Day 1 · Lima
Arrive in Lima
You check in to a hotel just across from the airport terminal.
- Overnight
- Wyndham Grand Costa del Sol Lima Airport
12 days · 11 nights
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How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Lima
Day 1 · Lima
You check in to a hotel just across from the airport terminal.
Cusco and Sacred Valley
Day 2 · Cusco and Sacred Valley
You fly to Cusco and drive to Lamay, then cycle an easy route to a hacienda for lunch with its owner. In the afternoon you settle into your resort and take a short walk nearby.
Sacred Valley
Day 3 · Sacred Valley
You walk from a hill community across the Maras plateau down to the circular terraces of Moray and picnic on the way. Later you visit the salt pans of Maras, worked since before the Incas and now owned by two local communities.
Machu Picchu
Day 4 · Machu Picchu
From Ollantaytambo the train drops you at KM 104, and you hike with a guide to the Sun Gate and your first view of Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu and Cusco
Day 5 · Machu Picchu and Cusco
You walk the ruins in the early morning mist, then take a panoramic train to Ollantaytambo and drive on to Cusco.
Cusco
Day 6 · Cusco
After a briefing on the trek ahead, you walk Cusco's cathedral and the Santo Domingo Temple with a local expert. The afternoon is free.
Cachora and Chiquisca
Day 7 · Cachora and Chiquisca
You drive across the Anta plateau to Cachora and meet your crew and pack horses at Capuliyoc. After a first glimpse of Choquequirao, you drop steeply into the canyon to camp at Chiquisca.
Marampata
Day 8 · Marampata
You cross the Apurimac on a suspension bridge and climb a zigzag trail to the upland meadows, where Choquequirao first comes into full view. You camp at about 9,350 feet.
Choquequirao
Day 9 · Choquequirao
You walk through cloud forest to the ridge-top city and spend the day among its terraces, temples, baths and water channels. Condors often circle above the Waterfall Temple and the main plaza.
Chiquisca
Day 10 · Chiquisca
At sunrise you cross the Marampata meadows past old Inca storehouses and descend to the river. After the crossing you make your last camp at Chiquisca.
Capuliyoc and Cusco
Day 11 · Capuliyoc and Cusco
You climb past orchid-hung trees to the Capuliyoc pass, then ride back to Cusco. A celebration dinner of modern Peruvian cooking ends the trek.
Cusco and Lima
Day 12 · Cusco and Lima
After a free morning you fly to Lima, rest in a day room and walk across to the airport for your flight home.
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.
You warm up in the Sacred Valley with a bike ride to a hacienda and a walk from the Maras plateau to the terraces of Moray. Then you hike the last stretch of the Inca Trail to the Sun Gate and return to Machu Picchu at sunrise. After a day in Cusco, you set out on a five-day trek with a pack train down into the Apurimac Canyon and up to the ruins of Choquequirao.
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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