Peru Essential 8D7N 2026

Transfer Lima Airport / Hotel (Private Service)

Welcome to Peru! Upon arrival at Lima International Airport, you will be met by our representative and private driver, who will transfer you to your hotel. Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and provide you with a detailed itinerary, vouchers covering all the services included in your tour and additional information about the organization of your trip in Peru. You will also receive a contact information sheet, which will include all hotel details, as well as contact information for our offices in each city and a 24-hour emergency number.

Overnight in Lima

Lima Unveiled: a journey through the City of Kings (Private Service)

Enjoy a full day discovering Lima, the ‘City of Kings,’ in an experience carefully designed with years of expertise and guided by a seasoned local expert. Once the heart of Spanish power in South America, this journey through Peru’s fascinating capital will encompass both its historic center and its modern quarters. 

Your exploration of the “Centro” will take you along streets lined with handsome wooden balconies, across attractive plazas with their imposing statues, past the country’s most important civic buildings, and into religious complexes full of gold, artistic treasures and traditions.   

Your knowledgeable guide will accompany you into the country’s largest Cathedral, an important cultural and religious center during colonial times, home to an expansive collection of religious paintings, sculptures and liturgical objects. You will also visit the San Francisco Monastery, known for its Baroque and Neoclassical design, richly decorated altars, impressive, carved stone façade, and extensive underground crypts — a glimpse of Colonial-era burial methods. 

You will discover the elegant district of San Isidro, where you will enjoy a peaceful stroll through El Olivar Park, a quiet green space with centuries-old olive trees, a contrast with the city’s vibrant pace. This place, once part of a colonial-era olive grove, is now a favorite among locals. 

Your Lima discovery includes the charming district of Miraflores, with its ocean breezes, blooming gardens, welcoming parks, and artistic flair, the ideal neighborhood to stroll and explore with your local connoisseur to guide you. 

Make a stop at Larco Herrera Museum, for an excellent overview of Peru's ancient past as it holds the best private collection of pre-Columbian art in the country. You will get have the chance to tour through this old Hacienda House in the Pueblo Libre district, which was built upon a pre-Incan sacred site (huaca), housing the private collection of a great Peruvian scholar: Don Rafael Larco Hoyle. 

The Larco Herrera Museum is one of the few museums in the world that allows such intimate access to its deposits, in this case around 45,000 pieces. Another attraction of the museum and of great interest to visitors is the exhibition of erotic pre-Colombian art. 

Enjoy a delicious lunch at the Larco Museum restaurant, featuring the best of Peruvian and International cuisine, in a cozy and welcoming atmosphere surrounded by gardens.  

After the day’s experience, your guide will be with you on the way back.  

Overnight in Lima

Transfer Hotel / Airport (Private Service)

At the appropriate time, our representative will meet you at the hotel lobby and transfer you to the airport to board your next flight.  Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and all departure formalities.

Flight Lima to Cusco

Transfer Cusco Airport / Sacred Valley incl. Pisac Ruins & Market en route (Private Service) 

Upon arrival at Cusco International Airport, you will be met by our representative and private driver and transferred to your hotel in the Sacred Valley. Our representative will assist you with the check-in procedures.

En route, enjoy a scenic drive to the town of Pisac, where you will explore both its impressive Inca ruins and its vibrant local market. Begin with a visit to the Pisac archaeological site, perched high on a mountain ridge overlooking the valley. Divided into several sectors—P'isaqa, Inti Watana, Q'allaqasa, and Kinchiraqay—the site showcases Inca mastery in stonework, urban planning, and agriculture. You'll visit the Inti Watana sector, featuring the Temple of the Sun, ceremonial platforms, water channels, and the inti watana stone—an astronomical tool used to track seasonal changes. The surrounding agricultural terraces, carefully built on steep slopes, are thought to resemble the wing of a partridge (pisaca), from which the site takes its name. 

After your exploration of the ruins, descend into the town to experience the Pisac Market, one of the most colorful and traditional in the region. Originally held only on Sundays as a gathering point for local artisans and farmers, the market is now open daily and offers a wide variety of handmade crafts, textiles, ceramics, and Andean souvenirs. Stroll leisurely through the stalls, interact with local vendors, and immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere—a perfect introduction to Andean culture and craftsmanship. 

Lunch at Hacienda Sarapampa

Enjoy a memorable lunch at Hacienda Huayoccari, a charming colonial estate nestled in the heart of the Sacred Valley. Surrounded by breathtaking Andean landscapes, this historic hacienda offers a warm and elegant atmosphere that reflects the rich heritage of the region.

Delight in a carefully prepared menu featuring traditional Peruvian flavors and fresh local ingredients, while taking in panoramic views of the valley and exploring the hacienda’s unique art and antique collections. This experience perfectly combines gastronomy, history, and the natural beauty of the Andes.

After lunch, we will be transferred to the hotel in Sacred Valley.

Overnight in the Sacred Valley

Ancestral Lands: Chinchero, Maras, and Moray in One Day (Private Service)

Discover the most emblematic points of interest between Cusco and Machu Picchu on a full-day journey through the Sacred Valley. Designed with decades of expertise in the tourism field, this experience combines breathtaking landscapes with rich cultural heritage. In the company of an expert guide, who will meet you at your hotel and accompany you throughout the day, you will explore the valley’s diverse scenery and uncover its fascinating history. 

Walk along cobbled streets lined with adobe homes at the Chinchero, a town shaped by the arrival of Spanish influence. This highland town stands over a pre-Columbian settlement that was absorbed by the Inca Empire. You will pass by a colonial church built atop Inca foundations, its façade preserving centuries of history and religious art from the Cusco School.  

You will witness a dazzling mosaic of white terraces at the Maras Salt Pans, which appear to cascade down the mountainside. Fed by underground springs, these pools reflect sunlight with shifting tones of white and pink, creating a constant, visual spectacle.  

You will enjoy lunch at a refined countryside restaurant in the community of Tiobamba. Surrounded by the dramatic landscapes of the Sacred Valley and the snow-capped Chicon Mountain, this restaurant offers a culinary journey that blends sophistication with cultural identity. 

You will discover circular terraces carved into natural depressions in Moray, believed to have been used by the Inca to experiment with crops across different microclimates. The patterns from these terraces possess a strong resemblance to giant fingerprints in the landscape. 

Your guide will accompany you on your return, reminiscing about the importance of each place visited during the journey, concluding a day filled with discovery.

Overnight in the Sacred Valley

Half day Ollantaytambo Fortress (Private Service)

Get ready to visit the Inca fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo. It is believed that this fortress was initially built to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasion by tribes from the jungle lowlands. It served as a temporary capital for Manco Inca, leader of the Inca resistance in 1537 during the Spanish conquest of Peru. Manco Inca fortified this town to stop the advance, just as Cusco fell under Spanish domination. 

Ollantaytambo also features the vestiges of the town built by order of the Inca Pachacutec and thought to be not only a strategic military site to control the Sacred Valley of the Incas, but also a place that would serve for agricultural and religious purposes. The town of Ollantaytambo is referred to as "The Living Inca Town" because inhabitants still live according to customs and traditions inherited from their ancestors. 

Train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes

At the end of the tour, instead of returning to the hotel, passengers will be transferred directly to the Ollantaytambo train station to board the train to Aguas Calientes. During this journey, they will be able to enjoy stunning views of the Sacred Valley.

Upon arrival in Aguas Calientes, passengers will have the rest of the day free to relax and explore the town at their own pace, where they will spend the night.

Overnight in Aguas Calientes

 Full day excursion to Machu Picchu (Private Service)   

Enjoy a morning transfer to the train station for a journey to the famous Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu, the great city atop the mountain, once abandoned by the Inca Empire, reclaimed by nature, and lost to humanity until its rediscovery in 1911. 

Along the way, you’ll enjoy the changing landscapes as you travel along the “eyebrow of the jungle” (the transitional zone between the high Andes mountains and the Amazon rainforest in Peru), before finally arriving to the town of Aguas Calientes. From there, you’ll board a bus that will take you to the citadel of Machu Picchu (situated at an altitude of 7,972 feet (2,430 meters), also known as the Lost City of the Incas. 

There, you’ll enjoy a guided tour of the Citadel, arguably the most astonishing urban creation of the Inca Empire, with its massive walls, terraces, and ramps that blend naturally with the topography. 

After the visit, take the bus back down to Aguas Calientes and enjoy lunch at the Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel.

In the afternoon, you’ll return to Cusco by train, and upon arriving at the station, you’ll be met by a representative and driver for your transfer back to the hotel. 

Overnight in Cusco

Where the Earth Turns Rainbow: Exploring Palcoyo (Private Service)

With years of background crafting tours throughout Peru, this full-day journey has been carefully designed to reveal the vibrant beauty of the Palcoyo area. An expert guide will meet you at your hotel and accompany you throughout this exploration of a surreal landscape with mineral-rich peaks and dramatic highland scenery, in addition to panoramic views of three rainbow-colored mountains and the nearby Ausangate Glacier, one of the most iconic mountains in the Andes. 

A journey from your hotel will take you deep into the Andean Highlands, where golden grasses sway in the wind and alpacas graze beneath open skies. Stop by Chacacupe, where your guide will give you a brief explanation about Incan and colonial bridges crossing the district. During your excursion, you will make a stop in Combapata, a quiet highland settlement, before continuing along a long dirt road for approximately two more hours toward Palcoyo. As the paved road fades into the distance, the colors of the Earth begin to shift, revealing the natural palette that gives this region its name. 

A 45-minute walk will lead you to the main viewpoint, where the mountains unfold in shades of red, ochre, and green. The silence of the altiplano, the crisp air, and panoramic landscapes create a dreamlike atmosphere. You will have time to take in its beauty and capture it in photographs. 

On the way back, you will stop for lunch at a welcoming local restaurant surrounded by gardens and landscapes, where traditional flavors are featured for your enjoyment. This pause offers a moment to relax and reflect on the morning’s adventure. 

On the drive back with your guide, you will continue to enjoy breathtaking scenery, offering glimpses of the region’s natural wonders. 

Overnight in Cusco

Half day Cusco City tour including a visit to San Pedro Market (Private Service)

Enjoy a guided walking tour of Cusco, the Imperial City, where you'll admire the finest examples of Inca history and architecture. You'll visit the city's most important historical landmarks that reveal the influence of different cultures: the Main Square, the Cathedral (which dates to time of the Spanish Viceroyalty) and Santo Domingo Church, built on the foundations of the Inca Temple of Koricancha, dedicated to the worship of the sun god. 

The tour continues at the San Pedro Market, a typical local market and a popular place where locals can enjoy a hot meal or fresh juice. There, you'll find mainly regional products, from fruits, vegetables, and meats to handwoven sweaters, clothing, and crafts. 

After the visit, you'll walk back to your hotel. 

Transfer Hotel / Airport (Private Service)

At the appropriate time, our representative will meet you at the hotel lobby and transfer you to the airport to board your next flight.  Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and all departure formalities.