Machu Picchu - Lake
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(11
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Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(12 days/11 nights)
Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(14 days/13 nights)
Colca Canyon - Machu
Picchu
Lake Titicaca
(16 days/15 nights)
Archaeological & Ecological
Treasures
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca (or Amazon)
(18 days/17
nights)
Colca Canyon - Amazon
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(22 days/21 nights)
Machu Picchu
(10
days/9 nights)
Machu Picchu
(13 days/12 nights)
Machu Picchu - Galapagos
(15 days/14 nights)
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
(18 days/17 nights)
Manu National Park
(8 days/7 nights)
Enchanted Isles of the Galapagos
Galapagos
(11
days/10 nights)
Galapagos & the Kingdom of Quito
Galapagos - Andes
(16 days/15 nights)
Galapagos - Amazon
(16 days/15 nights)
Historic Haciendas of the Andes
Cotopaxi - Antisana
- Otavalo
(7 days/6 nights)
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San Blas artisans' quarter, Cuzco.
Photo: Walter H. Wust.
If you have an extra day or two and your tour does not include them, we recommend that you consider adding An Extra Day in the Sacred Valley and An Extra Day in Cuzco. These are the two places where guests most frequently tell us they would have liked to spend more time. As well, you will find below other short excursions you may wish to consider. All prices are per person based on two people sharing a guest room. For a detailed description of our services, see About Our Tours. Intra-tour air fares are additional.
A Day in Lima or A Second Day in Lima (2 days/1 night each)
An Extra Day in Cuzco (2 days/1 night)
Royal Inca Trail (No extra days or nights)
Hiram Bingham Orient-Express to Machu Picchu (No extra days or nights)
An Extra Day in the Sacred Valley (2 days/1 night)
Weavers' Way (4 days/3 nights)
Shamanic Ceremony with Honorato Ninantay Guzman (No extra days or nights)
Horseback Riding in the Sacred Valley (2 days/1 night or 5 days/4 nights)
Urubamba River White-Water Rafting (2 days/1 night)
A Hot-Air Balloon Ride Over the Sacred Valley (No extra days or nights)
Manu Cloud Forest (3 days/2 nights)
An Extra Day at Lake Titicaca (2 days/1 night)
Tiwanaku (2 days/1 night)
Colca Canyon (5 days/4 nights or 4 days/3 nights)
Nazca Lines (3 days/2 nights or 2 days/1 night)
A Day in Lima or A Second Day in Lima
Land Price (2 days/1 night each)
Royal US$ 635 Imperial US$ 525 De Luxe US$ 500
Royal US$ 675 Imperial US$ 565 De Luxe US$ 540
A day in Lima gives you time to walk in the colonial quarter, visiting the Plaza de Armas and entering the 1599 La Iglesia y Convento de Santo Domingo, Lima's oldest convent; the 1758 La Catedral; and the 1674 La Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco, the most spectacular of Lima's colonial-era churches. In contrast to the religious structures is the 1735 Torre Tagle Palace. Luncheon of French-Peruvian cuisine at L'Eau Vive Restaurant before an afternoon at the Museo Larco and Museo Amano. Dine out at the extraordinary Huaca Pucllana restaurant and overnight in the Country Club Lima Hotel.
A second day in Lima allows time for a morning drive to Pachacamac, the most reknowned pre-Inca and Inca pilgrimage site of the coast, a buffet luncheon of typical cuisine at El Señorio de Sulco before continuing to the Gold of Peru Museum or another museum of your choice, dinner of classic Peruvian cuisine at Las Brujas de Cachiche and overnight in the Country Club Lima Hotel.
Land Price (2 days/1 night)
Royal US$ 935 Imperial US$ 735 De Luxe US$ 650
An extra day in Cuzco provides an afternoon to stroll around this miraculously-preserved Inca and colonial city. The artisans' quarter of San Blas and colonial monuments are recommended. The tourist ticket provided by Inka's will give you admittance into sites that can't be included in a one-day excursion. On a morning excursion the next day, follow the route and relive the sights of travelers who arrived in the imperial city of the Incas on the Collasuyu Road, from the southern quarter of the empire. Pass through the ancient gate of Rumicolca, gaze at the pre-Inca ruins of Pikillaqta, taste the traditional bread of Oropesa and admire Tipon, a royal garden of Inca Wiracocha. Lunch of Italian-Peruvian cuisine at Incanto. Dinner of Mediterranean cuisine at La Cicciolina. Overnight in the Orient-Express Hotel Monasterio.
Land Price (No extra days or nights)
Free upgrade from any tour with an overnight in Machu Picchu
The Royal Inca Trail is believed to be the ceremonial path that the Inca ruling caste used for ritual purification before entering the sacred site of Machu Picchu. It allows a taste of the Inca Trail without days of hiking and camping. We begin the hike from the train stop at Kilometer 104 and follow the trail for six hours to the spectacular view of Machu Picchu from Intipunku, the Sun Gate. From here, we descend into the world-famous "Lost City of the Incas".
Hiram Bingham Orient-Express to Machu Picchu
Land Price (No extra days or nights)
Free upgrade from any tour with an overnight in Machu Picchu
All services, including a shared guide, are provided by Orient-Express Hotels.
At around noon, on July 23, 1911, an explorer named Hiram Bingham climbed up a steep hill and stumbled onto Machu Picchu, uncovering what had been up until that moment, the Incas' best kept secret. The world was stunned by his discovery. PeruRail's luxury train service between Cuzco and Machu Picchu is named after the American explorer who discovered the stunning ruins of the ancient citadel.
The distinctive blue-and-gold carriages of the Hiram Bingham are warm and inviting, with elegant interior upholstery. The train, consisting of four luxurious passenger cars, two dining cars, a bar car and a kitchen car, can carry up to 84 passengers. The general style of the carriages is in line with those on PeruRail's "Andean Explorer" train, which operates between Cuzco and Lake Titicaca in Southern Peru, and reflects the luxury of the 1920s Pullman era.
An Extra Day in the Sacred Valley
Land Price (2 days/1 night)
Royal US$ 910 Imperial US$ 450 De Luxe US$ 395
An extra day in the Sacred Valley gives you time for a leisurely visit to the weaver's village of Chinchero for a private demonstration of ancient textile techniques, the age-old salt mines below the colonial town of Maras, the Moray archaeological site and a typical lunch in the patio of a country restaurant. Includes dinner of nouvelle Andean cuisine at Killa Wasi and overnight in a suite or bungalow at the Sol y Luna Lodge.
Land Price (4 days/3 nights)
Royal US$ 1,150 Imperial US$ 975 De Luxe US$ 920
This short trek in the Sacred Valley of the Incas begins at the colonial village of Lares, with its delightful hot springs baths, and ends with a road journey to the famous "living Inca settlement" of Ollantaytambo. In between, we follow a hiking route that skirts the northern slope of the Cordillera. Here, the Quechua people maintain an ancient way of life, herding alpacas and llamas, farming the Andean slopes and practicing a tradition inherited from their Inca ancestors: the making and wearing of superb textiles.
Shaman's Ceremony by Honorato Ninantay Guzman
Honorarium (No extra days or nights)
US$ 100
This honored shaman will conduct a tribute to Mother Earth, an ancient ceremony still observed by the indigenous people of Peru. It consists in making an offering to Pacha Mama (Mother Earth) so that agricultural production will improve. To perform this activity, the materials utilized are sweet red wine, coca leaves, firewood, chicha de jora (an alcoholic beverage made from purple corn), red carnations, yellow carnations, white carnations and other traditional items.
Additionally, the shaman places a typical shawl on an altar and speaks some prayers in Quechua, asking the Apus (mountain spirits) and Mother Earth to help the fields produce better and more abundant crops and livestock. The altar is burned and buried in the earth. While this is what is generally done, the ceremony (which lasts about one and one-half hours) can vary between one shaman and another. Other traditional rituals are possible, if requested in advance. Among these are exorcising witchcraft, reading coca leaves and cards to foresee a person's future, calling a wandering soul back into its body and removing evil winds, also called negative energy or the evil eye.
Horseback Riding in the Sacred Valley
Land Price
(2 days/1 night): Royal US$ 555 Imperial US$ 385 De Luxe US$ 330
(5 days/4 nights): De Luxe US$ 1,820
Discover the magic of the Peruvian Paso horse, and the grandeur of its native land, in a way few are privileged to experience. Perol Chico, the premier riding center in Peru, offers exclusive horseback riding tours on Peruvian Paso horses. It specializes in multi-day equestrian tours off the beaten track.
Urubamba River White-Water Rafting
Land Price (2 days/1 night)
Royal US$ 570 Imperial US$ 400 De Luxe US$ 345
This rafting adventure on a beautiful section of the Urubamba River is for just about everyone -- no experience is needed. The river starts gently, with time to practice the maneuvers required, then builds up with more challenging rapids through a beautiful canyon, where we will see torrent ducks and views of the surrounding peaks.
A Hot-Air Balloon Ride Over the Sacred Valley
Flight Price (No extra days or nights)
US$ 460
I think that there are few pleasures as grand as drifting slowly over the earth in an open basket. It's romantic, it's breathtaking, it's a journey you'll never forget. It's a world filled with beauty, excitement and adventure. A balloon ride is a thrill that is indescribable. The silent beauty of floating hundreds of feet over the beautiful Sacred Valley, watching the wonderful hills covered with snow, the cultivated fields, the Vilcanota river.
-- Jeff Hall, pilot
Land Price (3 days/2 nights)
Private US$ 800
Set off from Cuzco for the cloud forest, passing over two Andean chains of almost 13,100 feet in elevation and descending the eastern slope of the Andes. After passing pre-Inca ruins and one of Peru's most colorful pueblos, we plunge downward through swirling mist and clouds to emerge in a forest of dwarf, evergreen trees before arriving at the display ground of the blazing-red Andean cock-of-the-rock. Witness these birds' elaborate mating dance and explore the forest trails to see high-elevation cloud-forest birds, common woolly monkeys, brown capuchin monkeys or even a spectacled bear.
Land Price (2 days/1 night)
Imperial US$ 345
An extra day at Lake Titicaca gives you time for a private yacht voyage to traditional Taquile Island, and to fully appreciate the noble archaeological site of Sillustanti and Pukara, where the origins of Andean culture are discovered. Along the way are the poetic pueblo of Lampa and the natural stone sculptures of Tinajani.
Land Price (2 days/1 night)
Imperial US$ 535
At the peak of the Aymara civilization in 700 A.D., Tiwanaku is believed to have been the largest city in the world with more than 100,000 inhabitants. When the Incas discovered the deserted city around 1200 A.D., they were inspired by the advanced agricultural techniques and the monolithic architecture of the ancient Aymara. Here, you will appreciate La Puerta del Sol (The Door of the Sun), the Templo de Akapana, the Templo de Kalasasaya, the Templete Semisubterraneo (Sunken Courtyard) and the site museums of ceramics and stone sculpture.
Land Price
(4 days/3 nights) Imperial US$ 1,190 (5 days/4 nights) Imperial US$ 1,480
"I realized that we were witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime experience... Not only did we see the huge condors soaring past on their 9-foot wingspan, but two young birds decided to land about 10 meters from us and proceeded to perch and preen for our cameras." Your private, overland expedition sets out from the colonial city of Arequipa, under the inspiring Misti volcano in southern Peru. As you pass through a remote terrain of vicuñas and volcanoes, you note pueblos all but forgotten since Spanish days and vestiges of a culture that dates back two millennia. At last, you reach the rim of one of the world's deepest canyons, the Colca, on whose sheer cliff face live the magnificent Andean condors.
Nazca Lines
Land Price
Royal US$ 1,575 Imperial US$ 1,465 De Luxe US$ 1,355
Royal US$ 980 Imperial US$ 870 De Luxe US$ 845
One of the most baffling enigmas in all archaeology... On the south coast of Peru, using as their canvas a plateau 37 miles long and 15 miles wide, Nazca artists etched works of monumental proportion: a montage of geometric designs and whimsical portrayals of plants and animals, such as the hummingbird, fish, dog, lizard, puma, spider, condor and monkey. On this private chauffeured excursion, a longer-than-usual overflight of the Nazca Lines is complemented by a visit to the regional museum's collection of vivid polychrome ceramics and world-reknowned Paracas textiles, while a boat trip to see the amazing profusion of sea life on nearby islands reveals some of the animals that inspired the artistic motifs.
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