Peru Highlights

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On this 12-day Peru Highlights tour guests will explore the heart and soul of one of the most fascinating civilizations in the Americas, the Incas. Discover the historical towns of Lima and Cusco, journey through the Santa Catalina convent in Arequipa, emerge in the magical hot springs and witness soaring Andean condors in the Colca Canyon, marvel at the trad...
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Explore the Incas
    • Discover the historical towns of Lima and Cusco
    • Explore the great Incan mountain-top city of Machu Picchu

What's this trip about?

    On this 12-day Peru Highlights tour guests will explore the heart and soul of one of the most fascinating civilizations in the Americas, the Incas. Discover the historical towns of Lima and Cusco, journey through the Santa Catalina convent in Arequipa, emerge in the magical hot springs and witness soaring Andean condors in the Colca Canyon, marvel at the traditions of water tribe villages on the islands of Lake Titicaca, be enriched by the merchants of the markets and textile centers of the Sacred Valley, and explore the great Incan mountain-top city of Machu Picchu. This is the best of Peru and you get to experience it all. Be dazzled by the fascinating cultures eager to welcome travelers and capture the memories of the incredible panoramas of Peru. Meet the people, experience the adventure, live the traditions, delight your palate, encounter the past, embrace nature, feel the mystery,discover the intensity of Peru.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal transport included (including local flights)
Start CityLima
End CityLima

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Family Friendly
  • National Parks

Destinations

Activities

  • Bird Watching
  • Historic Sightseeing
  • History
  • Nature
  • Relaxing Retreat
  • Ruins & Archaeology
  • Trains & Rail

Trip includes

    • Transfers, hotel accommodations and meals as outlined in itinerary
    • Private services with local English speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary except where otherwise specified
    • All entrance fees to the sites mentioned in the itinerary
    • Roundtrip train ticket to Machu Picchu via Vistadome coach per person
    • Bus tickets and entrance tickets to Machu Picchu
    • Permanent assistance during the trip.

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1: Lima

Accommodation: Casa Andina Private Collection Miraflores

A representative will meet you at the airport with a private driver to be transferred to the hotel. Your representative will assist you with check-in procedures and provide you with a detailed itinerary, vouchers covering all the services included in your tour and additional information on the organization of your Peru trip.

Day 2: Lima & Larco Herrera

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Casa Andina Private Collection Miraflores

Enjoy a half day guided sightseeing tour to the most attractive and important sites in Lima. The tour includes Lima's Historical Center, passing by Plaza San Martin, Plaza Mayor, t...

Day 3: Lima & Arequipa

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Sonesta Posadas del Inca Arequipa

Transfer to the Lima airport to board your flight to the city of Arequipa. Upon your arrival to Arequipa's airport you will be met by a representative who will assist you with your luggage...

Day 4: Arequipa & Colca Canyon

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Colca Lodge

Early in the morning, depart on a wonderful four hour journey to the Colca Canyon, one of the deepest canyons in the world. Drive across Pampa Cañahuas in the Aguada Blanca National Reserve, inhabited...

Day 5: Colca Canyon & Puno

Meals: Breakfast and Box Lunch

Accommodation: Sonesta Posadas del Inca Puno

Very early in the morning, drive to the observation point “Cruz del Condor”. From here you can appreciate the grandeur of the canyon and with a bit of luck you might spot Andean ...

Day 6: Uros & Taquile Islands

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Sonesta Posadas del Inca Puno

Early in the morning, you will have an unforgettable motorboat excursion on the waters of Lake Titicaca to the unique "Floating Islands" of the Uros. These ancient inhabitants of the...

Day 7: Puno & City Tour Cusco

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Casa Andina Classic San Blas

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Cusco. Upon your arrival to Cusco airport you will be met by a representative who will assist you with your luggage and drive you to your ho...

Day 8: Cusco & Sacred Valley

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Sol y Luna

En route towards the Urubamba Valley, visit Awanacancha, an Andean textile center whose principal objective is to maintain the wealth of Incan textile art alive. Here you will learn about the dyeing te...

Day 9: Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Inkaterra Machu Picchu

Morning transfer to the train station for an amazing train journey to the famous Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu. This great mountain-top city was abandoned by the Inca Empire, reclaim...

Day 10: Machu Picchu & Cusco

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Inkaterra Machu Picchu

Excellent opportunity to wake up early and enjoy a beautiful sunrise. Take a stroll around the town of Aguas Calientes and visit the hot springs thermal waters for a much needed soak. Time ...

Day 11: Cusco

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Casa Andina Classic San Blas

A day at leisure to explore and enjoy the many excellent cafés, bars and innovative restaurants in Cusco or for any last minute shopping.

Day 12: Cusco & Lima

Transfer to Cusco Airport to board your flight back to Lima. Upon arrival in Lima assistance with all departure formalities for your international homebound flight

Meals: Breakfast

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Dates & Availability

Price From $3,095
Price per day$258
Single supplement (single occupancy)$1,095
Last Updated: 8/22/2018

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • Domestic airfare from Lima to Arequipa, Juliaca to Cusco and Cusco to Lima approximately $740pp
    • International airfare
    • Airport taxes
    • Meals that are not described in the itinerary
    • Drinks during meals
    • Excess baggage charges
    • Early check-in or late check-out
    • Tips to hotel staff & guides
    • Items of a personal nature such as soft drinks or alcoholic beverages, hotel extras or insurance of any kind

Accommodation

Casa Andina Private Collection Miraflores Strategically located in the heart of Miraflores, Casa Andina Private Collection Miraflores provides all the facilities and services of a first class hotel with a contemporary design and an unmistakable local style. Among their attributes exhibits an exquisite contemporary art collection, along with valuable colonial antiques that decorate the rooms and common areas. This non-smoking hotel features 148 modern rooms distributed among 18 floors with soundproof windows. The rooms have one queen bed or two full-size beds, desk or breakfast table, flat LCD TV screens, AC / Heating, mini bar, coffee kit, digital safety box, radio / alarm clock, hair dryer, robe and slippers. Casa Andina Private Collection Miraflores hotel offers fitness center, sauna, swimming pool, concierge and virtual concierge,internet center, Wi-Fi, ATM, turndown service and a breakfast buffet. The tastiest regional ingredients are the basis on which the Restaurant Alma develops its creative cuisine combining Peruvian influences with international cuisine. Guests will enjoy a tasty and varied breakfast buffet with seasonal fruits, cereals, selected hams and cheeses, and an egg station. Breakfast is served from Monday to Friday from 6 am to 10 am; Saturdays and Sundays from 6 am to 11am. Alma typically serves a juicy and traditional sautéed beef tenderloin on wok with vegetables and peruvian fries or grilled alpaca beef with mushroom sauce and sides. Dinner is served from 6:30 to 11 p.m.

Sonesta Posadas del Inca Lake Titicaca Puno

Sonesta Posadas del Inca Lake Titicaca Puno is located on shores of Lake Titicaca, providing an amazing view from the rooms, restaurant and bar as well as from the terrace. Relax and enjoy traditional Peruvian hospitality.

Just 5 kilometers from Puno's Main Square, Sonesta Posada Puno offers tranquil atmosphere and easy access to all tourist activities and attractions. Visit the fascinating floating Islands of the Uros people and their communities built of totora reeds, Taquile Island, the Sillustani chullpas, the Sun and the Moon Island and experience the magnificent scenery of the world's highest navigable lake, surrounded by snow-capped peaks.

Sonesta Posadas del Inca Lake Titicaca Puno offers 62 modern rooms, business center, laundry service, Inkafe restaurant and much more.

Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel

The Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel’s beautiful setting will enhance your visit to the mystical and mysterious ruins of the city of Machu Picchu. From the hotel in lovely Aguas Calientes you are only minutes away by bus from this premier archeological adventure of the Inca Empire. Designed and maintained with a keen sense of beauty, The Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel blends the simple lines of Andean architecture, the exquisite handicraft of local artisans, and tasteful furnishings.

Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel is surrounded by lush vegetation and rich bio-diversity, located in the heart of the Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary. The gardens are incredible with over 372 species of orchid, native palms, ferns, begonias, fruit trees and medicinal plants. Eighty-six rooms, each unique, lie nestled in the spectacular Andes mountain range. Adobe hand-made bricks, eucalyptus wood and cut stone are some of the building materials that give this Andean retreat a feeling of quaint warmth, as well as mysterious spirituality. Each room offers private bathrooms with pure spring water, phone with direct national and international dialing, hairdryer, heating, hot water and fireplace.

Colca Lodge

Colca Lodge is located in one of the most spectacular regions in the south of Peru: the Colca Valley. The hotel sits at an altitude of 10,663 feet above sea level on the banks of the Colca River. It is surrounded by hundreds of pre-Inca agricultural terraces, which have been declared a Peruvian cultural heritage, and is blessed with relaxing hot spring waters rich in lithium.  This is a place with ancient energy, synchronized with nature and the starting point for exploring the valley and visiting the Colca Canyon, one of the world`s deepest ravines.

Colca Lodge is privileged to enjoy a very special location amid pre-Inca agricultural terraces beside the River Colca.  The 45 guest rooms have a wonderful view towards the valley and are built around the gardens and courtyards which make up the hotel.  The style is rustic, with thatched roofs and some of them have adobe walls; these help maintain inside temperatures, thus collaborating with the natural environment.  Colca Lodge is currently implementing an ecological heating system which uses the geothermal energy available on the site of the hotel.  The bathrooms are supplied with hot water from solar heaters.  Bathrooms are small but complete, with a special touch.

27 standard rooms have a small terraces where one can sit in the sunshine and admire the unique local Andean landscape.  15 quadruple rooms fitted with two beds up in rustic mezzanines built out of eucalyptus logs.  There are two suites suitable for families of four members, and one bridal suite, ideal for honeymooners, with the hotel's best view and its own Jacuzzi fed by a hot spring.

The hotel also has a complete hot-spring Eco-spa where a variety of massages, facial treatments, applications, Jacuzzi and steam rooms are offered. Built in natural surroundings down by the river, the three baths are fed from a main source whose temperature is 80 degrees Celsius.The spa was conceived as eco-friendly, and makes use of geothermal energy without interfering with or polluting the natural environment. Enjoy the healing power of the open-air hot pools, each one with a different temperature. Close to the baths there are separate changing rooms for men and women as well as lavatories. There is bar service and a country-style restaurant where barbecued meats and trout are served.

Colca Lodge has safe boxes in each room and at the reception desk. Medical nursing services, telephone and internet (in the reception area) and room service are also provided. The hotel also has three restaurants and two bars with a wide choice of meals and drinks.

Sonesta Posadas Del Inca Arequipa

Sonesta Posada del Inca Arequipa offers guests a unique experience in the heart of the city’s Main Square and next to the Cathedral. It is just a few steps from the commercial and financial districts of Arequipa.  Arequipa, known as the White City, offers a rich historic and cultural heritage as well as natural beauty and scenic landscapes. Arequipa’s attractions include the Cathedral, Compañía de Jesús Church, Santa Catalina Convent, Dama de Ampato (Juanita Mummy) Museum and the Yanahuara viewpoint.

58 guest rooms featuring cable television, individual climate control, direct-dial telephone for domestic and international calls, hair dryer upon request, mini-bar and safe. The hotel offers 24-hour room service, Inkafe restaurant , outdoor swimming pool, laundry service,luggage storage; currency exchange and a business center with Internet access.

Cancellation policy

A non refundable cruise deposit of $500 per person is required at the time of booking. Final payment is due 90 days prior to departure. Guests who must cancel their trip for any reason must do so in writing. For cancellations received 60 days or less prior to departure, the full trip price will be applied as the cancellation penalty. Special holiday payment and cancellation terms apply; contact AdventureSmith for details.

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Meals Included

11 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches and 1 Dinner

Age Requirements
No age restrictions
Families & Children Children 9 years and younger receive a 30% discount off the cost of an adult rate when the child does not require an additional bed. Only one child per double room is allowed. Children 9 years and younger receive a 10% discount off the cost of an adult rate when the child does require an additional bed.
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