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Machu Picchu & Amazon Cruise
Visiting Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Iquitos and cruising the mighty Amazon River
TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:
Hotel accommodations for 11 nights including room taxes and service charges. (3 night cruise aboard the M/V Rio Amazonas. All shore and boat excursions. * ). Daily breakfast. Transfers to/from airport and train station. Tours as mentioned including entrance fees. English speaking tour guide. Tips to airport and hotel porters. Local airfare Lima-Cuzco-Lima-Iquitos-Lima
NOT INCLUDED: Meals, unless specified in itinerary. Insurance. Tips to tour guide or bus driver. Any other service not mentioned in itinerary. Airport departure taxes when leaving USA departure tax $268 (Inc. USA airport tax/security/fuel surcharges).(Subject to change) Lima and Cuzco $5.00 each and upon leaving Peru $30.00. Re-entry fee of $32.00 to Machu Picchu for your second visit (2nd.day)
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| Call (203) 238-1251 for more information or to book today! Mention code 7417932 | | Tara Tours | | Offer valid through 12/31/2008 | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart USA | WED. USA-LIMA : Depart USA for Lima, Peru. After going through customs and immigration, you will be met and taken to hotel FARAONA. | | Day 2 | Cuzco | THU. LIMA-CUZCO : FLIGHT : Transfer to the airport for flight to Cuzco, where you will be met and taken to your hotel. Afternoon sightseeing tour of Cuzco -the center of the universe for the Inca civilization- visiting the Temple of Koricancha or Sun God, the Cathedral and the ruins nearby such as, Kenko,Puca-Pucara,Tambomachay and Sacsayhuaman an impressive megalithic construction, strategically placed on a hill overlooking the city of Cusco, It name means "satisfied falcon" in Quechua. Formed by three successive walls of immense stones (the biggest one-28 feet high, 15 wide and 12 thick -must weigh some 360 tons.). The three walls are almost parallel. Forming a zig-zag, each supporting a terrace and parapet. The mind boggles at the thought of the effort that the building of this great monument must have cost men who did not have the wheel: the out side wall alone is 650 yards long. It is said that its construction, begun by the Inca Tupac Yupanqui, took more than seventy years and required the labor of over twenty thousand men. Overnite at hotel DON CARLOS. (B). | | Day 3 | Machu Picchu | FRI. CUZCO-MACHU PICCHU : Full day excursion by train to the most mysterious and energetic place of the Inka civilization. Early morning your tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to the train station for your 3 1/2 hour trip -with spectacular views of the the Urubamba River and the Andean mountain range, to Machu Picchu. Temples, palaces, towers and staircases are built into the side of the mountain. Here your tour guide will take you from site to site explaining the advanced world of the Incas. Overnight at Hotel MACHU PICCHU INN in Aguas Calientes. (B) | | Day 4 | Cuzco | SAT MACHU PICCHU-CUZCO : Day at leisure to explore the "Lost City " of Machu Picchu on your own. You can walk for 2 miles towards the Intipunko (main entrance of M.Picchu in Inca times), or take a back trail to see the old Inca bridge carved on the side of the mountain, or just relax, take pictures and absorbe the powerful energy of the place. Mid-afternoon return to Cuzco by train and bus. HOTEL DON CARLOS. (B) | | Day 5 | Ollantaytambo | CUZCO-PISAC-OLLANTAYTAMBO : Full day excursion to visit the colorful indigenous market of Pisac where hundreds of natives come to town wearing their unique customs, to exchange or buy products. After lunch at a local restaurant, continue with your tour guide to see and learn about Ollantaytambo A typical town of Inca origin. Its design and the foundations of the majority of its buildings date from the Inca era, when it was a strategic military, religious and agricultural center. Above it stands a fortress as a defense against the primitive inhabitants of the hot valleys of the "Antis" or jungle indians. The fortress consist of a series of superimposed terraces of carved stone accessed by long staircases. The upper terrace contains large, admirably worked stone. It was here that Manco Inca fought the troops of Hernando Pizarro in 1537, leading a fierce resistance against the Spanish at command of a "General" Ollantay who continued for many years from Inca hideouts in the jungles of Vilcabamba. You have to climb to visit the upper part, where six enormous stones (each weighing some 50 tons) stand upright. Return to Cuzco late afternoon. HOTEL DON CARLOS. (B,L) | | Day 6 | Lima | MON. CUZCO-LIMA FLIGHT : Transfer to the airport for flight to Lima with transfer to hotel selected. Early afternoon your tour guide will take you to visit the famous Gold Museum with more than 10,000 Gold pieces, textiles and metal work from Pre-Inka and Inka civilizations, some of them 4,000 years old. (B) | | Day 7 | Iquitos | TUE. LIMA-IQUITOS FLIGHT : Morning transfer to the airport for flight to Iquitos. Arrive and transfer to hotel Dorado. (B) | | Day 8 | At Sea | WED. CRUISE : Early morning depart by speedboat to Ramon Castilla port to catch up with the M/V RIO AMAZONAS and start crusing the mighty Amazon River. Afternoon stop at Monkey Island for an interesting excursion ashore. (B,L,D.). | | Day 9 | At Sea | THU. CRUISE : Land at San Pablo this morning to see this remote hospital and visit the handicraft shop. Cruise upriver until the afternoon shore call at a typical jungle sawmill.(B,L,D). | | Day 10 | At Sea | FRI. CRUISE : A morning visit to the Bora and Huitoto Indian tribes. Dance performances and trading with the Indians are just a part of the morning's activities. Continue the upriver cruise stopping briefly at a small island for another shore visit. (B,L,D). | | Day 11 | Lima | SAT. IQUITOS-LIMA FLIGHT : After an early breakfast, arrive in Iquitos. Transfer to the airport for flight to Lima where you will be taken to hotel FARAONA located in the pretty district of Miraflores. Afternoon at leisure to explore the City of Kings. (B) | | Day 12 | Return USA | SUN. LIMA-USA:Transfer to the airport for flight to Miami with connection to your home town.(B). |
| | Sample International airfare via LAN or AMERICAN from MIAMI $600, New York $840; L.Angeles $790; Atlanta $650; Boston $800; Chicago $870; Dallas $720; Houston $870; Washington $820...more cities available upon request. (USA airport tax/fuel surcharges are not included).
INSURANCE: Tara Tours Inc. strongly recommends that you purchased travel insurance. Insured America has designed a policy for Tara Tours clients. Cost for this program is $235 per person (see inclusions in Insurance section in our web site).
DEPOSITS: US$200.00 at the time of booking.
FINAL PAYMENT: 45 days before departure (airfare may need to be done in advance)
CANCELLATIONS: At any time $100 per person. Prior to departure: 45 to 31 days $250 penalty fee; 30 to 15 days 50% penalty fee; 14 days or less -No Refunds. |
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