea wolves and pinguins. Also, from the sea, we will see the enigmatic figure called "CANDELABRA".
  The tour lasts for about 3 hours and we will finish aproximatelly at 3 or 4pm, then we will accomodate in the Hotel in Paracas.
• Day 4: Paracas - Ica:
  After breakfast in the Hotel in Paracas, we will visit the Paracas National Reserve. We will visit Paracas bay and the natural shaped towers called " CATHEDRALS" ad others.
  We will come back to Paracas port, have lunch and drive to Ica for 1 hour.
  After checking in the hotel in Ica we'll visit HUACACHINA OASIS, it lasts for about 2 hours, and come back to Ica for dinner and overnight. HuacachinaOasis is located about 4 Km from the center of Ica.
• Day 5: Ica - Nazca:
  We will take the morning Bus and start travelling suth, by the panamerican highway, the journey will take us about 2 hours, before we arrive to Nazca and transfer to the selected hotel.
  On the way, we will have lunch and then visit some really interesting places, such as....
-Aqueducts of Nazca (Puquios) - Cantayoc
Archaeological remains of the Nazca culture, it shows the high development reached in hydraulic engineering, complex of underground aqueducts and reservoirs.
- "Paredones" (walls)
Archaeological Inca center, located at 2 km (1.24 miles) East of Nazca. Constructions of plazas, deposits, fortresses, ceremonial center. - Cahuachi
Cahuachi was a ceremonial center, a sacred destination of Nazca pilgrims between 100 and 500 AD.
The ceremonies in the place included the construction of temples using thousands of conical or wedge adobe bricks. Each participating community demonstrated their true belonging to their religious community by singing, dancing and banqueting, thus explaining why in Cahuachi there is little garbage, while offerings abound (pan flutes and musical drums, sacrificed llamas and guinea pigs, fine textiles, human burials and pottery representing deities).
Main cultural-urban center, built with great urban sense.
The ancient Nazca people built their pyramidal temples by terracing the fossil sand dunes. In the lowers parts, smaller architectural mounds, streets and squares give the site a general city aspect.
Attached to this town were also discovered (1980) a group of lines traced on the floor in form of trapezes and serpentines that embrace 1 square km. It is located at 27 km (16.77 miles) to south of Nazca.
-Estaquería
Archaeological complex of the Nazca culture, solar observatory on platforms made of adobes and columns of "huarangos" trunks (variety of tree).
This archaeological complex is near to Cahuachi.
- Chauchilla
Pre-Inca cemetery in which the profanation of tombs by the huaqueros, have left open some tombs in which you can appreciate the old inhabitants' remains.
It is located at 28 km (17.4 miles) to the south of Nazca.
- Planetarium Maria Reich
Venturing into boundaries of the world archae-astronomy, the Nazca Lines show presents Maria Reiche's theory and the connection she found between the Nazca Lines and some astronomical events.
She theorized the lines were oriented towards the places on the horizon where different celestial objects appeared and disappeared. After the show, weather permitting in a backyard exploration of the night sky, have a naked-eye view of the constellations and bright stars of the season along with telescope, observation of the moon, planets, and other celestial marvels.
- Punta San Juan de Marcona Reserved Area
Located in the coast area, to the west of the Nazca city, it is an extraordinary marine ecosystem of great biodiversity. It has a little extension of 54 hectares and has the biggest population of sea lions (seals) Peru concentrates. The peninsula is characterized by its abrupt 30 meters high cliff that hinder the access.
Apart from sea lions, in this Reserved Area inhabits the biggest colony of penguins of Humboldt (Spheniscus humboldtii). It is considered that concentrates more than 50% of the total population of this species on the Peru), as well as zarcillos (Larosterna inca) and the three main species of dung birds (guaneras).
While,sea lions are located in the beaches and salient rocky, penguins look for the protection of the cavities that they are formed in the walls of the cliffs and the birds rest and they nest in the sharp hillsides and in the plateau that extends in their higher area
NOTE: All this area will be visited acording to the available time
• Day 6: Nazca lines - Jet tour Flight over Nazca Lines - Camana:
  After the breakfast in the Hotel in Nazca, we will take the morning Flights over Nazca Lines, then we will have lunch and Drive to Camana Village, dinner and overnight in Camana
  NAZCA LINES
  The Nazca Lines are located in the arid Peruvian coastal plain, some 400 km south of Lima, the geoglyphs of Nazca and the pampas of Jumana cover about 450 sq. km. Nazca Lines, which were scratched on the surface of the ground between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500, are among archaeology's greatest enigmas because of their quantity, nature, size and continuity.
  The geoglyphs depict living creatures, stylized plants and imaginary beings, as well as geometric figures several kilometers long.
  They are believed to have had ritual astronomical functions.
• Day 7: Camana - Arequipa:
  After breakfast in the Hotel we will start visiting the following turistic places:
  Archaeological Museum of Instituto Superior Pedagógico - La Inmaculada
  Archaeological Museum of the Municipality José María Quimper El Cardo
  Landscape Circular, make city tour in circular to obeserve the wonderful landscape around the village
  EL CARDO Circuit place of the first fundation os spaniards in the South part of Peru, important place with views of avidences of spanish setlements. inca trails, stores, archaeological center
  Petroglifics, carved in stones from 4.000 years
  During our visit, we will have lunch in a recommended restaurant and, in the afternoon we will go to Arequipa, to our selected hotel.
• Day 8: Arequipa City Tours:
  We will start with the city tour in Arequipa, visiting the Main Square The Plaza de Armas, one of the best in Peru. The Cathedral, where we can observe an example of the architecture of XIX century that storages ornaments of gold and silver.
  The Compania Church, an ancient temple of the Jesuits, perhaps more important for its traditional history, with a beautiful decoration in its columns carved in limestone, laurels crown, flowers, birds, etc.
  After lunch in recommended restaurant we will visit the Campiña of Arequipa and the Moline of Sabandia, which dates from 1621
• Day 9: Arequipa - Chivay:
  After breakfast in the Hotel in Arequipa we will aboard our car and drive to Chivay. The paved trail lead us towards Chachani volcano, passing by the area of Pampa Galeras where we can appreciate herds of wild vicuñas, and alpacas.
  After 5 hours driving we will arrive to Chivay and inmediatelly transfer to the selected hotel and lunch. In the afternoon we will go to the hot springs of la Calera, then return to Chivay, dinner and overnight in Colca Valley Chivay
• Day 10: Chivay - Cruz de Condor - Colca Canyon
• Day 11: Cabanaconde - Arequipa:
  We will aboard our car and drive along the Colca valley until we arrive to Mirador CRUZ DEL CONDOR, where we will stop to observe condors flying. After taking pictures we will continue to the last village of Colca Valley, Cabanaconde, to have lunch and then return to Arequipa (about 7 hours driving) .Transfer direct to the hotel, dinner and overnight in Arequipa.
• Day 12: Arequipa - Puno:
  After breakfast we will drive to Puno. towards the Chachani Volcano. After 5 hours driving we will stop in Julica for lunch and then continue to Puno. Transfer to the selected hotel, free afternoon, dinner and overnight in Puno.
• Day 13: Puno - UROS Floating Islands - Amantani:
  We will be transfered to the harbour of Puno, in the shore of Lake Titicaca, to get a motor boat motor boat to the Uros floating Islands.
  After our visit, we will continue travelling to Amantani Islands, the voayage will take us for about 4 hours, arriving at about 3 pm.
  We will be recieved by the locals, each local people take turns taking 2 passengers by list for housing, thit is the no changable rule of Amantani Island. ur dinner will be around 6pm, and then inemdiately after we will be invited to the local comunal house for an indian local party, as a meaning of welcome to the visitors. The party lasts for about 2 hours, then we'll come back to each house for overnight in Amantani... a wonderful experience in the middle of the lake Titicaca.
• Day 14: Amantani - Taquile - Puno:
  After breakfast and farewell in the house we were assigned to, we'll navigate to Taquile island (two hours).On arrival, we will climb the stone satirs to get to the main square of Taquile and after lunch, visit the Inka terraces and Inka arcs. We'll pay a visit to the local market and have the opportunity to buy some traditional products.
  We'll navigate back to Puno, arrriving at around 5pm, transfer to the hotel, dinner and overnight in Puno
• Day 15: Puno - City Tours - Sillustani:
  City tour in Puno during morning hours and after lunch drive to Lake Umayo, to visit the famous chulpas de Sillustani, the Inca funeral towers. We will then return to Puno, dinner and overnight in Puno.
• Day 16: Puno - Cuzco:
  After breakfast in Puno, we will aboard our bus to Cuzco. We will drive to the north side of Puno, passing by Julica. Along the trail to Cuzco, we will visit some interesting places such as: Pucara, 3,999 m.a.s.l. , here we will visit the ruins and the museum and then continue to La ray Pass, 4,335 m.a.s.l, the border between Cuzco and Puno departments.
  We will make short stop to take pictures as this is the highest point along the way, then continue to Sicuani, 3,800 m.a.s.l, a province of Cuzco where we will have lunch. Continue to Raccho Ruins, the temple of Wiracocha, and continue to the Church of Adahuaylillas, before arriving in Cuzco, at 3,400 m.a.s.l. Transfer to the hotel, dinner and overnight in Cuzco
• Day 17: Cusco City Tour:
  We will vist the Temple of the Sun - Qoricancha - which was the most important temple in the time of the Inka civilization. Qoricancha is home to some of the finest stonework in Peru and is now home to the Dominicans.
  After a full guided tour of Qoricancha we will walk through the city of Cusco, to the main square and the Cathedral. The cathedral was constructed in the 17 century - has brilliant examples of Colonial art and famous paintings.
  After lunch we will visit the archaeological remains of Sacsayhuaman, Quenco, Pucapucara and Tambomachay befor coming back to Cuzco for dinner and overnight.
• Day 18: Sacred Valley Tour:
  We will take visit the archaeological complex of Pisac which shows the majestic abilities of the Inkas. In addition, we will be able to appreciate all the Urubamba valley from the top of the complex, before paying a visit to the artisan market of Pisac, where you will be able to make purchases of crafts of very good quality. We will continue through the valley up to the small town of Granary, for lunch, and visit the Inka town of Ollantaytambo, which conserves its streets and Inka arquitecture.
  Will rise to the top of the archaeological complex of the same name to appreciate the majesty and beauty that it has to offer. Later we will continue to the town of Chinchero, where we will be able to appreciate the best of Inka textiles with the same style that has been done there for 500 years. The tour will finish at around 7pm in the centre of Cusco.
• Day 19: Cusco - Aguas Calientes:
  Breakfast early in the Hotel, then transfer to the train station Hunchac. The backpacker train leaves at 6:15am to Aguas Calientes. After 4 hours journey we will arrive at 10.15am to Aguas Calientes and will acomodate in the selected hotel. Lunch, visit the hot springs and free time to walk around the village. Overnight in Aguas calientes Village
• Day 20: Aguas Calientes - Macchupichu - Cuzco:
  Breakfast in the hotel in Aguas Calientes and start hiking up to Machu Picchu remains. passing through Puente Ruinas. We'll then sart climbing the Inka stairs for about 2 hours until we get to Machu Picchu citadel. After spending a few hours here, we'll return to Aguas Calientes, at 1pm aprox. for lunch. and board the train to Cuzco at 3:55pm., arriving at 8:20pm aprox. Transfer to the selected hotel, dinner and overnight in Cuzco
• Day 2: Cuzco - Lima:
  Passengers will be transfered to the Airport in Cuzco to take the morning flight to Lima (acording to the flight schedule). After 1 hour flight, we'll arrive to Lima airport and will be transferred to the selected Hotel in Miraflores district. Lunch and free afternoon for shopping, dinner and overnight in hotel.
• Day 22: Lima - USA / Europe:
  According to the international flight schedule, passengers will be transported to Lima International Airport by our PERU BERGSPORT staff. End of service.

BOOK THIS TREK

---

Home | Site Map | Contact Us | About Us
Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Travel Library
Contributions | Advertise with us | Responsible Travel | Send an Ecard |