5 days · 4 nights
The short version of Peru, with a guide of your own and no wasted days.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesLand in Lima and see the old town the same afternoon, then fly to Cusco for its Inca temples. A night in the Sacred Valley puts you close to the train for Machu Picchu, and you finish back in Cusco. Touring and transfers are private throughout.
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 to check in. In the afternoon a four-hour tour visits the Larco Museum, Casa Aliaga and the Plaza de Armas with its 16th-century cathedral, returning you to the hotel in the early evening.
Cusco
Day 2 · Cusco
Take a morning flight to Cusco and check in. From about 1 pm a guided tour visits the Santo Domingo convent on the foundations of Coricancha, the cathedral, and the hilltop sites of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo and Puka Pukara.
Sacred Valley
Day 3 · Sacred Valley
Spend an hour in Chinchero, a weaving town with Inca walls and a 17th-century church, then visit the Living Museum of Yucay, where traditional crafts are made by hand. Lunch is in Ollantaytambo before a climb up its fortress.
Machu Picchu and Cusco
Day 4 · Machu Picchu and Cusco
Ride the train down the valley to Aguas Calientes and the bus up to Machu Picchu for a guided tour of about two and a half hours. After lunch in town, the train and a transfer bring you back to Cusco.
Cusco
Day 5 · Cusco
Breakfast, then a transfer 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 · 1 night
Or similar
Cusco · 2 nights
One night on arrival and your last night. Or similar
Sacred Valley · 1 night
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 afternoon tour, 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.
Land in Lima and see the old town the same afternoon, then fly to Cusco for its Inca temples. A night in the Sacred Valley puts you close to the train for Machu Picchu, and you finish back in Cusco. Touring and transfers are private throughout.
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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