Machu Picchu at its quietest; Titicaca at its most authentic; Colca's condors after the crowds. Enjoy Peru's highlights at their unhurried and peaceful best.
Duration
25 days
Duration
All our trips are tailormade and therefore can be extended or reduced to suit you. You'll find a few ideas to extend your trip below, but please do ask about how we can tailor it to you.
Guide Price
£8,650 pp
n/a
Guide Price
This is a realistic guide price per person, based on you travelling at an optimum time for this holiday. Please see 'What's Included' for full details and contact us for a personalised quotation.
When
Mar-Dec
When
This is a broad indicator of when you might realistically take this holiday. Please do ask us if you'd like to chat through your options in more detail - getting the timing right is important. We'd love to help.
Arriving at Machu Picchu after the crowds are gone. An insider’s tour of Cusco. Uncontrived interactions with local people and time to appreciate the vast landscapes of the Andes. That and more is what transforms this guided private holiday from a grand tour into a true immersion into the places and people, cultures and cuisines of Peru.
Enjoy reading this taster itinerary. Please Request Full Details if you'd like to know more, or to discuss how we can tailor this holiday for you.
Arrive in the Peruvian capital to be met and transferred to your downtown hotel - a converted colonial house in the artistic Barranco district. Relax this afternoon.
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Day 2 - Explore Lima with your guide
Spend today in the company of our local guide who introduces you to their city. The tour is flexible so ley us know your interests, be it food, history, art or architecture.
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Day 3 - Travel north to colourful Trujillo
Travel north to Trujillo on Peru's Pacific coast. Settle into your comfortable hotel, right on the main square, and then head out to explore the compact colonial city on foot with your guide.
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Day 4 - Visit Chan Chan, eat ceviche
Step back into history as you visit the remains of what was the largest adobe city in the world - the Chimu capital of Chan Chan. Lunch is a freshly prepared dish of ceviche by the coast.
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Day 5 - See the ancient site of El Brujo
Today brings you more fascinating history blended with traditional life. Start with a visit to the El Brujo archaeological site of the Moche culture, end with a traditional horse show.
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Day 6 - Travel to your Amazon lodge
Fly to the Amazon, board the boat to travel up the Tambopata River to your remote jungle lodge. Your local guides help you spot the wildlife along the way.
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Day 7 - Wake up to the sounds of the Amazon
Your first full day in the Amazon. Explore the extensive walkways of the canopy where the wildlife is most active. Spot macaws, monkeys and sloths.
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Day 8 - Discover the nocturnal wildlife
Many animals, especially insects, amphibians, and reptiles hide during the day and this is a great opportunity to find tree frogs, snakes and insects.
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Day 9 - Travel to the Sacred Valley
Fly to Cusco in the Andean highlands. You are met on arrival to travel into the heart of the Sacred Valley with a stop a visit the hilltop Inca fortress of Pisac. Settle in to your comfortable hotel.
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Day 10 - Experience traditional local life
Spend today in the company of your guide getting to know how people live in the Andean villages. Explore a local market, drink chicha with the locals, and have dinner with a local family.
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Day 11 - Enjoy dramatic scenery and inca ruins
Visit the ruins of Ollantaytambo before the crowds arrive and walk along old mule tracks through rural countryside following a dramatic river canyon.
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Day 12 - Cycle to the salt flats of Maras
Spend the morning cycling your way across the wide-open Chinchero plain, in splendid isolation, before weaving in visits to the unique Moray Inca ruins and the spectacular Maras salt flats.
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Day 13 - Day walk to Machu Picchu
Walk the one-day, ‘Royal’ Inca trail. Arrive at Sun Gate on foot, take in your first views of iconic Machu Picchu in the quiet of the afternoon.
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Day 14 - Explore Machu Picchu with your guide
Spend the afternoon with your guide exploring the remarkable citadel of Machu Picchu, the most enchanting and dramatic of the Inca sites.
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Day 15 - Visit a weaving co-operative
Visit a women's weaving co-operative before walking across the high altitude grasslands towards an Inca staging post high above the city of Cusco.
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Day 16 - Explore Cusco with your guide
Cusco has been known historically as, ‘the navel of the Andes’, and was the unquestionable hub of the Inca Empire. Spend today exploring the city with your guide.
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Day 17 - Free day to rest, relax, explore Cusco
Today is yours to relax and enjoy more of Cusco. Visit some historic sites or you may prefer to wander and enjoy some of the city's fantastic cuisine and a pisco sour.
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Day 18 - Travel by train to Lake Titicaca
Take the scenic train from Cusco across the high altiplano to the shores of Lake Titicaca, watching the landscape change completely on the way.
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Day 19 - Spend the day on Lake Titicaca
Spend the day on the crystal waters of Titicaca, visiting floating islands made of reeds and the ‘weaver’s island’ of Taquile.
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Day 20 - Travel to the beautiful Colca Canyon
Travel west to the Colca Canyon taking in the dramatic scenery along the way. Arrive at your lovely lodge with its own hot springs.
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Day 21 - Enjoy the natural hot springs
Today is yours to sit back, take it all in, and enjoy your comfortable surroundings. There are optional tours you can take in and around the area, or relax in the natural hot springs,
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Day 22 - Discover the canyon with your guide
Today your guide introduces you yo the beautiful canyon. They will lead you on three different short walks over the course of the day to showcase the variety of wildlife, culture and scenery.
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Day 23 - Visit the condor viewpoint before travelling to Arequipa
Leave Colca today via the famous condor viewpoint and enjoy a short walk around the canyon. Continue to the lovely colonial city of Arequipa.
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Day 24 - Explore Arequipa with your guide
Spend the morning with your guide exploring this beautiful city, including the chance to visit the Santa Catalina convent. This evening try one of Arequipa's excellent restaurants.
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Day 25 - Head for home
Enjoy your final morning before transferring back to the airport for your flight back to Lima, connecting with your international flights home.
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Day 1 - Land in Lima
Arrive in the Peruvian capital to be met and transferred to your downtown hotel - a converted colonial house in the artistic Barranco district. Relax this afternoon.
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Day 2 - Explore Lima with your guide
Spend today in the company of our local guide who introduces you to their city. The tour is flexible so ley us know your interests, be it food, history, art or architecture.
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Day 3 - Travel north to colourful Trujillo
Travel north to Trujillo on Peru's Pacific coast. Settle into your comfortable hotel, right on the main square, and then head out to explore the compact colonial city on foot with your guide.
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Day 4 - Visit Chan Chan, eat ceviche
Step back into history as you visit the remains of what was the largest adobe city in the world - the Chimu capital of Chan Chan. Lunch is a freshly prepared dish of ceviche by the coast.
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Day 5 - See the ancient site of El Brujo
Today brings you more fascinating history blended with traditional life. Start with a visit to the El Brujo archaeological site of the Moche culture, end with a traditional horse show.
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Day 6 - Travel to your Amazon lodge
Fly to the Amazon, board the boat to travel up the Tambopata River to your remote jungle lodge. Your local guides help you spot the wildlife along the way.
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Day 7 - Wake up to the sounds of the Amazon
Your first full day in the Amazon. Explore the extensive walkways of the canopy where the wildlife is most active. Spot macaws, monkeys and sloths.
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Day 8 - Discover the nocturnal wildlife
Many animals, especially insects, amphibians, and reptiles hide during the day and this is a great opportunity to find tree frogs, snakes and insects.
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Day 9 - Travel to the Sacred Valley
Fly to Cusco in the Andean highlands. You are met on arrival to travel into the heart of the Sacred Valley with a stop a visit the hilltop Inca fortress of Pisac. Settle in to your comfortable hotel.
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Day 10 - Experience traditional local life
Spend today in the company of your guide getting to know how people live in the Andean villages. Explore a local market, drink chicha with the locals, and have dinner with a local family.
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Day 11 - Enjoy dramatic scenery and inca ruins
Visit the ruins of Ollantaytambo before the crowds arrive and walk along old mule tracks through rural countryside following a dramatic river canyon.
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Day 12 - Cycle to the salt flats of Maras
Spend the morning cycling your way across the wide-open Chinchero plain, in splendid isolation, before weaving in visits to the unique Moray Inca ruins and the spectacular Maras salt flats.
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Day 13 - Day walk to Machu Picchu
Walk the one-day, ‘Royal’ Inca trail. Arrive at Sun Gate on foot, take in your first views of iconic Machu Picchu in the quiet of the afternoon.
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Day 14 - Explore Machu Picchu with your guide
Spend the afternoon with your guide exploring the remarkable citadel of Machu Picchu, the most enchanting and dramatic of the Inca sites.
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Day 15 - Visit a weaving co-operative
Visit a women's weaving co-operative before walking across the high altitude grasslands towards an Inca staging post high above the city of Cusco.
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Day 16 - Explore Cusco with your guide
Cusco has been known historically as, ‘the navel of the Andes’, and was the unquestionable hub of the Inca Empire. Spend today exploring the city with your guide.
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Day 17 - Free day to rest, relax, explore Cusco
Today is yours to relax and enjoy more of Cusco. Visit some historic sites or you may prefer to wander and enjoy some of the city's fantastic cuisine and a pisco sour.
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Day 18 - Travel by train to Lake Titicaca
Take the scenic train from Cusco across the high altiplano to the shores of Lake Titicaca, watching the landscape change completely on the way.
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Day 19 - Spend the day on Lake Titicaca
Spend the day on the crystal waters of Titicaca, visiting floating islands made of reeds and the ‘weaver’s island’ of Taquile.
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Day 20 - Travel to the beautiful Colca Canyon
Travel west to the Colca Canyon taking in the dramatic scenery along the way. Arrive at your lovely lodge with its own hot springs.
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Day 21 - Enjoy the natural hot springs
Today is yours to sit back, take it all in, and enjoy your comfortable surroundings. There are optional tours you can take in and around the area, or relax in the natural hot springs,
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Day 22 - Discover the canyon with your guide
Today your guide introduces you yo the beautiful canyon. They will lead you on three different short walks over the course of the day to showcase the variety of wildlife, culture and scenery.
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Day 23 - Visit the condor viewpoint before travelling to Arequipa
Leave Colca today via the famous condor viewpoint and enjoy a short walk around the canyon. Continue to the lovely colonial city of Arequipa.
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Day 24 - Explore Arequipa with your guide
Spend the morning with your guide exploring this beautiful city, including the chance to visit the Santa Catalina convent. This evening try one of Arequipa's excellent restaurants.
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Day 25 - Head for home
Enjoy your final morning before transferring back to the airport for your flight back to Lima, connecting with your international flights home.
