Andean Peru
Two great Andean worlds in one week — the glacier lakes and ancient temples of the Cordillera Blanca, then imperial Cusco and the wonder of Machu Picchu.
Your journey, stop by stop
A day to remember
Welcome to Peru
Arrival in Lima
Welcome to Peru! Touch down in the capital and transfer to your hotel to rest and settle in.
🍽️ No meals included
Lima city tour & overnight bus to Huaraz
Miraflores & San Isidro
Set out along the Pacific cliffs through Lima's smart seaside districts, with wide ocean views.
Huaca Pucllana
Pause at the great pre-Inca adobe pyramid that has survived the city growing up around it.
Colonial old town
Explore the UNESCO historic centre — the Plaza Mayor, Government Palace and Cathedral — and the Santo Domingo convent.
Museo Larco
Visit the Larco Museum's dazzling pre-Columbian ceramics, then board the overnight coach to Huaraz.
🍽️ Breakfast
Callejón de Huaylas & Llanganuco
Arrival in Huaraz
Arrive in the morning to Huaraz (3,300 m), the gateway to the Cordillera Blanca.
Andean villages
Wind through the Callejón de Huaylas past pretty villages — Carhuaz for fresh fruit-and-milk ice cream, and Yungay with its moving memorial to the 1970 disaster.
Laguna Llanganuco
Enter Huascarán National Park to reach the turquoise Chinancocha lake, framed by queñua forest beneath Peru's highest peak, Huascarán (6,768 m).
🍽️ Breakfast
Chavín de Huántar
Over the Cahuish tunnel
Climb past the 'map of Peru' rock formation and through the Cahuish tunnel (4,550 m) into the Conchucos valley.
Chavín de Huántar temple
Explore the 3,000-year-old temple complex — the carved tenon heads, the Lanzón monolith, underground galleries, ceremonial plazas and stairways.
Chavín museum
Visit the modern national museum before returning to Huaraz.
🍽️ Breakfast
Fly to Cusco & Inca ruins
Flight to Cusco
Transfer to the airport and fly via Lima to Cusco (3,399 m); transfer to your hotel to take the altitude gently.
Cathedral & Qorikancha
In the afternoon, step inside 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
Machu Picchu
Train to Machu Picchu
Take the early Expedition train from Poroy through the Sacred Valley toward the cloud-forest citadel.
Guided tour of the citadel
Ride the bus up the switchbacks for a guided tour of the lost city's religious, civil and military quarters — one of the seven wonders of the world.
Lunch & return
Enjoy an included lunch in Aguas Calientes, then take the train back to Ollantaytambo and transfer to your Cusco hotel.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Departure
Transfer to the airport
At leisure until your transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima.
🍽️ Breakfast
Price per person
| Category | Single | Double | Triple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort | 1071 | 953 | 932 |
| Tourist | 1174 | 991 | 932 |
| Tourist Superior | 1541 | 1163 | 1134 |
| Superior | 1648 | 1247 | 1247 |
| First Class | 1703 | 1239 | — |
| Deluxe | 1987 | 1382 | — |
| Top Deluxe | 2245 | 1506 | — |
Per person in euros, sharing, minimum 2 travellers. Flights not included. We’ll tailor a final quote to your dates.
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