Overview & Highlights
This comfortable group holiday whizzes you through Peru’s must-see highlights. Visit Lima on the Pacific coast, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley in the Andes. Superb landscapes and a mélange of cultural riches.
- Cusco: guided city tour and visit to Sacsayhuamán temple fortress
- Cusco: guided tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas
- Machu Picchu: guided tour of the ruins
- Lake Titicaca: Uros Islands boat trip
- Lake Titicaca: guided excursion to Sillustani
On this 10 day group holiday you will visit all the ultimate highlights of Peru. Ruined temples and fortresses of the Inca Empire surround Cusco, once the heart of the Inca world and now a graceful homage to Spanish colonial architecture. Beyond the ancient terraced hillsides of the Sacred Valley of the Incas lies the archaeological site at Machu Picchu, a must-see on the world’s scale. Finally, no trip to Peru is complete without a scenic trip across the wind-buffeted plains of the altiplano to the shores of the world’s highest navigable lake, Titicaca, a sacred body of water rimmed by snow-mantled Andean mountains.
The welcoming Peruvian people, combined with the country's rich culture and diverse and beautiful scenery, make Peru an easy place to fall in love with: the Inca temples of Machu Picchu; Cusco and the Sacred Valley; Lake Titicaca's vast expanse of shimmering sapphire waters are its top sights.
Outline itinerary
UK clients depart, arriving Lima, Peru, the same day.
Day 1
Overnight in Peru’s monumental capital.
Day 2
Fly to and explore colonial Cusco, former Inca capital.
Day 3
Guided tour of the city and Inca Sacsayhuamán.
Day 4
Excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas; overnight.
Day 5
By train to Machu Picchu; guided tour of the ruins.
Day 6
Optional re-entry to Machu Picchu; return to Cusco.
Day 7
Private road journey to Lake Titicaca.
Day 8
Boat trip to the Uros Islands and tour of Sillustani.
Day 9
Fly to Lima.
Day 10
Depart for international flight or extension.
UK clients arrive home the following day.
Things to do
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Accommodation
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Holiday Extensions
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What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
"The holiday was wide-ranging, expertly organised and allowed us time to go 'off-tour' and enjoy the locations independently which I appreciated, given the swift nature of the journey."
MB, London
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Our specialists have been expertly crafting award-winning tailor-made holidays to Latin America for 40 years. We would be delighted to create a truly personalised trip which perfectly matches your wishes and requirements.
Hannah Waterhouse - Travel Expert
Hannah had an early introduction to Latin America when her family moved to Ecuador and she returned to study in Buenos Aires for a year before backpacking across the continent.
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Sophie Barber - Travel Expert
Sophie lived in Chile before joining us and has travelled extensively across Latin America, from Mexico to the furthest tip of Patagonia and beyond to Antarctica.
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Lina Fuller - Travel Expert
Lina's passion for the continent where she was born really took off when she moved to Córdoba (Argentina) to study, spending the holidays travelling between Argentina and her native Colombia.
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Carrie Gallagher - Travel Expert
A former JLA tour leader, Carrie brings a wealth of on-the-ground experience to our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours department.
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Hannah Donaldson - Travel Expert
Having spent part of her childhood in Colombia and worked in Brazil and Costa Rica, Hannah's ties to Latin America run deep. Hannah is a much valued Travel Expert in our Tailor-made Holidays and Group Tours sales team.
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Ben Line - Travel Expert
Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Head of Sales.
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Chris Rendell-Dunn - Travel Expert
Anglo-Peruvian Chris grew up in Lima and spent much of his adult life in between London and Cusco as a tour leader, before settling permanently in our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours sales team.
