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Signature Peru: The Inca heartland

7 days from £1,290pp

(based on two people sharing & excluding flights)

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Overview & Highlights

This short, great value holiday includes Cusco, high in the Andes; the Sacred Valley of the Incas with towering ruined temples; and jungle-clad Machu Picchu.  An excellent choice if you’re short of time or on a budget.

This short private tour of Peru explores the Inca heartland in the Andes, and includes all the main attractions in and around Cusco. After landing in Cusco, you travel onwards by road into the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Next is a rail journey alongside the tempestuous Urubamba river through a narrow gorge leading to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, set on a mountain saddle above the valley. Conclude the holiday in historic Cusco, the former Inca capital and a treasure trove of meticulous Inca stonework and graceful colonial architecture. 

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  • Guided visit to Pisaq market and ruins, Ollantaytambo village and Inca fortress and the Sacred Valley
  • Guided tour of Machu Picchu
  • Tour of the city of Cusco and nearby ruins

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Outline itinerary

Day 1

Arrive in Cusco and drive to the Sacred Valley.

Day 2

Visit Pisaq ruins, market and Ollantaytambo Inca ruins.

Day 3

By train to Machu Picchu, guided tour of the site.

Day 4

Return to Cusco by rail and road.

Day 5

Guided tour of the city.

Day 6

Day at leisure.

Day 7

Transfer to the airport and connect with flight home.
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Sacred Valley

Explore Sacred Valley of the Incas
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Travel by train to Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu

Guided tour of Machu Picchu
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Walking tour of Cusco

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Las Casitas del Arco Iris

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Las Casitas del Arco Iris

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Our Expert's Opinion

For those with limited time who still want to experience the highlights of Peru, this is the perfect trip. We wanted to demonstrate that Peru can be explored in just one week, either as a standalone trip or in combination with other Latin American highlights such as the Galápagos Islands.

Heloise
Heloise Buxton Travel Expert Heloise started her Latin American journey as an exchange student in Santiago, Chile. With extended summer holidays this was the perfect opportunity to backpack through Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.
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  • Kathryn
    Kathryn Rhodes - Travel Expert

    Kathryn backpacked across Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru before joining us. She has a degree in Philosophy and French and is a keen netball player.

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    Sally Dodge - Travel Expert

    A former Journey Latin America tour leader, Sally spent 7 years working, travelling and living throughout Latin America before returning to the UK to help people arrange their own adventures to this wonderful destination.

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    Mary Anne Nelson - Travel Expert

    Born in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, Mary’s insider knowledge and dry sense of humour make her a highly valued member of the Tailor-made Holidays and Group Tour sales team.

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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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    Paul Winrow-Giffin - Travel Expert

    After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.

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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.

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