Dear Deirdre & friends,
We’ve designed this special journey exclusively for you!
6 nights / 7 days – 4★ Hotels – Private Services
Day 1 – Arrival in Cusco (3,400 m / 11,155 ft)
✅ Private airport transfer to your 4★ hotel
✅ Afternoon at leisure for acclimatization (optional San Blas stroll: galleries & crafts)
🛏️ Overnight in Cusco
Day 2 – Cusco Walking Tour & Archaeological Sites + Museo de Plantas Sagradas
✅ San Pedro Market, Qorikancha & Cathedral (AM)
✅ Lunch near Plaza de Armas
✅ Sacsayhuamán, Q’enqo, Puca Pucara & Tambomachay (PM)
✅ Guided visit to the Museo de Plantas Sagradas
🛏️ Overnight in Cusco
Day 3 – Pisac Inca Trail, Seminario Cerámicas & Hummingbird Sanctuary – Train to Aguas Calientes
✅ Quiet Inca Trail in Pisac to Pisaqa
✅ Seminario Cerámicas studio in Urubamba
✅ Ensifera Hummingbird Sanctuary (feeders & flowers)
✅ Evening train to Aguas Calientes (optional hot springs)
🛏️ Overnight in Aguas Calientes
Day 4 – Birding + Machu Picchu – Ollantaytambo
✅ Early light birding
✅ Guided visit to Machu Picchu
✅ Afternoon train to Ollantaytambo + visit to its fortress
🛏️ Overnight in the Sacred Valley
Day 5 – Maras, Moray, Chinchero & High-Andean Lagoons – Return to Cusco
✅ Maras salt pans & Moray terraces
✅ Chinchero weaving center (ancestral dyeing & weaving)
✅ Scenic High-Andean lagoons route
🛏️ Overnight in Cusco
Day 6 – Andean Baroque Route: Andahuaylillas, Huaro & Pikillacta
✅ Pikillacta (pre-Inca Wari urban complex)
✅ Andahuaylillas & Huaro (17th-century Andean baroque masterworks)
🛏️ Overnight in Cusco
Day 7 – Leisure Morning & Connection
✅ Free morning for final strolls (e.g., Siete Borreguitos, small museums, artisans)
Included:
All private transfers and transportation throughout the itinerary.
Private English-speaking guide for all excursions.
All entrance fees.
Roundtrip train tickets to Machu Picchu on the Vistadome service.
Full-board meal plan, including 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 6 dinners.
Complete logistical coordination and on-site assistance.
