An Introduction to Peru – 8-Day Example Tour Experience

In Lima

Arrival to Lima’s international airport. Reception and transfer to the selected hotel.
Overnight Hotel B / Belmond Miraflores Park

Lima City Tour & Culinary Experience

Breakfast at hotel. You will be picked up at your hotel and driven to a local fresh produce market in order to start the tour. During the visit to the local market, you will have the chance to see the ingredients used to prepare Peru’s most traditional dishes and also you will be able to try some of its unique native fruits. We will then head towards a renowned Peruvian restaurant for Lunch. In the afternoon, you will embark on a city tour of colonial Lima. This tour includes the main square where the Government Palace, the Cathedral, and the Municipal Palace are found. Also a visit to San Francisco Monastery and Casa Aliaga is included.
Overnight Hotel B / Belmond Miraflores Park

Lima / Sacred Valley

After breakfast, transfer to Lima’s airport for flight to Cusco. Arrival in Cusco and transfer to the Sacred Valley. Afternoon free to acclimatize to the altitude.
Overnight Hotel Rio Sagrado/Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba/ Sol y Luna Lodge & Spa

Sacred Valley of the Incas / VIP Outdoor Lunch Experience

Breakfast at hotel. The first port of call this morning is the picturesque town of Pisaq which is famous for its local crafts market. In this market one has the opportunity to haggle with the local vendors. We will have a special outdoors VIP lunch experience overlooking the Andes. Our journey then proceeds to Ollantaytambo where you will admire and awe at this majestic Incan fortress.
Overnight Hotel Rio Sagrado/Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba/ Sol y Luna Lodge & Spa
Overnight Hotel Rio Sagrado/Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba/ Sol y Luna Lodge & Spa

Machu Picchu

Early breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the train station. Departure for Machu Picchu in a panoramic ride which takes about 2 hours. Arrival to Aguas Calientes. Transfer to the citadel by a bus shuttle service. Guided tour throughout the Sacred Citadel of the Incas. The visit includes the Intihuatana (the Solar Clock) the Watchtower, the Incas Palace, the Three Windows among others.
Overnight Inkaterra Machu Picchu / Sumaq Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu / Cusco

Breakfast at hotel. Morning free to explore Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain. On the afternoon depart by train back to Cusco.
Overnight Belmond Hotel Monasterio / Nazarenas or La Casona Inkaterra

Cusco / City Tour & Four Ruins

Breakfast at hotel. We will begin visiting the Koricancha, a wonderful Ceremonial construction built during the Incas heydays. Afterwards we will visit the Cathedral of Cusco. At the Cathedral visitors may see beautiful old paintings, including the famous painting, of the Last Supper, showing Christ and the apostles about to dine on guinea pig. Later on, we will drive to the northern outskirts of Cusco, towards the Inca building such as Sacsayhuaman.

Here we will walk through huge Inca walls, built with massive rocks weighing up to 130 tons, well fitted, with absolute perfection. Then, we will move onto another important Inca site known as Qenqo, a strange place with subterranean passages, hiding in its interior perfect carved stones where the Incas probably mummify their deads. To finish off our City tour, we will drive further up to visit the Inca Baths of Tambomachay and the military lookout point of Pucapucara. and finally back to Cusco.
Overnight Belmond Hotel Monasterio/Nazarenas or La Casona Inkaterra

Cusco / Home Destination

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Cusco’s airport for your flight back home.