Top Cusco In the Air

The Peru & Galapagos combination is the perfect option for travelers with not a lot of time. You will see the absolute highlights of South America with the Galapagos Islands and the Machu Picchu in Peru. The trip is full of adventure but combined with comfortable family owned hotels. The hotels are tourist superior class. HIGHLIGHTS -Machu Picchu: enjoy the famous ancient Inca ruins -Santa Cruz highlands: walk around giant tortoises in their natural habitat. -Charles Darwin Research Station: known for its turtles, born from 3 inches to 4 feet long. -Bartolome / Floreana / North Seymour: on these uninhabited islands you will find lots of endemic species -Playa Mann: snorkel and enjoy beach time watching the sea lions around you.

For the Incas, Cusco was the bellybutton of the world. A visit to this city and its nearby ruins takes you back to the cosmic kingdom of ancient Andean culture, merged with the colonial imprint of the Spanish conquest, only to be repackaged as a thriving tourist center. The capital of Cusco is known as the gateway to Machu Picchu, one of the 7 wonders of the world. An impressive landscape extends from Andean peaks to cloud forests rich in orchids and Amazonian lowlands. Explore it on foot or with thick tires, rafting in wild rivers or simply challenging local buses to remote corners and worn away by the dust of this powerful cultural department. Our lodge in Puerto Maldonado is located 25 minutes downstream among the Madre de Dios River and very close from the Hearth of the Tambopata National Reserve.

Look Sacred Valley from up high in a splendid helicopter ride. The experience starts at the international airport of Cusco, where you will receive a brief safety talk before takeoff. Once in the air, you will head towards the Sacred Valley, specifically to two of the most magnificent Inca constructions: Maras and Moray. Maras is a salt extraction center that has been operating since the time of the Incas. It is made up of thousands of rectangular water deposits located on the side of a mountain, which together form an out-of-this-world landscape. You will also pass over Moray, an enormous construction of concentric circles that worked as an agricultural laboratory.