Lima to Cusco Peru tour
This two-week tailor-made tour of Peru, from Lima to Cusco, is a real cultural extravaganza, crowned with dusk and dawn visits to Machu Picchu. Sheer Andean bliss.
Lima Arequipa Colca Canyon Cruz del Condor Traditional villages Puno Lake Titicaca Uros and Taquile Island tours Cusco Sacred Valley tour Ollantaytambo Aguas Calientes Guided tour of Machu Picchu
Price
£2325 excluding flights
More info
Per person price based on two people sharing twin or double rooms in 3-4* accommodation.
Budget or luxury options also available.
Flights are available separately.
Please contact us for prices.
Budget or luxury options also available.
Flights are available separately.
Please contact us for prices.
Description of Lima to Cusco Peru tour
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Price information
£2325 excluding flights
Per person price based on two people sharing twin or double rooms in 3-4* accommodation.
Budget or luxury options also available.
Flights are available separately.
Please contact us for prices.
Budget or luxury options also available.
Flights are available separately.
Please contact us for prices.
Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Travel guides
If they could, people would probably come in their millions to Peru to admire the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, situated at 2,430m in the Per...
The name 'Peru' conjures up images of jagged mountain peaks circled by rare condors, the mysterious Nazca lines, sacred Lake Titicaca and its Aymara-i...
Reviews
1 Reviews of Lima to Cusco Peru tour
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 18 Sep 2022 by Judith Popple
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
It has to be going to Machu Picchu.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Be prepared for the high altitudes. We took tablets but still huffed and puffed a lot! Try the coca tea!
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Most hotels and restaurants required you to not flush paper down the toilets but apart from that there is a lot of plastic in use.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Overall the vacation was excellent - the local agents were good and organised pickups etc very well. The only one who was difficult to deal with was the local contact in Cusco. Very hard to get straightforward responses from her.
Read the operator's response here:
Dear Judith,
Thanks for taking the time to write a review and I’m happy to hear that overall you had an excellent time on your trip to Peru! I’d just like to reassure you that even if it may not have been immediately obvious, your trip did benefit local communities and efforts are being made to minimise environmental impact. All the hotels we work with have filtered water available to guests so that you can refill a water bottle instead of buying plastic. All local operators you met are actively involved in community projects, for example the operator you travelled with in Arequipa and Colca runs various projects in the remote villages of Colca including dental and medical support, recycling campaigns and reforestation projects. All of this is funded by income from tourism and has been carefully sustained over the last 2 years. Tourist visits are more important than ever now to support the work of our local operators, so many thanks again for traveling with us!
Best wishes, Heather
Thanks for taking the time to write a review and I’m happy to hear that overall you had an excellent time on your trip to Peru! I’d just like to reassure you that even if it may not have been immediately obvious, your trip did benefit local communities and efforts are being made to minimise environmental impact. All the hotels we work with have filtered water available to guests so that you can refill a water bottle instead of buying plastic. All local operators you met are actively involved in community projects, for example the operator you travelled with in Arequipa and Colca runs various projects in the remote villages of Colca including dental and medical support, recycling campaigns and reforestation projects. All of this is funded by income from tourism and has been carefully sustained over the last 2 years. Tourist visits are more important than ever now to support the work of our local operators, so many thanks again for traveling with us!
Best wishes, Heather
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) vacation so that you can travel knowing it will help support the places and people that you visit, and the planet. Read how below.
Planet
On our Andean Treasures vacation we take great care to preserve the environment in the areas you will be visiting. By traveling overland from Arequipa to Puno, and from Puno to Cusco, (in shared or public transport where possible) you will reduce the domestic flights needed to get around the country and lower the carbon footprint of your trip.We are proud to support our local operator in Arequipa in annual clean-up and reforestation campaigns. We provide responsible travel guidelines to all our travelers with advice on how they can help to preserve the environments they are visiting – recycling containers are available on tour buses in the Colca Canyon and in hotels in Arequipa and Colca.
The hotel in the Colca Canyon has been built in harmony with the environment in a way to minimise interference with the natural surroundings. Only local materials (stone, earth and straw) have been used in the construction of the hotel and natural hot springs on site.
People
We work with local operators and accommodation owners who share our commitment to responsible travel wherever possible. We work with different local operators in each destination to fairly distribute income from tourism.We are respectful towards the communities that we will take you to visit, and you will always be accompanied by a local guide. The family run tour operator you will travel with in the Colca Canyon recently organised and financed the restoration of the public library in the village of Corporaque, so that the wider community benefits from tourism, not just those directly involved.
Our local operator in Cusco is owned and run by a local family who take pride in employing local people and in giving back to the wider community. On this tour you will visit the workshops of local artisans in the Sacred Valley where you will learn about traditional weaving and silver smith techniques and have the opportunity to buy handicrafts direct from the artisans who make them.
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