Lima, the Gateway to Peru

Tour Lenght: 3 days and 2 nights
Departures: Every day

Day 1 LIMA
Assistance on your arrival in Lima and transfer to your selected hotel. Time at leisure to rest and set-up your trip around this magical country.

Day 2 LIMA
City tour Lima
Breakfast. In the morning, sightseeing to the most attractive and important spots in Lima, the "City of Kings". The tour includes Lima's Historical Center, passing by Plaza San Martin, Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and its Religious Art Museum, and Lima's Colonial Balconies. We will visit the Convent and Church of San Francisco, the greatest monumental complex of Colonial Art in America and Cultural Heritage of Humanity. We then drive through the residential districts of San Isidro and Miraflores, passing by the Huaca Pucllana, a ceremonial and administrative center of the Lima Culture built in the II century A.C. that the Incas considered as "ñaupallaqta" or sacred town. We will also visit El Olivar Park with olives trees brought from Spain in the XV century, the Central Park of Miraflores and Larcomar, a symbol of modern Lima and a tourist and entertainment center as well as a privileged site to enjoy an amazing view of the Pacific Ocean. Free for lunch. Then a visit early in the afternoon, to the Larco Museum, for an excellent overview of 's ancient past as it holds the best private collection of pre-Columbian art in the country. The museum has many fine examples of textile works, one example of which has a record breaking 398 threads per inch; materials and tools used by ancient vians to produce their work in ceramics and metal; and Pre-Inca and Inca period pottery, gold and silver pieces with semiprecious stones. Return to your selected hotel for overnight.

Day 3 LIMA
Breakfast. At proper time transfer and assistance to the airport or bus station. Departure from Lim. End of the services.

City Tour and Larco Museum

Larco Museum and Pueblo Libre

Along with a visit to the Larco Museum, founded in 1926 by Peruvian archaeologist Rafael Larco Hoyle this tour is a complete show of the Peruvian Culture.
The museum showcases remarkable chronological galleries providing an excellent overview on 3000 years of development of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. Features the finest gold and silver collection from Ancient Peru and the famous erotic archaeological collection, one of the most visited Peruvian tourist attractions. In the garden don’t miss the restaurant Café del Museo, led by the most prestigious Peruvian Chef Gastón Acurio. Afterward visit the Pueblo Libre district, a beautiful and old villa that conserves architectonic and cultural vestiges of the different stages of the Peruvian history like the beautiful Church of Santa Maria Magdalena which was built on 1557 among other places.

Culinary Tour

Peru has well deserved the reputation of the finest cuisine in South America. This tour will begin visiting a typical market in where you will have an explanation of the different vegetables, fish and seafood which cames from our coast. After get some knowledge of our variety of products the tour continue towards the restaurant Señorio de Sulco where you will have a didactic lesson of how to prepare a "Ceviche", "Lomo Saltado", "Causa" and our traditional drink the no less famous "Pisco Sour". During the lunch on your own, you will also taste our traditional dishes as well as a variety of delicious desserts.

Pachacamac and Larco Museum

Drive 30 minutes southeast of Lima to visit the Pachacamac Pilgrimage Center. Built around 700 A.D. as a temple for the worship of the sun god, Pachacamac, it housed an oracle that is believed to be one of the main pilgrimage centres in pre-Columbian Peru, and on a par with Cusco. Pilgrims flocked here from far away to worship Pachacamac, who was believed to be the creator of the world and its creatures. The site includes palaces, plazas and temples that have been painstakingly restored. The on-site museum has a collection of local relics. Conclude the tour with a visit to the Larco Herrera Museum, housed in an 18th century colonial mansion that hosts the most extensive collection of pre-Columbian art in Peru. It contains fine examples of textile work, one of which has a world record-breaking 398 threads per inch, as well as the tools ancient Peruvians used to produce metals, huaco ceramics and gold and silver pieces with semiprecious stones.

Real Felipe Fort and Navy Museum

The Real Felipe, the most imposing of all the fortresses built by the Spanish in their American colonies, is located in Callao, Peru's principal port. It was constructed from 1747 as a defense against pirate attacks from corsairs who knew very well that Spanish galleons, loaded with Inca gold, departed from here. The fortress is currently the seat of the Peruvian Army Museum. The Real Felipe has a true aura of history, and the military authorities therefore decided that the location was an ideal place to exhibit the army's different aspects during the past, and from Inca times onward.

Archaeological and Larco Museums

Enjoy an overview of Peru's pre-Columbian history in two of Lima's finest museums. First see the Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. Its collection documents the development of every major culture and civilization of Peru from the first hunter-gatherers to modern times. Then proceed to the Larco Herrera Museum, housed in an 18th century colonial mansion that holds the most extensive collection of pre-Columbian art in Peru. It contains fine examples of textile work, one of which has a world record-breaking 398 threads per inch, as well as the tools ancient Peruvians used to make metals, huaco ceramics, and gold and silver pieces with semiprecious stones.

Rates are per Person

Very Important Remarks:
- Minimum number of participants for private tours are2 pax.
- All tours includes transport, guide and admissions.
- Culinary Tour do not includes lunch.
- All tours depart from Hotels and end in Hotels.

- Special quotes for groups larger than 4 passengers.

- S.I.C: Seat in Car service.

- N/A : Not Available.

We do have the lowest prices according the level of services. We will meet or beat any internet published rates from companies outside Peru for all package tours. All HOTELS and TOURS are based on US standards. All our programs may be tailored accordingly your requirements, whatever the length of your staying, or any special interests, or specific activities, flight reservations, optional destinations or tours.

Inclussions of the Lima 3 days two nights tour.

- Standard Hotel Breakfast.
- 02 night accomodation at the selected hotel.
- All transfers.
- Scorted bilingual transfer
- Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
- Lima City Tour and Larco Museum, as stated in the itinerary.
- All entrance fees
Not Included

- Airport Taxes
- Alcoholic drinks, soda or bottled mineral water.
- Other Items stocked in the Hotel mini-bars.
- Personal expenses.
- Tips.
- International or National personal telephone calls.
- Laundry.

Rates are per Person

We do have the lowest prices according the level of services. We will meet or beat any internet published rates from companies outside Peru for all package tours. All HOTELS and TOURS are based on US standards. All our programs may be tailored accordingly your requirements, whatever the length of your staying, or any special interests, or specific activities, flight reservations, optional destinations or tours.