Peru Family Adventure: Inca Trail & Amazon

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Experience the Inca Trail the way it should be...

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... As you explore from the Amazon to the Andes

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inca trail campsite

Hike and sleep away from the crowds...

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Set your own pace with your private guide and porters...

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And arrive to Machu Picchu in the afternoon calm...

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... For the most memorable first glimpse of the citadel

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Enjoy ceviche, street art and Pacific sunsets in Lima...

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amazon rainforest

Stay deep in the Amazon surrounded by tropical nature...

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Seek out otters, caiman, monkeys and more...

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And meet the people of Peru's Sacred Valley...

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... Who generously share their culture, cuisine and ways of life

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See below for more & get in touch for full details

Duration

The Inca Trail at its best - camp at quiet sites, go at your own pace and visit Machu Picchu without the crowds. With Pacific flavor in Lima, tropical nature in the Amazon and Inca culture in the Andes, this is Peru's definitive family adventure.

  • Hike the high Andes
  • Meet the locals!
  • Amazon adventures
  • Crazy wildlife
  • Machu Picchu on foot
  • Challenging adventure
  • Cool small hotels
  • Lively Lima & Cusco
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What's Included

Key Inclusions

15 nights in first-class hotels

3 nights Inca Trail camping

All breakfasts

13 x lunches

11 x dinners

All transfers and transportation

Internal flights

Guided activities as described


Guided Activities

Private full-day Lima tour

Shared guided activities in the Amazon

Private full-day cultural experience

Private full-day Maras & Moray with cycling

Half-day stand-up paddleboarding

Private four-day Inca Trail hike

Inca Trail permits

Private half-day tour to Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu entrances

Private two-hour weavers visit

Private half-day guided hike near Cusco

Private full-day Cusco tour


5* Service

We have personally experienced & loved every aspect of this trip

Travel Guide App with advice, background information and recommendations

ABTOT / ATOL Financial protection

Local support throughout

24/7 emergency support

Industry-leading 160% carbon capture


Please note: International flights not included

Itinerary

Day 1

Arrive in Peru's culinary capital


A friendly face will be waiting on arrival in Lima. Settle into your lovely hotel in the bohemian district of Barranco and explore the neighbourhood's boutiques, cafes and ocean-front walkways. Temptation is all around you because Peru's capital is renowned for being one of South America's great culinary hubs.

Day 2

Get to know Lima with a local


Day 3

Head into the Amazon jungle


Day 4

Choose how to explore


Day 5

Watch parrots flock to the clay lick


Day 6

Enjoy a final day in the Amazon


Day 7

Travel into the Sacred Valley


Day 8

Experience the valley's rich Inca culture


Day 9

Cycle between famous Inca sites


Day 10

Paddle on an Andean lagoon


Memorable moments you can look forward to...

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Be in the know...

For Lima's best ceviche

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Fall in love...

With Peru's Pisco sours

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Discover...

Lima through its street art

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Find a perch...

To watch sunset over the Pacific

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Experience...

The color of a dawn clay lick

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Indulge on...

Fresh jungle fruits

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Kick back...

And soak in the jungle sounds

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Explore the jungle...

With brilliant native guides

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Be amazed by...

Tiny creatures with epic talents

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Cross your fingers...

For wildlife encounters like this

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Say yes please...

To refreshing tropical juices

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Eat like royalty...

Hundreds of miles from any shops

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Feel tiny...

Next to the giants of the jungle

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Peer at...

Insects of extraordinary beauty

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Soak in...

Remarkable Amazon sunsets

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Meet...

The people of the Amazon

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Sleep like a log...

With all the creature comforts

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Be the only tourist...

In a typical Andean market

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Marvel...

At stellar mountain views

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Capture...

The color of local life

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Find out...

How Peruvian's bake bread

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Lose track of time...

Watching hummingbirds feast

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Savor...

Your first sip of chicha morada

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Step back in time...

At monumental Inca ruins

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Follow old trails...

To the Maras salt mines

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Chance upon...

Local farmers high in the hills

Inca Trail

Hike...

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

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Embrace...

The special challenge together

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Camp...

In the quietest spots

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Make like an explorer...

As you pass hidden Inca ruins

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Play spot the people...

As you arrive to Machu Picchu

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look closer...

And there's still no one there

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Say hello...

To the welcome party

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Feast...

On the flavors of the Sacred Valley

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Be awed by...

The skill of Chinchero's weavers

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Learn about...

Inca traditions being kept alive

Cusco

Gaze out...

Over the red rooftops of Cusco

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