Taste of Peru

Private Transfer Sacred Valley & Awanakancha Weaving Centre

Pick-up after breakfast and transfer from your hotel to Lima Airport to catch a flight to Cusco. Welcome meeting on arrival, followed by transfer to your hotel in the Sacred Valley. On the way to the hotel, you will stop at Awanakancha, a farm of South American camelids and showroom of textiles, where local families show the entire traditional process of weaving.  The remainder of your evening is at leisure.

INCLUDES : Breakfast

Lost City of the Incas; Machu Picchu

Enjoy breakfast before heading to Ollantaytambo Station to board the train to Aguas Calientes. Following a scenic two hour journey through dramatic Andean landscapes, arrive at the station in Aguas Calientes. Here you board a coach for a 20-minute ride to Machu Picchu itself. The ‘Lost City of the Incas’ had lain abandoned in the heavens for four centuries until American explorer Hiram Bingham happened upon it in 1911. Machu Picchu is believed to have been built in the 1450s by Inca Emperor Pachacuti as a retreat. A guided tour explains the origins behind this awe-inspiring citadel and the most prominent landmarks among the 200 or so buildings such as the monumental Main Square, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows, the Circular Towers, the Sacred Sun Dial and the Burial Grounds.  Return back to Aguas Calientes to rest and relax for the evening.

INCLUDES : Breakfast, Lunch

City Tour and Archaeological Sites

The morning is free to spend at your leisure. In the afternoon, enjoy a guided tour of Cusco starting with a visit to Santo Domingo Convent, a large Renaissance-baroque complex, which was built over the Inca Qoricancha temple. It was one of the most important temples dedicated to the worship of the sun and its foundations are still prominent at the base of the convent. Continue to the Plaza de Armas to visit the cathedral featuring an elaborate Renaissance façade built over a demolished Incan temple. Head to the hills above Cusco to visit the remains of the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, which imposing ramparts offer a stunning panoramic view of Cusco, the ruins of temple and amphitheatre of Qenqo, where it is believed the Incas practiced agricultural rituals. Finally, visit Puka Pukara (‘Red fortress’ in Quechua) an Incan military complex located on a prominent hill.

INCLUDES : Breakfast, Lunch