Overview & Highlights
This first class rail service, where you sleep on board in luxury cabins, is complemented by some of the country’s best hotels. Travel through the landscapes of Peru among the snow-draped Andean peaks at a relaxing pace, in tune with the environment.
- Lima: Colonial city tour and Larco Museum
- Sacred Valley: Excursion to Pisaq and Ollantaytambo
- Machu Picchu: Guided tour
- Cusco: City tour and Sacsayhuamán ruins
- Visit the Inca site at Raqchi
- Lake Titicaca : Uros Islands
- Visit the Sumbay Caves near Lagunillas
- Entrance fees to sites above included
Enhance the magic that is Peru on this sumptuous short holiday where you travel between the highlights by luxury train. You’ll get a different perspective on this country of such great variety, as you glide through countryside of fields bulging with fruit and vegetables and along wind-buffeted prairies rimmed by ice-jacketed Andean mountains.
Travel by train to and from Machu Picchu, perched on a saddle where the mountains descend to the Amazon jungle. Then from the Sacred Valley you board another luxury rail service. This is a train with a difference: you spend two nights actually sleeping on the train – not in a couchette, but a luxury fully furnished stateroom. The train will be halted at remote, utterly peaceful locations, where you can enjoy blissful, uninterrupted sleep.
In Lima, Cusco and the Sacred Valley you will stay in first class hotels reflecting the same standard of luxury and service as the trains which are operated by Belmond, formerly Orient Express, whose prestigious history and experience in train travel means you will be in good hands.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive Lima, transfer to hotel on the Pacific coast.
Day 2
Guided tour of colonial Lima and the Larco Museum. Fly to Cusco.
Day 3
Full day guided tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Day 4
By luxury train to Machu Picchu and guided tour of the ruins.
Day 5
Revisit the ruins and return to Cusco by luxury Hiram Bingham train.
Day 6
Guided tour of Cusco and nearby Inca ruins.
Day 7
By luxury train to Lake Titicaca.
Day 8
Onward by luxury train to Arequipa.
Day 9
Arrive in Arequipa, the White City.
Day 10
Transfer to the airport and fly to Lima for your international flight.
Things to do
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What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
Very efficient with the booking process and very helpful with his service throughout. Adam was always prompt and helpful in answering all our questions prior to departure.
IR, London
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