Luxury Peruvian Andes 6D/5N
6 Days / 5 Nights

Your private pickup will be at 7:00AM directly from your hotel in Cusco. In our private Alpaca van/bus we will drive to our first stop at the animal rescue Manos de la Comunidad. At the animal rescue centre you will have the opportunity to learn about the centre’s mission to save animals from cruelty and give them a better life. Here you will interact with a wide range of rescued animals including llamas, alpacas, vicuñas and condors, to name a few.

Our next stop will be at the local community of Caccaccollo. Our time at the local community of Caccaccollo will be a complete interactive and immersive visit. We will mingle with the local villagers to learn about their traditional lifestyle and customs. You will have the opportunity to see local textiles, listen to some local Quechua, and taste some of the local snacks.

After our community visit, we will continue our tour to the town of Pisaq in the Sacred Valley. Once here, we will visit the archeological site of Pisaq to learn about the importance of its construction during the Inca empire.

Our day would not be complete without a delicious lunch. Still in the Sacred Valley, we will drive to one of the most beautiful restaurants in the region. Here, we will delight our palates with spectacular a la carte dishes prepared with fresh, local produce of utmost quality.

You will have the rest of the day free of activities to spend at your own leisure.

The Sacred Valley was one of the most beautiful and historically important locations during the Inca Empire. Known for its fertile plains, and astonishing Inca archeological sites the Valley captivates all visitors in unexplainable ways.

Today’s tour will begin with your private pickup at 9:00AM directly from your hotel in the Sacred Valley. From here we will drive to the quaint town of Ollantaytambo for our guided tour of the town’s archeological site and cobblestone streets. This stop will be of great importance to understand the magnitude and complexity of the Inca empire, its power and cosmovision beliefs.

We will continue to the vast plains of Moray, where in the company of a Andean priest, we will partake in a Pachamama ceremony. During this cultural experience, we will learn about ancient beliefs, sacred mountains and so much more. Our time in the plains of Moray will be accompanied by the picturesque views of the towering mountain ranges of the Valley. Our lunch will be in nature, picnic style. We will enjoy a delicious lunch prepared with the best of local ingredients.

To complete our day, we will make our way to the train station in Ollantaytambo to board your Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes. The train ride to Aguas Calientes is just under two hours, descending into the Cloud Forest, where you will see orchids, bromeliads and ferns.

In Aguas Calientes, our representative will be waiting for you at the train station to escort you to your hotel accommodation for the night. Dinner will be at one the town’s best restaurants, Indio Feliz.

Breakfast will be served at your hotel accommodation before your guided tour of Machu Picchu Citadel.

Before your guided tour of the archeological site, your guide will bring you to a lookout point from where, weather-permitting, you will be able to watch the sun rise over Machu Picchu Citadel. From here, you will begin your 2 hour guided tour of the archeological site. If you have opted to hike Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain (which needs to be arranged several months in advance with us) your guide will show you to where the hike up the mountain begins.

Once you are finished with your tour of Machu Picchu, you will head to the restaurant at the Belmond Sanctuary Lodge for an exquisite lunch. After lunch, you will have some free time to relax and return to the town of Aguas Calientes (by bus) before boarding your return Hiram Bingham train to Cusco.

Once in Cusco, you will be privately escorted to your hotel.

The Imperial City of the Incas is a true gem of the Peruvian Andes. Cusco is a true mixture of Inca archeological remains, colonial architecture and cobblestone streets.

To begin, your private guide will come to pick you up from your hotel in Cusco at approximately 9AM. From here, we will head to Cusco’s Plaza de Armas (main square), to visit the famous Cusco Cathedral. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cathedral will awe you with its impressive architecture, extensive collection of original art works and all gold-leafing decorating the altars.

Continuing on, we will continue on foot through an ancient Inca-built street from the Plaza de Armas to the Q’oricanca or the Temple of the Sun. At the Q’oricancha, you will be able to compare and contrast the building methods of the Incan culture and the Spanish conquerors. This was the key spiritual center of the Incas, leading to all four quarters of the Inca Empire. There is also a bronze, high altar to be seen.

From Q’oricancha, your group will walk down Avenida El Sol, where you will take your private van/bus for your 25-minute car drive outside the city to visit the most important archeological sites around Cusco. You will be taken to the majestic Inca site of Sacsayhuaman, with its enigmatic 200-ton monoliths and unmatchable views of the entire city.

After enjoying some of the best views of the city, we will return to Plaza de Armas to delight our palates with some of the best dishes in the city for lunch. The rest of the afternoon will be free of arranged activities for you to enjoy at your own leisure.

Your day´s trek will begin with an early-morning private pick up from your accommodation in Cusco at 4AM. From here, it will be a 3.5 car drive in our private van passing through traditional villages to the trail head. At the trailhead, we will stop and enjoy a hearty breakfast, prepared by our trekking chef.

After breakfast, we will begin the hike from Chillca located at 3,700 m.a.s.l./ 12,140 ft.a.s.l., until the famous Rainbow Mountain. This hike will be approximately 4-hours along gradually ascending terrain. Along the way, you will enjoy amazing views of the Andes, glacial peaks, red mountains, rocky hills, and traditional llamas and alpacas grazing along the valley. As you reach the summit of the mountain, you will be able to spot some Andean wildlife too. This is one of the few places in Cusco where you can see wild Vicuñas, the Andean camel. Vicuñas are in the same family as llamas, although they are smaller. Their wool is the most expensive wool in the world.

Once we arrive at the top of Rainbow Mountain, you will have enough time to absorb the majesty of the red mountains that surround this area. You will also see amazing views of the valleys and Ausangate Glacier Peak in front of you. Ausangate is the tallest mountain of the Cusco region (just under 21,000 ft elevation) and is part of the Cordillera Vilcanota Range. While taking in these magnificent views, our staff will bring you some hot drinks and share some information with you about the composition of these mountains and how they became striated in the rainbow of colours.

After taking a few amazing pictures and soaking in the views (perhaps we will even see a few condors floating on the air currents), we will begin our descent back to the trail head. This will be a 2 hour, downhill hike. We will then meet up with our trekking chef and enjoy a delicious, freshly prepared, hot lunch.

After lunch, we will start our return trip back to the Chillca village, to catch our private van back to Cusco. We will drop you off at your hotel around 7 – 8 p.m.

We hate to see you go but hope you have had the best of experiences in the Peruvian Andes! Our service today will include your private pick up from your hotel in Cusco and transfer to the airport for your departure flight.