Day 1 · Lima
Arrive in Lima
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel. Rest after the flight or step out into the old City of Kings, whose historic centre is UNESCO listed.
9 days · 8 nights
A private honeymoon through the Inca heartland, with slow afternoons, shared dinners and a night beside Machu Picchu.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesTwo 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.
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. Rest after the flight or step out into the old City of Kings, whose historic centre is UNESCO listed.
Day 2 · Lima
A free morning, then lunch at the Larco Museum's restaurant before a tour of its pre-Columbian gold and silver. Visit Casa de Aliaga and the Plaza de Armas, then freshen up for a Peruvian dinner at a local restaurant.
Sacred Valley
Day 3 · Sacred Valley
Fly to Cusco in the morning and drive down to the Sacred Valley. On the way, visit the Yucay Museum of Living Culture and take part in a traditional Andean ceremony, where a shaman offers a blessing for your journey. The afternoon is free at your hotel.
Day 4 · Sacred Valley
Drive to Moray, where rings of Inca terraces drop into the earth with up to 15°C between top and bottom. Continue to the salt pools of Maras, worked since Inca times, then enjoy a traditional lunch and a free afternoon.
Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes
Day 5 · Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes
A two-hour train ride brings you to Aguas Calientes and the bus up to Machu Picchu. Your guide shows you the main square, the royal rooms, the Temple of the Three Windows and the sundial, then it is back to town for lunch and a free afternoon.
Aguas Calientes and Cusco
Day 6 · Aguas Calientes and Cusco
Spend the morning as you like: back up to Machu Picchu for Huayna Picchu, the Sun Gate or the short walk to the Inca Bridge, or simply around the town. After lunch, take the train and a transfer to Cusco for dinner in the city.
Cusco
Day 7 · Cusco
A morning ride takes you out through farmland and villages with views back over the city. In the afternoon, walk from Coricancha to the cathedral and on to San Pedro market to taste local chocolate and cheese, before dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 8 · Cusco
Wander the cobbled streets, visit museums or shop at your own pace. The Cusco tourist ticket, bought locally, opens 16 sites in and around the city.
Day 9 · Cusco
Breakfast, then you are accompanied to Cusco airport for your 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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Sacred Valley · 2 nights
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Aguas Calientes · 1 night
At the foot of Machu Picchu. Or similar
Cusco · 3 nights
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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 one more slow 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
4 days · 3 nights
Arequipa → Colca Valley → Arequipa
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.
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.
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.
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