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Day 8: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island

Visit the small waterfront town of Puerto Baquerizo, where sea lions rule the waterfront. Excursion options include touring a local interpretation center and time for shopping or a fast-paced long walk to view scenic vistas, followed by a visit to the interpretation center.

Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island

After disembarking onto the small greensand beach, you'll hike up to a plateau, where the view and landscape are so spectacular, they are considered worth the effort.  A steep gully leads up the cliff to a breeding ground that is one of the few places in the Galapágos where you can see all three booby species (red-footed, blue-footed and Nazca boobies) nesting together.  

Day 9: Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island

A highlight of this stop is the Charles Darwin Research Station where scientists, researchers, and educators are committed to studying and preserving the ecosystem of the Galápagos Islands.  Exhibits and pathways are popular with visitors wanting to learn more about aspects of the region. There is a strong tortoise conservation program nurturing hatchlings and young tortoises until they can be released and caring for older tortoises needing attention and for breeding programs to strengthen numbers of some species. You will be able to get close to tortoises in their set-up natural habitats.

Day 10: Disembark ship in Baltra; fly to Lima via Quito

Enjoy breakfast on Celebrity Flora before disembarking and transferring to the Baltra airport for your Quito connection to Lima. Upon arrival at the Quito Airport, a Celebrity representative will be available to assist you with your Lima flight check-in. You will receive a voucher to access the airport VIP lounge in Quito.  After clearing Customs and Immigration in Lima, you’ll be greeted by a Celebrity Cruises representative. A detailed schedule of events will be provided at that time. You’ll enjoy dinner and check into a Grande Deluxe Room at the Westin Lima Hotel.

Day 11: Lima, Peru

This morning you’ll have free time to sleep in, use the hotel’s amenities or explore Lima.   Around noon, your guide will pick you up to start the afternoon tour with a culinary twist. You’ll visit Surquillo, the local food market, enjoy lunch at one of Lima’s gourmet restaurants, and visit the Bohemian district of Barranco. After lunch, you’ll learn how to make traditional cocktails at a mixology class in one of Lima’s trendy spots. You will be back to your hotel late afternoon.

Day 12: Fly from Lima to Cuzco and the Sacred Valley, Peru

Enjoy breakfast in your hotel before leaving for the airport for your flight to Cuzco. Lunch is served at Casa Hacienda Orihuela in The Sacred Valley, where the Orihuelas, a family of great art collectors, will be your hosts. Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay in a Deluxe Terrace room at the Tambo del Inca Luxury Collection hotel in The Sacred Valley.

Day 13: The Sacred Valley, Peru

After breakfast at your hotel, you’ll head to the Urubamba Valley, The Sacred Valley of the Incas. You will tour impressive ruins, featuring terraces carved into the hillside and a temple designed for worship and astronomical observation. You’ll also visit the impressive, well-preserved Inca fortress of Ollantaytambo. After a morning of touring, you will be served lunch at Wayra Ranch. Enjoy this feast led by the prominent Chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino and Nacho Solis while watching a remarkable equestrian show featuring Peruvian Paso horses. After lunch, you will visit the Pablo Seminario workshop that showcases utilitarian and artistic objects. Back at your hotel, the Tambo del Inca Luxury Collection, you’ll enjoy dinner and a free evening.

Day 14: Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu

After breakfast at your hotel, you’ll be transferred to the Ollantaytambo rail station, where you’ll board the Vistadome train offering panoramic views on your way to Machu Picchu where you will explore the city before eating lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge. Afterward, you will have another opportunity to continue to explore Machu Picchu. Before leaving, enjoy teatime at the Sanctuary Lodge. In the late afternoon, you’ll board the world-famous Belmond Hiram Bingham train for your journey from what seems like a bygone era on your way back to Cuzco. On the train, you’ll enjoy welcome aperitifs, dinner, and a selection of wines as well as live local music, dancing, and Pisco sours. You’ll arrive at the Belmond Palacio Nazarenas in Cuzco where you’ll be checked into a Studio Suite for the evening.

Day 15: Cuzco, Peru

After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll embark on a scenic tour of the Coricancha, also known as the “Temple of the Sun” and the Sacsayhuamán fortress. You will also visit the Cathedral, one of the most marvelous Spanish colonial churches in America, housing about 400 colonial paintings from the Cuzco art school, impressive goldsmith, silversmith, and precious stone works. You will visit a local gourmet restaurant for a delicious lunch and then return to your hotel, the Belmond Palacio Nazarenas, where you’ll enjoy dinner and time to spend your free evening as you wish.  .

Day 16: Fly to Lima, Peru

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken to the airport for your morning flight back to Lima. Once in Lima, you’ll visit Lima's historic downtown, where you’ll be served a mouthwatering lunch at a local gourmet restaurant. After lunch, you will tour Peru's Capital and its 2,000 years of history and colonial wealth, where you’ll discover the artistic and contemporary traditions of the city’s residents. Visit Saint Francis' Convent, a masterpiece of colonial architecture, to visit its beautiful courtyards and catacombs. After your tour, you will be taken to the Westin Lima Hotel where you’ll enjoy dinner. If your flight home leaves Saturday evening, you’ll be given a day room to relax in until it’s time for you to be taken to the airport. If your flight home leaves on Sunday, you will be provided a room at the Westin Lima Hotel to spend the evening.

Day 17: Depart Lima

If your flight home leaves on Sunday, after spending the evening at your hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight home.

Note that there is a possibility that experiences, site visits, the order of events are subject to change.