# 【Lima + Cusco】8-Day Peru Tour with Amazon Adenture from Lima: Iquitos and Machu Picchu Tour in South America — Lima → Iquitos. Listed and booked on Yatra For Fun (yatraforfun.com) — our Kathmandu concierge confirms availability, prices it in NPR, and sends a payment link within 2 business hours. ## Key facts - Type: multiday - Region: South America - Route: Lima → Iquitos - Duration: 8 days - Price from: $2,160 - Availability: currently sold out - Operator: partner tour operator (supplied via Tours4Fun) ## Summary • Experience unforgettable experiences by visiting the most outstanding places of the city of Lima • Visit the Ceiba tops lodge in Iquitos and enjoy its ethnobotanical gardens • Discover the most emblematic places of Cusco ## Categories Guaranteed Departure, Daily breakfast, Select Meals Included ## Itinerary ### Day 1: Home - Lima Upon arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Our representative will give you a documentation kit with detailed program explanation. Luggage and hotel registration assistance is offered. Overnight in Lima. ### Day 2: Lima Breakfast. In the morning, We will start our tour through the modern residential districts of Miraflores and San Isidro . We will visit the Financial Center, Golf, Olivar, Huaca Pucllana, a pre-Inca ceremonial temple in the form of a pyramid that has survived the urban expansion of Lima. We will stop at Amor Park located on the Malecon of Miraflores, from where we will observe the Pacific Ocean. Continuing our tour, we will go to the Historic Center of Lima , Where you will appreciate more than fifty monuments and colonial buildings, standing out the Paseo de la Republica. We will visit Plaza San Martín , its balconies and old mansions, the Plaza Mayor and its most important buildings such as the Government Palace, the Cathedral of Lima, the Archbishop's Palace and Municipal, the Desamparados Station. Convent and Catacombs of San Francisco We will enter one of the most important convents of the XVII century. We will visit the old Library, the Choir, the Main Cloister and the underground crypts known as Catacombs. Finishing our tour, you will have the option of staying in the Indian market in Larcomar. Return to the hotel. Overnight in Lima. Optional: Excursion to the Magic Water Circuit (Tuesday to Sunday) In the evening, visit the impressive Circuit Magico de las Aguas, located in the center of the city of Lima. This park, inaugurated in 1929 and resumed in 2007, consists of thirteen illuminated water fountains, making it the largest set of fountains in the world, which is why it is inscribed in the book of Record Guiness. The main source is the "Magic Fountain" which starts running a stream of water 80 meters high. Return to the hotel. Optional: Dinner Show with "Peruvian Fiesta" at La Dama Juana In the evening transfer to the famous restaurant "La Dama Juana" for a wonderful gastronomic experience where we will taste the best dishes of the Peruvian cuisine accompanied by the best show of music and typical dances of Peru. Return to the hotel. ### Day 3: Lima - Cusco Breakfast. Free morning for independent activities. (* Please note that regarding the flight from Lima to Cusco, you need to arrive in Cusco before 10:30am so that you can acclimatize to the altitude and have lunch and then in the afternoon do the complete city tour that begins around 12:00pm. Tickets are at your own expense ) In the afternoon, (Aprox 12:00) Visit of the imperial city of Cusco. We will go to the Plaza de Armas of Cusco, Awqaypata or plaza of the warrior was called in time of the Incas. We enter the Cathedral, which treasures invaluable colonial works and paintings, like the Cross that arrived with the first conquerors. We will continue to the Korikancha , Temple to the god Inti, the Sun, on which the Church of Santo Domingo was built, the chronicles tell that this temple was covered with gold in Inca times. Then we will ascend the archaeological park of Sacsayhuaman , and visit Q'enqo, ancient temple of Puma and where you can see an altar for sacrifices in the inner part of a huge rock; Tambomachay, sacred sources of life and health; Puca Pucará, watchman who took care of entering the city; And the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, beautiful place that radiates peace and tranquility, we will admire the enormous rocks of up to 4 meters of height, that were used in its construction. Returno to Cusco. Overnight in Cusco. ### Day 4: Cusco - Machu Picchu - Cusco Breakfast. Transfer to Poroy train station. Departure to the village of Machu Picchu , located at the base of the mountain where the Sacred Citadel of the Incas "Machu Picchu" is located. Upon arrival in Machu Picchu Pueblo, our collaborators will assist you to board the ecological bus that will take you to the sacred citadel. On the route, you can see a spectacular view of the canyon that forms the Urubamba River. We will enter the citadel and we will enter by its terraces, stairs, ceremonial precincts and places of dwelling. Then after the guided tour, you will have free time to explore the place on your own, relax or meditate. At the appropriate time, we will descend to the town of Machu Picchu to have Buffet lunch. In the afternoon, return by train to Poroy . Upon arrival, our staff will wait for you at the station, from where we will transfer you to your hotel. Overnight in Cusco. Note: We choose one of the following routes to explore. (The route will be randomly assigned based on the ticket availability.) Circuito 1 – Ruta terraza Superior Circuito 1 – Ruta Portada Intipunku Circuito 1 – Ruta Puente Inka Circuito 2- Ruta CLasico Diseñada Circuito 2- Terraza Inferior ### Day 5: Cusco - Iquitos Breakfast. In time, transfer to the airport to board your flight to Iquitos( To book the flight with departure after at 06:00am – LA 2042 Then LIMA/ IQUITOS LIM IQU 1155/1345 LA 2236, the ticket is at your own expense ). Upon arrival, reception by our collaborators, brief orientation of the city on the way to the Explorama jetty. Boat trip 40km along the Amazon River to Ceiba Tops , on arrival reception and welcome wet towels, transfer to your rooms with air conditioning and private bathrooms with hot water that will provide you with the comfort of home, in the middle of Rainforest, lunch of welcoming. In the afternoon, hike around a beautiful primary forest formed by large trees, like the giant tree of the Ceiba, that gave name to the shelter. Return to the hostel to enjoy dinner. After dinner you can listen to local music with guitar and flute in the Bar "El Tucán", or the guides are always ready to tell one of the many legends of the Amazon. Overnight in Ceiba Tops. ### Day 6: Ceiba Tops Very early for nature lovers, excursion to observe birds and enjoy the sunrise. Breakfast. After breakfast, boat trip looking for the two types of river dolphins, gray and pink, on the way to visit a small community of Natives Yaguas , where your guide will explain about their culture. There will be opportunity to appreciate some of the local handicrafts and a demonstration of the use of the blowgun, which at present, some of the Yaguas still use to hunt. Return to Ceiba Tops for lunch. In the afternoon excursion to the Indian village of Riverside and if the weather is good, you will appreciate the sunset on the Amazon River. Return to the hostel to enjoy a delicious dinner. Overnight in Ceiba Tops. ### Day 7: Ceiba Tops - Puente Colgante - Ceiba Tops Early departure of the Ceiba Tops on a trip by the Amazon River by boat, crossing a narrow road between the Amazon River and Napo River in motocar and continuing the trip by the Napo River by boat to ExplorNapo Lodge , a time for breakfast. An excursion to the wonderful Hanging Bridge that is more than 500 meters long between the top of the trees and where the highest platform is located 35 meters from the ground. Lunch. After lunch a walk to the Ethnobotanical Garden " ReNuPeRu " where you can appreciate more than 240 species of Amazonian medicinal plants cultivated by a shaman who will explain the uses of some of them. Return to Ceiba Tops, on arrival time to relax enjoying the facilities and then enjoy dinner. Overnight in Ceiba Tops. ### Day 8: Ceiba Tops/Iquitos/Lima - Home Breakfast. After breakfast excursion (walk or boat) to appreciate the Amazon Rainforest or free time to enjoy the facilities in the middle of the jungle. We return to the lodge as at noon for lunch and personal grooming to undertake the return of the city of Iquitos . In time, transfer to the airport for your return flight to Lima and international connection( To book the flight with departure after at 5:00pm - LA 2235, the ticket is at your own expense ). ## Guide languages English Live, Spanish Live ## Links - Yatra For Fun page: https://yatraforfun.com/tour/103243836-peru-tour-amazon-adenture-tour-lima-machu-picchu-8-days - WhatsApp concierge: https://wa.me/9779708072951