“Small is beautiful: Never more than 16 travellers.”
Time to spare? Make the most of your trip to Peru with an extension to Arequipa and the Colca Canyon from Cusco (3 days with 2 nights in the city and 1 in the canyon), or to the Nazca Lines (Flight from Lima or overland to Nazca returning to Lima via Ica and the Ballestas Islands).
Nestled in the transition zone between the Andes and the Amazon, Machu Picchu was the capital of a lost province of the Inca empire which appears to have been planned, constructed and abandoned in a period of less than a hundred years. Eight Inca roads converged on the sacred city, conquering a wild and vertical landscape, and it is along these ancient highways that we will hike to the most emblematic archaeological site in the Americas.
Beyond Machu Picchu lies a region which the Incas were never able to dominate. The Amazon basin is the most biodiverse region on Earth. The extraordinary altitudinal range between lowland rain forest, cloud forest and elfin forest has created a varied habitat like no other, home to one-third of the world’s 8,600 bird species and 1,200 hundred species of butterfly, as well as endangered mammals such as the jaguar and giant river otter.
Complete Itinerary
Day 1: Lima
Arrival in Lima.
Day 2: Lima
City tour.
Day 3: Cusco
Flight to Cusco. Lunch, afternoon free, and a chance to acclimatise (Orientation on foot with tour leader).
Day 4: Cusco
City tour in morning. Afternoon free in Cusco.
Day 5: Sacred Valley
Sacred Valley and Willoq. Overnight in the valley.
Day 6: Inca Trail
Travel to the start of the Inca Trail. First day’s hiking.
Day 7: Inca Trail
Day 8: Inca Trail
Day 9: Machu Picchu
Arrival at Machu Picchu. Overnight in Aguas Calientes.
Day 10: Cusco
Return to Cusco.
Day 11: Puerto Maldonado
Flight to Puerto Maldonado. Transfer to our lodge in Tambopata National Reserve.
Day 12: Puerto Maldonado
Exploring the rain forest.
Day 13: Puerto Maldonado
Exploring the rain forest.
Day 14: Lima
Return flight to Lima.
Possible Extensions
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