Day 1 · Lima
Arrive in Lima
You are met at the airport and driven to your hotel. Rest after the flight or head out for a first look at the capital.
9 days · 8 nights
Peru's essential south in nine private days, with a night at the foot of Machu Picchu.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesStart with colonial Lima, then fly to Cusco for its Inca temples and the villages of the Sacred Valley. A night in Aguas Calientes gives you a second chance at Machu Picchu before the road over the Andes to Lake Titicaca.
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 driven to your hotel. Rest after the flight or head out for a first look at the capital.
Day 2 · Lima
A guided tour of the UNESCO-listed old town takes in the Plaza de Armas, the 16th-century cathedral and Casa Aliaga, still owned by the family Pizarro granted it to. Continue to Pueblo Libre and the Larco Museum, set on a seventh-century pyramid, before a free afternoon.
Cusco
Day 3 · Cusco
Take a morning flight to Cusco and settle into your hotel. In the afternoon a guide leads you from Coricancha, the Inca temple of the sun, to the cathedral, then up to Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo and Puka Pukara.
Sacred Valley
Day 4 · Sacred Valley
Visit the weaving town of Chinchero and its 17th-century church, then the Living Museum of Yucay, where Inca crafts are still practised and the llamas and alpacas can be fed. Lunch in Ollantaytambo follows a climb up its fortress.
Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes
Day 5 · Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes
Ride the train down the valley to Aguas Calientes and take the bus up to Machu Picchu for a guided tour of the citadel. Back in town there is lunch and a free afternoon, with the night spent close to the ruins.
Aguas Calientes and Cusco
Day 6 · Aguas Calientes and Cusco
The day is yours. Many couples go back up to Machu Picchu to walk to the Sun Gate or climb Huayna Picchu. In the afternoon, the train and a transfer return you to Cusco.
Puno
Day 7 · Puno
A shared tourist bus heads south with stops at the painted church of Andahuaylillas, the Wiracocha Temple at Racchi and lunch in Sicuani. Cross La Raya pass at 4,313 metres and visit the Pucara museum before reaching Puno.
Lake Titicaca
Day 8 · Lake Titicaca
A boat takes you to the Uros, islands built from totora reeds, then on to Taquile, once part of the Inca Empire. Hear about island life, share a meal there and return to Puno.
Puno
Day 9 · Puno
Breakfast, then a transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
+1 day afterA last night in Puno
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Lima · 2 nights
Or similar
Cusco · 2 nights
One night on arrival and one after Machu Picchu. Or similar
Sacred Valley · 1 night
Or similar
Aguas Calientes · 1 night
At the foot of Machu Picchu. Or similar
Puno · 2 nights
On Lake Titicaca. Or similar
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 beside Lake Titicaca for a slower final day, 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.
Start with colonial Lima, then fly to Cusco for its Inca temples and the villages of the Sacred Valley. A night in Aguas Calientes gives you a second chance at Machu Picchu before the road over the Andes to Lake Titicaca.
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.
Other ways to see Peru, closest in length first.
Private tour | 9 days | Lima · Sacred Valley · Cusco | Price on enquiry.
Small group tour | 9 days | Lima · Sacred Valley · Cusco
Private tour | 9 days | Lima · Sacred Valley · Cusco
Small group tour | 8 days | Lima · Cusco · Machu Picchu
