Pachacamac
half day Tour
Highlights: Lima, Pachacamac
Season: Year-round.
Visiting these well preserved ruins will give you a feeling of stepping back in time to around 200 A.D. At this archaeological site you will see the location the Inca believed Pachacamac (Pacha Kamaq in Quechua) had created the first man and women on earth.
Pachacamac half day Tour
Trip Details
Itinerary
This tour can be organized in the morning or afternoon.
The tour guide will pick you up at 9:00 am or 2:00 pm from your hotel. We suggest that you book your hotel in Miraflores making it about a 50-minute drive. Heavy traffic is common in Lima, and being in that part of the city will make it a shorter trip. On the way, you will pass famous districts of Lima, as your guide shares with you some interesting historic faqs.
Once you arrive in Pachacamac, you will start your guided tour. Your guide will take you on a walking tour exploring this famous site which consists of palaces, pyramids, temples like the temple of the sun, and the Temple of Pachacamac. Acllawasi was a palace of the virgins, and the whole area was considered holy.
These Precolumbian ruins are located in the Lurin Valley, which is South of Lima. This area has great weather and can be visited at any time of the year.
On this tour, we will have the chance to visit one of the better districts of Lima, Barranco. Located here is “ El Puente de Los Suspiros” (sighs Bridge), El Salto del Fraile (Friar’s Cliff), and Los Pantanos de Villa ( Lima’s ecological reserve). You will enjoy the views of the Pacific Ocean.
The tour lasts about 3 and a half hours and finishes with the transfer back to your hotel in Lima.
Inclusions
Included
- English speaking tour guide
- Private transportation
- All entrance fees
- Taxes.
Not Included
- Meals and drinks
- Tips
Price
Passenger 2 – 3 4 -5 6 -7 8 more Price Per person $80 pp $65 pp $55 pp $45 pp
Pachacamac half day Tour
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Alpaca Expeditions is a 100% peruvian, indigenous owned company. Started by Raul Ccolque, a former porter and tour guide, Alpaca Expeditions separates ourselves by our dedication to both our customer and our team. We work very hard to make sure that all our clients needs are taken care of throughout the tour with us. At the same time, we never forget about our brothers and sisters working tirelessly for us to make all of this possible. Responsible and sustainable tourism that gives as much to our community as to our clients.
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Everyone on the Alpaca Team is from Cusco region, living the traditions and history they share with you while on one of our tours. Our guides are all graduates of university studying tourism, history and english. Our chefs are trained every February by a professional cooking team learning new meals, adding varieties of entrees for all types of eating. And all our porters are from HUARQUI, HUACAHUASI, PATACANCHA, QUISWARANI, CANCHACANCHA, QUEYUPAY, UMACHURCO and CCACCACCOLLO villages, very often working this job on top of maining their farms back at home. Most of our team has been with us for years, as we have the most loyal, hard working, happy employees in Cusco. We know how lucky we are to have the best team trekking and you will immediately fall in love with all the men and women who call Alpaca Expeditions their home.
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Alpaca Expeditions would not be where we are today without these hardworking men and women. We could not imagine a harder job and our team does it smiling. We do our best to thank them for their hard work and loyalty by doing as much as we can to make their lives and their families lives better. All our porters receive all their equipment for free from warm winter hats to proper hiking boots. They sleep in proper tents and are given warm sleeping bags for night. They enjoy the same food we serve our clients and all leftovers are donated to their families. We visit their villages with doctors and dentists, donate school supplies and sports equipment. And our favorite time of the year is when we bring a group of porters and their families to Machu Picchu to visit the ruins for the first time.
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Extra information
Alpaca Expeditions is always ready to make your trip safe and as easy as possible for you. Because these trips are a bit more complicated than your typical tour, we have put together some notes on logistics, storage, and even recommendations on where to stay in Cusco. And of course our team is ready to answer any other question, as we promise to be your partner from the moment you first contact us to our last goodbye in Cusco.
Alpaca Expeditions Recognitions
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
In the pursuit to stand out from the rest, Alpaca Expeditions has obtained four ISOs plus our carbon footprint certificate to date. These achievements result from our efforts to implement the internationally-recognized integrated management system. They also represent our commitment to all of our clients and staff of operating sustainability and responsibility in every way possible.