| Day 1 |
Depart for Lima, capital of Peru. |
| Day 2 |
Visit Pachacamac, Pre-Inca and Inca ruins near
Lima. Free afternoon in Miraflores. |
| Day 3 |
Travel to Pisco along the coast 4 hours south
of Lima. Free afternoon. Relax on the beach and enjoy dinner in
a seaside restaurant. |
| Day 4 |
Visit Islas Ballestas and and see sea lions,
boobies, and Humboldt penguins. Walk a beach on the Paracas Peninsula. |
| Day 5 |
Travel to Ica and visit the Regional Museum,
one of the best museums in southern Peru. Continue on to Nasca. |
| Day 6 |
Drive up to over 4000 meters and visit the vicuna
reserve of Galeras. On the way back, visit the Paredones Ruins and
the Cantallo Aqueduct. This 1500 year old subterranean aqueduct
is still used by the city of Nasca today. |
| Day 7 |
Overfly the Nazca Lines in the morning. Visit
the ancient cemetery of Chauchilla and the ruins of Cahuachi in
the afternoon. |
| Day 8 |
Travel to Arequipa, a 10-hour bus ride on Peru’s
southern desert coast. |
| Day 9 |
Visit the beautiful Monastery of Santa Catalina
and other Arequipa sites. Free afternoon. |
| Day 10 and 11 |
Take a two-day overnight tour of the Colca Canyon,
one of the deepest canyons in the world, and search for Andean condors. |
| Day 12 |
Free morning in Arequipa. Fly to Juliaca and
bus to Puno in the afternoon. |
| Day 13 |
Free morning in Puno situated on the shores
of Lake Titicaca. Tour Sillustani, a Pre-Inca and Inca burial site
with many burial towers (chullpas) as tall as 12 meters, in the
afternoon. |
| Day 14-16 |
Take a three day tour of islands in Lake Titicaca.
Spend one night on Amantani with a native family, and one night
on Taquile. Optional hiking on both islands. Visit the floating
islands of the Uros in the afternoon. |
| Day 17 |
Travel by bus to La Paz, Bolivia (5 hours).
Free afternoon. Great shopping in the traditional artesan and witches’
market. |
| Day 18 |
Take a half day tour of the city. Free afternoon. |
| Day 19 |
Take a half-day tour of the Pre-Inca ruins of
Tiahuanaco. Free afternoon in La Paz. |
| Day 20 |
Return to U. S. by air from La Paz. |
