“Small is beautiful: Never more than 16 travellers.”

Time to Spare? Why not make the most of your South American journey by extending your trip to include the Galápagos Islands?

A unique journey though the chronology of empire in Peru. From the Spanish capital we travel away from the ocean to the origin of formative civilization in Peru, the 3,000 year old subterranean temples and zoomorphic motifs of Chavin de Huantar. Beyond the frigid waters of lake Llanganuco at the foot of Peru's highest mountain (Huascarán, 6768 meters / 22,200 ft.), from the warrior sculptures of Sechín we continue though the vestiges of the Moche and Chimú cultures to the site of the Inca empire's denouement at Cajamarca, now sleepy colonial town.

South of Lima, the arid Paracas peninsula was once home to the eponymous pre-Inca culture that produced history's finest textiles, and is now the refuge of an extraordinary diversity of marine fauna.

The wine growing region Ica, the world's lasgest astronomical calendar at Nazca, the neo-colonial elegance of Arequipa with its fine cuisine and the lake Titicaca, the cradle of the Inca creation legend, bring us to Cusco. Once the capital of the greatest empire ever seen in the Americas, Cusco is now the hub of the South American travel industry and a Mecca for all travellers to the continent.

Complete Itinerary

Day 1: Lima

Arrival Lima.

Day 2: Lima-Huaraz

Day 3: Excursion Chavin de Huantar

Day 4: Excursion Callejón de Huaylas

Day 5: Huaraz - Sechín - Trujillo

Day 6: Trujillo and Chan Chan

Day 7: Trujillo to Chiclayo

Day 8: Chiclayo - Sipán - Túcume

Day 9: Chiclayo to Cajamarca

Day 10: Cajamarca

Day 11: Flight Cajamarca to Lima

Day 12: Lima to Paracas

Day 13: Paracas to Nazca

Day 14: Nazca

Day 15: Nazca to Arequipa

Day 16: Arequipa

Day 17: Arequipa - Juliaca - Puno

Day 18: Cusco

To Cusco Overland.

Day 19: Cusco

Afternoon city tour.

Day 20: Sacred Valley

Sacred Valley overnight

Day 21: Macchu Picchu

Macchu Picchu by train

Day 22: Macchu Picchu

Return to valley hotel.

Day 23: Willoq

Willoq / Patacancha / Sacred Valley.

Day 24: Lima

Flight to Lima.