Day 1 · Lima
Arrive in Lima
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest or explore a capital whose historic centre is UNESCO listed.
11 days · 10 nights
Southern Peru from the white city of Arequipa to the Inca capital, with guided touring all the way.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesTwo nights in Lima, then fly south to Arequipa and drive up to the Colca Canyon to watch condors. Cross the high plains to Lake Titicaca, take the scenic road to Cusco, and finish with the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and a guided day in the old Inca capital.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
+1 day beforeA night in Lima first
Lima
Day 1 · Lima
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest or explore a capital whose historic centre is UNESCO listed.
Day 2 · Lima
Start at the Larco Museum, a restored mansion on a pre-Columbian pyramid with a rich collection of gold and silver. Visit Casa Aliaga, in the same family since 1535, then walk the colonial centre to the cathedral before a free afternoon.
Arequipa
Day 3 · Arequipa
Fly south to Arequipa and check in. A guided tour starts on the main square and its 17th-century cathedral, continues through the Santa Catalina Monastery, a small walled citadel founded in 1579, and ends with views from Yanahuara and Carmen Alto.
Colca Valley
Day 4 · Colca Valley
Leave the city through Yura and cross the Pampa Cañahuas reserve, where vicuña graze, to the Patapampa lookout at 4,800 metres and its ring of volcanoes. Lunch is in Chivay, with the afternoon free at your hotel.
Colca Canyon and Puno
Day 5 · Colca Canyon and Puno
Watch condors glide past the Cruz del Condor lookout, then visit the valley villages of Pinchollo, Maca, Achoma and Yanque. In the afternoon drive across the high plains past the stone forests of Patahuasi to Puno, on Lake Titicaca.
Lake Titicaca
Day 6 · Lake Titicaca
A boat takes you to the Uros, islands built by hand from totora reeds. Sail on to Taquile, a Quechua-speaking island with Inca ruins, for a look at local customs and lunch before returning to Puno.
Cusco
Day 7 · Cusco
A tourist bus heads north with stops at the Pucara museum, La Raya pass at 4,313 metres, lunch in Sicuani, the Wiracocha Temple at Racchi and the painted church of Andahuaylillas, arriving in Cusco by evening.
Sacred Valley
Day 8 · Sacred Valley
Visit the Andean town of Chinchero and its 17th-century church, then the Yucay Museum of Living Culture to see weaving and pottery made the Inca way. After a local lunch, walk Ollantaytambo's old streets and climb its fortress.
Machu Picchu and Cusco
Day 9 · Machu Picchu and Cusco
A two-hour train ride brings you to Aguas Calientes and a short bus ride up to Machu Picchu. There is time for lunch in town before the train returns you to Cusco.
Cusco
Day 10 · Cusco
A guided day from the Santo Domingo convent and the Coricancha sun temple to the cathedral, then up to Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo and Puka Pukara for views over the city.
Day 11 · Cusco
Breakfast, then a transfer to Cusco airport for your onward flight.
+1 day afterA last night in Cusco
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Lima · 2 nights
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Arequipa · 1 night
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Colca Valley · 1 night
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Puno · 2 nights
On Lake Titicaca. Or similar
Cusco · 3 nights
One night on arrival and two after Machu Picchu. Or similar
Sacred Valley · 1 night
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Add a few days before or after. Your advisor quotes them with the journey.
Before the journey · +1 day
Arrive a day early and rest before the journey begins, at the same hotel level.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on for a slower final day in Cusco, at the same hotel level.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Peru
7 days · 6 nights
Lima → Cusco → Sacred Valley → Cusco → Puno
A night in Lima, then up to Cusco for the old Inca capital and a night in the Sacred Valley. A train carries you to Machu Picchu and back to Cusco, before a full day crossing the altiplano to Puno, where a boat takes you to the Uros and Taquile islands on Lake Titicaca.
Peru
13 days · 12 nights
Lima → Cusco → Sacred Valley → Machu Picchu → Cusco → Nauta
You start with a food market and a bike ride through Lima, then head into the Sacred Valley for a llama-escorted walk and a village visit. Machu Picchu comes next, by train or on foot, with a sunrise return to the ruins. You finish with four nights on a small riverboat from Nauta into the Amazon basin.
Peru
9 days · 8 nights
Lima → Sacred Valley → Aguas Calientes → Cusco
Two nights in Lima ease you in, then you fly to Cusco and head straight down to the Sacred Valley for two quiet nights. A night in Aguas Calientes gives you Machu Picchu with time to spare, and three nights in Cusco finish with a horse ride, a walking tour and a free day.
Two nights in Lima, then fly south to Arequipa and drive up to the Colca Canyon to watch condors. Cross the high plains to Lake Titicaca, take the scenic road to Cusco, and finish with the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and a guided day in the old Inca capital.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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