The nine places our trips reach
Nine places make up every trip we sell, and they sit at nine different altitudes, from Lima at sea level to the Vinicunca viewpoint at 5,036 m (16,522 ft). That number is the first thing to check on each page, because the order you visit them in decides how you feel. Each destination page gives the altitude with its source, how you get there from Cusco or Lima, the month we would pick, the mistake first-time visitors make, and every package that includes the place, grouped by trip type.

Machu Picchu
The Inca citadel at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) above the Urubamba River, 3.5 hours from Cusco by road and train, visited on a timed ticket with a guide.
29 packages include it
Cusco
The Inca capital at 3,400 m (11,150 ft), 1 hour 20 minutes by air from Lima, where every Machu Picchu trip and every trek starts.
24 packages include it
Sacred Valley
The Urubamba River valley between Pisac and Ollantaytambo, about 2,870 m (9,416 ft), one hour north of Cusco and on the train line to Machu Picchu.
25 packages include it
Lake Titicaca and Puno
The lake on the Peru and Bolivia border at 3,812 m (12,507 ft): the Uros reed islands, Taquile and the Aymara shore, reached from Puno.
15 packages include it
Rainbow Mountain
Vinicunca, a striped mineral ridge at 5,036 m (16,522 ft) south of Cusco, reached by a 3-hour drive and a 90-minute to 2-hour uphill walk.
3 packages include it
Humantay Lake
A turquoise glacier lake at 4,200 m (13,780 ft) under the Humantay peak, three hours from Cusco by road plus a 90-minute uphill walk from Soraypampa.
3 packages include it
Inca Trail
The Inca stone road into Machu Picchu: 43 km (26 mi) in 4 days from km 82, over Dead Woman's Pass at 4,215 m (13,829 ft), on a permit limited to 500 people a day.
1 package includes it
Lima and the coast
Peru's capital at sea level, where every trip lands, plus the desert coast to the south: Pachacamac, Paracas, Huacachina and the Nazca Lines.
13 packages include it
Bolivia
The Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca (Copacabana, Isla del Sol), La Paz and the Uyuni salt flats, reached by road from Puno in our Peru and Bolivia tours.
7 packages include itStart with Machu Picchu if that is why you are coming. Start with Lake Titicaca if you want to see where the brand name comes from and why we think it is the better second week. The cards below carry the altitude and the travel time from the nearest city, so you can draft the order of your trip before you open a single package.



