4 days · 3 nights
A white stone city under El Misti, then condors riding the air above the Colca Canyon.
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Ask about datesA short loop from Arequipa: an afternoon in the old city and the Santa Catalina convent, then a drive over the high plains to a night in the Colca Valley. The next morning you watch for condors at the canyon lookout before returning to Arequipa.
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.
Arequipa
Day 1 · Arequipa
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel. The tour starts at the Plaza de Armas and its cathedral, then the Santa Catalina convent, a walled village of coloured lanes and cloisters that was closed to the outside world for centuries. End in Yanahuara and Carmen Alto, with El Misti volcano rising above the city.
Colca Valley
Day 2 · Colca Valley
Drive through Yura and across the Pampa Cañahuas reserve, home to wild vicuñas, then past the Chucura volcano to the Patapampa lookout at about 4,800 metres, with the volcanoes around Arequipa on the horizon. Lunch is in Chivay before you reach your valley hotel, and the afternoon is free.
Colca Canyon and Arequipa
Day 3 · Colca Canyon and Arequipa
Head to the Cruz del Condor lookout above a canyon more than 4,000 metres deep, where condors ride the morning air. On the way back, stop at the riverside villages of Pinchollo, Maca, Achoma and Yanque and at the Antahuilque and Choquetico lookouts, then return to Arequipa after lunch.
Arequipa
Day 4 · Arequipa
Breakfast, then your transfer to the airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Arequipa · 2 nights
Your first and third nights. Or similar
Colca Valley · 1 night
Or similar
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
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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.
A short loop from Arequipa: an afternoon in the old city and the Santa Catalina convent, then a drive over the high plains to a night in the Colca Valley. The next morning you watch for condors at the canyon lookout before returning to Arequipa.
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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