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9-Day Journey
Starting at $3,199
Highlights:• Round trip scheduled airfare• Round trip transfers between airports and hotel while overseas • Hotel luggage handling• 8 nights in Peru• Includes 8 meals: 8 breakfasts and 1 lunch• A unique opportunity to meet with business leaders• City Tours of Lima & Cuzco• Excursion to Uros Floating Islands• Discovery Program guide
Machu Picchu & the Wonders of the Inca Empire
MACHU PICCHU
CUZCO
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DAY 1: USA - LIMA, PERUDepart the USA for Peru. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey. Upon arrival in Lima, transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure.
DAY 2: LIMA CITY TOURThis morning meet with your guide for an orientation. Afterwards, depart for a tour of Lima. Enjoy the sights of Peru’s capital city with 2000 years of indigenous and colonial heritage before stopping at the San Francisco Monastery, famous for its 17th century architecture and world-renowned library. Spend the remainder of the day at leisure in the “Gastronomical Capital of the Americas” by exploring Lima’s nightlife or sampling some of its many restaurants. (B)
DAY 3: CUZCOThis morning, transfer to the airport for your flight to Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel. The balance of the day is at leisure to explore on your own. (B)
DAY 4: MACHU PICCHUEarly this morning, transfer to the Sacred Valley’s Ollanta Station
and board the Backpacker Train for Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spend the day viewing the ancient citadel before boarding the train for your return to the Sacred Valley’s Ollanta Station and your hotel for the evening. (B)
DAY 5: CUZCO CITY TOUREnjoy this morning at leisure in Cuzco. In the afternoon, depart for a tour of Cuzco, view the impressive Colonial Cathedral in Cuzco, which contains over 400 paintings from the Cusqueña School in addition to colonial art. Continue on to visit the Korikancha, the Temple of the Sun, whose walls and floors were allegedly once covered by sheets of solid gold. This temple
Journeys of Discovery
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Prices are per person, based on double occupancy.
Cincinnati $3,199
Single please add: $500
2012 Departure Dates:August 12
Call for your city! Includes:• Non-dues revenue $100• Fuel surcharge $200
Day by Day:
Day 1: Depart USA-Arrive LimaDay 2: Lima City TourDay 3: CuzcoDay 4: Machu PicchuDay 5: Cuzco City TourDay 6: Puno-Lake TiticacaDay 7: Excursion to Uros Islands Day 8: Fly to LimaDay 9: Depart to USA
Journeys of Discovery
UROS ISLANDS
LAKE TITICACA
Departure Dates for 2012
was once the most important religious site of the Incas. (B)
DAY 6: TRANSFER TO PUNOEarly this morning transfer to Puno by bus, arrive in the late afternoon. Puno is located on the banks of Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake at 12,421 feet above sea level. (B, L)
DAY 7: EXCURSION TO UROS ISLANDSToday begins with a boat trip to the Uros Islands. These islands are completely man-made structures, and their inhabitants, the Uros, continue to maintain them as they have since pre-Columbian times, using totora reeds from the lake to build not only the islands, but also their houses. Return to your hotel later in the day and enjoy the balance at leisure. (B)
DAY 8: FLY TO LIMAThis morning transfer to the airport in Juliaca for your flight back to Lima. Upon arrival the remainder of the day is at leisure. (B)
DAY 9: DEPART FOR USAThis morning transfer to the airport for your international flight back to the USA. (B)