Here’s a new twist on a repeat destination for Singles in Paradise where we will be visiting Lake Titicaca in addition to Cuzco and Machu Picchu a fascinating spot called the Lost City of the Incas. We start off by spending 2 days in Cuzco, the center of the Incan world.  We’ll tour the city and ruins including the Temple of the Sacred Water and we’ll even have an opportunity to mountain bike through the Sacred Valley. Then we’ll take the Inca Express train through the unforgettable Urubamba Gorge for our 2-night visit to Machu Picchu where we can trek through the final stretch of the Inca Trail. There are really no words to explain Machu Picchu adequately except to say it is majestic and magical. With surreal clouds that hang from the surrounding mountains it appears as if these sacred ruins are leaping out from a fantasy. It is one of my favorite places on earth. From there we’ll spend one more night in Cusco and then take a train to Puno and the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world. We’ll enjoy the incredible view of the herds of alpaca and llamas grazing on these highland pampas, interspersed with small villages, and the majestic backdrop of the Andes. Here, indigenous culture is at its height despite modernization of the rest of the Andes. The Uros Islands are divided into 35 floating islands with about 1000 habitants divided into 250 families.  In the 13th century the Uros Indians took refuge in the middle of the lake’s water in order to escape slavery and fighting with the Incas. We’ll even have an opportunity to stay with the locals. Then we’ll visit to the famous pre-inca tombs of Sillustani on the way, located on the shores of the solitary Umayo Lagoon, these tombs or “Chullpas” with circular shaped towers were a cemetery for the religious leaders of Tiawanacu Culture almost 2000 years ago. We’ll head back to Lima, spend the night, and enjoy a final city tour.

Cost: 10 DAYS, 8 NIGHTS - $2,289

INCLUDES:

• Round trip international air from LAX (deduct $490 with your own air)
• 8-nights accommodations (double occ.)
• Domestic air
• All ground transportation
• Daily Breakfast
• 2 lunches
• 2 dinners
• All entrance fees

DOES NOT INCLUDE:

• Departure taxes or any fuel surcharge (currently at $318)

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