• 3 Dinner (D)
• 7 Breakfast (B)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Lima: You’re treated to a lesson on how to pour the perfect sour, Peru’s native drink. In the good hands of professional chef Ignacio, the results are sure to be delicious. Ignacio will explain the history of Pisco – a type pf wine, the typical Pisco Sour, and an internationally less known but locally more popular drink called “Chilcano”. This cocktail of pisco, lime juice, Ginger ale and bitters is a refreshing twist on the pisco sour that will have you eager to share the recipe with your friends.

• Lima: Take in the highlights of Lima, the ‘City of the Kings,’ including a panoramic view of the ancient districts. Join a local specialist for a visit to the UNESCO-listed Historic Center. Learn how before it was destroyed by earthquakes in the mid-18th century, observing how the historic buildings display a collaboration between local craftspeople and others from the Old World. Then drive along the coastline as you learn more about the fascinating history of Peru’s capital city. 
• Cusco: Visit the mystical Incan stronghold of Ollantaytambo. These famous ruins are a massive Inca fortress made of large stone terraces stretching out across a hillside. Walk among the stone platforms, the sun temple of six monoliths and the Princess Baths fountain ? the Baño de la Nusta at the base of the ruins flowing from carved stone into a pool. Over your exploration, learn how the old town is an Inca-era grid of cobblestoned streets and adobe buildings.
• Machu Picchu: Soak in every moment of your Machu Picchu tour in style as you descend to the Lost City in the clouds aboard the Vistadome train. Traveling the Inca Trail, you’ll traverse dramatic landscapes with a panoramic view of the soaring peaks, river, and ruins. Sit back and relax as you enjoy this multi-sensory journey complete with background music, an informative audio commentary highlighting interesting sites, and an included light snack.
• Machu Picchu: Take a shuttle to the top of the mountain where you’ll meet your local specialist for a guided hike of Machu Picchu. You’ll learn about Machu Picchu’s history and the use of each section of including ceremonial, storage, agriculture, temples, astronomical, and observatory as well as the possible reasons why the Incas left Machu Picchu.
• Cusco: Enjoy the flavors of chicha, a Peruvian corn beer. Hear about how chicha is brewed by the local indigenous women and its history dating back to the time of the Incas as a favorite drink of the Andes. Learn about the two types of chicha, alcoholic sour chicha de jora made from fermented jora corn and the non-alcoholic, sweet chicha morada.
• Machu Picchu: The ruins of Machu Picchu beckon yet again and we enjoy one final opportunity to reconnect with its story. Journey to take in the ruins at sunrise spending some time on your own to explore the hill-top fortress. Soak in every moment at this iconic site, making stops at points of interest while your guide shares their insights on the archaeological sites.
• Cusco: Join your Local Specialist for a guided walk through Cusco’s colonial center, including the nearby 13th-century Incan settlement of Koricancha. Here in Cusco’s Golden Temple of the Sun dedicated to the Sun God Inti, view the trapezoidal and irregular shapes and rounded edges. Note how the stones fit together and were built simply by placing them on top of each other without using any mortar. This staggered placement also enables them to withstand earthquakes.
• Cusco: Begin your day at the ruins of the UNESCO-listed Sacsayhuamán fortress overlooking Cusco. With zig zagging walls and ruins of giant stones, see how the shape and harmony of the landscape is similar to Machu Picchu. Stroll through this Incan architecture of sacred buildings such as residential buildings, towers, shrines, warehouses, roads and aqueducts. And while you may not be able to take in the grand scale, the complex design is based on the shape of the head of a puma, a sacred animal in Inca spirituality.
• Lima: Join a local specialist for a tour of the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum which houses the largest private collection of pre-Columbian Peruvian art in the world. You’ll also explore the extensive collection of Peruvian gold and silver from ancient times. Learn the history of the museum founded by Rafael Larco on July 28th, 1926 in Trujillo followed by in 1958 when Larco moved his collection to Lima to a unique colonial residence built on top of a VIII century pyramid.

Visit a rustic chichería to sample chicha de jora, the mildly sour corn beer of the Andes, alongside the sweet, spiced chicha morada made from purple maize. Warm hospitality from local women illuminates the social role of these roadside taverns.

Learn how maize is malted, ground, and fermented in clay vats as centuries-old Andean brewing traditions continue into daily life. Symbols—like a red plastic bag or pole—signal where fresh chicha is poured, inviting travelers and farmers alike to stop and share stories.

• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays
• Deluxe coach and train travel, and select flights

Trafalgar

Discover Lima’s past and present as you join a guided panoramic tour through the UNESCO-listed Historic Center. Take in the arcaded Plaza Mayor, the austere beauty of the Cathedral of Lima, balconied mansions, and the ceremonial heart of the city around Government Palace.

Visit the Church and Convent of San Francisco, famed for its Sevillian tiles and library, and descend into the hidden catacombs where thousands were interred. Spanish baroque details meet Andean craftsmanship, revealing how colonial Lima’s faith and artistry were shaped by worlds in dialogue.

Explore Lima’s flavors from source to stove as you meet Chef Ignacio Barrios and explore a local market. Wander stalls brimming with Pacific seafood, tropical fruits, and fragrant ají peppers while hearing how regional ingredients underpin Peru’s celebrated cuisine.

Continue to Ignacio’s school for a hands-on cooking demonstration of classics like lomo saltado, then craft a Chilcano using Peru’s native pisco. Taste the country’s culinary fusion in each bite and sip, guided by stories of coastal, Andean, and immigrant influences shaping today’s kitchen.

Connect with Andean heritage at the Manos de la Comunidad weaving center during a Make Travel Matter visit. Meet master weavers, learn about natural dyes, and handle the soft fibers of Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas and Guanacos before sitting down to an exclusive outdoor lunch amid Sacred Valley mountain air.

Step into a private area to witness the Linderaje tradition, a community rite that reinforces local bonds. Engage with artisans supported by social leaders in Chinchero, and see how your visit supports UN SDG 11 by helping preserve ancestral techniques and sustainable livelihoods.

Explore the commanding Ollantaytambo fortress, where terraces climb the mountainside and granite blocks reveal the ambition of Inca builders. Climb toward the Sun Temple and admire views over the patchwork fields and waterways of the Urubamba Valley.

Hear accounts of Inca strategy and Spanish resistance as your guide points out intricate stone joins and ritual spaces. Pause at the Baño de la Ñusta (Princess Baths) to appreciate the Incas’ mastery of water, channeled through carved conduits that still murmur across the site.

Board the Vistadome train and settle beside panoramic windows that frame the Andes like a moving postcard. Watch the Urubamba River gorge wind past steep terraces, queñua trees, and adobe hamlets as light snacks and onboard commentary set the scene.

As the valley narrows, peaks sharpen and cloud-forest slopes appear, signaling your approach to Aguas Calientes. This immersive rail journey heightens anticipation, turning the approach to Machu Picchu into a sensory prelude of rushing water, changing altitude, and shifting ecosystems.

Walk through the mist-laced terraces of Machu Picchu as a Local Specialist deciphers stone temples, ritual platforms, and engineered channels. Trace ceremonial pathways around sacred outcrops and contemplate the curved masonry of the Temple of the Sun.

Hear interpretations of astronomy, agriculture, and pilgrimage at this New Seven Wonders of the World. The setting—jagged ridgelines, orchids in bloom, and the hum of the forest—adds context to a city planned in harmony with mountains, waters, and sky.

Return to the sanctuary to witness sunrise over the citadel, when soft light washes granite walls and terraces in gold. The early calm reveals bird calls, drifting cloud, and angles of shadow that transform familiar vistas.

Use this time to pause for photos and reflection and to spend time on your own at viewpoints such as the Guardian’s Hut. This quieter revisit lets you absorb the site’s atmosphere beyond facts and diagrams—simply the mountains, the stones, and the dawn.

Walk the stony lanes around the Plaza de Armas to the Cusco Cathedral, where gilded retablos and canvases reflect Spanish wealth layered onto an Inca capital. Hear how baroque facades rose over foundations of perfectly fitted Andean stone.

Continue to Qorikancha within Santo Domingo to study finely cut Inca stonework—trapezoidal niches, tilted walls, and earthquake-resistant seams. This dialogue of empires reveals how Tawantinsuyo’s spiritual heart was reshaped under the Viceroyalty, yet still speaks through its stones.

Stand before the titanic limestone blocks of the Sacsayhuamán fortress, fitted without mortar into zigzag ramparts that mirror lightning. From these heights, take in sweeping views over Cusco and its red-tiled roofs.

Discuss quarrying, transport, and the symbolic puma-shaped plan as your guide highlights ritual zones and ancient storehouses. The site’s scale and precision showcase Inca engineering—architecture designed to endure tremors and to converse with the contours of sacred landscape.

Meet a Local Specialist for a curated visit to the Larco Museum, home to one of the world’s richest collections of pre-Columbian art. Trace 5,000 years of creativity through Moche ceramics, Nazca textiles, and glittering gold and silver regalia.

Dine in the museum’s garden restaurant, perfumed by night-blooming jasmine and framed by bougainvillea. The setting—an 18th-century viceregal mansion atop a pre-Columbian pyramid—adds a final note of elegance to a day immersed in Peru’s layered civilizations.