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12 days
Qhapaq Ñan trek to Huanuco Pampa
Explore Peru's grand route of the Incas
Lima (1 days) →
Cusco (1) →
Sacred Valley (1) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Cusco (1) →
Huaraz (5) →
Huaraz (1) →
Lima (1)
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6 days
Classic Peru & Machu Picchu
The classic route to Peru's most popular highlights
Lima (1 days) →
Cusco (2) →
Sacred Valley (1) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Lima (1)
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9 days
Machu Picchu & Amazon cruise
Small-ship luxury cruise with Machu Picchu
Lima (1 days) →
Peruvian Amazon (3) →
Cusco (2) →
Sacred Valley (1) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Lima (1)
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9 days
Machu Picchu & Amazon lodge
See Peru from rainforest eco-lodge to mountain empires
Lima (1 days) →
Peruvian Amazon (3) →
Cusco (2) →
Sacred Valley (1) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Lima (1)
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12 days
Highlights of Peru
A grand tour of Peru's mountain civilisation
Lima (1 days) →
Arequipa (2) →
Colca Canyon (1) →
Lake Titicaca (2) →
Cusco (2) →
Sacred Valley (1) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Lima (1)
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8 days
Active Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu trek
Explore Peru's grand route of the Incas
Lima (1 days) →
Sacred Valley (1) →
Sacred Valley (1) →
Peru (1) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Cusco (1) →
Lima (1)
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15 days
Iguazu Falls & Andean Highlights
A grand tour of Peru and Brazil
Lima (1 days) →
Peruvian Amazon (3) →
Sacred Valley (2) →
Machu Picchu (1) →
Cusco (2) →
Iguassu Falls (2) →
Rio de Janeiro (3)
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18 days
Northern Peru beyond Machu Picchu
Amazon river cruises and archaeological wonders
Lima (2 days) →
Huaraz (2) →
Trujillo (2) →
Chiclayo (2) →
Chachapoyas & Kuelap (2) →
Tarapoto (3) →
Iquitos (4) →
Lima (1)
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Lima
Peru's unfairly overlooked capital
Many tourists arrive in Lima only to fly straight out to Cusco, Arequipa or other popular tourist destinations in Peru... -
Cusco
Capital of the Inca
Once the capital of the mighty Inca Empire, Cusco is today the beating heart of Peru's tourism industry... -
Sacred Valley
Peru's spiritual heartland
The Urubamba River descends from Cusco, eventually connecting with tributaries of the mighty Amazon... -
Machu Picchu
Peru's archaeological rock star
Machu Picchu is the top attraction in Peru and, in 2007, was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World... -
Arequipa
Peru's elegant White City
Peru's second city is an elegant, refined counterweight to Lima's grey skies and frequently frenetic streets... -
Colca Canyon
Flight of the condor
Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon but a fraction of the width, Colca Canyon cuts a dramatic scar across Peru's southern Andes... -
Lake Titicaca
Shimmering heart of the Andean universe
A tranquil expanse of turquoise water seemingly at the roof of the world, Lake Titicaca was revered as the birthplace of Peru's original civilisations and the centre of the indigenous cosmos... -
Puerto Maldonado
Accessible Amazonian adventures
Puerto Maldonado, in Peru's southern Amazon, is the most accessible entrance to the jungle... -
Iquitos
The jungle city
Famous for being accessible only by air or boat, Iquitos lies in Peru's distant north-eastern Amazon with a distinct frontier vibe to match... -
Manú National Park
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Peruvian Amazon
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Chavín de Huántar
"Birthplace of South American culture”
If you have an interest in the formation of Andean civilisation, Chavín de Huántar is vastly more significant than the famed Machu Picchu, but with a fraction of the crowds... -
Choquequirao
Machu Picchu without the crowds (for now)
Machu Picchu 2... -
Trujillo
Northern historical heartlands
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Chiclayo
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Chachapoyas & Kuelap
The great cloud forest citadel
Constructed by the Chachapoyas people, a formidable and mysterious pre-Inca civilisation who referred to themselves as ‘Warriors of the Cloud’, Kuélap was probably first settled sometime in the fifth or sixth century AD and gradually built up over almost a millennium... -
Huaraz
Peru's mountain exploration base
Huaraz is Peru’s premier destination for trekking and mountain climbing in the Andes... -
Tarapoto
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Caral
In 1994, archaeologist Ruth Shady Solis stumbled on a strange mound in Peru’s grey lunar desert... -
Chan Chan
With its strange, honeycomb-like walls and labyrinth of wavelike parapets, this sprawling adobe capital looks at first to have been made by extraterrestrials... -
Sipan
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Tucume
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Luya Province
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Ollantaytambo
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Leymebamba
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Utcubamba Province
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Nazca
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Tambopata
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Piura
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Mancora
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Gocta Falls
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Cajamarca
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Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve
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Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve
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Tambopata National Reserve
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Inca Trail
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Waqrapukara
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Huanuco Pampa
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Qhapaq Ñan
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Cordillera Blanca
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Cordillera Huayhuash
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Paracas
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Vicos
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Peru
Hidden treasures for those that look
Mention Peru to most and their first response will almost certainly be: Machu Picchu! For better or worse the famed citadel has become virtually synon…
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