Authentic Peru
A deep, living-culture journey — Lima and Cusco, an Andean weaving community, Machu Picchu, homestays on Lake Titicaca and the wild Pacaya Samiria 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 rest and settle in.
🍽️ No meals included
Lima city tour & Larco Museum
Miraflores & San Isidro
Set out along the Pacific cliffs, taking in Lima's smart seaside districts with their wide ocean views.
Huaca Pucllana
Pause at the great pre-Inca adobe pyramid, a ceremonial temple that has survived the city growing up around it.
Colonial old town
Explore the UNESCO historic centre — Plaza de Armas, 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, before returning to Larcomar or your hotel.
🍽️ Breakfast
Fly to Cusco — the imperial city
Arrival in Cusco
Fly up to Cusco (3,399 m) and transfer to your hotel, taking the altitude gently.
San Cristóbal & San Blas
Climb to the San Cristóbal viewpoint, then wander San Blas — the Siete Borreguitos lane, the Sapantiana aqueduct and the famous Twelve-Angled Stone down to the Plaza de Armas.
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 before returning to your hotel.
🍽️ Breakfast
Písac & the Sacred Valley
Písac ruins & artisans
Explore the hilltop ruins of Písac and its artisan community, where families live by their crafts and traditions in workshop after workshop.
Calca, Yucay & Urubamba
Pass the charming valley villages of Calca and Yucay, with a buffet lunch at a local restaurant in Urubamba.
Ollantaytambo fortress
Climb the great terraced fortress of Ollantaytambo, with spectacular views down the valley, then settle into your Sacred Valley hotel.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Patacancha weavers & train to Machu Picchu
Welcome at Patacancha
Drive up to the community of Patacancha, greeted with music, flower garlands and an introduction to local life.
The art of weaving
Dress in traditional Andean clothing and join a hands-on weaving demonstration over a cup of medicinal herb tea.
Make your own bracelet
Craft a woven bracelet guided by the village weavers and browse their small handicraft exhibition before a farewell ceremony.
Night train to Machu Picchu
Transfer to Ollantaytambo for the evening train to Aguas Calientes; dinner included on arrival.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Machu Picchu & back to the valley
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 before the journey back.
Train to Ollantaytambo
Take the afternoon train down to Ollantaytambo and transfer to your hotel to rest.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Scenic route to Puno
Andahuaylillas chapel
Board the tourist bus and stop at the Andahuaylillas church, the gold-leaf 'Sistine Chapel of the Americas'.
Raqchi temple
Explore Raqchi, the great temple to Wiracocha — a masterwork of Inca stone and adobe.
La Raya & Sicuani
Cross La Raya, the highest point of the route framed by snow peaks, then lunch and a rest in Sicuani.
Pukara & arrival in Puno
Visit the Pukara ceremonial centre with its terraced ruins before reaching Puno (3,800 m) by evening.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
Titicaca islands & Luquina homestay
The floating Uros islands
Sail out from Puno to the famous Uros islands, hand-built from totora reeds.
Taquile island
Continue to Taquile, a community that keeps its ancestral customs and reads stories in the icons of its weaving, with grand views over the lake and a set lunch.
Aymara homestay at Luquina
Cross to the Chucuito peninsula to stay with an Aymara family in Luquina Chico — sharing dinner, conversation and a true cultural exchange.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Life in Luquina
Breakfast with your hosts
Share a local breakfast with the family that welcomed you the night before.
Lakeside activities
Walk the shore, sail a traditional reed boat hired from the villagers, or paddle out by kayak (on request).
Return to Puno
Enjoy a fisherman's-house lunch before returning by boat to Puno and transferring to your hotel.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch
On to the Amazon at Iquitos
Free morning in Puno
A relaxed morning by the lake at your own pace.
Flight to Iquitos
Transfer to the airport and fly (via Lima) to Iquitos (106 m), gateway to the northern Amazon, arriving at night.
🍽️ Breakfast
Into Pacaya Samiria
Down to Nauta
Drive to Nauta, visiting San Joaquín de Omaguas and the Samuel Fritz interpretation centre along the way.
River to the ecolodge
Navigate downriver to your jungle ecolodge, spotting flora and fauna as you go.
Ethnobotanical ecotrail
Take part in a sustainable activity and walk the ethnobotanical trail to learn the plants of the rainforest.
Myths & legends by night
After dark, hear the myths and legends of the Amazon on the mythological ecotrail before overnighting at the lodge.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Wildlife of the reserve
Private reserve walk
Hike the lodge's private reserve to discover its biodiversity, medicinal plants and animals along the fauna trail.
Pink dolphins
Enter the Pacaya Samiria national reserve to search for pink and grey river dolphins gliding through mirror-still channels.
Traditional fishing
Try your hand at artisanal fishing among the reflecting waters and flooded forest.
Night excursion
Head out after dark on a guided night walk through the rainforest before returning to the lodge.
🍽️ Breakfast, lunch, dinner
River communities & fly to Lima
Cocha Shiriyacu by boat
Cruise the Marañón river to Cocha Shiriyacu, visiting the San Jorge community and its women's artisan centre working with natural fibre and gourd.
Back to Nauta & Iquitos
Return to the lodge, then travel by boat to Nauta and on to Iquitos for your flight.
Arrival in Lima
Fly to Lima and transfer to your hotel for the night.
🍽️ Breakfast
Departure
Transfer to the airport
Transfer to the airport for your international flight home, after a journey full of discovery.
🍽️ Breakfast
Price per person
| Category | Single | Double | Triple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort | 2608 | 2221 | 2214 |
| Tourist | 2786 | 2307 | 2274 |
| Tourist Superior | 2984 | 2450 | 2383 |
| Superior | 3203 | 2527 | 2540 |
| First Class | 3674 | 2761 | — |
| Deluxe | 4188 | 3032 | — |
| Top Deluxe | 5186 | 3524 | — |
Per person in euros, sharing, minimum 2 travellers. Flights not included. We’ll tailor a final quote to your dates.
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