Main Info
Travel Agent Exclusive Tour
Included |
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Excluded |
International and Domestic flights from Lima to Cusco |
Rates and Dates= |
Aug 14, 2025 |
Hotels (click here for details) |
Hotel Mercure Miraflores Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness Casa del Sol Machu Picchu Boutique Hotel Hilton Garden Inn Cusco |
Itinerary
Arrival in Lima, the "City of Kings" famous for its Spanish Colonial architecture, extraordinary museums, and cuisine. Lima is internationally recognized as the "Gastronomic Capital of the Americas", and its cuisine is considered among the most diverse and exquisite in the world on par with French cuisine. Upon arrival, a host will meet and assist you in transferring to the hotel and registering.
Check-in at the hotel at 2:00 PM.
Overnight in Lima
Meals: None
Breakfast in the hotel.After we will start our Tour of Modern and Colonial Lima including the world-famous Larco Museum - This half-day tour visits both the colonial and modern sections of Lima. Colonial sites include the lovely Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the San Francisco Church, and the exquisite Torre Tagle Palace modern-day seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In modern Lima, drive along the exclusive residential areas of Miraflores and San Isidro. Continue to the Larco Museum, founded in 1926, it displays remarkable chronological galleries providing an excellent overview of 3000 years of development of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. Located in a unique viceroyal mansion of the 18th century built over a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid is surrounded by beautiful gardens. The Larco Museum also features the finest gold and silver collection from Ancient Peru and the famous erotic archaeological collection, one of the most visited Peruvian tourist attractions.
Overnight in Lima
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for a short but spectacular flight over the snowcapped Andes to the oldest inhabited city in the hemisphere, Cusco, (Flight not included, to be booked by the agent). Upon arrival, a host will meet and assist you for immediate transfer to the Sacred Valley.
Visit Awana Kancha, the Living Museum of the Andes This Living Museum of the Andes showcases the South American Camelids such as llamas, vicuñas, guanacos, and alpacas in their native environment. You will also enjoy a spinning and weaving demonstration of ancient techniques on how to make clothing from the wool fibers of these animals. You can also see native flowers and some agricultural terraces from the Inca times.
Overnight in Sacred Valley
Meals: Breakfast
Full-Day Excursion to the Pisac Indian Market and the Ollantaytambo Fortress - Morning departure for a drive through the fertile countryside of the Urubamba Valley to the colonial village of Pisac where a unique Indian Market takes place daily. The variety of products offered is overwhelming, from pottery with reproductions of archaeological pieces, to all kinds of textiles, jewelry, and Peruvian handicrafts. During your visit to this bustling marketplace, you will have the opportunity to bargain with the artisans and indigenous traders. Grab the items you like, you will hardly see the same one again. Continue to the Ollantaytambo archaeological complex, the Incas built it as a fort that included a temple, agricultural terraces, and an urban area. There are two distinct sectors: The religious and worship zone, and the residential area. Ollantaytambo was an important administrative center with probable military functions if one considers the walls and towers. There are also traces of ancient roads and aqueducts. The town of Ollantaytambo is called a "Living Inca Town" since the inhabitants maintain very old practices and customs. Lunch is at a beautiful country estate on the shores of the Urubamba River.
After we will take the train ride (Vistadome train) through the sacred valley of Urubamba to the "Lost City of the Incas," Machu Picchu. Arrive you will meet your tour guide at the station and go to the hotel.
Overnight in Aguas Calientes
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After Breakfast. You will meet the tour guide and ride a bus that will take you to the Machu Picchu citadel. Take as much time as you need to admire these magnificent ruins. You have time at leisure before returning to have lunch at the Café Inkaterra. Following lunch, At the arranged time, return via train to Cusco, you will be transferred from the train station via bus to the hotel.
Overnight in Cusco
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, We will make the Tour of Cusco and Nearby Ruins – Visitors are caught up in the excitement of touring the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, a delightful combination of Inca and colonial architecture. The tour visits important landmarks such us Cusco's Cathedral, Santo Domingo Church, Plaza de Armas, and Koricancha “The Temple of the Sun”. This tour of the oldest continuously inhabited city in the western hemisphere also includes the nearby ruins of Kenko, Puca-Pucara, and Tambomachay as well as the Sacsayhuaman fortress, an imposing example of Inca military architecture. Afternoon at leisure.
Overnight in Cusco
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, enjoy the morning on your own. You will later be transferred to the airport for your departure to Lima (flight not included, to be booked by agent) and your connecting international flight.
Meals: Breakfast