• 5 Dinner (D)
• 13 Breakfast (B)
• 3 Lunch (L)

• Lima: Hit the streets of Lima with a Local Guide. Explore the vibrant Chinatown before diving into a buzzing market to taste exotic fruits. Check out Peru’s famous potatoes, corn, chillies and spices. Then it’s on to artsy Barranco for murals, galleries and the Bridge of Sighs, finishing with ocean views at Love Park. It’s a proper first taste of this wonderful country.
• Lima: Start above ground at Lima’s iconic cathedral, then head beneath the city into the San Francisco catacombs. It’s a maze of underground chambers lined with centuries-old remains and patterns built from bones. It’s equal parts fascinating and spine-tingly (not your average sightseeing stop).
• Arequipa: Get to know the ‘white city’ better. Explore the highlights like Plaza de Armas and take some pics of the incredible backdrop of volcanoes.
• Arequipa: Wander into Santa Catalina, a “city within a city” where bright painted walls, sunlit courtyards, and quiet cobbled lanes feel like stepping back in time. Add in the ornate Cúpula of San Ignacio, and you’ve got colour, history, and serious camera-roll material all in one hit.
• Colca Canyon: Brave the lookout point at 3287m. Take in the unrivalled views and spot some Andean Condor birds.
• Puno: If you’ve secretly always wanted to hop on one of these, here’s your chance.
• Puno: Jump on a boat to hop around the reed islands in the world’s highest navigable lake (3657m). And stop off to meet the locals.
• Puno: Spend a day immersed in the rich traditions and heartfelt warmth of the communities living on the islands of Lake Titicaca (AKA the highest navigable lake in the world).   
• Luquina: Settle into island life as a local family welcomes you into their home on Lake Titicaca. You’ll spend time getting to know daily life here, from hands-on activities like farming and weaving to simply soaking up the slower pace. It’s a chance to step away from the usual and see how these communities live, right in the heart of the world’s highest navigable lake.
• Luquina: Sit down to a home-cooked meal made with fresh, regional ingredients straight from the lake and surrounding land. Think warming quinoa soup, native Andean potatoes and freshly caught fish. You might even get involved in the prep before tucking in — all while swapping stories and getting to know your hosts over dinner.
• Puno: Stop off at a traditional Peruvian town and get a feel for local life. Step up your cultural knowledge at Pukara’s museum, packed with stories and artefacts from the region. Then take a quick wander through town to soak up the markets, colours, and everyday Andes energy.
• Cusco: Your chance to pick up some mementos at San Pedro Markets and then see Cusco Cathedral, San Blas and Coricancha.
• Cusco: Graze on cancha or cacao nibs as you browse the local wares and see historical sights.
• Sacred Valley: See llamas IRL and learn how Indigenous communities use weaving to share stories, identity, and culture — a tradition passed down without written language (and help keep ancient skills alive by providing sustainable income for local artisans!) Your visit here will help support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities.
• Sacred Valley: See this former heartland of the Incan Empire and hike around the Pisac ruins. 
• Machu Picchu: It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! Time to explore the Incan citadel with your new Contiki fam. #travelgoals
• Amazon: Glide along the river by boat as the Amazon switches into night mode. Keep your eyes peeled for glowing caiman eyes, night birds, and other creatures that only come out after sunset. It’s quiet, kinda eerie, and pretty dang epic.
• Puerto Maldonado: Ride on a canoe over the serene waters of the Sandoval Lake, surrounded by lush greenery. Who knows? You might spot giant river otters sticking their head out to give you a show.
• Puerto Maldonado: We’ll make our way through the lush green Amazon rainforest at our Jungle Lodge in Puerto Maldonado. There’s no better way to reconnect with nature!

• Mexico City: You’ll now book and pay for your Free Time Add-Ons through WeTravel — a simple website link where you can browse all the FTAs, pick what you’re keen on, and pay directly by card, in any currency. You’ll get the link in your Welcome Email, usually 3–5 days before your trip starts. Once you’re in, it’s easy: check out the pics, descriptions and prices, add your chosen experiences to your cart, then check out online. You can book before your trip starts or while you’re on the road, up until each activity’s booking deadline.Missed the link? No stress. Your Trip Manager can share it with you on trip too.

Explore Arequipa’s white-stone core, framed by volcanoes, from Plaza de Armas to cloistered lanes. Step inside the Santa Catalina Monastery, a walled micro-city of indigo and terracotta cloisters, wash courtyards and quiet chapels.

Learn how volcanic sillar shaped baroque-mestizo facades and how Santa Catalina preserves domestic rhythms rarely seen elsewhere. Sunlit passages, patterned tiles and soft shadows reward slow looking.

Canoe Lake Sandoval within Tambopata Reserve, gliding over mirror-flat waters fringed by palm swamps. Watch for hoatzins perched like feathered relics, black caimans in shallows and—if luck strikes—giant river otters coursing the channel.

Your guide deciphers calls, tracks and seasonal movements, explaining how oxbow lakes shelter biodiversity. Golden light and tranquil water make this a photographer’s favorite.

Harness up to zipline across a high Andean canyon, flying from platform to platform over terraced slopes and river far below. Guides handle safety and technique while you savor speed, posture and views in an adrenaline rush.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour. A head for heights is essential; routes and line lengths vary with weather conditions.

Join a guided walking tour through the Plaza de Armas and Cusco Cathedral, then follow an Inca-built lane to Qoricancha (Sun Temple), where ashlar walls meet the Convent of Santo Domingo. Wind into San Blas, pausing at the Twelve-Angled Stone and photogenic Siete Borreguitos.

Hear stories spanning empire to encounter—imperial masonry, baroque altars and living Quechua culture—while picking up a compact orientation you can revisit at leisure.

Discover Lima’s UNESCO-listed heart on a guided city tour featuring balconied mansions, plazas and the solemn Lima Cathedral. Descend into the San Francisco Catacombs, a maze of vaulted chambers patterned with centuries-old bones.

Back on the surface, trace Spanish baroque facades and Republican grandeur while your guide links vice-regal history to a modern megacity. Conclude with ocean breezes at Love Park along the clifftop Malecón.

Wander through lively Chinatown and a local market to sample exotic fruits, Peruvian corn varieties and ají chilies amid spice aromas and vendor banter. Continue to Barranco’s galleries, murals and bohemian cafés by the sea.

Discover how immigration shaped Peru’s cuisine and creativity before pausing at the Bridge of Sighs, a romantic landmark woven with local lore. Street art and ocean air set an easy, colorful mood.

Cross the Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve, scanning tawny puna grasslands for vicuñas, llamas and alpacas. Volcano silhouettes and open skies amplify the sense of space as herds graze near salt flats and wetlands.

Pause at the Patapampa high pass to admire Andean peaks and wind-prayer cairns. Your guide decodes wildlife behavior, conservation efforts and the geology that forged the region’s cones.

Stand at Cruz del Condor as Andean condors ride morning thermals across one of the world’s deepest canyons. Wingspans sweep past terraced slopes and the river far below—bring a keen eye and camera.

Along the rim, learn how myth, ecology and traditional agriculture meet in this landscape. Expect brisk air, vast views and time to pause for photos and reflection.

Cruise Lake Titicaca to the resilient Uros Floating Islands, stepping onto springy mats of totora reeds to see how homes, boats and watchtowers are woven from lake plants. Continue to Taquile for stone arches, lakeside paths and a simple lunch.

Meet knitters whose UNESCO-recognised textiles encode identity and ritual, and hear how communal traditions shape island life. Cobalt water and clear light set a serene scene.

Ride a three-wheeled triciclo through Puno’s streets, sharing the road with market-goers and moto-taxis en route to the lake. The low-to-the-ground vantage puts you in the city’s daily rhythm for lively snapshots.

Arrive at the lakeside port with quick glimpses of murals, plazas and everyday Andean commerce, guided by a local rider who knows the backstreets.

Stay with a local family in Luquina, where adobe homes gaze over terraces and blue water. Share a home-cooked Andean dinner—quinoa, native potatoes, lake fish—and conversations that bridge cultures.

Learn about weaving and farming traditions or stroll to the shore as reeds rustle in the breeze. Rooms are simple, hospitality is warm, and connection is the highlight.

Link culture and scenery with stops at the Pukara Museum for pre-Inca ceramics and stone sculpture, the wind-swept La Raya Pass for glacier views, and the Raqchi Archaeological Complex with colonnades and granaries.

At Raqchi, examine the vast Temple of Wiracocha and state storehouses that fueled empire. It’s a compact arc from museum halls to mountain panoramas to field archaeology.

Toast the start of your adventure with a seaside welcome dinner in Miraflores, where gardens top Pacific cliffs and surf sets the soundtrack. Swap names, share first impressions and meet your Trip Manager in a relaxed setting.

Dishes spotlight Peru’s coast—ceviche, corn and ají heat—paired with a classic pisco sour or fresh juice. It’s a flavor-led primer to Lima’s food scene and the group’s friendly mood.

Drift out on a night boat safari, scanning banks for the glowing eyes of caimans, night herons and bats skimming the surface. Engines hush as insect choirs rise and constellations sharpen overhead.

Your naturalist shares behavior, adaptations and river lore while the rainforest’s nocturnal soundscape takes center stage. It’s atmospheric, unhurried and rich in close-up encounters.

Join a guided rainforest hike to read the forest floor—ant highways, camouflage, medicinal leaves—and crane up to towering ceiba trees wrapped in vines and bromeliads. Trails are shaded and designed for observation, not speed.

Spot leafcutter ants, learn about strangler figs and hear how seasonal flooding shapes this ecosystem. Naturalist-led commentary deepens every step beneath the dappled canopy.

Rise early to witness a parrot and macaw clay lick as flocks wheel in to feed on mineral-rich collpa walls—a riot of colour and sound across the canopy. Greens, scarlets and blues cluster before settling to peck clay.

Your naturalist explains how minerals aid digestion of tannin-rich seeds and why this ritual anchors jungle mornings. Viewing is from designated spots to minimize disturbance.

Soak in natural hot springs near Chivay, easing travel muscles as steam curls into crisp Andean air. Pools vary in warmth and outlook; canyon walls and starry Andean skies add drama in the evening.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour with your Trip Manager. Facilities are simple; bring swimwear, and expect towel/locker rentals on site.

Swap cobbles for dirt on a mountain biking outing across Andean plateaus, village lanes and traces of old Inca byways. Expect rolling singletrack, big-sky views and photo breaks by aqueducts and adobe hamlets.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour. Routes match group ability; bikes, helmets and local cycling guides are included.

Hike Rainbow Mountain on a high-altitude trail to a ridge where strata of mineral colours paint the landscape in russets, ochres and turquoise. Llamas graze below while distant glaciers glint on the horizon.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour. Expect an early start, variable weather and a steady uphill path; layers and sun protection are essential.

Roll up sleeves for a hands-on cooking class, mastering market-fresh salsas, knife skills and the balance of lime, ají and cilantro. Shake a proper pisco sour before plating ceviche or lomo saltado with chef guidance.

This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour. Leave with recipes, cultural context and a palate tuned to Peru’s coastal-Andean-Amazonian pantry.

Survey the valley from the Taray lookout before weaving into Pisac Market to meet makers of alpaca weaves, ceramics and natural dyes. Continue to hilltop ruins to walk Inca terraces and stone gateways overlooking the Vilcanota River and patchwork fields.

Local context connects living craft with ancient engineering, revealing farming practices, ritual niches and vantage points. There’s ample time for photos, artisan chats and a gentle introduction to altitude and terrain.

Climb the stepped defenses of the Ollantaytambo Fortress to read a landscape of terraces, ramparts and ritual spaces in pink rhyolite. At the summit, study the Temple of the Sun, where megalithic stonework shows masterful transport and alignment.

Glacier-fed valleys form a dramatic backdrop as your guide reveals Inca town planning still alive in canals and lanes. It’s a living site that threads strategy, ceremony and daily Andean life.

Explore Machu Picchu with an expert who brings terraces, temples and water channels to life. Trace stone paths to viewpoints framed by soaring Andean peaks, pausing to read the precision of Inca masonry and solar alignments without rush.

Hear how the citadel re-emerged from cloud-forest obscurity and join an expert-led tour of highlights such as the Temple of the Sun and ritual sectors. Expect sharp insight, smart photography angles, and quiet moments to absorb the mountain air.

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