Day 1 – Arrival in Lima
A private transport and a Tanit Trails representative pick you up from the airport and take you to the Hotel.

Accommodation: Hotel Casa Andina Private Collection Miraflores **** (or similar)
Type of Room: Traditional double

Day 2 – Lima – Cusco - Sacred Valley
In the morning you are driven to the airport to take the flight to Cusco. Upon arrival in Cusco, your tour guide welcomes and joins you for the one-and-a-half hour drive to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The Valley is located 500 meters lower than the Cusco City, allowing a better process for acclimatizing to the altitude. You will have lunch while enjoying a Peruvian Paso Horses demonstration at an exclusive restaurant located in the sacred valley. Considering that this is your first day in the altitude, we recommend you to take it easy during this afternoon. You may want to go resting to your hotel, or perhaps choose one of the suggested activities, such as visiting the remains of the Sairi Tupac Palace and go for a walk through the huge terraces surrounding the area, or perhaps visiting Pablo Seminario´s Ceramic workshop. In any situation, your guide and transport will be available during the afternoon.

Meals: B, L
Hotel Casa Andina Private Collection Valle **** (or similar)
Type of Room: Superior double

Day 3 – Ollantaytambo - Huayoccari - Pisac Ruins and Market
This morning, your guide and transport will take you to Ollantaytambo, a still living Inca village set below ancient ruins retaining the stonework, narrow streets, and family courtyards of pre-Columbian times. Much of the Inca history in Peru was destroyed by the Spanish, but Ollantaytambo is an important ceremonial site and scene of a few battles between the Incas and the Spanish conquerors. Here you will also have the chance to walk the Inca-Ruins uphill steps; this is a steep ascent, offering great views to the valley as a final reward to the effort. Lunch time is the perfect excuse to visit a ‘casa-hacienda’ (sort of ranch or state) that belongs to an old and traditional Cusqueño family. This beautiful house holds a valuable art collection and, on top of this, its privileged location will allow you to relax and enjoy the breathtaking views of the Sacred Valley. A half-an-hour drive takes you to your next destination, Pisac town. Now, and depending on your specific interests, your guide will lead you walking the narrow paths along the Pisac Inca ruins, a quite impressive archaeological site, where you will find large terraces, ancient cemeteries and a number of buildings formerly used as residences for high-ranked personalities, and also as worship areas. Together with the archaeological site, the traditional market is one of the well known attractions of Pisac; there you find the time to walk slowly from one stand to the other, admiring the typical art-crafts and at the same time watching and even trying some of the local products (vegetables and fruits). After this visit, you will be driven back to the hotel.

Meals: B, L
Accommodation: Hotel Casa Andina Private Collection Valle **** (or similar)
Type of Room: Superior double

Day 4 - Ollantaytambo – Machupicchu
In the morning your guide takes you board the train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes. The journey is almost two-hour long. Once in Aguas Calientes, your guide leads you to the bus-stop, to take the 25 minute bus ride up to the ruins. The Incas worshiped nature, and built many of their structures in harmony with the dramatic landscape. Your guide will take you through the lost citadel, explaining the different theories surrounding each section. In the afternoon you will have the time to continue your visit around the citadel, or perhaps to go for a walk to an interesting area such as the Inti Punku or the Sun Gate, the point from where Inca Trail hikers are able to watch Machu Picchu for the first time. Depending on your physic conditions, this walk may take from 45 to one hour uphill walking, and then from 30 to 45 minutes on the way back to Machu Picchu. Whenever you are ready, you can take the bus back to Aguas Calientes. The Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel is a beautiful hotel, which not only has a beautiful infrastructure, built in harmony with nature, but amazing jungle-like gardens where you will find orchids, tea plantations, exotic birds (especially hummingbirds) and much more. This hotel is the perfect complement to actually enjoy the full Machu Picchu experience. Dinner is included at the hotel.

Meals: B, D
Accommodation: Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel
Type of Room: Superior double

Important Notice: Please consider that Peru Rail and Inca Rail (train companies covering the service to Machu Picchu) don’t allow passengers to travel with voluminous baggage, allowing only a small piece of hand-luggage that should travel with the passenger. This is why we suggest traveling with a small backpack or bag, where you can pack only what is strictly necessary to spend one night in the Machu Picchu area.

Day 5 – Aguas Calientes – Cusco
During this free morning you may be up for a second visit to the citadel on your own (bus tickets and entrance fees to Machu Picchu are not included for this day), or perhaps you will rather stay in Aguas Calientes and just relax. The early-afternoon train takes you back to Ollantaytambo, where your transport is waiting to take you in one-and-a-half hour drive back to Cusco.

Meals: B, D
Accommodation: Hotel Casa Andina Private Collection Cusco **** (or similar)
Type of Room: Superior double

Day 6 – Cusco Walking City Tour and Nearby Ruins
Although Machu Picchu is to be considered the symbol of the Inca Empire, reputation earned thanks to its spectacular location and architecture, the true Inca jewel is Cusco, ancient capital of the Empire, where the Incas did rule and were considered god-kings. In addition, the arrival of the Spanish Conquerors and the Catholic faith, brought another huge architectural transformation, resulting in a completely unique City. Your guide meets you at your hotel and takes you visit the most representative sites of the City, which gives you the chance to appreciate, in a very specific way, the complexity of the Peruvian history. You will visit the 16th Century Cathedral and the rich Colonial treasures it houses; you will also visit the Santo Domingo Convent, once the Sacred temple of the Sun, also known as the Qorikancha, which inner walls were, according to the chronicles, once completely covered in gold, housing natural-size gold statues. Then you will have enough time to either visit the San Pedro Market, Cusco's main market, where you will be able to experience the real Cusco and its people’s customs, or either walks along the San Blas traditional neighborhood, which narrow streets resemble the charm of ancient towns in southern Spain. After enjoying some free time for lunch, your transport picks you up to go visit the nearby archaeological Incan sites, and Sacsayhuaman among them. On the way you will find the opportunity to watch Cusco from above, clearly appreciating the original Inca design of the City, over which the Colonial and Modern Cusco have been built.

Meals: B
Accommodation: Hotel Casa Andina Private Collection Cusco **** (or similar)
Type of Room: Superior double

Day 7 – Cusco – Lima - Out
In the morning, you are picked up from your hotel and transferred to the airport for your flight to Lima. On arrival in Lima, a Tanit Trails representative is waiting at the airport to assist you to board your international flight.

Meals: B