A trip to Peru is filled with numerous sights and scenery to view and explore. The essential Peru experience is a group tour that provides exactly that. It has a fixed itinerary and goes for 15 days at a cost of $1821.

The destinations in the Peru tour include southern Peru, Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Arequipa and Colca, Lake Titicaca, Ica and Nazea .There are various activities in this Peruvian vacation, they consist of trekking, walking, and guided tours to cultural and historical sites.

The highlights of this Peru holiday are Lima, Ballestas Island, Nazea lines, Machu Picchu, Cusco, Lake Titicaca, Arequipa, Colca canyons, Andes Mts, Cusco, Pisac ruins and market, Putucusi hike, mandor valley and bird watching.

The Peru tour is comfortable, and entails an in depth exploration of the highlights of southern Peru. The tour offers tourists a variety of landscapes from the coastal desert to the snowy Andean peaks, high Altiplano and lush cloud forest.

Peru holidays also gives one the chance to view famous sites such as the mysterious Nazea lines, the Machu Picchu mountain top setting and a chance to spend the night in an island home at Lake Titicaca. Day1 of the tour starts with tourists arriving at the Lima International Airport; they are driven to their hotel and briefed on the itinerary of their trip to Peru. The guests are also given vouchers that will cover the services provided in the tour.

Day2 of the Peru tour involves sightseeing in Lima and has the tourists take a bus to Paracas .The guided Peruvian tour takes them to the most important and attractive sights in Lima like the ‘city of kings’. The tour moves on to day 3 where the tourists take a speed boat to Ballestas island and get to see hundreds of birds as well as sea lions on the beaches.

The Nazca lines are next and see the tourists taking a bus to Arequipa on day 4 of the Peru tour. The lines are mysterious strokes reaching 15-300m long on the sand covering 350kms; they represent animals for example dogs and monkeys.

Day 5 is more sightseeing in the Peruvian vacation; the tourists view the beautiful sights in Arequipa like the monastery of Santa Catalina. The trip to Peru continues to Colca valley, where the tourists take a tour of the highlands and see groups of wild vicuhas and fighting cattle.

The tour moves in to Lake Titicaca where the guests take a 2hour boat excursion on the lake to the floating islands of Uros and observe the ancient inhabitants of the lake known as the water tribes.

Day 9 of the Peru holiday allows the tourists to stroll leisurely through the streets of Taquille Island and the next day they take a bus to Cusco. They take in the scenery along the way and visit archaeological sites once they arrive .The sightseeing continues in Cusco with a visit to the sacred valley, bird watching and an excursion to Machu Picchu. The Peruvian vacation comes to an end in Cusco with the tourists travelling to Lima then taking their flight home.

David Quispe is the author of this article on peru travel.
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