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Andean Explorer - Your Itinerary
18 days
From: £3880
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What's included:
- Scheduled flights, including all U.K. and overseas airport taxes and applicable fuel surcharges
- English-speaking guides at each location exclusive to the Bales group in Peru & Bolivia; shared basis on days 14 & 15
- Private vehicles exclusive to the Bales group(shared basis days 14 & 15). Scheduled trains in Peru & Bolivia
- Sightseeing As detailed, including entrance fees
- Accommodation and meals First class hotels in Lima, Cusco, Puno, La Paz and Santiago. Best available hotels in Huatajata and San Pedro de Quemez. Salt hotel in the Salar d’Uyuni.
- Adobe-style hotel centrally located in San Pedro de Atacama.
- 16 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 4 dinners
- Minimum participation 2 passengers
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Day 1
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 Day 1
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Depart London Heathrow in the morning by British Airways to Madrid and
onwards by LAN to Lima arriving in the evening. Stay at the Melia Hotel (or similar)
Meals:
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Day 2
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 Day 2
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Morning sightseeing in Lima, including a visit to the Larco Herrera Museum
Meals: B
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Day 3
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 Day 3
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Morning flight to Cusco, and transfer to the Novotel. Afternoon city sightseeing
including a visit to the Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman which overlooks Cusco.
Meals: B
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Day 4
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 Day 4
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Travel by train to Machu Picchu, for a guided tour of the amazing ruins.
Meals: B, L
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Day 5
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 Day 5
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Free. An optional tour to of the Sacred Valley can be arranged locally
Meals: B
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Day 6
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 Day 6
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Full day’s train journey to Puno. Stay at Casa Andina Private Collection.
Meals: B, L
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Day 7
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 Day 7
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Cross into Bolivia and visit the shrine of the Dark Virgin at Copacabana.
From there travel by hydrofoil on Lake Titicaca via Moon and Sun Island, and onto
Huatajata, where staying at the Inca Utama Hotel & Spa overlooking the lake.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 8
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 Day 8
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Visits on Lake Titicaca to Parati and Kalauta Islands and a floating island.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 9
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 Day 9
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Drive to La Paz. Stay at the Europa Hotel. Afternoon city tour.
Meals: B
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Day 10
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 Day 10
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Morning road journey to Oruro and afternoon train journey to Uyuni. On arrival
in the late evening, transfer to the Luna Salada Lodge.
Meals: B, L
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Day 11
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 Day 11
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Bales has allowed two days to experience the Salar de Uyuni, truly one of the
most amazing natural wonders on earth and visible from space. Today you learn how the salt is extracted and processed, and hopefully see a magnificent sunset
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 12
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 Day 12
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Travel across the salt flats and explore this most unique of natural features
including a visit to the isolated Isla Pescado, a cactus strewn island that lies amidst a sea of salt some 60 kilometres from the nearest land. Continue to the remote town of San Pedro de Quemez staying overnight at the Tieyka de Piedra Hotel.
Meals: B, L, D
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Day 13
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 Day 13
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Today’s dawn to dusk journey to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile is arguably
the most rewarding, but arduous day, as the 4-wheel drive vehicles negotiate bumpy terrains, at times close to 4,900 metres. The scenery is a visual feast: multi-coloured mountains, cone-shaped volcanoes, bizarre wind-sculpted stone formations, the bubbling fumaroles at Sol de Manana and lagoons large and small, including the colourful Laguna Colorado with its many flamingoes. Leaving the border at Bolivia, you descend some 2,000 metres to San Pedro de Atacama, and the Terrantai Hotel.
Meals: B, L
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Day 14
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 Day 14
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In San Pedro to both relax after the previous day’s travelling, but also
to visit the Salar de Atacama and the Valley of the Moon.
Meals: B
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Day 15
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 Day 15
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Same as above.
Meals: B
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Day 16
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 Day 16
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Transfer to Calama and fly to Santiago. Stay at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Meals: B
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Day 17
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 Day 17
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Fly from Santiago on LAN/Iberia codeshare flights via Madrid to London.
Meals: B
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Day 18
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 Day 18
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Arrive at London Heathrow.
Meals: B
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