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Rural community-based
Travellers can discover Peru in a different way, more human, closer to the local people, and have a mutual experience of great cultural exchange. The Andes and the Amazon jungle are home to hundreds of indigenous communities, heirs of ancestral traditions that make today’s cultural richness. Learn about the main destinations of Peru while sharing local people’s daily life and dreams.
Runa route, Peru and its people, 14d
Arequipa, Colca, Coporaque, Titicaca, Luquina Chico, Cusco, Chichubamba, Machu Picchu
You’ll be guided by a local resident of a small town of the Colca Valley, live with an Aymara family in Lake Titicaca, and get to know very closely the work of the artisans of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. All this while visiting the main attractions of Peru such as Arequipa, Cusco, and of course the Machu Picchu.
- DAY 01 / Arrival in Lima
- DAY 02 / Lima – Arequipa flight. Arequipa city tour
- DAY 03 / Colca canyon: Arequipa – Lagunillas – Chivay
- DAY 04 / Condor’s Cross, Pinchollo, Maca, Chiva
- DAY 05 / Visit to with a local family in Coporaque village. Bus to Puno
- DAY 06 / Titicaca Lake: Uros – Luquina chico Aymara community
- DAY 07 / Titicaca Lake: Luquina chico – Puno
- DAY 08 / Puno – Cusco tourist bus: Pukara, Raqchi, Andahuaylillas
- DAY 09 / Cusco city and surroundings: Saqsayhuaman, Q’oriqancha
- DAY 10 / Sacred Valley and the artisans: Pisaq – Chichubamba -Ollantaytamboo
- DAY 11 / Train to Aguas Calientes. Machu Picchu
- DAY 12 / Return to Cusco
- DAY 13 / Cusco – Lima flight. Lima city tour: Lima Today
- DAY 14 / International departure
Ayni route, local Community Experience, 10d
Cusco, Machu Picchu, Patabamba, Valle Sagrado, Titicaca, Amantani
In this short, 10-day Peru itinerary, you can visit the highlights of Peru having an in-depth insight into local culture. On the way to Machu Picchu, admire the beauty of the Sacred Valley from the heights of an indigenous community where you will taste the ancestral Pachamanca. Spend the night at alocal home on the island of Amantani, letting the morning pink, blue, orange and yellow colours of the sunrise over the Titicaca Lake gradually wake you up.
- DAY 01 / Arrival in Lima
- DAY 02 / Lima – Cusco flight. Free day for acclimatization
- DAY 03 / Cusco city and surroundings: Saqsayhuaman, Q’oriqancha
- DAY 04 / Sacred Valley: Patabamba Quechua Community
- DAY 05 / Sacred Valley and the artisans: Pisaq – Chichubamba -Ollantaytambo
- DAY 06 / Train to Aguas Calientes. Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. Return to Cusco
- DAY 07 / Cusco – Puno tourist bus: Pukara, Raqchi, Andahuaylillas
- DAY 08 / Titicaca Lake: Uros – Luquina Chico Aymara community
- DAY 09 / Titicaca Lake: Luquina Chico – Puno
- DAY 10 / Puno – Juliaca airport. Flight to Lima. Connection with international flight
Coffee route: Alternative route to Machu Picchu, 9d
Cusco, Valle Sagrado, Ruta Café , Cocalmayo, Machu Picchu
Arriving at Machu Picchu after meeting Julia or Alejandro is something else. They’re wise about land and water, as they struggle every day to defend the crops of their delicious coffee, cacao beans, and organic fruit trees. His silences are almost as eloquent as his words and their hospitality priceless. All this in a spectacular scenery, and you can wrap it up with a bath in the natural hot springs surrounded by the mountains of Machu Picchu. On top of that amazing food!
- DAY 01 / Arrival in Lima
- DAY 02 / Lima – Cusco flight. Free day for acclimatization
- DAY 03 / Cusco city and surroundings: Saqsayhuaman, Q’oriqancha
- DAY 04 / Sacred Valley: Pisaq – Ollantaytambo
- DAY 05 / Coffee route: Ollantaytambo – Malaga Pass – Huyopata
- DAY 06 / Coffee route: Huyopata – Huacayupana –
- DAY 07 / Coffee route: Santa Teresa – Cocalmayo hotsprings – AguasCalientes
- DAY 08 / Machu Picchu. Return to Cusco
- DAY 09 / Cusco – Lima flight. International departure
Amaru route, 18d
Lima Paracas Nasca, Arequipa, Colca, Llachón, Cusco, Valle, Comunidad Amaru, Machu Picchu
Learn about the main historical, natural and archaeological attractions of Peru, having a close encounter with the ways of life and culture of its local inhabitants. The Nasca desert, Lake Titicaca, the Sacred Valley or Machu Picchu, will have another meaning under the light of this cultural human contact, in one of the most complete trips to Peru.
- DAY 01 / Arrival in Lima
- DAY 02 / Lima city tour
- DAY 03 / Lima – Paracas bus. Paracas National Reserve
- DAY 04 / Ballestas Islands. Optional: Buggies and Sandboard. Paracas – Nasca bus
- DAY 05 / Overflight Nasca lines – Cahuachi pyramids. Nasca – Arequipa bus
- DAY 06 / Arequipa city
- DAY 07 / Colca canyon: Arequipa – Lagunillas – Chivay
- DAY 08 / Colca canyon: Condor’s Cross, Pinchollo, Maca, Chivay. Bus to Puno
- DAY 09 / Titicaca Lake: Uros – Llachon Quechua community
- DAY 10 / Titicaca Lake: Llachón – Puno
- DAY 11 / Puno – Cusco tourist bus: Pukara, Raqchi, Andahuaylillas
- DAY 12 / Cusco city and surroundings: Saqsayhuaman, Q’oriqancha
- DAY 13 / Sacred Valley: Amaru – Sacaca Quechua communities
- DAY 14 / Sacred Valley: Maras – Moray – Chichubamba – Ollantaytambo
- DAY 15 / Train to Aguas Calientes. Machu Picchu
- DAY 16 / Optional second entrance to Machu Picchu and Huaynapicchu hike. Return to Cusco
- DAY 17 / Cusco – Lima flight
- DAY 18 / International departure
Wayra route, 10d
Cusco , Valle Sagrado, Machu Picchu, Inotawa Lodge
Wayra, wind. A trip to Peru where you get to travel to the Amazon jungle visiting a local family and learning how they protect the environment and Tambopata Reserve using sustainable agriculture. Afterwards, the journey will take you to Cusco to meet the Quechua community of Amaru, in the heights of the Sacred Valley, a perfect experience before entering Machu Picchu.
Last but not least, the Lake Titicaca and the people of Llachón, a small community by the lake, await you. If you feel like, it is possible to navigate its waters a kayak!
- DAY 01 / Arrival in Lima. Optional Lima city
- DAY 02 / Lima – Cusco flight. Free day for acclimatization
- DAY 03 / Cusco city and surroundings: Saqsayhuaman, Q’oriqancha
- DAY 04 / Sacred Valley: Pisaq – Ollantaytambo
- DAY 05 / Train to Machu Picchu. Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
- DAY 06 / Optional second entrance to Machu Picchu and Huaynapicchu hike. Return to Cusco
- DAY 07 / Cusco – Puerto Maldonado flight. Tambopata National Reserve: Inotawa Lodge
- DAY 08 / Tambopata National Reserve: Inotawa Lodge
- DAY 09 / Tambopata Reserve – Puerto Maldonado. Flight to Lima
- DAY 10 / International departure
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