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Luxury Cajamarca Tours & Travel
Spa of the Incas
La Iglesia de San Francisco, Cajamarca.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
Land Price (3 days/2 nights)
Imperial US$ 560
The land price includes escorted transfers, private excursions with professional guides and chauffeurs, entrance fees, indicated category of accommodations, all meals except beverages, all transportation except air flights, and travel insurance for guests through the age of 59 years. Over that age, there is a supplementary fee. All prices are per person based on two people sharing a guest room. For a detailed description of our services, see About Our Tours. Season: May through October. Cajamarca is offered only as an extension to another tour in the Northern Kingdoms.
Intra-Tour Air Flights & Fares
Air fares are in addition to the land price.
Intra-Tour Air Flights & Fares shows South American air flights needed for this tour and the fares.
Cajamarca is a city of colonial charm, rolling Andean countryside, and home to the important archaeological sites of Ventanillas de Otuzco and Cumbemayo. It is a place of great historical significance -- in this city, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured, imprisoned, ransomed and executed Inca Emperor Atahualpa, unleashing the destruction of Inca civilization. Travelers may stroll in the town square -- site of the first and decisive battle between the Spanish and the Inca -- and visit the ransom rooms that were filled with gold and silver by legions of loyal Inca subjects in the attempt to buy the freedom of their doomed regent.
Highlights
Cajamarca
Day 1: Lima - Cajamarca (Colonial Quarter & Ventanillas de Otuzco). Morning transfer to the airport. Flight to Cajamarca. Reception and transfer to your hotel. Cajamarca was a major center of the Inca Empire. It is most famous for being the place of first contact between Pizarro and the Inca army. Morning light trek through the countryside. Then we visit a pre-Inca cemetery. After lunch at El Querubino, an exploration of the major attractions of the city, including the Ransom Room, which Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, filled once with gold and twice with silver so as to obtain his freedom in 1532. At Santa Apolonia Hill, view the scenic Valley of Cajamarca from the ceremonial Inca throne. Return to the hotel to enjoy its swimming pools with thermal waters. Dinner and overnight in the Hotel & Spa Laguna Seca Hot Springs -- Suite.
Day 2: Cajamarca (Cumbemayo). Drive to the unusually-shaped rock formations of Cumbemayo and a pre-Inca aqueduct carved into natural stone. Lunch at La Pascan. Afternoon at the Baños del Inca. Dinner and overnight in the Hotel & Spa Laguna Seca Hot Springs -- Suite.
Lima
Day 3: Cajamarca - Lima. Transfer to the airport. Morning Flight to Lima.
Pre-Inca Ventanillas of Otuzco, Cajamarca.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
Day 1: Lima - Cajamarca (Colonial Quarter & Ventanillas de Otuzco)
Breakfast. Morning transfer to the airport for the flight to Cajamarca. Arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel. A major center of the Inca Empire, the city is most famous for being the place of first contact between Pizarro and the Inca army, which he defeated shortly thereafter in a one-sided battle during which he captured Atahualpa, the last of the independent Inca monarchs. Although the Inca city was razed to the ground, Cajamarca boasts many beautiful colonial buildings as well as the Inca-era "Ransom Room," where Atahualpa was kept as a prisoner of the Spaniards before being garroted.
Morning light trek through the Cajamarca countryside to see local people in their daily activities, including children going to school. Then we visit the Ventanillas de Otuzco, a pre-Inca cemetery that features a gallery of secondary burial niches. After lunch at El Querubino, an exploration of the major attractions of the city: the Main Square, the 17th century Cathedral, the 18th century San Francisco Church with its Museum of Religious Art, the Ransom Room (which Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, filled once with gold and twice with silver so as to obtain his freedom in 1532) and the Belen Church, constructed entirely of sculpted volcanic rock. Along the way, we'll take a delicious cup of coffee at a local cafeteria. At Santa Apolonia Hill, view the scenic Valley of Cajamarca from the ceremonial Inca throne. Return to the hotel to enjoy its swimming pools with thermal waters. A massage at the spa is optional at additional cost. Farewell dinner and overnight in the Hotel & Spa Laguna Seca Hot Springs.
Inca aqueduct, Cumbemayo, Cajamarca.
Photo: Mylene d'Auriol Stoessel.
Day 2: Cajamarca (Cumbemayo)
Breakfast. Drive to the unusually-shaped rock formations of Cumbemayo and a pre-Inca aqueduct carved into natural stone. Lunch at La Pascan. Afternoon at the Baños del Inca. Dinner and overnight in the Hotel & Spa Laguna Seca Hot Springs.
Day 3: Cajamarca - Lima
Breakfast. Morning transfer to the airport. Flight to Lima.
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