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NEW YEARS FAMILY TRIP
2003
Start
The New Year In A Different Way!
Fly to Lima, Peru to be transported back to the 17th century during the
time of huge Hacienda's.
Stay in Hacienda San Jose
a converted colonial hacienda dating back to 1688, to get the feel of
Peru's Spanish Colonial period.
San
Jose, a historical monument of Peru, is located outside of a small
Agriculture town called Chincha. This small town is 120 miles south of
Lima on the Pan-American Highway. Like so many other towns on the barren
Peruvian Coast, Chincha is located in a rich valley producing fruit and
vegetables. It is noted for being the birth spot of a very prominent Negro
culture and folklore, brought from Africa by slaves who years ago worked
on the "haciendas". Beneath the Hacienda are 70 miles of
catacombs used to bring slaves in from the coast as well as the old slave
cells. San Jose also has it's own 17th century chapel, with a fantastic
baroque style altar imported from Europe.
Although you will be surrounded with the aura of Peru's past, San Jose's'
amenities give you the comforts of today with a bar, restaurant, TV room,
game room, tennis courts and pool.
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| Riding
on the beach |
Nazca
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Southern Peru is rich in a variety of entertainments, from visiting the
National Reserve of Paracas where you can watch sea lions and Humboldt
Penguins in their native habitat, visit Inca ruins, ride Peruvian horses
through the winding lanes of the of the ancient haciendas, lounge by the
pool, visit working haciendas where famous Peruvian horses have been bred,
fly over the Lines of Nazca, frolic on the beach of the Pacific ocean,
explore the old port town of Paracas, fish in the Pacific ocean, Enjoy a
party with native dancers and you as part of the entertainment.
From the beaches of Southern Peru in 2002, 2003 will
find the tour in the Magical Andes.
Cusco
Inca walls, colorful costumes, churches built on top of
palaces, citadels lost in the Andean heights, legendary roads -all the
beauty of a glorious past that enfolds the visitor who arrives in Cuzco,
the sacred city of the Incas and archaeological capital of the Americas.
Ever since US archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered the citadel of Machu
Pichu for the world, Cuzco has fired the imagination of thousands of
travelers from all over the world who venture down the Inca Trail every
year headed for the summit of one of the world's most extraordinary
monuments.
The city of Cuzco, however, features many other
attractions which by themselves would be enough to attract visitors: the
main square, which the Incas called Huacaypata, the artisans quarter of
San Blas, the Convent of Santo Domingo, built on top of the Temple of the
Sun or Korikancha, the palaces of the Inca and his court, part of a long
list of archaeological wonders.
With its bustling nightlife, Cuzco is also a magical
city of dizzying excitement. Together with its rich archaeological legacy,
which is to be found on practically every street corner, its cultural
scene makes the sacred city of the Incas the most spectacular destination
in the Americas.
MACHU PICCHU: ONE OF
THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
The
ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is the star attraction of Cuzco.
Discovered in 1911 by US explorer Hiram Bingham, the citadel is deemed one
of the world's finest examples of landscape architecture.
Machu
Picchu ("old mountain" in Quechua, the ancient language of the
Incas) nestles on top of a mountain saddle high above the Urubamba River
in the middle of the cloud forest. It was both a center of worship and
astronomic observatory as well as the private retreat of the family of
Inca ruler Pachacútec. It is split into two major areas: the agricultural
zone, made up of terracing and food storehouses; and the urban zone,
featuring the sacred sector, with temples, squares and royal tombs which
have been carved to an extraordinary degree of perfection. The stone
staircases and canals are found throughout this unique archaeological
site. Over the citadel looms Huayna Picchu ("young mountain" in
Quechua), which can be climbed up a steep stone-paved trail.
The Inca Trail to Machu
Picchu
Located in the department of Cuzco, the Inca Trail to
Machu Picchu is Peru's most popular trekking route and possibly one of the
most spectacular walks in the Americas. It forms part of the more than
23,000 km of roads built by the Incas across South America. Each year,
some 25,000 hikers from all over the world walk the 43 km stone-paved
trail, built by the Incas to get to the impregnable citadel of Machu
Picchu, deep in the Cuzco cloud forest.
The
trail sets out from Qorihuayrachina, at Kilometer 88 of the
Cuzco-Quillabamba railway, and takes three to four days of tough hiking.
The route runs through an impressive range of altitudes, where climates
and eco-systems range from the high Andean plain down to the cloud
forests. The trail climbs up through two highland passes (the higher of
the two, Warmiwañuska, lies at 4,200) before reaching Machu Picchu
through the Inti Punku or Gateway of the Sun. One of the attractions of
the trail is that it winds past carved granite Inca settlements (Wiñay
Wayna, Phuyupatamarca), and is surrounded by breath-taking natural
scenery. The forests abound in hundreds of species of orchids,
brightly-colored birds and dream-like landscapes, the ideal complement to
this indispensable hikers' route.
ITINERARY
This is only an Idea of what we
might do, it is guaranteed to change!
Friday 27 Fly to Peru
- 2 ½ hour Drive to Chincha
Saturday 28 Visit Ica. For the Adventurous - flight over Nazca
Lines. The rest of us will visit the Ica Museum, Mike Mcwhinny's and
Eduardo Risso's Ranch and/or Alfredo Elias
Sunday 29 Sleep late. Relax by the pool. For those who would like -
a Cabalgata through the countryside. Lunch: Creole Buffet with Show -
Monday 30 Explore the Port of Paracas where we will take a boat out
to the Ballestas Islands National Reserve Park where Sea Lions, Penguins
and other wild life abound. Spend the afternoon at the Paracas hotel
resort, have lunch, sit by the pool.
Tuesday 31 Cabalgata to Julio Pescheria ranch. Explore the 17th
century chapel and catacombs at San Jose. Or relax by the pool, enjoy the
beautiful gardens, play billiards, chess, or? in the game room. New
Years Dinner and the 2003 Party
Wednesday 01 Brunch and return to Lima - Check into hotel - Shop -
explore Lima
Thursday 02 Fly to Cucso - City tour
Friday 03 Machu Picchu
Saturday 04 Sacred Valley, Pisac, Ruins
Sunday 05 Return to Lima check in for the day at hotel - Lunch at
Peruvian horse owners ranch. Leave for US in PM.
Or for those who would like to stay in Lima, visit ranches and museums the
cost for hotel and ground transportation is $150 a day.
Included in price:
Hotels-airfare from US and inside Peru-ground travel-horseback riding-Cusco
City Tour - Sacred Valley tour-Machu Picchu tour
All meals during the stay in Chincha are included in the
price. Breakfast is included for the complete tour.
Not included: Flight over Nazca lines - Inca Trail trip - Babysitter -
Tips -Airport Taxes - meals in Cusco & Lima
Price $2800 - Double occupancy
$2300 - children under 12
$300 single supplement
For more information on our tours please call
817 594 1597
Changing of the guards President's Palace- Lima
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