Machu Picchu ruins on a ridge with cloud drifting through the Andes behind

Honeymoon · 10D | 9N

Peru for Two

A hacienda suite with the Urubamba outside the window, the site in the late afternoon when the crowds have gone down, and a colonial convent hotel in Cusco.

Best time
May to September
Route
Lima · Sacred Valley · Machu Picchu · Cusco

Day by day

10 days, planned in full

A hacienda suite with the Urubamba outside the window, the site in the late afternoon when the crowds have gone down, and a colonial convent hotel in Cusco.

  1. Day 1

    Arrive in Lima

    Met and driven to a Barranco boutique hotel in the old bohemian quarter, a short walk from the cliff path.

    Night
    Lima
    Meals
  2. Day 2

    Lima, and a tasting menu

    The Larco museum and the Barranco galleries in the day, then dinner at one of the tasting rooms that made this city's name.

    Night
    Lima
    Meals
    Breakfast, dinner
  3. Day 3

    Down to the valley

    The morning flight to Cusco and straight down to a hacienda suite by the Urubamba, with a coca tea and nothing else asked of you.

    Night
    Sacred Valley
    Meals
    Breakfast, dinner
  4. Day 4

    Weaving, and the salt pans

    A Chinchero cooperative in the morning, the Maras pans in the flat afternoon light, and a private table set in the hacienda's terrace garden.

    Night
    Sacred Valley
    Meals
    Breakfast, dinner
  5. Day 5

    A pachamanca, and Ollantaytambo

    Lamb, potatoes and corn cooked on hot stones buried in the ground, then the temple hill at Ollantaytambo late in the day.

    Night
    Sacred Valley
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch
  6. Day 6

    Train to Aguas Calientes

    The panoramic carriage down the gorge, an afternoon at the hot springs, and a river-facing room below the ridge.

    Night
    Aguas Calientes
    Meals
    Breakfast
  7. Day 7

    Machu Picchu, late

    An afternoon entry rather than a dawn one: fewer people, better light on the terraces, and the guide to yourselves for two hours.

    Night
    Aguas Calientes
    Meals
    Breakfast, dinner
  8. Day 8

    Up to Cusco

    The train and road up to a hotel in a sixteenth-century convent, with piped oxygen in the room for the first night at 3,400 m.

    Night
    Cusco
    Meals
    Breakfast
  9. Day 9

    Cusco, and a spa

    Qorikancha and San Blas's artisan lanes in the morning, an Andean botanical treatment for two, and a courtyard dinner.

    Night
    Cusco
    Meals
    Breakfast, dinner
  10. Day 10

    Fly home

    The morning flight to Lima and the long connection north, with lounge access on both legs.

    Meals
    Breakfast

What's included

  • 9 nights in boutique haciendas and a converted colonial convent
  • Return economy airfare and both Lima–Cusco flights
  • Panoramic train both ways to Aguas Calientes
  • Machu Picchu afternoon entry with a private guide, and the buses
  • Private terrace-garden dinner and a traditional pachamanca lunch
  • Chinchero weaving visit and all Sacred Valley and Cusco entries
  • Couples' Andean botanical treatment and honeymoon amenities

Not included

  • Peruvian visa where required
  • Meals not named in the itinerary
  • Travel insurance
  • Aguas Calientes hot springs entry, about ₹700 each

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