Arrive at the Lima airport by 6:00 am. A Valencia Travel representative will meet you and take you to your hotel in Miraflores. In the mid-morning, you'll embark on a city tour where you'll have the opportunity to visit the key sites of Lima, including:

• "Huaca Pucllana" (a magnificent ceremonial and archeological center)
• The historic center of Lima
• The Central Bank Museum
• San Francisco
• Modern Lima
• Colonial buildings (Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the Archbishop's Palace, the Cathedral, the City Hall)

Accommodations: Casa Andina Classic Miraflores Centro or similar
Meals included: None

This morning you'll make your way to Cusco. A representative of Valencia Travel will pick you up from the hotel (time to be confirmed) and take you to the airport. You'll need to depart from Lima no later than 9:00 am.

Once you arrive in Cusco, a member of Valencia Travel's team will be waiting at the airport to pick you up and take you by private transport to your hotel. You'll then have the rest of the day to relax and enjoy the beautiful sights and indigenous and colonial heritage of Cusco.

Accommodations: Casa Andina Standard Cusco Plaza or similar
Meals included: Breakfast

Wake up and enjoy a nice breakfast before enjoying a full day of exploring Cusco on your own. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its history and incredible architecture, this Incan city is full of attractions ready to be explored.

If you wish to join the optional tour to the Sacred Valley, you'll be picked up from your hotel at 8:00 am. On this full-day excursion to the Urubamba Valley, you'll visit the colorful Indian market in Pisac where you'll be able to appreciate the mixture of color and tradition. You'll stop in Urubamba for a delicious buffet lunch (not included) at Tunupa restaurant, before continuing on to Ollantaytambo. The narrow streets of Ollantaytambo, along with their canals, have not changed much from the time of the Inca Empire. The last visit will be the Chinchero market. Chinchero is believed to be the mythical birthplace of the rainbow. Your guide will return you to the Plaza de Armas in Cusco at approximately 6:30 pm.

No matter which option you choose, the night will be free for you to eat out on the town and enjoy Cusco's nightlife.

Accommodations: Casa Andina Standard Cusco Plaza or similar
Meals included: Breakfast

Rise early for an 8:00 am pick up by a Valencia Travel representative who will take you to the train station. The train leaves at 11:30 am (time may change depending on availability and changes to timetable). After a 3.5-hour journey full of majestic views, you'll arrive in Aguas Calientes (Hot Springs Town) where you'll spend the night. There will be plenty of time to relax if you want to have a nice soak in the natural springs (entrance fee to the hot springs is an extra $7 per person or S/.20 PEN).

If you'd rather explore the town itself, you can also visit the Machu Picchu Manuel Chávez Ballón museum and orchid exhibition. It is a very illustrative museum that gives an interesting introduction to Machu Picchu.

Accommodations: Hatun Inti Boutique or similar
Meals included: Breakfast and dinner

Rise for an early breakfast before your pick up at 5:40 am. You'll take the bus up to majestic Machu Picchu to catch the sunrise, and then begin your walking tour (approximately 2 hours) with your guide. After, you'll have some time to explore the mysterious city on your own.

Take the bus down to Aguas Calientes for lunch (not included) and later board the train back to Poroy. Upon your arrival at the train station, Valencia will pick you up and take you back to your hotel in Cusco.

Accommodations: Casa Andina Standard Cusco Plaza or similar
Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast, you'll be picked up from your hotel at 6:20 am and dropped off at the bus station. This is a great bus trip, more like a tour - a guide will be on board and you'll stop at four interesting sites:

•Andahuaylillas: The sistine chapel of South America. This church is one of the most beautiful examples of Andean popular religious art.
•Raqchi (Wiracocha God Temple): This was an Inca church of monumental dimensions; 328 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 45 feet high. The temple is divided in two naves and each nave has 11 giant columns.
•La Raya: This is the half-way point between Cusco and Puno and also the highest point (14,222 feet above sea level). The landscapes here are stunning and typical Andean animals like the llama, alpaca, and vicuña are common sights. It is also the geographic border between two cultures - Quechua and Aymara.
•Pukara: This is the most important and oldest ceremonial center of the altiplano. There are interesting lite-sculptures and tombs.

Upon arrival to the bus station in Puno at 5:00 pm, you'll be taken to your hotel where you'll spend the night and meet your guide who will welcome you.

Accommodations: Hotel Royal Inn Puno or similar
Meals included: Breakfast and lunch

After breakfast, you'll be transferred from the hotel to the port of Puno where you'll board the motor boat to take you to the floating Uros Islands. Your guide will explain a little about the history and lifestyle of the people who have lived on these islands for many years as you visit two of the islands. You'll have the opportunity to talk with the local people and visit their homes to learn a little about their lifestyle.

Afterwards, you'll sail towards Taquile Island, which takes approximately two hours. The island is a traditional Quechua speaking community, full of ancient agricultural terraces and some ruins dating back to the pre-Inca times. The weaving tradition of this Island goes back to early civilizations, thus keeping elements of pre-Inca Andean cultures alive in the present. When you reach the island, you'll walk up along a narrow path, enjoying impressive views of Lake Titicaca and seeing gorgeous little houses inhabited by the direct descendants of the Inca culture.

After lunch, you'll go down to the harbor to take a one hour boat ride to Chucuito, south of the city of Puno. You'll spend the night with a family in the Karina community on the white sand beach of Lake Titicaca.

Accommodation: Homestay on Luquina Island
Meals included: Breakfast and lunch

Today you'll enjoy breakfast with your host family and participate in local activities such as farming and daily living activities. You'll have lunch and say goodbye to the local family before going down to the harbor to take the boat back to Puno, which takes approximately two hours. Arrive back in Puno at around 5:00 pm.

Accommodations: Hotel Royal Inn Puno or similar
Meals included: Breakfast and lunch

You'll have the morning to rest and relax before a guide picks you up from your hotel and takes you to the nearby Juliaca airport (JUL) for your flight home.

Please note: If you are flying back to the U.S., you'll need to take a flight back to Lima first. Valencia Travel suggests that you depart from Juliaca airport by 7:00 pm.

Meals included: Breakfast