8 day Peru Family Adventure Tour 2024

Arrive to Lima and transfer to your hotel in Miraflores, Porta.

After breakfast, flight to Cusco (1 hour). Arrive Cusco and transfer to the Mistersinkas lodge. Use this morning to acclimatize. Your hotel is within walking distance from the plaza, and is surrounded by cafes, artisan markets, museums, and nice walkways. Spend this day at leisure exploring your environment. In the afternoon (around 1 pm) enjoy a guided visit of the four ruins nearby; the Sacsayhuaman Fortress overlooking the of Cuzco, a pre Inca architectural masterpiece; Kenko, a rock sanctuary whose main attraction is the monolithic altar representing a puma, the red Fortress of Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay, a beautiful fountain fed by a spring forming a series of basins continue to the city of Cuzco.

Meals: B

After breakfast, we will enjoy the spectacular mountain setting of Ollantaytambo, the ruins set on the edge of town, before transferring to our put-in is at Panchar, some 10 minutes from Ollantaytambo. After a briefing in techniques and safety, start of the rafting on class III and IV rapids for 4 hours. Picnic lunch by the banks of the river before returning to Ollantaytambo around 15:00. Accommodation in the very Sacred Valley itself at the Albergue Hotel.

Meals: B & L

After breakfast, an excursion of the Urubamba, the sacred valley of the Incas with a visit to the Pisaq market, one of the largest in the entire valley. A visit to Ollantaytambo, site of the last undefeated bastion of the Inca Empire before returning to your hotel.

Meals: B

After breakfast transfer to the town of Lamay. Arrival and begin your hike to the fascinating site where the Inca chief Viracocha lived. Walk over the bridge in Lamay and continue on the path behind the houses. You can easily see the path climbing up the hill and you might even see some part of the ruins high above you. This is an advanced hike. It will take about two and a half hours to reach the ruins and from there you will have a wonderful view into the Urubamba valley, and of the villages of Lamay and Calca. The mummy that was found here is said to be Viracocha. The ruins are part stone and part adobe and of special interest is the presence of horizontal wooden braces inside the corners of some of the buildings. There is a fine 'kallanka', great hall, some 40m long, a great esplanade, where were held parades, and lots of terraces. Some of the houses are 'post-inca' , but in inca-style, and there is a Spanish-style reservoir. Going down to Calca will take about three hours. The path starts behind the reservoir, where you will have to cross a small stream. In the valley behind you can continue on this small path to Calca. Arrive to Calca, and return to your hotel.

Meals: B & L

After breakfast, take the expedition train to Aguas Calientes. Arrival and check-in to your hotel, El president. After, a guided tour of Machu Picchu, the most spectacular ancient city in the world. Built by the Inca Pachacutec, and comprising stone blocks fitted with masterful precision, Machu Picchu harmoniously blends into the mountain landscape. There are many theories as to the origins behind Machu Picchu but three of the most popular ideas include a temple to the sun, a fortress against the jungle inhabitants or a sanctuary for the Incas. This fabulous city has houses, temples, warehouses, a large central square, all connected by narrow roads and steps, and is surrounded by terraces cut into the mountain side which were used for agriculture. Free time to enjoy this magical and spiritual wonder. Return to your hotel in Aguas Calientes.

Meals: B

Free day in Machu Picchu before returning to Cuzco aboard the afternoon train. Accommodation in the Inca capital.

Meals: B

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your return flight to Lima and connecting flight home.

Meals: B