Cusco & Machu Picchu
🗓 3 daysInca capital and the legendary citadel.
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The destinations worth building your trip around.
Peru centres on Cusco and the Inca heartland — hike (or train) to Machu Picchu, explore the Sacred Valley, then descend to the Amazon or the coast.
Lima's food scene is among the world's best, and it's all remarkably affordable.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
Ready-made routes — tap a duration to see the plan.
Inca capital and the legendary citadel.
Inca ruins, markets and the Salkantay trek.
Coastal capital and world-class food.
Inca capital and the legendary citadel.
Inca ruins, markets and the Salkantay trek.
Coastal capital and world-class food.
Inca capital and the legendary citadel.
Inca ruins, markets and the Salkantay trek.
Coastal capital and world-class food.
Visa rules change frequently. Most Western nationalities enter visa-free; you receive an entry stamp on arrival. Always verify with the official Peru immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
The iconic Inca citadel in the clouds.
Multi-day treks to Machu Picchu.
Striped peaks high in the Andes.
Ceviche and several of the world's best restaurants.
Floating Uros reed islands.
A 4-day permit-only Inca road to Machu Picchu through cloud-forest passes and ruined Inca sites — limited to…
The world's largest river by discharge, deep in Peruvian Amazonia — pink dolphins, riverboat lodges and headwater tributaries.
The world's highest navigable lake at 3,812 m — Uros floating reed islands and the Quechua villages of…
The 5-day alternative to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu — higher passes (4,650 m), no permit lottery,…
Striped sandstone slopes at 5,200 m above the Cusco region — sediments oxidised to red, ochre and turquoise,…
The world's most biodiverse rainforest — macaw clay licks, 1,000+ bird species, lodges only reachable by long boat…
A 3,400 km² Peruvian park with 50+ glaciated peaks above 5,000 m — the Laguna 69 day hike…
4,500 Inca-built salt pans tiered down a hillside in the Sacred Valley — locals harvest pink salt as…
A Peruvian Andean town of Inca terraces, the largest pre-Columbian cemetery in the Americas and Sunday markets in…
The 5,822 m perfect cone above Arequipa city — 2-day non-technical climb past Inca-era mummified sacrifices found at…
A 4-day Peruvian alternative to the Inca Trail — Choquequirao "lost city" ruins still 70% buried under jungle,…
A 771-m two-tier Peruvian waterfall officially "found" in 2002 — 5-hour return hike from Cocachimba.
