Summary
Love a good mystery? This 13-day vacation to Peru is the perfect escape to delve into the world’s most intriguing lost and found story. Featuring not one, but two days behind the misty gates of Machu Picchu, this below-the-equator tour takes you high into the Andes and deeper inside the Lost City of the Incas to unearth its centuries-old secrets. Navigating the cryptic maze of trails, temples, and terraces in the world’s most famous forgotten city is one for the memory books. Other great finds on this tantalizing tour of Peru? Up-close encounters with llamas, alpacas, and other Sacred Valley locals; vibrant, handwoven textiles in the former Inca Empire capital of Cusco; bold, multicultural cuisine in the foodie capital of Lima; and a warm welcome inside a traditional family home for an authentic taste of Peruvian hospitality. When satisfying your inner historian, don’t forget your inner naturalist. Cruise around the famed Galápagos archipelago, where you’ll share the shores with every native species from the blue-footed boobies to the pint-size penguin. A meet-and-greet with a colony of sea lions seals the deal on this wondrous extension to your Peru vacation.
Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- Arrive In Lima, Peru
- Day 2
- Lima
- Day 3
- Lima–Cusco–Sacred Valley
- Day 4
- Sacred Valley–Machu Picchu
- Day 5
- Machu Picchu–Cusco
- Day 6
- Cusco
- Day 7
- Cusco–Lima–Quito, Ecuador
- Day 8
- Quito
- Day 9
- Quito–Baltra
- Day 10
- Cruising: Genovesa Island
- Day 11
- Cruising: South Plaza & Santa Fé
- Day 12
- Cruising: Bachas Beach–Baltra
- Day 13
- Guayaquil
Countries (2): Ecuador, Peru
Travel Cities (12): Cusco, Galapagos Islands, Guayaquil, Lima, Machu Picchu, Nazca, Ollantaytambo, Pisco, Quito, Sacred Valley of the Incas, Sacsayhuamán, Santo Domingo