Day 1 · Lima
Arrive in Lima
You are met at the airport and driven to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest after the flight or take a first walk through Peru's capital, whose historic centre is UNESCO listed.
15 days · 14 nights
The whole of southern Peru by road, from the desert coast to the Inca heartland, at a private pace.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesBegin in Lima and follow the coast to Paracas and Nasca, then climb inland to Arequipa and the Colca Canyon. Cross the high plains to Lake Titicaca and finish among the Inca sites of Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
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. The rest of the day is free to rest after the flight or take a first walk through Peru's capital, whose historic centre is UNESCO listed.
Day 2 · Lima
A guided morning starts at the Larco Museum, with its gold and silver pieces and pottery, then visits Casa de Aliaga, the oldest colonial mansion in the city. Finish on the Plaza de Armas beside the Government Palace and the cathedral, with the afternoon free.
Paracas
Day 3 · Paracas
A private drive south to Paracas, with the rest of the day at leisure. Relax by the sea or explore the Paracas National Reserve, known for its marine wildlife, sculpted rock and orange dunes.
Ballestas Islands and Nasca
Day 4 · Ballestas Islands and Nasca
A morning boat trip circles the Ballestas Islands, home to sea lions, pelicans, boobies and Humboldt penguins, and passes the Paracas Candelabra carved into the hillside. In the afternoon you continue inland to Nasca.
Nasca and Arequipa
Day 5 · Nasca and Arequipa
A 30-minute flight over the desert shows the Nasca Lines taking shape below: a spider, a condor, a monkey. Back on the ground, it is a long road to Arequipa and a quiet evening at your hotel.
Arequipa
Day 6 · Arequipa
A guided day begins on the Plaza de Armas and its cathedral, then wanders the colourful lanes of the Santa Catalina Monastery, a walled 16th-century world of its own. Finish in Yanahuara and Carmen Alto for views of the Misti volcano.
Colca Valley
Day 7 · Colca Valley
Drive out through the Yura district and across the Pampa Cañahuas, where wild vicuña graze, to the Patapampa lookout at 4,910 metres. Lunch is in Chivay before a free afternoon at your Colca hotel.
Day 8 · Colca Valley
Head to the Cruz del Condor lookout over one of the deepest canyons in the world, where condors ride the morning thermals. Then visit valley villages with colonial churches, pre-Inca terraces at Ocolle and the Uyo Uyo site.
Puno
Day 9 · Puno
A free morning at your hotel, then an afternoon drive through the Salinas and Aguada Blanca reserve and the stone forests of Patahuasi to Puno, on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
Lake Titicaca
Day 10 · Lake Titicaca
A boat takes you to the Uros, islands woven from totora reeds by the people who live on them. Sail on to Taquile for a look at the island's customs, Inca ruins and lunch before returning to Puno.
Cusco
Day 11 · Cusco
A shared tourist bus crosses the altiplano at up to 4,313 metres, stopping at Pukara, the Wiracocha Temple at Racchi and the painted church of Andahuaylillas. You are met in Cusco and taken to your hotel.
Day 12 · Cusco
A free morning in the cobbled streets, then a guided afternoon from Coricancha and the cathedral up to Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo and Puka Pukara above the city.
Sacred Valley
Day 13 · Sacred Valley
Visit the Andean town of Chinchero and its 17th-century church, then the Yucay Museum of Living Culture to see weaving and pottery made the old way. After a local lunch, walk the Inca streets of Ollantaytambo and climb its fortress.
Machu Picchu and Cusco
Day 14 · Machu Picchu and Cusco
Take the train along the valley to Aguas Calientes and go up to Machu Picchu for a guided tour of the citadel. After lunch in town, the train and a transfer bring you back to Cusco.
Cusco
Day 15 · Cusco
Breakfast, then a transfer to Cusco airport for your onward 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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Paracas · 1 night
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Nasca · 1 night
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Arequipa · 2 nights
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Colca Valley · 2 nights
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Puno · 2 nights
On Lake Titicaca. Or similar
Cusco · 3 nights
Two nights on arrival and your last night. Or similar
Sacred Valley · 1 night
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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 in Cusco for a slower final day in the city, 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.
Begin in Lima and follow the coast to Paracas and Nasca, then climb inland to Arequipa and the Colca Canyon. Cross the high plains to Lake Titicaca and finish among the Inca sites of Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
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.
Small group tour | 15 days | Lima · Paracas · Sacred Valley | Price on enquiry.
River and ocean cruise | 14 days | Lima · Nauta · Arequipa
River and ocean cruise | 13 days | Lima · Cusco · Nauta
Small group tour | 13 days | Lima · Arequipa · Aguas Calientes
