Amazing Peru

The tour starts with your arrival in Arequipa, the sizzlin’ “White City” in southern Peru. We pick you up from the airport and bring you to the hotel. Here you will get the extensive briefing about your upcoming tour from a PeruMotors representative.
The rest of the day is at leisure in Arequipa, a very nice colonial city with a friendly atmosphere.

• Altitude: 2.300 meters (7,500 feet)

Early in the morning the rental car is delivered at the hotel. Finally, the tour starts. The first stage is to the coast, descending about 2,300 meters. From there the route goes northbound along the Pacific coast all the way to Puerto Inka. You will pass small villages and enjoy the spectacular views. The hotel Puerto Inka is one to remember, because of its amazing location, on a natural bay. Once this was the harbor of the Inca’s. There are still some interesting Inca-ruins next to the hotel, which are free to visit.

• Distance: 410 km. (255 mi.)
• Altitude: From 2.300 meters (7,500 feet) to sea level
• Road Surface: All pavement

Following the PanAmericana northbound, through one of the driest deserts in the world. On our way to Nasca, world famous for its geoglyphs and lines only visible from the sky. In the afternoon there is the possibility to do a half an hour flight over the world famous pampa.

• Distance: 180 km. (112 mi.)
• Altitude: From sea level to 500 meters (1,650 feet)
• Road Surface: All pavement

Directly from Nasca the mighty Andes brings you to more than 4.200 meters, where we will meet the lamas, alpacas and vicuñas. Here starts a amazing road uphill. If you have ever driven the “Tail of the Dragon” in the USA, well this the same… but for hundreds of miles!!! Passing tourist-less Puquio, a beautiful little village in the high Andes. And then even higher over the Andes to Chalhuanca.

• Distance: 340 km. (210 mi.)
• Altitude: From 500 meters (1,650 feet), via 4.500 meters (14,800 feet) to 2.000 meter (6,560 feet)
• Road Surface: All pavement

More of the same as yesterday, but not boring at all ! On your way to Ollantaytambo, an authentic little Inca town with an incredible defense fortress.

• Distance: 320 km. (200 mi.)
• Altitude: About 3.000 meters (11,000 feet)
• Road Surface: All pavement

The absolute highlight of this tour: Machu Picchu.
There is still no road to this magical place. So, early in the morning you go by train to the little town of Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Pueblo). From there it is half an hour by bus to the entrance of the citadel. After your visit to the ruins you go back to Ollantaytambo by train.

• Altitude: 2.430 meters (8,000 feet)

Today a short ride from the 'Sacred Valley of the Incas' to the ancient capital of the Inca empire. You can choose to visit several interesting Inca sites along the way.
The rest of the day and the next day are to explore Cusco on your own. Choices are to be made, because time is limit here. In the opinion of PeruMotors you can't miss the fortress of Saqsayhuaman, the Inca Museum, Plaza de Armas and Qoricancha. It's up to you !

• Distance: 100 km. (60 mi.)
• Altitude: About 3.500 meters (11,500 feet)
• Road Surface: All pavement

The car stays for a few days in the parking of the hotel. You fly to the Amazon jungle. Upon arrival at the airport you will be picked up by the jungle resort. At the port you board a long boat for your transfer to the resort in the middle of the jungle. For the coming days all meals and jungle excursions are included.

After breakfast you return by boat to the civilized (?) world, and around noon you fly back to Cusco. The rest of the day in Cusco is at leisure.

A long, but beautiful drive mainly over the Altiplano, the largest high plain in the world. The day ends in Puno of the shore of Lake Titicaca.
The next morning you will be picked up for a boat trip the the Floating Islands of the Uros people. The afternoon is at leisure in Puno.

• Distance: 400 km. (250 mi.)
• Altitude: 3.800 meters (11,500 feet)
• Road Surface: All pavement

You'll have to cross the Andes once again, East to West, to the Colca Canyon. The pay-offs are the spectacular views on the mighty Andes. Along the way you can stop on the highest point of the whole tour on almost 5,000 meters (16,500 feet), where you can see 8 volcanoes, if the sky is clear. The day ends in the town of Chivay. In the afternoon you can visit the local natural hot springs. You’ll love it !

• Distance: 315 km. (195 mi.)
• Altitude: from 3.800 meters (12,500 feet), via 4.910 meters (16,110 feet) to 3.600 meters (11,800 feet)
• Road Surface: All pavement

Another early start of the day, because the condors won’t wait for you. In about an hour you will reach “Cruz del Condor” in the heart of the Colca Canyon. Here you can see the Andean Condor in flight in its natural habitat. An amazing experience. After the condors, on the road again to the city where this tour started: Arequipa, where you will arrive in the afternoon.

• Distance: 260 km. (160 mi.)
• Altitude: from 3.600 meters (11,800 feet) to 2.300 meters (7,500 feet)
• Road Surface: All pavement

Today we will bring you to the airport for your flight back home.

• Altitude: 2.300 meters (7,500 feet)