Peru · UNESCO Heritage Sites

Tour Package Lima, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu

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

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Lima’s UNESCO-listed historic center and key city landmarks
  • 02 Visit the Chocolate Museum and learn about the cacao process
  • 03 Travel through the Sacred Valley of the Incas
  • 04 Discover traditional Peruvian textile techniques at Awana Kancha
  • 05 Enjoy a guided visit to Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Inca
  • 06 Ride the Train Expedition to Aguas Calientes
  • 07 Spend free time in Cusco with optional tours available
  • 08 Includes breakfast, private transfers, train and bus tickets to Machu Picchu

Discover some of Peru’s most iconic highlights on this 8-day journey through Lima, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. Combining cultural landmarks, UNESCO-listed heritage, archaeological sites and scenic Andean landscapes, this package is designed to cover the essentials while keeping time free for optional experiences along the way.

Begin in Lima with a panoramic city tour through the historic center, San Isidro and Miraflores, plus a visit to the Chocolate Museum. Continue to Cusco and the Sacred Valley, where you’ll learn about traditional Peruvian textiles before travelling on to Machu Picchu for a guided visit to the legendary Inca citadel.

With included transfers, breakfast, train and bus tickets to Machu Picchu, and free days in Cusco to choose from optional excursions, this itinerary offers a balanced introduction to Peru’s history, culture and landscapes.

Discover some of Peru’s most iconic highlights on this 8-day journey through Lima, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Days
Tour type Private
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

Lima

Arrival in Lima and private transfer with only driver to the hotel. Rest of the day off. Overnight in Lima, standard room, 3*, 4* or 5* hotels, according to your choice 

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Day 02

DAY 2 Panoramic Lima city tour

Historic Center of Lima

We will pick you up from the hotel to start the panoramic tour in the historic center of Lima, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO, visiting the main Cathedral located in the Main Square, the most important Peruvian church, built between 1542 and 1622. The tour continues in the Santo Domingo church, built at the end of 16th century.

Huaca Huallamarca

Later, you’ll visit San Isidro and Miraflores and start a panoramic tour to Huaca Huallamarca.

Love Park

We will make a short stop to Parque del Amor (Love Park). Return to the hotel.

Chocolate Museum

In the afternoon, we will visit the Chocomuseo (Chocolate Museum) to learn about the cacao process. *Chocolate workshop (Optional): Two-hour workshop where you will experience the entire process through which cocoa passes, until it becomes chocolate. You'll prepare 3 types of drinks, and you can mold your own chocolate. At the end, you can take with you the chocolates you prepared. After this amazing experience, return to the hotel, rest of the day off. Overnight in Lima, standard room, 3*, 4* or 5* hotels, according to your choice 

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Day 03

DAY 3 Lima - Cusco - Sacred Valley

Arrival in Cusco

Private transfer to the airport with onyl driver. Arrival in Cusco, and private transfer to the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

Awana Kancha

On the way, you’ll stop to visit Awana Kancha, to learn the ancestral knowledge about the traditional techniques of Peruvian textils. Later, transfer to the hotel at the Sacred Valley, rest of the day off. Overnight in Sacred Valley, standard room, 3*, 4* or 5* hotels, according to your choice 

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Day 04

DAY 4 Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu - Cusco

Ollantaytambo Train Station

Transfer to Ollantaytambo train station and you’ll board the Train Expedition to Aguas Calientes.

Aguas Calientes

At this point, we will board the bus until the wonderful Machu Picchu Citadel, well-known as The Lost City of the Inca.

Machu Picchu

The guided tour along 2 hours, will let you explore this awesome archeological site with incredible landscapes. Machu Picchu, a World Heritage Site, was the main place of Inca’s farming, and the most important urban place from Incan Empire. Enjoy your free time in Machu Picchu, take pictures or if you are brave you can climb Huayna Picchu (optional), and admire the entire citadel around. Also, you have the option to back to Aguas Calientes and have lunch (optional).

Back to Cusco

At the arrange time, you will return to Ollantaytambo train station and will be transferred by tourist bus to the Plaza El Regocijo in Cusco, one block from the Plaza Mayor (transfer to the hotel not included). Overnight in Cusco, standard room, 3*, 4* or 5* hotels, according to your choice

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Day 05

DAY 5 Cusco

Free Day

Free day. We suggest you the following optional tours: *Option 1 – Sacred Valley Day Tour (Pisac + Ollantaytambo + Chinchero): 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. Then, we will continue until Urubamba to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch, and later we will reach 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. We will visit Chinchero, and its typical and colorful Inca market, full of traditional craft as ceramics and Andean looms. After this unique experience, we will back to the hotel in Cusco City. *Option 2 – Maras, Moray, Chinchero Tour – Half day tour: Early in the morning, we will pick you up from the hotel to start this fascinating tour to Maras Moray Chinchero Tour. First, 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. 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. After the tour you will return to Cusco. Overnight in Cusco, standard room, 3*, 4* or 5* hotels, according to your choice.

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Day 06

Day 6 Cusco

Free Day

Free day. We suggest you the following optional tours: *Option 1 – Cusco Walking Tour: We’ll pick you up from the hotel in Cusco and start the Cusco Walking Tour in San Blas, an awesome neighborhood located in the upper part of Cusco City, with amazing views to this magical place. Walking through Hatun Rumiyoq Street, we will see the famous wall with the twelve-angle stone which belongs to the Archbishop’s Palace building, place where Inca Sinchi Roca has lived before. You will admire the spectacular architecture around the Main Square and El Regocijo Sq., until we reach the San Francisco´s Square with its beautiful botanical garden. Then, we will back to the hotel. *Option 2 – Cusco City Tour + 4 nearby ruins: 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. Then, we’re going to visit the Cathedral located in the Main Square, to appreciate a beautiful religious paintings of the Cusco School. 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. 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. We will continue this entertaining excursion in the military compound of Puca Pucara, which means “Red Fortress” for its reddish infrastructure. Then we will go the water’s worship center of Tambomachay, with aqueducts and waterfalls provided from nearby springs. At the end, we will back to the hotel. Overnight in Cusco, standard room, 3*, 4* or 5* hotels, according to your choice.

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Day 07

DAY 7 Cusco - Lima

Departure from Cusco

Private transfer with only driver to the airport, in order to take the flight to Lima.

Arrival in Lima

Arrival in Lima and private transfer with only driver to the hotel. Rest of the day off. Overnight in Lima, standard room, 3*, 4* or 5* hotels, according to your choice 

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Day 08

DAY 8 Departure from Lima

Lima Airport

Private transfer with only driver to the airport

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

  • Breakfast
  • Round trip private transfers, with only driver
  • Ticket entrances to: Lima - Santo Domingo convent and Chocomuseo; Awana Kancha and Machu Picchu.
  • Round trip Train Expedition to Machu Picchu.
  • Round trip bus to Machu Picchu entrance

What's Not Included

  • Gratuities
  • Excursions mentioned as optionals
  • Huayna Picchu entrance (extra cost)
  • Workshops and guide of Chocomuseo
  • Local and international flights

Know before you go

  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • INFANTS MUST SIT ON LAPS
  • PASSPORT REQUIRED
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • It is recommended to book in advance the optional tours
  • The rates are not valid for holidays such as Easter, May 1, Inti Raymi in Cusco (June 24), National Holidays (July 28 & 29), Christmas and New Year.
  • The rates are not valid for Peruvians or residents, or foreigners staying more than 59 days in Peru.
  • Minimum 2 people
  • The stay in the Chocomuseum will be a maximum of 2 hours.
  • The Cathedral of Cusco is temporarily closed.
  • If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact us!
  • According to your flight itinerary, a driver will be waiting for you at the airport, holding a sign with your name, to safely take you to your hotel.

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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