7-Day Peru Vacation Package: Lima – Cusco – Sacred Valley – Machu Picchu
Join us for an enchanting 7-Day Peru Vacation Package from Lima to Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. To get the most out of your time in Peru, we’ve designed this week-long itinerary. Explore Lima’s contemporary neighborhoods.
Explore Cusco’s architecture and archaeology (including Moray, Moras, and Pisac). The Sacred Valley is a lovely place to visit. After that, travel by rail and bus to Peru’s most famous tourist attraction, Machu Picchu.
7-Day Peru Vacation Package: Lima – Cusco – Sacred Valley – Machu Picchu
Highlights
- Lima City tour
- Tour the lovely Lima
- Visit the Larco Museum and tour the Magic Water Circuit
- Go sightseeing in Cusco
- Explore the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Awanacancha, Colonial, and Inca Pisac, explore the Inkariy Museum
- Visit Maras, Moray, and the Ollantaytambo Fortress
- Visit Machu Picchu and explore the archaeological site
Itinerary
Day 1 Lima Arrival
Lima
Welcome to the Metropolitan city of Lima and its beautiful Pacific coastline. At your arrival, we transfer you to your hotel in Miraflores.
Day 2 Lima City Tour
Centro Historico de Lima After breakfast, visit the city center where you will enjoy some of the best examples of colonial architecture including The San Martin Plaza, Paseo de la Republica, the Plaza de Armas. The tour concludes with a visit to the more modern districts of San Isidro, Miraflores, Point where you can feel the breeze from the Pacific Ocean.
Day 3 Lima to Cusco, Day to acclimate
Cusco
Today, we pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your flight to Cusco. Upon arrival to Cusco, our representative will be there to collect you and take you to your hotel, just 5 minutes away from the historic Plaza de Armas. The rest of the day is at your leisure to venture out in one of the most stunning cities in the Americas or rest up for the rest of your adventure.
Day 4 Amazing Moray Agricultural Site and Maras Salt Mines
Moray
Today you will experience a half-day guided excursion throughout the Sacred Valley. First, you will visit the huge circular agricultural terraces at Moray, built by the Incas in natural sinkholes. They sit on a limestone plateau overlooking the Urubamba Valley. Then you will visit the salt mines of Maras. At this amazing site, you can see the pans fed by saline spring water that was built on steep terraces along one side of a narrow valley.
Day 5 Sacred Valley: Pisaq – Ollantaytambo
Sacred Valley of the Incas
Let’s not be in a huge rush to get to Machu Picchu! You always have to go through the Sacred Valley to get there. Enjoy the short drive to the incredible Inca ruins of Pisac and Ollantaytambo. Your guide will fill in all the details of the history of these two important and impressive as you make your way. Night in the Sacred Valley.
Day 6 Machu Picchu Citadel – Cusco
Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu
Good morning Machu Picchu! We take a short train ride to the town of Aguas Calientes, and then a 20-minute bus ride to the gates of Machu Picchu. You will have a 2-hour guided tour of the sanctuary where your guide will point out all major sites.
This site was never taken by the Spanish and gives us our best insight into construction techniques and cultural/ceremonial importance. You will have time in the afternoon to explore the site on your own. In the afternoon you will board the return train to Ollantaytambo Station and private transport to Cusco.
Day 7 Cusco Farewell
Cusco
According to the flight time, we will pick you up and get you to the Cusco airport and on to your next adventure.
This ends our 7-Day Peru Vacation Package: Lima – Cusco – Sacred Valley – Machu Picchu.
Flights and hotel search for Lima