Solo Female Traveller

Solo Female Travellers

Welcome to Perú!

Arrival at Lima Airport, private transfer to hotel, check-in assistance.

Full day Colonial & Modern Lima City tour plus Larco Museum (private)

Enjoy a full day guided sightseeing tour to the most attractive and important sites in Lima, the "City of Kings". Visit Lima's Historical Center, passing by Plaza San Martin, Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and its Religious Art Museum (closed on Sunday and Saturday pm; Santo Domingo Convent is provided instead on these days) as well as San Francisco Monastery and its famous underground crypts.

We continue our visit through the residential Districts of San Isidro and Miraflores, passing by the Huaca Pucllana, a Ceremonial and Administrative Centre of the Lima Culture built in the II Century AC that the Incas considered as "Ñaupallaqta" or Sacred Town. Also, visit El Olivar Park with olive trees brought from Spain in the XVth Century, the Central Park of Miraflores and El Parque del Amor, or Peruvian Love Park.

Our visit continues with 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 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 museum chronologically exhibits hundreds of ceramics, textile, metal and precious stone pieces and inside you will find the vault which safeguards precious pieces of gold and silver with semiprecious stones.

After the tour we will drive you to the hotel.

Note: Dinner recommendations: Central, Maido, or Astrid & Gastón.

Transfer Cusco Airport / Sacred Valley Hotel with visit to a textile center en route (private) 

You will be met on arrival in Cusco by your guide for a private transfer to your hotel in the Sacred Valley (67km/approx. 1.5 hours).  En route towards the Urubamba Valley, we will visit an Andean textile center that works to maintain the wealth of Incan textile art alive. Here we will learn about the dyeing techniques and instruments used for hundreds of years in the weaving of these famous textiles and perhaps even take some home.  

Full Day excursion to Textile Center and Pisac Ruins (private)

We will visit an Andean textile center that works to keep the wealth of Incan textile art alive. Here we will learn about the dyeing techniques and instruments used for hundreds of years in the weaving of these famous textiles and perhaps even take some home. Here we can also walk along a thatched roof path and watch and learn about the four different kinds of South American camelids: Huanaco, Llama, Alpaca and Vicuña. At the end of the path, we will find weavers from over 12 communities from southern Peru who alternate exhibitions of threading, dying and weaving traditional Andean textiles, thus avoiding their identity loss.  

Also, we will head to Pisac, famous for its archeology which lie atop a hill at the entrance to the valley. Here, we will visit the Inti Watana group, which includes the Temple of the Sun, baths, altars, water fountains, a ceremonial platform, and an Inti Watana - a volcanic ritual stone used as an astronomic clock or Inca calendar to define the change seasons.   

Full day Chinchero Village, Salt Mines of Maras & Moray Terraces (private)

Today we will set off in the direction of the Sacred Valley to the town of Chinchero, an authentic Andean village with lots of character, where we will find the colonial church that houses a large collection of painting from the Cusqueñan School of Art. 

Next, we continue our journey to the Salt Mines of Maras and its seemingly never-ending terraces, where salt extracted from springs is stored.  Although these waters have been used for centuries, even before the time of the Incas, Maras was founded by the Spanish in 1556.  It supplied salt to the southern highlands during the viceroyalty, making it a rather important town.  It is impressive to see the variety of colors created by the reflection of the sun’s rays in this field of salt deposits, and to learn about the Incas striking ability to generate resources. 

Then, we prepare to admire the Moray terraces. It is thought that Moray was used for plant adaptation to new climatic environments thanks to its circular terraces in immense cone-shaped depressions that resemble giant fingerprints. These create a series of microclimates at the different heights of the terraces, which enabled the Incas to experimentally improve a great variety of crops.  Today, it is an evidence of the high level of agricultural knowledge they reached. 

After the tour we will return to the hotel.  

Ollantaytambo Fortress (private)

Today we will visit the Inca fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo. This fortress was believed to be constructed in order to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasions of tribes from the jungle lowlands. Later it served as a temporary capital for Manco Inca, leader of the Inca resistance in 1537 during the Spanish conquest of Perú, who fortified the town to stop the advance, as Cusco fell under Spanish domination.

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

After the tour we take a train journey to Machu Picchu Pueblo (Aguas Calientes) and transfer to hotel.

Experience  Machu Picchu the Lost city of the Incas (Private Local Guide)

We will depart from Aguas Calientes, we will board the bus that will take us on a 20-minute ride up to the citadel of Machu Picchu (3,400masl/11,15ft), or Lost City of the Incas. Here, we take a guided tour of the Citadel, probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire, with its giant walls, terraces and ramps, which appear as though they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. 

Note: Lunch at Sumaq Hotel. Train back to Cusco, with optional Hiram Bingham Deluxe service. Arrival and transfer to hotel.

Full Day Three Rainbow Mountains Trek (Private Service)

An incredible alternative to the popular “Rainbow Mountain” hike, the Three Rainbow Mountains trek offers 360-degree views of three distinct rainbow mountains and the nearby Ausangate glacier. The journey begins with an early morning hotel pickup. After a 2.5-hour drive, we arrive at Compapata, situated at 3,400 meters (11,155 feet). From there, we leave the paved road and take a path for 1 hour and 15 minutes to reach the Palccoyo area. During the drive, we can admire the stunning beauty of the Andes and its wildlife. 

Around 11 a.m., we arrive at the parking area, located at an elevation of 4,900 meters (16,076 feet). From here, we begin a 30-minute walk along a path that leads to the Palccoyo viewpoint. We’ll have about an hour to enjoy the breathtaking scenery and take photos before making our way back. Before returning to Cusco. 

Note: Visit Checacupe Bridge. Return to hotel.

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

Today we will enjoy a guided walking tour of Cusco, the imperial City, where you will admire the finest examples of Inca history and architecture. Visit the city's most important historical monuments that reveal the influence of different cultures: The Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral dating from Spanish viceroyalty times, and the Santo Domingo church built upon the foundations of the Inca Temple Koricancha, dedicated to worship the Sun God. 

The tour continues to the San Pedro Market, a typical local Mercado, and a popular place for locals to eat a hot meal or drink fresh juice. They offer almost all the regional produce from fruits, vegetables and meats, to hand-woven sweaters other clothes and crafts. 

Note: Transfer to Cusco Airport for your return flight to Lima.