Peru · Archaeology

8-day Lima & Cusco Unique Package

8 Days Round trip from Pickup service provided in Lima. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 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

Duration 8 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
Cities Cusco, Lima, Machu Picchu, Urubamba, Písac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Moray, Maras
Languages English, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

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Day 01

DAY 1 Arrival in Lima

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Day 02

Lima Airport

Arrival at the Jorge Chavez International Airport and transfer to the selected hotel. Overnight.

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Day 03

DAY 2 Lima

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Day 04

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.

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Day 05

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.

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Day 06

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.

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Day 07

DAY 3 Lima - Cusco

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Day 08

Departure from Lima

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight to the city of Cusco.

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Day 09

Arrival in Cusco

Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your accommodation in Cusco. Free time for good acclimatization at height.

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Day 10

DAY 4 Cusco - Sacred Valley - Aguas Calientes

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Day 11

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.

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Day 12

Urubamba

.Then, we will continue until Urubamba to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch, and later we will reach Ollantaytambo.

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Day 13

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.

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Day 14

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.

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Day 15

DAY 5 Machu Picchu - Cusco

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Day 16

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.

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Day 17

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.

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Day 18

DAY 6 Chinchero, Maras and Moray

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Day 19

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.

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Day 20

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.

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Day 21

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.

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Day 22

DAY 7 Cusco

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Day 23

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.

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Day 24

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.

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Day 25

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.

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Day 26

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.

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Day 27

Puca Pucara

We will continue this entertaining excursion in the military compound of Puca Pucara, which means “Red Fortress” for its reddish infrastructure.

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Day 28

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.

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Day 29

DAY 8 Departure from Cusco

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Day 30

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

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided in Lima. 9 cities · 8 Days

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

Meeting point
Pickup service provided in Lima.
Tour start
Pickup service provided in Lima.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 8 days finish where they began, in Pickup service provided in Lima..

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