The Grand Tour of Peru
The ultimate coast-to-jungle odyssey — Lima, the Moche north, the white peaks of Huaraz, the desert and Nazca Lines, Arequipa and Colca, Titicaca, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Amazon.
Your journey, stop by stop
A day to remember
Welcome to Lima
Arrival in Lima
Welcome to Peru! Touch down in the capital and transfer to your hotel to settle in.
🍽️ No meals included
Lima city tour & Museo Larco
Miraflores & San Isidro
Begin along the Pacific cliffs, taking in Lima's smart, leafy seaside districts and the wide ocean views.
Huaca Pucllana
Pause at the great pre-Inca adobe pyramid that has survived the city growing up all around it.
Colonial old town
Explore the UNESCO historic centre: the Plaza Mayor, Government Palace and Cathedral, and the Santo Domingo convent that guards the relics of Peru's saints.
Museo Larco
Finish at the Larco Museum and its dazzling pre-Columbian ceramics — including the famous erotic gallery — then return to Larcomar or your hotel.
🍽️ Breakfast
Fly to Chiclayo: Lord of Sipán
Arrival in Chiclayo
Fly north to Chiclayo and transfer to your hotel, with a free morning to rest.
Huaca Rajada
Head out to the great adobe platform of Huaca Rajada, where the world-famous Lord of Sipán was unearthed amid gold and precious stones of the Moche civilisation.
Royal Tombs Museum
Visit the striking Tumbas Reales museum to take in the dazzling treasures and history of the find before returning to Chiclayo.
🍽️ Breakfast
On to Trujillo: Chan Chan
Bus to Trujillo
An early transfer for the scenic three-and-a-half-hour drive down the coast to Trujillo, and on to your hotel.
Chan Chan
In the afternoon, explore the vast adobe city of Chan Chan and its Nik-An palace — ceremonial plazas, reservoirs and funerary platforms carved with high-relief friezes.
Huanchaco
End at the fishing cove of Huanchaco, where reed 'caballitos de totora' boats still ride the surf as they did in Moche times.
🍽️ Breakfast
Moche Valley & night bus to Huaraz
Huaca del Sol & Huaca de la Luna
Tour the Moche Valley temples — the Huaca del Sol, raised with over 100 million adobe bricks, and the beautifully frescoed Huaca de la Luna, six superimposed temples in one.
Museo Huacas de Moche
Visit the site museum to bring the buried Moche city and its artistry to life.
Overnight bus to Huaraz
In the evening, board the night bus climbing into the Cordillera Blanca, sleeping aboard.
🍽️ Breakfast
Callejón de Huaylas & Llanganuco
Arrival in Huaraz
Reach Huaraz (3,300 m) in the morning and set out into the Callejón de Huaylas beneath the Cordillera Blanca and Huascarán, Peru's highest peak at 6,768 m.
Andean villages
Pass pretty highland towns — Carhuaz, with its creamy fruit-milk ice cream — and Yungay, with its poignant memorial to the town buried in the 1970 earthquake.
Llanganuco Lake
Enter Huascarán National Park to reach the turquoise Chinancocha lagoon, ringed by queñua woodland, before returning to Huaraz.
🍽️ Breakfast
Chavín de Huántar & night bus to Lima
Over the Cahuish tunnel
Climb past the 'map of Peru' rock profile and through the Cahuish tunnel (4,550 m) into the Conchucos valley.
Chavín de Huántar
Explore the 3,000-year-old temple of Chavín de Huántar — its tenon heads, the carved Lanzón monolith, underground galleries, ceremonial plazas and the Portico of the Falcons.
Chavín museum & night bus
Visit the modern site museum, then take the evening bus back towards Lima, sleeping aboard.
🍽️ Breakfast
On to Paracas
Fly to Lima
From Huaraz, fly down to Lima and connect to the coastal bus south.
Arrival in Paracas
After around four hours, reach the seaside town of Paracas and transfer to your hotel, with the rest of the day free to relax.
🍽️ Breakfast
Ballestas, Ica wine & Huacachina
Ballestas Islands
Cruise out to the rocky Ballestas Islands to see Humboldt penguins, sea lions, herons and clouds of seabirds.
Tacama winery
Drive on to Ica and the historic Tacama estate, one of the oldest in the Americas, for a typical lunch, a vineyard tour and a sommelier-led tasting of its wines and piscos.
Huacachina oasis & dune buggy
Reach the palm-fringed Huacachina lagoon, the 'oasis of America', for a thrilling buggy ride over towering dunes, then transfer on to Nazca.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Nazca Lines & night bus to Arequipa
Flight over the Nazca Lines
Take to the air from the María Reiche aerodrome for a flight over the mysterious Nazca Lines — the condor, the hummingbird, the spider and more etched across the desert.
Overnight bus to Arequipa
In the afternoon, board a comfortable sleeper bus for the long scenic journey south to Arequipa.
🍽️ Breakfast
The White City of Arequipa
Arrival & rest
Arrive at dawn and transfer to your hotel, with a free morning to rest and acclimatise (2,400 m).
Historic centre
In the afternoon, tour the city of white sillar stone — the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral and the Jesuit La Compañía church.
Santa Catalina Monastery
Wander the colourful lanes of the Santa Catalina Monastery, a city within the city and one of Peru's most extraordinary religious monuments.
Yanahuara viewpoint
Visit the colonial Yanahuara district, famed for its Andalusian-style church and its mirador over the volcanoes.
🍽️ Breakfast
Over the altiplano to Colca
Aguada Blanca vicuña reserve
Leave Arequipa past Yura and the Aguada Blanca reserve, watching for wild vicuñas on the altiplano.
Tocra wetlands & Volcano viewpoint
Cross the Tocra wetlands alive with migratory birds and stop at the Mirador de los Volcanes.
Chivay
Reach Chivay in the early afternoon to explore the town and its market, with free time to rest.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Condor's flight & on to Puno
Cruz del Cóndor
Drive at dawn to the Cruz del Cóndor viewpoint for the depths of the Colca Canyon and the majestic flight of the condors.
Maca & Yanque
Return through the villages of Maca and Yanque and the Antahuilque viewpoint.
Highland crossing to Puno
Cross the high altiplano past stone forests and the 4,538 m Crucero Alto, then the lakes of Lagunillas, reaching Puno (3,800 m) after around six hours.
🍽️ Breakfast
Lake Titicaca: Taquile & Uros
Taquile Island
Sail out across Lake Titicaca by traditional boat to Taquile Island to meet its people and their ancient living traditions.
Lunch at Luquina Chico
Stop at Luquina Chico for a buffet lunch with sweeping lake views.
Uros floating islands
On the way back, visit the famous Uros reed islands that float on the lake itself.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Scenic route to Cusco
Pukara & La Raya pass
Take the tourist bus towards Cusco, stopping at the Pukara ceremonial centre and crossing the high La Raya pass amid snow peaks and native wildlife.
Lunch in Sicuani
Pause for lunch and a rest in Sicuani.
Raqchi
Visit Raqchi, the great Inca temple of Wiracocha in stone and adobe.
Andahuaylillas
Step inside the Andahuaylillas church — the 'Sistine Chapel of the Americas', its nave gilded and painted with murals — then reach Cusco around 17:00.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Imperial Cusco & Inca ruins
San Cristóbal viewpoint
Begin at the San Cristóbal church for a panoramic balcony over the red-tiled roofs of Cusco.
San Blas & the old town
Walk the Siete Borreguitos lane and the Sapantiana aqueduct through artisan San Blas, past the famous Twelve-Angled Stone, down to the Plaza de Armas.
Cathedral & Qorikancha
In the afternoon, visit the Cathedral and the Qorikancha, the Inca Temple of the Sun once sheathed in gold.
Ruins above the city
Explore the nearby Inca sites of Sacsayhuamán, Q'enqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay.
🍽️ Breakfast
Trek of your choice
Option 1 · Rainbow Mountain
An early start to Vinicunca, then a 90-minute climb to the 5,000 m pass for unforgettable views of the striped Mountain of Colours and Apu Ausangate, with lunch in Pitumarca.
Option 2 · Humantay Lake
An early drive through Limatambo and Mollepata to Soraypampa, then a two-hour hike to the turquoise Humantay Lake (4,200 m) below its glacier, with lunch in Mollepata.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Sacred Valley & on to Machu Picchu
Písac ruins & market
Discover the hilltop ruins of Písac and browse its colourful artisan market in the valley below.
Calca, Yucay & Urubamba
Pass the charming valley villages of Calca and Yucay, with a buffet lunch in Urubamba.
Ollantaytambo fortress
Climb the great terraced fortress of Ollantaytambo, with spectacular views down the Sacred Valley.
Evening train to Aguas Calientes
Board the evening Expedition train to Aguas Calientes; dinner included and overnight at the foot of Machu Picchu.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Machu Picchu & back to Cusco
Guided tour of the citadel
Ride the bus up the switchbacks for a guided tour of the lost city — its religious, civil and military quarters — one of the seven wonders of the world.
Lunch in Aguas Calientes
Return to Aguas Calientes for an included lunch at your own pace.
Train back to Cusco
In the afternoon, take the train towards Poroy and transfer to your Cusco hotel to rest.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Into the Amazon: Puerto Maldonado
Fly & boat to the lodge
Fly to Puerto Maldonado and travel by boat to your jungle lodge, walking forest trails among giant buttressed trees in the Inkaterra reserve — home to record-breaking bird, ant and mammal counts.
Night on the river
After dark, glide along the Madre de Dios river in search of night birds, owls, capybaras and caimans sheltering along the banks.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Canopy walkway & river island
Canopy walkway
Climb the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway — seven hanging bridges and eight platforms 38 m above the forest floor — to see the rainforest from its treetops.
River island
Cruise to an uninhabited river island, a haven of transitional forest rich in birdlife, including the prized Amazonian umbrellabird.
Jungle by night
Set out again after dusk to discover the strange creatures that wake with the dark, your senses alive to the sounds of the forest.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Departure
Transfer to the airport
Transfer to Puerto Maldonado airport for your flight to Lima and international connection home.
🍽️ Breakfast
Price per person
| Category | Single | Double | Triple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort | 3623 | 2908 | 2812 |
| Tourist | 4029 | 3085 | 3027 |
| Tourist Superior | 4700 | 3415 | 3330 |
| Superior | 5119 | 3644 | 3509 |
| First Class | 5447 | 3804 | — |
| Deluxe | 6111 | 4121 | — |
| Top Deluxe | 6835 | 4510 | — |
Per person in euros, sharing, minimum 2 travellers. Flights not included. We’ll tailor a final quote to your dates.
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