Family · 11D | 10N
Peru with the Family
An alpaca farm and a chocolate workshop in the valley, rafting on the Urubamba, the train and the citadel, and a day out at the rainbow-coloured Andean lakes.
- Best time
- May to September
- Route
- Lima · Sacred Valley · Machu Picchu · Cusco
Day by day
11 days, planned in full
An alpaca farm and a chocolate workshop in the valley, rafting on the Urubamba, the train and the citadel, and a day out at the rainbow-coloured Andean lakes.
Day 1
Arrive in Lima
Into Miraflores late, with a park across the road and a view of the surf for whoever is awake first.
- Night
- Lima
- Meals
- —
Day 2
Lima, catacombs and cliffs
San Francisco's bone-lined catacombs, which children find far more interesting than the churches above them, then paragliders on the Miraflores cliffs.
- Night
- Lima
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 3
Down to the valley
The morning flight and the drive to a hacienda with a lawn and space to run, at an altitude that will not spoil the first evening.
- Night
- Sacred Valley
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 4
Alpacas and chocolate
A morning at an alpaca and llama farm with shearing and spinning, then a chocolate workshop where everyone makes and keeps a bar.
- Night
- Sacred Valley
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 5
Rafting the Urubamba
Twelve kilometres of grade II water below Ollantaytambo, suitable from eight years up, then the temple hill in the afternoon.
- Night
- Sacred Valley
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 6
Moray, Maras and Pisac
The terraced bowls at Moray, the salt pans, and Pisac's market for a first go at bargaining with actual money.
- Night
- Sacred Valley
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 7
Train to Aguas Calientes
The panoramic train down the gorge with the roof windows, and an afternoon by the river below the ridge.
- Night
- Aguas Calientes
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 8
Machu Picchu
An early bus and a guide briefed to explain how the stones were cut and moved, then the terraces and the llamas that live on them.
- Night
- Aguas Calientes
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 9
Up to Cusco
The train and road up, then Sacsayhuamán's enormous walls and the slide-worn rocks the local children use behind them.
- Night
- Cusco
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 10
Cusco, and the market
The chocolate museum, San Pedro market for fruit nobody at home has heard of, and the afternoon flight to Lima.
- Night
- Lima
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 11
Fly home
A transfer to Jorge Chávez and the connection through Madrid or Amsterdam.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 10 nights in family rooms and a Sacred Valley hacienda
- Return economy airfare and both Lima–Cusco flights
- Panoramic train both ways to Aguas Calientes
- Machu Picchu entry with a family-briefed guide, and the buses
- Alpaca farm morning, chocolate workshop and the rafting day
- All Sacred Valley and Cusco entries on the boleto turístico
- Private minibus with a guide on every touring day
Not included
- Peruvian visa for each traveller
- Meals not named in the itinerary
- Travel insurance
- Rafting has an 8-year minimum; a valley bike ride replaces it for younger children
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