Private Journeys

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.

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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Things to do

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Explore Sacred Valley of the Incas

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Travel by train to Machu Picchu

Guided tour of Machu Picchu

Walking tour of Cusco

Accommodation

Browse our unrivalled portfolio of accommodation . Every option has been carefully chosen by our team of travel experts, so you can rest assured that you’ll relax in utter comfort.

Peru / Sacred Valley of the Incas

Las Casitas del Arco Iris

Peru / Cusco

Los Portales Hotel Cusco

Peru / Machu Picchu

Casa Andina Standard Machu Picchu

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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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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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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.