Overview & Highlights
This economical holiday includes Peru’s top sights and features visits to charitable projects and local communities. An excellent budget choice if you’re interested in local community life.
This unusual private tour of Peru explores the Inca heartland in the Andes, and includes attractions in and around Cusco and Lake Titicaca. Fly up to the Andes from Lima and stay in historic Cusco, the former Inca capital and a treasure trove of Inca stonework and colonial architecture. Continue 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. Finally travel to shimmering Lake Titicaca on the altiplano, visiting islands and local communities as well as the ruined artefacts of a long-gone pre-Columbian civilisation.
What makes this holiday special is its community focus: you are staying at two hotels set up to support a street children’s charity established by a Dutchwoman, you visit indigenous communities on the Uros and Taquile Islands of Lake Titicaca and stay with a local family on the shores of the lake. This gives you the opportunity to engage with local people and learn about their lifestyle at first hand.
- Tour of the city of Cusco and Sacsayhuamán ruins
- Visit the Los Niños charity project
- Full day guided visit to the Sacred Valley of the Incas
- Guided tour of Machu Picchu
- Inca ruins and museums en route to Puno
- Sillustani ruins near Lake Titicaca
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Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Lima.
Day 2
Fly to Cusco; guided tour of the city and Sacsayhuamán temple fortress.
Day 3
Day at leisure in Cusco.
Day 4
Guided exploration of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Day 5
At leisure in the Sacred Valley.
Day 6
By road and train to Machu Picchu, guided tour of the site.
Day 7
Return by rail and road to Cusco.
Day 8
Day at leisure in Cusco.
Day 9
By coach to Puno on Lake Titicaca.
Day 10
By boat to Taquile Island; overnight with a family at Luquina Chico.
Day 11
Return to Puno.
Day 12
Visit Sillustani ruins, fly to Lima and connect with international flight home.
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