TORONTO – QUITO  Depart from Toronto to Quito with Avianca Airlines via El Salvador. Upon arrival, welcome and transfer to your hotel.

QUITO  Enjoy breakfast. This morning, begin your private tour of Quito, an urban jewel of art and architecture. Begin at Independence Plaza seeing important sites such as the Cathedral, the Presidential Palace, the Municipal Building and the Archbishop’s Palace. Visit the temple of La Compañía de Jesús, then continue on to the Monastery of San Francisco. Drive 15 minutes north of the city to the Equatorial Monument and Ethnographic Museum which features exhibits showing the different Native American groups living in Ecuador. Get your certificate for having crossed the Equator.

QUITO – GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (CRUISE)  After breakfast, take your shared transfer to the airport to board your flight to the Galapagos Islands. Upon arrival, a naturalist guide will transfer you to the pier to board the M/V Galapagos Legend, a boutique expedition ship. Depending on seasonality and weather conditions, itineraries and wildlife will vary. Many visitors spot red and blue-footed boobies, penguins, sea lions, giant tortoises and other fascinating wildlife.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (CRUISE)  Continue your astonishing journey in the Galapagos Islands with daily lectures, excursions, activities and relaxation aboard your vessel.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (CRUISE) – QUITO – LIMA  After breakfast, your exploration comes to an end. Transfer to Baltra Airport and board your flight to Lima. Arrival and transfer to your hotel for overnight.

LIMA  After breakfast, enjoy a memorable day in the captivating capital of Peru. Lima was founded in 1535 and was once the capital of Spain’s South American Empire for 300 years; it is also known as the City of Kings. Enjoy a private morning city tour featuring the Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the 17th century Baroque Cathedral and Church of San Francisco and the Palacio de Torre Tagle, Lima’s most elegant colonial mansion. Also visit the Larco Museum. Enjoy the rest of your day at leisure.

LIMA – CUZCO  Fly to the beautiful city of Cuzco which was once the capital of the Inca Empire. Enjoy an afternoon excursion including an historic city tour and a visit to the sites of Sacsayhuamán, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay located just outside the city.

CUZCO — MACHU PICCHU — CUZCO  In the morning, journey by train to the fabled ‘Lost City of the Incas’, arguably the most important archaeological site in South America. The Machu Picchu Citadel was built by the Incas as a favoured retreat for Inca nobility, and remarkably until 1911, it lay hidden from the world amongst dense jungle covered mountains. Following a guided tour of the ruins, enjoy lunch then return to Cuzco by evening for overnight.

CUZCO – PISAC – CUZCO  After breakfast, enjoy a full-day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas including the colonial town of Písac and the ruins of Ollantaytambo, a wellpreserved Inca site in the Urubamba Valley. Following lunch, return to Cuzco via Lake Huayro and Izcuchaca.

CUZCO — LIMA  Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. Private transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima. Upon arrival in Lima, check in at your airport hotel.>

LIMA — TORONTO  Very early morning, board your flight home to Toronto.