Duration
7 Days / 6 Nights
Package Type
Traditional
Activity Level
Moderate
Physical Difficulty
Cultural rating
Wildlife expectation
On our Classic Peru you will journey and discover the landscapes, sounds, colors and flavors of our great Andean Culture. Explore the geography and the history of Peru on this Classic Peru Trip which offers you the perfect blend of fascinating guided excursions and free time to move at your own leisurely pace. The highlight of nearly everyone’s Peru Trip is the Seventh Wonder of the World, the Incan Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. Cosmopolitan Lima is Peru’s vibrant capital and the center of Peruvian gastronomy. Some of the most fantastic restaurants in the whole world are located in Lima. Cusco was the center of the Inca Empire, and ancient Incan walls still stand all around the center of the city today.
Enjoy the great cultural legacy of the Quechua world on our Classic Peru. Share the best that Peru has to offer with the inhabitants of the Peruvian Andes. During your Classic Peru Trip enjoy our most important tourist destinations: Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and the great Incan architectural marvel, the Citadel of Machu Picchu.
Special features of our Classic Peru trip: Lima, Cusco & Machu Picchu:
Type of Tourism: Family, Naturalist, Geographical, historical, archeological and Cultural
Places To Visit: Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and the great Incan architectural marvel, the Citadel of Machu Picchu
Duration: 7 Days and 6 Nights
Type of Service: are private tours
Accommodation: 4 star hotels at every destination that you will visit. These hotels had been carefully chosen and we can guarantee that you will feel comfortable and pampered
Time of year: April through November, the best season (December, January and March are rainy season months).
Departure Dates: Rates valid until December 2021
At the moment you arrive in Lima, a team member of Valencia travel will be waiting for you at the airport and take you, on private transport, to your hotel.
The first stop on our Lima city tour is Huaca Pucllana, a huge archaeological site in Miraflores, one of Lima’s most popular districts. Huaca Pucllana was an important ceremonial and administrative center of the Lima culture, which developed along this part of the Peruvian coast between 200 AD and 700 AD. This sacred place was built from seven staggered platforms surrounded by a plaza and large walls. It’s a very impressive site, and certainly not what you expect to find i...
A representative of Valencia Travel Cusco will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the airport where you will take your flight to Cusco!
After your arrival to Cusco, your cultural excursion will begin when we pick you up in Cusco and drive you out to the Ccaccaccollo Community. When we arrive, we’ll meet some of the locals who live in the community, which is home to some 50 families. Here, the two main activities are farming and weaving, with the men w...
We’ll pick you up from your hotel at 08h30 and then set off towards the Sacred Valley. In Pisac, we will visit the colorful traditional market, where you can browse the array of local artisan work and other souvenirs – which of course you can buy to take home with you. We’ll spend about 30 minutes here, and then head up to the ruins of Pisac which sit atop a hill at the entrance to the valley.
At the Pisac archaeological site, we’ll explore the ex...
Our tour begins in Urubamba, where we’ll pick you up at 06h00. and then head to the train station to board the train to Aguas Calientes (also known as Machu Picchu Pueblo). The train leaves at approximately 07h05 although the exact schedule does change sometimes. The two-hour train journey is a memorable experience in itself, as we pass through river canyons and rolling hills, then your guide will pick you up from the train station at around 09h15. We’ll then walk to the b...
Our Cusco city tour begins in the morning, when we’ll first head to the wonderful Koricancha, next door to Santo Domingo Church. According to the chroniclers who wrote during the period directly after the Spanish Conquest, the Koricancha was the most sacred and most important temple in the Inca Empire. Its walls were covered with gold, and life-size statues of plants and animals – all made of pure gold and silver – decorated its rooms and hallways. Sadly, this wealth...
After breakfast enjoy your last day at leisure before transferring to the airport for your return flight home via Lima.