Taste of Peru

Pick-up after breakfast and transfer from your hotel to Lima Airport to catch a flight to Cusco. Welcome meeting on arrival, followed by transfer to your hotel in the Sacred Valley. On the way to the hotel, you will stop at Awanakancha, a farm of South American camelids and showroom of textiles, where local families show the entire traditional process of weaving.

The remainder of your evening is at leisure.


Accommodation: Hotel La Casona de Yucay (or alternative hotel of equal standard).

The morning is free to spend at your leisure.

In the afternoon, enjoy a guided tour of Cusco starting with a visit to Santo Domingo Convent, a large Renaissance-baroque complex, which was built over the Inca Qoricancha temple. It was one of the most important temples dedicated to the worship of the sun and its foundations are still prominent at the base of the convent.

Continue to the Cusco's Plaza de Armas to visit the cathedral featuring an elaborate Renaissance façade built over a demolished Incan temple.

Then head to the hills above Cusco to visit the remains of the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, whose imposing ramparts offer a stunning panoramic view of Cusco, the ruins of temple and amphitheatre of Qenqo, where it is believed the Incas practiced agricultural rituals. Sacsayhuaman's impressive walls are made from meticulously carved slabs of stone which slot perfectly together without the use of mortar, showcasing the architectural ingenuity of the Inca civiisation.

Finally, visit Puka Pukara ('Red fortress' in Quechua), an Incan military complex located on a prominent hill.


Accommodation: Maytaq Wasin Boutique Hotel (or alternative hotel of equal standard).