Chile and Peru Vacation

Welcome to Santiago de Chile! After arrival, the guide and the driver will pick you up, transfer you to the hotel and assist you with the check-in. The rest day is free for your own activities. You can go to savor some local snacks in O'Higgins Avenue, a most famous and important avenue in Santiago.

Accommodation: Hotel Cumbres Vitacura

Today we will visit the most attractive park in the city, Cerro San Cristóbal, also named Virgin Mary Mountain by the locals. Then have an exterior visit to the presidential palace La Moneda Palace. The last stop is the Plaza de Armas. In the end, you will be transferred back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Cumbres Vitacura

Valparaiso is a port city located 130 kilometers (80 miles) away from Santiago. Today, we will drive 1.5 hours to get there. Upon arrival, explore the Echaurren Square, port, old bank, Concepción and Alegre Hill to have a general understanding of this beautiful city. On the way back to Santiago, we will tour a vineyard called Casas del Bosque in Casablanca Valley, which is one of the most important wineries and enjoys a high reputation. In 2010, it was titled the best vineyard in Chile. You can taste the delicous wine here.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Cumbres Vitacura

You need to fly to Punta Arenas today. In the morning, the local driver will transfer you to the airport. After landing at Punta Arenas Airport, you will meet the guide and the driver based there and be escorted to the hotel.

In the afternoon, our tour will start with Plaza Munoz Gamero, Ferdinand Magellan Monument and Braun-Menendez Palace in Museo Regional De Magallanes. Then head to Mirador Cerro De La Cruz where we will enjoy a panoramic view of the city. Several duplicates of historic ships are displayed in Nao Victoria Museum, our next stop, like Nao Victoria, HMS Beagle, and the Ancud schooner. Finally, we will travel through Bulnes avenue to Cementerio Municipal called Sara Braun Municipal Cemetery. It is renowned as one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Diego de Almagro Punta Arenas

After breakfast, the driver will send you to the port to board a boat shared with other passengers. The boat will sail through the Strait of Magellan to Magdalena & Marta Islands in 40 minutes to 1 hour. Here, you can observe abundant sea creatures like the Magellanic Penguin and Patagonian Sea Lions. After the tour, you will be transferred back to the hotel. After a short rest, the shared bus from Adventure Domes Ecocamp Patagonia hotel in Torres Del Paine National Park will pick you up and lead you to the hotel. The journey takes about 5 hours.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: Adventure Domes Ecocamp Patagonia

Our trip in the Torres del Paine National Park will start with a 2.5 hours' hiking inside. Along the way, you can appreciate the wonderful scenery of Paine Mountain Range, Sarmiento Lake, Nordenskjold & Pehoe and watch various birds and animals like camels, fox, etc. Then continue hiking for 2 hours to Grey Lake via the forest of thousands years. We can wander around here to see the large number of plankton and glaciers.

Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Adventure Domes Ecocamp Patagonia

Today, we will spend 7.5 hours hiking in the French Valley. It is the most beautiful valley in the Torres del Paine National Park and also one of the most unique valleys in the world. Surrounding it are the hanging glaciers, so you can hear and watch the ice falling from time to time.

Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Adventure Domes Ecocamp Patagonia

After breakfast, the hotel staff will arrange a car to transfer you to Punta Arenas Airport and then you can fly back to Santiago de Chile. After reaching, our local driver will pick you up and escort you to the hotel for check-in.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Cumbres Vitacura

In the morning, our driver will transfer you to the airport for the departure international flight to Lima in Peru. Upon landing, the English-speaking guide will meet you at the airport with your name board. After greeting you warmly, the guide and the driver will lead you to check in the hotel. The rest time is your own free time.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hilton Lima Miraflores

The guide will escort you to the morning flight to Cusco. After reaching there in 1.5 hours, the local guide and the driver will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel to settle down. Then we will start with a wander around in the Plaza de Armas and appreciate the impressive Cathedral of Cusco from outside. Then walk through the Inca Streets to Qorikancha (the Temple of Sun) which shows the combination of Inca culture and Spanish colonial culture. Finally, we will go to the Inca site Sacsayhuaman to watch the spectacular stone wall buildings. At last, send you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Sonesta Hotel Cusco

After picking you up, we will drive to today's first destination - Pisac. We will pay a visit to the Pisac Archaeological Park on the peak to overlook the natural beauty of the rice terraces and the mountainious scenery of Sacred Valley. Afterwards, go to a local market in the town where sells the handicrafts and specialties. The lunch will be dealt by yourself.

In the afternoon, continue to drive through the rolling hills to Maras Salt Mines. Here, more than 3,000 salt fields cover half of the mountains, which is quite splendid. The next stop is the Inca Sites Concentric Rice Terraces in Moray. Finally, you will be escorted to the Ollantaytambo Train Station for the 1.5-hour train to Aguas Calientes - the town of Machu Picchu. After arrival, the hotel staff will meet you at the station exit and guide you to the nearby hotel on foot.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Casa del Sol Machupicchu

The guide will meet and greet you at the hotel on time. And then he or she will escort you to walk to the nearby bus station and take the bus for 30 minutes to Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. As the largest ruins of Inca Empire, it is also on the UNESCO world heritage list. Here, the guide will accompany you to go sightseeing for 2 hours and introduce its history. Afterwards, return to Aguas Calientes by bus. The lunch will be your own responsibility, but the guide is glad to recommend you the suitable restaurants. In the afternoon, you need to take the train back to Cusco, taking 4 hours on the way. After reaching, the local guide and the driver will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Sonesta Hotel Cusco

In the morning, you will be transferred to the flight to Lima. Upon arrival, the guide and the driver will greet you at the airport exit and then start to explore the historical buildings in the city, like San Martin Plaza, Plaza de Armas and Monastery of San Francisco. The last stop is Larco Museum where collects numerous delicate potteries and gold & silver artworks. Finally, you will be led to the hotel for rest.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hilton Lima Miraflores

Our Chile Peru tours is end today. We will escort you to the airport according to your flight schedule and see you off. Hope you a pleasant journey home!

Meals: Breakfast