Transform transit into discovery on a curated overland day calling at the Andahuaylillas ‘Sistine Chapel of the Andes’, the monumental Raqchi Temple of Wiracocha, wind-swept La Raya pass and the Pucará Museum.

Between Andean peaks and alpaca-dotted plains, learn how baroque murals, Inca imperial sites and pre-Inca ceramics map the cultural tapestry of southern Peru—complete with a relaxed buffet lunch and big-window views.

See La Paz through the eyes of masked shoe shiners on a guided walk that threads between markets, plazas and panoramic city viewpoints. Hear candid stories about work, identity and urban life at 3,600 m.

From the Witches’ Market to bustling avenues, this immersive experience challenges stereotypes while funding community projects that support shoe shiners and their families across the city.

Join a local-hosted dinner that pairs small-batch wines with family recipes and neighborhood lore. Share a convivial table while your host unpacks Porteño culture through flavor and story.

From provoleta to chimichurri-brushed asado cuts, taste Argentina’s pantry alongside insider stories that unlock the city’s character. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

• 9 Dinner (D)
• 19 Breakfast (B)
• 7 Lunch (L)

• Paracas: Mother nature has her favourites, and the Paracas National Reserve is one of them. We’ll take a tour of this protected natural area guilded with deserts, islands and the beautiful blue ocean. 
• Nazca: Climbing up 43 ft in the sky, you’ll see the fascinating group of geoglyphs called the Nazca Lines from a (really) tall tower. Think: desert artwork of spiders, spirals and a mysterious astronaut-like human.
• 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.
• Cusco: Your chance to pick up some mementos at San Pedro Markets and then see Cusco Cathedral, San Blas and Coricancha.
• 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.
• Cusco: Travel from Cusco to Puno on a full-day journey that turns the transfer into part of the adventure. Along the way, you’ll stop at Andahuaylillas, Raqchi, La Raya and Pucará, (plus enjoy buffet lunch with Andes views). It’s a comfy ride with reclining seats, air conditioning and onboard restrooms.
• La Paz: Tuck into a 3-course set menu at Manq’a (“food” in Aymara), a seriously cool restaurant with a big heart. Your meal supports culinary training and better opportunities for vulnerable youth, while championing sustainable, fairly priced local produce and proud cultural food traditions.
• La Paz: See the city through the eyes of masked shoe shiners (these are the people who keep La Paz moving). Expect a walking tour that goes beyond the usual sights, with real stories about daily life, stigma, and informal work, all while supporting community projects that back shoe shiners and their families.
• La Paz: Leave La Paz after dark and roll into Sucre on a 13-hour overnight journey. Oh yeah, and there are comfy reclining seats on this ride!
• Sucre: Get your bearings in Bolivia’s “White City”. Wandering the colonial centre with its elegant plazas, architecture, and easy-going vibe. Then you can grab a proper local bite at Salteñería El Patio — Sucre’s go-to for juicy salteñas in a classic courtyard setting.
• Potosi: Walk the UNESCO-listed historic centre where grand churches and cobbled streets meet the shadow of Cerro Rico. Expect a loop through Plaza 10 de Noviembre, plus time to dive into the Casa Nacional de la Moneda — the former mint turned museum that tells the story behind Potosí’s wealth (and its cost).
• Potosi: Head to a local ex-miner’s home for a home-cooked meal and a no-filter chat about life in the mines. You’ll enjoy local dishes like quinoa soup and potatoes, plus get a deeper look at the challenges (and resilience) behind this tough line of work.
• Uyuni: Roll through Uyuni’s high-altitude outpost vibes — dusty streets, a lively plaza, and market stalls with llama wool and quinoa on repeat. It’s the rugged launchpad for what you came for… and your Trip Manager will help you get orientated before the big landscapes take over.
• Uyuni Salt Flat: Near the Uyuni Salt Flats, this special stay is made out of salt. Yep, actual salt. It’s an accommodation with a seriously unique twist, serving up a stay in one of South America’s most surreal landscapes. Geological icon meets human ingenuity. Not a bad combo for a night on the trip!
• Salta: Wander around Plaza 9 de Julio and the city’s leafy, pastel-lined streets, taking in the cathedral and the glow of San Francisco Church. As evening hits, you’ll have the chance to soak in the local peña scene (think folk music energy and regional flavours).
• Buenos Aires: Head out with your Trip Manager to get the lay of the land — key spots, neighbourhood vibes, and the best ways to spend your free time. 

Pause on the desert plain to climb the viewing tower and gaze over the enigmatic Nazca Lines geoglyphs. From this elevated perch, geometric lines and vast figures emerge from the pampa—etched into the earth by pre-Columbian cultures.

Hear about their mysterious origins, from astronomical theories to ritual pathways, while scanning the arid horizon where motifs like the Tree and Hands come into focus against a canvas of sun-bleached gravel.

• 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.

Stroll Arequipa’s elegant heart around the Plaza de Armas, where arcaded walkways and white sillar facades glow in the high-Andean sun. Snap postcard views of the cathedral towers with the Misti volcano rising beyond the rooftops.

Discover how local volcanic stone shaped the city’s distinctive baroque-mestizo style and trace colonial lanes past convent walls and leafy courtyards that give the “White City” its refined, time-worn atmosphere.

Join a guided circuit to explore Cusco Cathedral, the artisans’ quarter of San Blas, and the Inca sun temple of Qorikancha. Wander the lively San Pedro Market, where cacao nibs, coca tea and Andean produce tempt from colorful stalls.

Layered with Inca foundations and Spanish facades, Cusco tells a story of empire and encounter. Hear how stone-fitted walls and cobbled alleys preserved a sacred city that still hums with highland tradition.

Meet Peru’s iconic herd animals—llamas, alpacas and vicuñas—and watch master weavers at work. You’ll learn the ancient Incan art of weaving, from hand-spun yarn to natural dyes crafted from cochineal and native plants.

Between terraced hillsides and village fields, try your luck at the traditional game of Sapo. This hands-on visit supports community livelihoods while revealing how textiles preserve identity, storytelling and heritage across the Sacred Valley.

Hike the Classic Inca Trail from km 82 through cloud forest and high puna, crossing Dead Woman’s Pass (4,215 m) and visiting citadels like Wiñay Wayna. Porters, cooks and guides keep camp humming as you settle beneath a sky bright with Andean constellations.

Arrive at dawn to the Sun Gate (Inti Punku) for that first panorama of Machu Picchu, followed by a guided exploration of temples, terraces and plazas that illuminate Inca engineering, astronomy and ritual life.

Cruise Lake Titicaca to the reed-built world of the Uros floating islands, stepping onto spongy totora platforms to learn how families craft homes and boats from the reeds. Continue to Taquile Island for textiles and dances on a tranquil, terraced hillside.

On the Capachica Peninsula, share a homestay evening of music, stories and Andean cooking. This lakeside immersion deepens connections with Aymara and Quechua traditions in Peru’s folkloric heartland.

Savor a thoughtfully sourced 3-course set menu at Manq’a, a social-impact restaurant training young Bolivians in culinary skills. Expect seasonal Andean produce—quinoa, chuño, amaranth—matched with bold Aymara flavors and warm service.

Dining here supports equitable opportunities and celebrates Bolivia’s pantry, from native tubers to ají-rich sauces. It’s a meaningful meal with a mission, and a delicious welcome to the highland capital.

Amble the whitewashed arcades and palm-shaded Plaza 25 de Mayo as a local introduces Sucre’s serene colonial center. Learn how republican history and Andalusian aesthetics shaped Bolivia’s most elegant city.

Between museum courtyards and tiled domes, pause to try salteñas—juicy baked pastries beloved across Bolivia—in a classic courtyard setting that pairs old-world charm with everyday flavors.

Trace fortunes and fault lines around Plaza 10 de Noviembre before stepping into the Casa Nacional de la Moneda, where colonial coins once minted the wealth of an empire beneath looming Cerro Rico.

Baroque churches, sober courtyards and creaking wooden presses reveal a city whose silver shaped global trade—alongside the stark human cost of mining at extreme altitude.

Enter a Potosí home to share dinner with an ex-miner’s family. Taste steaming quinoa soup, Andean potatoes and hearty local dishes while listening to unvarnished stories of Cerro Rico and life above 4,000 m.

This intimate encounter brings context to the city’s past and present, offering a frank, human perspective on resilience, community bonds and the realities of work in the high Andes.

Acclimatize in this frontier hub with a short walk past adobe lanes, a lively plaza and the central market. Hear how Uyuni evolved from a train-era outpost to the launchpad for salt-flat adventures.

Your guide shares tips on local bites, gear and photo essentials to prep for the salt flats, ensuring you’re ready for vast horizons, mirror skies and wind-etched silence.

Ride a 4×4 across the Salar de Uyuni to the haunting Train Cemetery and through Colchani’s salt-cutting workshops. Walk Incahuasi Island among towering cacti, then stage playful perspective shots on a blindingly white horizon.

With a picnic lunch al fresco and a glow-tinted finale as sunset over the salt paints the sky, this day distills the salar’s surreal geometry and stillness into pure wonder.

Cross the altiplano to mirror-bright pools where flamingo-filled lagoons shimmer sapphire and jade, culminating at rust-red Laguna Colorada speckled with gleaming borax islands.

Climb higher to a steaming geothermal field of fumaroles and mud pots near 5,000 m, then ease into a soothing soak in hot springs while volcanoes rim a sky of uncompromising blue.

Roll into the Salvador Dalí Desert, where wind-sculpted rock formations punctuate an otherworldly canvas of ochres and ash. Photostops spotlight silent plains and stark, painterly vistas.

Continue to Laguna Verde and Laguna Blanca, their green and milky hues gleaming beneath Andean volcanoes. It’s a final flourish of high-desert color before descending toward the Chilean frontier.

Ease into northwest Argentina around Plaza 9 de Julio, where pastel facades and arcaded cafes border palms and jacarandas. Admire the pink-and-gold San Francisco Church and the cathedral’s ornate interior.

Hear stories of colonial trade routes, Andean-Criollo traditions and the flavors that define Salta—empanadas, humitas and Torrontés—before choosing how to spend your afternoon in this relaxed, heritage-rich city.

Get your bearings in the Argentine capital around Plaza de Mayo and the rosy facade of the Casa Rosada. Your guide highlights neighborhood vibes in San Telmo and Recoleta, plus how to navigate cafes, subtes and leafy avenidas.

From European-tinged boulevards to street-art corners, this introduction spotlights the city’s rhythm—literary salons, football passion and nightly asados—so you can explore with confidence.

Saddle up for a guided ride on dirt roads and gentle singletrack beyond Cusco, pedaling past Inca terraces, adobe hamlets and patchwork potato fields with sweeping valley views.

Guides, bikes and helmets are provided; routes adapt to group ability. This active escape blends Andean culture and fresh mountain air. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Rise early to hike to Rainbow Mountain, where mineral-rich slopes ripple in bands of ochre, teal and rust beneath a vast sky. Expect a challenging pace and thin air as you crest viewpoints for Andes panorama.

Your guides set a steady rhythm and share geological insights while you photograph the famous stripes. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Apron on to cook Peruvian classics with a local chef. Learn to work with ají amarillo and quinoa, sear a wok-kissed lomo saltado or craft layered causa, then shake a pisco sour to toast your creations.

Along the way, hear how Andean staples and global influences shaped the country’s most beloved dishes. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Take a ringside seat for the Fighting Cholitas, where bowler-hatted wrestlers flip expectations as much as opponents. Enjoy high-energy bouts, costume flair and ring-side energy that blends sport and theater.

Beyond spectacle, the show celebrates identity and empowerment within the Aymara community. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Head into the Cordillera de los Frailes to trek the Maragua Crater, a kaleidoscope of folded sedimentary rock and Andean hamlets. Trace dinosaur footprints preserved in tilted slabs near Niñu Mayu.

Local guides share geology, village customs and textile traditions as trails wind through stone-walled fields and canyon views. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Don helmet and lamp to descend into Cerro Rico, navigating miners’ tunnels where narrow shafts, hand-hewn chambers and mineral veins reveal centuries of extraction.

Guides outline safety and tradition—from offerings to El Tío to coca leaves that steady the day—while illuminating the mine’s stark realities. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Swap boots for boards and carve down desert dunes near San Pedro de Atacama. Learn technique on gentle slopes before tackling longer runs with big-sky backdrops.

All equipment and instruction included; the pace suits beginners and thrill-seekers alike. Expect sandy smiles and sunset views. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Join a golden-hour excursion to golden-hour dunes and salt-crusted valleys where wind-whittled ridges glow amber and rose. Guides lead short walks to natural balconies as shadows lengthen.

Watch the desert fade to pastel and hush at sunset viewpoints ideal for photography and quiet contemplation. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Slip into a traditional venue for a peña dinner & folk show, where guitars, charangos and bombo drums set the rhythm for chacareras and zambas. Dine on empanadas, locro and regional wines.

Locals join the chorus, blurring stage and sala into one spirited gathering that celebrates northern Argentina’s music and cuisine. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Savor a multi-course meal before the lights rise on a tango dinner & show, where bandoneón and live orchestra drive dancers through dramatic embraces and swift footwork.

Set in an atmospheric theater, this evening channels the milonga’s grit and grace—an art form born in immigrant barrios, now Argentina’s most iconic performance. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Head north to cruise the Tigre Delta, weaving between leafy canals where stilted houses and channels replace city blocks. See river life unfold past rowing clubs, weekend villas and floating vendors.

Back on land, browse the Mercado de Frutos’ craft stalls and riverside cafes before returning to the capital. Optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Explore the stark beauty of the Paracas National Reserve, where ochre headlands meet turquoise Pacific swells and wave-carved cliffs frame sweeping desert views. Learn how wind and sea sculpt this protected landscape along Peru’s arid coast.

Later, in Huacachina’s sun-baked oasis, ride a dune buggy across rolling sand mountains. Those keen can sandboard the dunes, carving buttery slopes as the light softens over one of South America’s largest dune fields.

Contiki

Taste Lima’s culinary spirit as you meet your Trip Manager and gather for a convivial welcome meal in stylish Miraflores. Sample classic Peruvian dishes—think citrus-bright ceviche, causa, and anticuchos—paired with a zesty pisco sour to toast the journey ahead.

Set within the city often hailed as Latin America’s food capital, this dinner spotlights the blend of Indigenous, Spanish, African and Asian influences that shaped Peruvian cuisine. Expect bold ají peppers, fresh Pacific seafood and warm, contemporary hospitality.