Peru · Archaeology
8-day Lima & Cusco Unique Package
The journey
- 01 Explore Lima’s historic center, cathedral, and colonial landmarks
- 02 Visit the renowned Larco Museum and Casa de Aliaga
- 03 Discover Cusco’s Inca and colonial heritage
- 04 Travel through the Sacred Valley, including Pisac, Urubamba, and Ollantaytambo
- 05 Experience Machu Picchu with guided touring
- 06 See traditional textile techniques in Chinchero
- 07 Visit the salt mines of Maras and the terraces of Moray
- 08 Enjoy included transfers, breakfast, and train tickets to Machu Picchu
Discover two of Peru’s most iconic destinations on this 8-day journey through Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. Begin in Lima with visits to the Larco Museum, Casa de Aliaga, and the historic center, where colonial architecture, important monuments, and centuries of history come together.
Continue to Cusco to explore the former Inca capital and some of the region’s most remarkable archaeological and cultural sites. Travel through the Sacred Valley to Pisac, Urubamba, and Ollantaytambo, then experience the unforgettable wonder of Machu Picchu.
Your itinerary also includes Chinchero, Maras, Moray, and a Cusco city tour featuring Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara, and Tambomachay. With accommodation, transfers, breakfast, and guided touring included, this package offers a well-rounded introduction to Peru’s heritage and landscapes.
The Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu, will astonish us with its terraces, ceremonial shrines, steps and urban areas.
From the itinerary
At a glance
What this trip includes
Day by day
The itinerary
Lima Airport
Arrival at the Jorge Chavez International Airport and transfer to the selected hotel. Overnight.
DAY 2 Lima
Larco Museum
Breakfast at the hotel. We will start the tour at 9:00 a.m. in the wonderful Larco Museum, located in Pueblo Libre district, where you can see a complete collection of more than 5000 pieces of ceramic, as well as gold and silver, and pre-Columbian erotic art.
Casa de Aliaga
After the visit, we will go to the historic center to visit Casa Aliaga, a colonial mansion with beautiful rooms full of invaluable art and history.
Main Square
We continue to the Plaza de Armas, where we find the Government Palace, the Archbishop’s Palace, the Municipal Palace, and other important buildings of the colonial era, where we will visit the Cathedral built in the sixteenth century. After the visit, you will be transferred to the hotel at 2:00 p.m. Rest of the afternoon free and excellent time to start making contact with the country. Overnight in hotel.
DAY 3 Lima - Cusco
Departure from Lima
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight to the city of Cusco.
Arrival in Cusco
Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your accommodation in Cusco. Free time for good acclimatization at height.
DAY 4 Cusco - Sacred Valley - Aguas Calientes
Pisac
Breakfast at the hotel. We will pick you up from the hotel in Cusco, to start a 30 Km. journey until Pisac. This fantastic place has an amazing market, and archaeological temples of stone buildings, with incredible views to the valley and the magnificent Inca platforms.
Urubamba
.Then, we will continue until Urubamba to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch, and later we will reach Ollantaytambo.
Ollantaytambo
Its temple was the headquarter of Inca’s army, as well as a religious and agricultural place. It has stunning views, and more than a hundred Inca platforms with an advanced irrigation canal for that period.
Aguas Calientes
Finally, we will go to Ollantaytambo station to take the Train Expedition to Aguas Calientes, which leaves at 7:00 p.m. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the hotel and you will have a small briefing at 9:00 p.m. with the guide to coordinate the visit to Machu Picchu. Overnight at hotel.
DAY 5 Machu Picchu - Cusco
Machu Picchu
Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning, you will board the bus to go up the winding road to Machu Picchu (the first one departs 5:30 a.m.). The Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu, will astonish us with its terraces, ceremonial shrines, steps and urban areas. Energy is all around us.
Cusco city
After a guided visit, you'll back in bus to Aguas Calientes, and departure from the train station to return to Ollantaytambo. Arrival and transfer to you hotel located in the city of Cusco.
DAY 6 Chinchero, Maras and Moray
Chinchero
Our first stop will be at the town of Chinchero, located 17 miles from Cusco city. Here, we will visit a local workshop to appreciate the ancestral techniques to create amazing textiles.
Maras
Then, we will visit the salt mines of Maras located on an open hill in Urubamba’s valley. This place has an impressive process created by Incas, where a subterranean stream evaporates salty water and it emerges at a spring. The flow is then directed into an intricate system of tiny channels constructed so that the water runs gradually down onto the several hundred ancient terraced ponds. The water, which is exposed to the sun, leaves salt on the land.
Moray
After visiting the salt mines near Maras, head to the Moray ruins, which are made up of three coliseums thought to have been used by the Incas as a sort of open air crop laboratory. The coliseums consist of several enormous terraced circular depressions, the largest of which is about 30 meters (98 feet) deep. Admire these terraces which are arranged in concentric circles and are reminiscent of an ancient Greek theater. Overnight in Cusco.
DAY 7 Cusco
Qoricancha
At 1:00 p.m., we’ll pick you up from the hotel, and start the tour visiting the Temple of the Sun well-known as Koricancha. This symbolic place has a clear example of the fusion between Incan and Hispanic cultures, and its base was used to build Santo Domingo’s Church and its famous convent.
Cathedral of Cusco
Then, we’re going to visit the Cathedral (temporarily closed) located in the Main Square, to appreciate a beautiful religious paintings of the Cusco School.
Sacsayhuaman
The Cusco City Tour continues in Sacsayhuaman, an amazing archaeological complex with huge carved stones which fit each other in a perfect way, and it is said that it was built by more than 20 thousand men, and took over 70 years to finish it.
Qenqo
Then we will visit Qenqo religious temple, place where the Incas worshiped their Gods like the Sun, the Moon and the Earth. You will have an incredible experience exploring through its underground galleries, and admire a semicircular amphitheater.
Puca Pucara
We will continue this entertaining excursion in the military compound of Puca Pucara, which means “Red Fortress” for its reddish infrastructure.
Tambomachay
Then we will go the water’s worship center of Tambomachay, with aqueducts and waterfalls provided from nearby springs. At the end, we will drop you off at El Regocijo Square. Overnight.
DAY 8 Departure from Cusco
Cusco Airport
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport to take the regular flight back to Lima. International flight connection.
The route
Where you'll travel
The fine print
Trip details
What's Included
- Round trip private transfers in Lima and Cusco, with only driver
- 3-star accommodation or similar with breakfast included
- Train tickets to Machu Picchu
- Bus to get on and off the citadel of Machu Picchu
- Group service with English/Spanish guide
What's Not Included
- Local flight Lima-Cusco-Lima
- International flights
- Assistance at the airport for international connection on the last day
- Huayna Picchu entrance
Know before you go
- INFANTS MUST SIT ON LAPS
- PASSPORT REQUIRED
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Not suitable for pets
- No public transportation nearby
- Infant seats unavailable
- Rates are not valid for holidays such as Easter, Inti Raymi (June), national holidays (July), Christmas and New Year.
- Rates are not valid for Peruvians or residents, and foreigners with stay longer than 59 days in Peru.
- When booking, please provide your arrival and departure flights in Lima and Cusco.
- Pick up from the airport of Lima to centrally located Miraflores, San Isidro and Downtown Lima hotels
Logistics
Meeting & route
Your 8 days finish where they began, in Pickup service provided in Lima..
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