BMW Machu Picchu Tour - 13 days

In a minimum of time, this tour visits all the highlights of Southern Peru. The actual motorcycle riding starts in Paracas on ‘day 3’. You will ride a BMW F 650 GS or BMW F 800 GS. In Nasca a flight over or a visit to the world famous Nasca-lines is scheduled. The next 2 days is reserved for the best motorcycle road in South America, from Nasca to Cusco. There is (still) no existing road to Machu Picchu, so the visit to the “Lost City of the Inca’s” will be by train. Then over the Altiplano to the shores of Lake Titicaca. Crossing the mighty Andes again on our way to the deepest canyon in the world: Colca Canyon. After looking at the Andean Condors in the wild, the tour ends in ‘the White City’, Arequipa.

Highlights:

Machu Picchu
Nasca lines
600 Km MEGA "Tail of the Dragon"
Lake Titicaca
Islas Ballesta / Paracas
Colca Canyon

Departure-dates:	- 17 March 2012 (FULL) - 4 August 2012
Miles / Kilometers:	1250 / 2000
Road-surface:	Asphalt and about 10% Gravel
Minimum Number of Participants:	5
Maximum Number of Participants:	8

Included:	Not Included :
Flight Arequipa - Lima	Intercontinental flight to Lima vv
Fine first- and middle-class hotels with private shower and toilet, continental breakfast included	Fuel and tolls
Motor-rent for the whole tour *	All entrance-fees for museums, parks, etc.
Multi-lingual guide on a motor	Motor-clothing
Support-vehicle with driver/mechanic	Additional insurance
All transfers	All lunches and dinners
Day-trip to Machu Picchu	Airport-taxes
	Personal expenses

Prices BMW motorcycle:	BMW F 650 GS / BMW F 800 GS
Price Rider:	17 March 2012 US$ 3,675.00 4 August 2012 US$ 3,835.00
Price Passenger:	17 March 2012US$ 1,755.00 4 August 2012 US$ 1,850.00
Extra for a single-room:	US$ 375,00

* On resting-days the motorcycles are not available for riding.

Prices are in US Dollars, per person and based upon a double hotelroom occupancy.
Prices are valid until December 31st 2012.

Full tour-description:

Day 1 and 2 --- Arrival in Lima and Pisco
You will arrive in Lima on day one, the lively capital of Peru, just for one day to travel the following day further south by luxury bus to Pisco. Here we will welcome you and you will meet the team that will support you for the next days on your tour. After an extensive briefing you've got time to explore the surroundings.

Day 3 --- Pisco - Huacachina
Early in the morning we start with a boatride to the Ballestas Islands with their incredible wildlfe. Penguins, seals and millions of seabirds will be your share. These islands are also called 'The Poor Man's Galapagos', a real treat! And then the first day on our motorcycles! We leave Pisco/Paracas through the desert, so we start really off road. We are heading for Huacachina, the most beautiful oasis in the Americas, where we will spend the night. Sandboarding and a spectacular dune-buggy ride wraps the day up.

Day 4 --- Huacachina - Nasca
A relatively short ride through the desert to Nasca. Here you have the opportunity to fly over the world-famous Nasca-lines. Not visible from the ground these lines and figures are there for hundreds of years, still a mistery.

Day 5 --- Nasca - Chalhuanca
Directly behind Nasca the mighty Andes brings us to more than 4.200 meters, where we will meet the lama's and vicuñas. Here starts the best road for motorbikes in South-America. If you have ever ridden the "Dragon's Tale", well this the same... but for hundreds of miles!!!
We pass touristless Puquio, a beautifull little village in the high Andes with a very attractive Plaza de Armas (main-square). And then over the Andes to Chalhuanca.

Day 6 --- Chalhuanca - Ollantaytambo
After an early breakfast and enough of ascending and descending we will, via Abancay, arrive in the "Sacred Valley of the Inca's". We stay the night in Ollantaytambo, a medieval little town with a huge Inca fortress.

Day 7 --- Machu Picchu
Because there is no existing road to Machu Picchu, there is no other option than the train. The lost city of the Incas is something that you cannot skip when visiting Peru. Famous all over the world because of its setting, the architecture and the mystery of this city, in the inaccessible Andes makes it worth while to visit. In the evening we will return to Ollantaytambo, the same way we came... by train.

Day 8 and 9--- Ollantaytambo - Cusco
From Ollantaytambo we ride through the "Sacred Valley of the Inca's" to Cusco, the ancient capitol of the Inca empire. Along the way we will visit a variety of Inca ruins. Some well-known, some unknown, but all very interesting.
The next day is to explore the city of Cusco. PeruMotors will offer her 'World Famous Cusco City Tour by foot'.

Day 10 --- Cusco - Puno
A quiet, but long, connection day, but the views here in the Andes are unforgettable! After passing Sicuani we'll reach the highest point of today on 13,000 feet. Then we enter the Altiplano on our way to Puno. From the harbour in Puno we leave for a little cruise on the Lake Titicaca to the floating islands of the Uros indians.

Day 11 --- Puno - Chivay
We have to cross the Andes once again. Again a long ride to the Colca Canyon. The pay-offs are the spectacular views on the mighty Andes. We end the day near Chivay, a nice little town in the heart of the Colca Canyon, the deepest canyon in the world. More than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon! Here we can wash of the dust in the local hot springs.

Day 12 --- Chivay - Arequipa
We are heading into the Colca Canyon, one of the best spots in the world to see Condors in their natural habitat. But before we are there, we have to challenge again bad roads close to the Canyon, but the surroundings are awesome with lots of Inca terraces on both sides of the canyon.
After visiting "Cruz del Condor" we go to Arequipa, where we will arrive in the afternoon.

Day 13--- Arequipa - Lima
In the morning you'll have all the time to explore this beautiful city once more. In the afternoon the transfer to the airport to get your flight to Lima and your connection to the city of origin.