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This is a private itinerary and NOT a set departure.
It can be carried out at any time of year subject to availability.
It can also be amended and tailored to include other destinations
or shortened to meet your time requirements. Elements of the this
itinerary can be incorporated into your own tailor-made itinerary.
There will be different activities for kids between 5-9 and 9-13
years old.
Good time to travel: Year round (with the possible exception of January)
Day 1 | 2 |
3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11
| 12 | 13 | 14
| 15 | 16
Specific kiddie activity today.
Arrival in Lima
from your evening international flight. You will be met by our representatives
and transferred to your hotel. Overnight.
| Day 2 |
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| Lima - Arequipa (2335m) |
Morning 1-hour flight to Arequipa.
Full day visit of the lovely colonial city of Arequipa. Visit the
Frozen Inca mummies at the Museo Santuarios de Altura and the 16th
century Convento de Santa Catalina. Overnight Hotel
Posada del Puente.
| Day 3 |
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| Arequipa - Colca (3400m) |
Five hour spectacular drive in your 4x4 vehicle
to the Colca Valley.
Fabulous scenery and wildlife on the way. Arrival at the Lovely
Parador
del Colca, the perfect retreat for your explorations in coming
days.
| Day 4 |
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| Colca Valley |
The highlight today is viewing the
Condor, the largest flying bird in the world, from the Condor
Lookout point. Afternoon activities for the children at the lodge
(feeding animals, trout fishing in the pond, harvesting vegetables
from the organic garden, making their own herbarium). Teenagers
and parents may want to go hiking or everyone may want to enjoy
the thermal baths. Overnight at the Parador del Colca.
Drive back to Arequipa and take scheduled flight
to Cuzco.
You will be met by our representative and driven to the hotel. Meet
your rainforest guide for a briefing. Enjoy the afternoon and evening
in the lovely town of Cuzco, its cobblestone streets, plazas, cafes
and shops. Excellent dining opportunities. Overnight Hotel
Monasterio del Cuzco. This hotel is a refurbished 16th century
Monastery that s now run by Orient Express Hotels.
Day 6
Cuzco - Manu National Park
A thirty-five minute flight in a radar-equipped
twin engine plane takes you to Boca Manu.
Here you transfer to a motorized canoe for the 90 minute journey
down the Madre de Dios River to Manu Wildlife Center to arrive for
lunch. During lunch your guide will brief you on the activities
for the next three days, both for parents and children. Afternoon
exploring trails. Night walk to the tapir Lick after dinner. For
the duration of the stay in the rainforest, there will be specific
activities tailored for children, so they learn to appreciate and
value nature, and the importance of conservation, Overnight at Manu
Wild Life Center.
| Day 7 |
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| Manu National Park |
Rising before dawn, we take a 25 minute boat
journey downstream to the only large parrot and macaw clay lick
in the Manu
area. You will afford views of hundreds of parrots and macaws from
a floating catamaran blind. Afternoon visit one of the two oxbow
lakes found in the area. Overnight Manu Wild Life Center.
Day 8
Manu National Park -Cuzco- Urubamba Valley
Return trip to the Manu landing strip, flight
to Cusco and by Car to the Urubamba
Valley. En route to your lovely bungalow style hotel in Urubamba
you will visit the magnificent ruins of Pisac and hike down to the
village and check its famous market. Children will be introduced
to pottery techniques while in the market. Overnight Hotel
Sol y Luna.
| Day 9 |
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| Urubamba Valley - Ollantaytambo |
Children will participate in a pottery lesson
tis morning at the hotel, while grownups go and visit the Inca site
of Ollantaytambo, magnificent in its location and quality of the
stonework.
For lunch parents and kids will meet at the lovely Hacienda
Huayo Ccari. After lunch, the whole family may enjoy an easy
2 hour ride on lovely Peruvian Paso horses. Pizza evening at the
hotel, everybody will bake and eat their own pizzas. Overnight Hotel
Sol y Luna.
| Day 10 |
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| Trek to Huchuy Qosqo (3250m) |
This is the perfect trek for the whole family.
Varied, but not terribly long. We will have donkeys and mules available
for the children (and grownups) to ride if they get tired. An added
bonus is camping at the wonderful site of Huchuy
Qosqo, a little-visited but remarkable Inca site. The grade
of this trek is "easy. The total distance of the trek is approximately
14 Km. Maximum altitude is 4300m. Overnight in tents.
| Day 11 |
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| Return from Huchuy Qosqo Trek |
After breakfast you will begin your walk on a
steep downhill path towards Lamay, for approximately 2 hours, and
from there go straight to Chinchero. Lunch at a local restaurant.
In Chinchero, the children will have a 3 hour traditional weaving
session specially tailored to their age, where they will learn bout
and have a chance of weaving themselves. Parents will have a guided
visit of the archaeological site at Chinchero, and the village church
built on an Inca Temple. Drive back to the hotel Sol y Luna.
| Day 12 |
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| 1-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (2400m) |
Train
to Machu Picchu. You will ride for 1 ½ hours until you
stop to start walking 5 hours. Lovely landscapes, waterfalls, Inca
road and the magnificent Inca Site of Winay Wayna, precede your
arrival into the wonderful Inca site of Machu
Picchu. Overnight Machu
Picchu Sanctuary Lodge.
| Day 13 |
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| Visit Machu Picchu am, afternoon activities
Machu Picchu Pueblo |
Enjoy Machu
Picchu early in the morning when it is quiet. Later you can
go down to the lovely Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, a charming hotel
nestled in the cloudforest. The Machu
Picchu Pueblo Hotel has, aside from comfortable bungalow-style
tastefully decorated rooms, a very nice restaurant with good food
and lovely landscaped gardens, a number of delightful nature-related
activities for children and grown-ups.
| Day 14 |
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| Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel , Afternoon return
to Cuzco |
Morning activities at the Hotel. Afternoon Train
to Cuzco. You will arrive in Cuzco about 3 ½ hours later.
Upon arrival transfer to your hotel. Overnight Monasterio
del Cusco (Orient Express Hotel Group) a wonderful converted
16th century monastery.
| Day 15 |
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| Cuzco City Tour |
Today you will have a full day guided visit of
the Cuzco.
The visit will include the Cathedral, Korikancha (the sun temple)
and the nerby ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Quenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay
. You will also visit the Pre-Columbian Art Museum of Cuzco, where
children will have the chance of drawng some of the pieces. Overnight
Hotel Monasterio . (B.)
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| Fly to Lima. International Flight |
Transfer to the airport to catch your flight
to Lima. In Lima, you will be collected and transferred to your
hotel where you have a day room booked. You will have a car and
driver at your disposal should you wish
to go shopping or visit a museum. Transfer to the airport to
catch your international flight.
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