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Peru with Machu Picchu - Small Group
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9 nights
Peru with Machu Picchu - Small Group
Discover the wonders of Peru with a small group tour, exploring Machu Picchu, Cusco, and the Sacred Valley in style.
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Discover the wonders of Peru with a small group tour, exploring Machu Picchu, Cusco, and the Sacred Valley in style.
- content:<h3>Choice Highlights</h3><ul class='icon-list'><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Choose between two carefully selected activities</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Cusco: Join a guided hike of the Inca ruins in Puca Pucara.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Cusco: Delight your senses during a guided tour of the San Pedro Market.</li></ul>
- content:<h3>Top Rated Highlights</h3><ul class='icon-list'><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Cathedral of Lima: This morning, explore Peru's buzzing capital with your Local Expert, including the Cathedral of Lima, the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace and City Hall.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Lima: Discover Museo Larco with a Local Expert who will guide you through private museum's impressive collection.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Sacred Valley: The Maras Salt Mine will inspire the mind of any curious traveller. Learn how salt once harvested by Incas at this site is now exported to the entire world. Discover how the Incas found a water stream with high salt content and learned - in Pre-Incan times - how to build terraces to extract salt. You’ll be amazed at how, to this day, it is not known where the water actually comes from and has only been measured in the last 20 years during which the flow and intensity has not changed.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Sacred Valley: Peru’s Incan history and archaeology will inspire the mind of any curious traveller. At the Moray Incan laboratory northwest of Cusco, learn how the Incas determined the ideal altitude to grow crops in the Sacred Valley. You’ll be fascinated by how this ancient culture learned how to build these terraced circular depressions on a high plateau at an altitude of about 11,500 feet and experimented with different kinds of soils and temperatures to grow their crops.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Machu Picchu: Transfer to the station for your 360° IncaRail train ride. This train ride offers an unforgettable experience journeying through the Andes Mountains in style with large panoramic views allowing guests to enjoy the amazing scenery of the lush mountains and the Urubamba River en route to Machu Piccu Pueblo.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Sacred Valley: On the way, visit the Ollantaytambo ruins, consisting of a large fortress built in the 1400s, a stepped terrace, and an area known as the Princess Baths, where ceremonial bathing took place. Later, stop by a a local house in the village and meet the family living there.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Machu Picchu: Walk in the footsteps of Inca engineers as you explore this majestic UNESCO World Heritage Site. With your Local Expert, uncover the astronomical precision of the solar observatory, the ceremonial significance of the Temple of the Three Windows and the ingenious design behind the ritual baths. Marvel at dry-stone walls so masterfully constructed they’ve resisted centuries of seismic activity. Learn how this 15th-century sanctuary, perched high in the Andes, eluded Spanish conquistadors, its secrets safeguarded by the cloud forest until its rediscovery.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Aguas Calientes: Peru’s Incan history and archaeology will inspire the mind of any curious traveller. With a full day, you have the option to return to Machu Picchu for a different circuit. Or, take advantage of a day at leisure in Aguas Caliente – the town of Machu Picchu of 3,400 residents - to stroll along the river, go shopping for that perfect local souvenir or grab a coffee all midst the cloud forest.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Cusco: Once you arrive, head on a walking tour of Cusco with a Local Expert. Explore what's known as the "historic capital" of Peru as you discover its ancestral magic through visits to the cathedral and the Qorikancha temple.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Cusco: Start your day with a walking tour of Cusco, before heading to Sacsayhuaman.</li></ul>
- content:<h3>Make Travel Matter</h3><p><b>Sacred Valley</b>: Visit a local traditional Quechua weaver for a private textile presentation and learn about ancient technique and their cultural significance. Your experience advances United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 5 & 10: Gender Equality Reduced Inequalities.</p>
- content:<h3>Authentic Dining</h3><p><b>Lima</b>: Unwind at your luxury abode, before meeting your Travel Director and fellow travellers in the evening for a dinner.</p><p><b>Lima</b>: Make your way to Lima's Pueblo Libre District and indulge on a lunch in the Museo Larco's 18th century garden.</p><p><b>Sacred Valley</b>: Make your way to the small lagoon of Laguna Piuray where you’ll enjoy your lunch of Pachamanca, a traditional Peruvian feast.</p><p><b>Cusco</b>: Enjoy an immersive slow-cooked Cusquenian lunch at Pacha Papa. Lunch will be served al fresco at the courtyard of a historic mansion in the artsy neighbourhood of San Blas.</p><p><b>Cusco</b>: In the evening, join your fellow travellers for a memorable Celebration Dinner at Inka Grill, where you'll embark on a journey of flavours from Ceviche Palteado to Quinotto and Aji de Gallina.</p>
- content:<h3>Insight Choice</h3><p><b>Cusco</b>: Join a guided hike of the Inca ruins in Puca Pucara.</p><p><b>Cusco</b>: Delight your senses during a guided tour of the San Pedro Market.</p>
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