PERU & PANAMA CITY TOUR August 7 th - 18 th 2017 (12 Days and 10 Nights)

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1 PERU & PANAMA CITY TOUR August 7 th - 18 th 2017 (12 Days and 10 Nights) Mon Aug 7 th DAY 1 DEPARTURE DAY HONOLULU LOS ANGELES 7:30 Meet at the Honolulu International Airport United Airlines counter (lobby #8) for group check-in. 10:20 Depart Honolulu for Los Angeles on United Airlines flight #1229. Tue Aug 8 th DAY 2 ARRIVAL DAY LOS ANGELES PANAMA CITY 6:54 AM Arrive at Los Angeles International Airport and pick up luggage. Proceed to the Copa Airlines counter to check-in for our flight to Panama City. 11:29 AM Depart Los Angeles on Copa Airlines flight #473. 7:50 Arrive at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City and proceed through immigration procedures. Claim your baggage and go through customs inspections. Exit baggage claim area and wait for your Tour Guide. Transfer to Panama City hotel by motor coach and check in, dinner on your own. DoubleTree by Hilton Panama City or similar Wed Aug 9 th DAY 3 PANAMA CITY B, L AM During the morning tour we will visit the ruins of Old Panama, climb up the Cathedral tower, visit the Old Panama Museum and then continue to Casco Viejo (the old city compound), which dates back from the late 1600's. A bilingual guide will describe the events in history leading up to the eventual movement of the capital city to its present location. Casco Viejo is home for monuments of Ferdinand de Lesseps and other Frenchmen instrumental in the ill-fated attempt of the French to construct a canal through Panama. AM Visit the Panama Canal Museum and the Miraflores Locks at the Revised: November 23, 2016 Page 1

2 Panama Canal where large ships can be seen transiting the canal. Enjoy a presentation by the Panama Canal Authority on the history of the Panama Canal and marvel at the workings of this feat of human engineering. Lunch at local restaurant. Continue to the Panama Canal area, including the town of Balboa, formerly part of the Panama Canal Zone. We will return to our hotel by late afternoon. Return to the hotel. Dinner on your own. DoubleTree by Hilton Panama City or similar Thu Aug 10 th DAY 4 PANAMA CITY LIMA B AM Check out for transfer to Tocumen International Airport. 11:47 AM Depart for Lima, Peru on Copa Airlines flight #131. 3:26 Arrive at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima and proceed through immigration procedures. Claim your baggage and go through customs inspections. Exit baggage claim area and wait for your Tour Guide. Transfer to Lima hotel by motor coach and check in, dinner on your own. Enjoy yourself tonight at the casino attached to the hotel! Doubletree by Hilton El Pardo or similar Fri Aug 11 th DAY 5 LIMA - CUSCO B, L, D AM Check out of hotel and transfer to the airport in Lima for our morning flight to Cusco. 10:05 AM Depart for Cusco, Peru on LAN Airlines flight # :40 AM Arrive at Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco. Claim your baggage and wait for your Tour Guide. Lunch at local restaurant. Depart for Cusco city tour, where we will see the amazing colonial city built on the foundations of the Inca palaces. We will visit the Koricancha or Temple of the Sun, where you can appreciate the incredible masonry of the Incas, the Plaza de Armas and the Cathedral with its carved woodworks, altars and paintings. Then we will be driven to the Inca fortress of Sacsahuaman, Kenko, Puca Pucara and finally to Tambomachay, known as the Baths of the Inca. On the return, we ll stop at a workshop where you can admire how the local artisans do handicrafts. Dinner show at Tunupa restaurant, situated in the heart of the beautiful city of the Cusco right in the Plaza De Armas, where you can Revised: November 23, 2016 Page 2

3 taste Novoandina cuisine - a modern style of cuisine from Peru and Andean countries which combines modern techniques with traditional raw materials of Andean and Peruvian cuisine. Live Andean music and dancers of the region will provide an additional spectacle for our entertainment whilst dining. Return to the hotel. Hilton Garden Inn Cusco Hotel or similar ***We will stay one night in Aguas Calientes, please pack an overnight bag. *** ***We will leave our suitcases at the Cusco hotel.*** Sat Aug 12 th DAY 6 CUSCO AGUAS CALIENTES B, L, D AM Check out of hotel and depart for our tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. AM Our first stop is Pisaq market where you can shop for handicrafts. Then we will continue along the Urubamba valley surrounded by farm lands and mountains. Lunch at local restaurant. Continue to Ollantaytambo. There we will tour the Inca fortress whose construction was halted by the arrival of the Spaniards. This is a great chance to learn about the architecture and building techniques used by the Incas. 3:37 Take the Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes town out of Ollantaytambo. Upon arrival at at 5:02, we will be escorted to our hotel where we will have dinner. El Mapi Hotel or similar Sun Aug 13 th DAY 7 MACHU PICCHU TOUR B, L, D AM Check out of hotel and depart by bus (about 25 minute ride) for Machu Picchu. After the 2 hour guided tour we will have time on our own to explore this magical site at leisure. If you wish you can ask your guide for directions to hike up to the Sun s Gate, a great look out point with a panoramic view of this ancient citadel, one of the current 7 Wonders of the World. There is one public toilet at the entrance near the cafeteria, and no others once we enter the park area. A small fee is collected though to keep it clean. In the past the fee was 1 Sol (Peruvian currency only). Lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge s restaurant. Depart for Aguas Calientes by bus, at 4:43 take the train back to Cusco from Aguas Calientes (Poroy, arriving 6:20 ). Arrive at Cusco hotel. Dinner at hotel. Revised: November 23, 2016 Page 3

4 Hilton Garden Inn Cusco Hotel or similar Mon Aug 14 th DAY 8 CUSCO LAKE TITICACA (PUNO) B, L, D AM Breakfast at hotel and check out for transfer to Lake Titicaca. Today we will journey from Cusco to Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca by bus. Along the way we will enjoy the majestic backdrop of the Andes and the Altiplano, Andean flat plains where herds of llamas graze. Lunch at local restaurant on the way to Puno. Check in to hotel and rest before dinner. Dinner at hotel. Sonesta Posada Del Inca Puno Hotel or similar Tue Aug 15 th DAY 9 LAKE TITICACA (PUNO) B, L, D AM Our first stop on this full day tour to Lake Titicaca is the unique floating islands of Uros. These islands are built out of layers of Totora (endemic reed) by its inhabitants who also used this kind of reed for housing and to build rafts used as a mean of transportation, for fishing and trading. Lunch provided enroute. Visit Amantani Island at meters over sea level ( feet over sea level). There you will learn about the quiet and simple lifestyle of the people who live there, farmers who have preserved many traditions from the Incas. Return to hotel. Dinner at hotel. Sonesta Posada Del Inca Puno Hotel or similar Wed Aug 16 DAY 10 LAKE TITICACA (PUNO) LIMA B, D AM Breakfast at hotel and check out for transfer to Lima. AM On the way to the airport we will tour the Sillustani archaeological site. This is an Inca cemetery with towers called chullpas built out of stone that get up to a height of 12 meters and that were used by as funeral chambers for the royalty. Lunch on your own at airport. 1:30 Depart for Lima on LAN Airlines flight # :10 Arrive at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima Check into our Lima hotel, which is directly attached to a casino. Buffet and dinner show at La Dama Juana Restaurant. Doubletree by Hilton El Pardo or similar Revised: November 23, 2016 Page 4

5 Thu Aug 17 th DAY 11 LIMA CITY TOUR B, L AM Depart for Lima city tour. AM We will tour Lima s colonial downtown and its highlights like the Plaza de Armas, where the Presidential Palace is located, also the Cathedral and the City Hall. Then, we will get to know Santo Domingo church and monastery, a XVII century jewel, recognized as cultural heritage by UNESCO. The tour goes on to the modern district of San Isidro. Finally we will visit Larco Museum, a private collection with treasures of the Incas. Enjoy lunch at Huaca Pucllana restaurant, near the Huaca Pucllana, a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district built from seven staggered platforms. The rest of the afternoon is free to shop around the hotel and at Larcomar, a hip shopping centre with a splendid view of the bay of Lima and the sunset on the Pacific Ocean. Dinner on your own. 10:30 Check out of hotel and transfer to Jorge Chávez International Airport for departure to Honolulu Fri Aug 18 th DAY 12 DEPARTURE DAY LIMA PANAMA CITY LOS ANGELES - HONOLULU 2:35 AM Depart for Tocumen International Airport in Panama City on Copa Airlines flight #338. 6:11 AM Arrive at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, transfer for our flight to Los Angeles. 7:53 AM Depart for Los Angeles International Airport on Copa Airlines flight #360. 1:04 Arrive at Los Angeles International Airport. After immigration inspection pick-up your luggage and proceed to customs. Wait for your Tour Guide and then transfer for our flight to Honolulu. 7:00 Depart for Honolulu International Airport on United Airlines flight # :45 Arrive at Honolulu International Airport. WELCOME HOME! Meal Guide: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner Revised: November 23, 2016 Page 5

6 DoubleTree by Hilton Panama City Via Espana & Federico Boyd, Bella Vista HOTEL INFORMATION Doubletree by Hilton El Pardo Independencia 141 Miraflores, Lima Hilton Garden Inn Cusco Hotel Santa Ana, Avenida Abancay 207, Cusco El Mapi Hotel 09 Pachacutec Ave, Machu Picchu Pueblo, Cusco Sonesta Posada Del Inca Puno Hotel Sesquicentenario 610, Sector Huaje, Puno August 8 th & 9 th August 10 th & 16 th August 11 th & 13 th August 12 th August 14 th & 15 th Revised: November 23, 2016 Page 6

7 Private Tour with Full Escort from Honolulu by Naka s Travel Service TOUR PRICE Double: $5, (round trip Los Angeles option available) Tax and Fuel surcharge included Per person based on double occupancy Single: $6, (round trip Los Angeles option available) Tax and Fuel surcharge included Per person based on single occupancy Fuel surcharges and taxes are based on November 2016 airfare. Fluctuations in airfare, fuel surcharges and taxes may cause changes to price without notice. Travel Insurance is recommended see the insurance information flier for information about our discounted group insurance plan. Travel insurance may be purchased up until the time of final payment. Pre-tour luncheon briefing included. Tips for local guide and driver included. Payment and Registration: ITINERARY AND PRICING ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. Deadline to register for this tour: Friday, April 7 th Prices are based on a minimum of 16 full-tour participants. Maximum of 28 full-tour participants. $ per person deposit (cash or check only), fully refundable until Tuesday, January 31 st 2017, is required upon application to hold a reservation. Final Payment is due by Friday, April 21 st Final payment can be made by cash, check or major credit card. Space is limited FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Call Naka s Travel Service at to make reservations. Travel Requirements: Passports are required for travel. Passports must be valid for 6 months beyond travel dates with at least two blank visa pages for entry stamps. Valid alien card required for non-us citizens. No visas required for USA passport holders. No immunizations are required for travel, but please consult with your physician concerning what is appropriate for your individual health conditions. Revised: November 23, 2016 Page 7