Inca Trail, Salkantay, Lares, Inca Jungle, Choquequirao. From US$137.
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Rainbow Mountain, Humantay, Sacred Valley, city tour. From US$27.
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Lima, Nazca, Cusco, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca, 6 to 15 days.
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Machu Picchu, both shores of Lake Titicaca, La Paz and Uyuni. 10 to 15 days.
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City tour, Pachacamac, Paracas, Huacachina and Nazca. From US$97.
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Cusco, Machu Picchu, a lake ceremony at Llachón and a night on Amantaní, 5 to 12 days.
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Uros, Taquile and the Aymara shore from Puno, or as part of a longer trip.
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Of the four ceremony trips, this is the one we recommend for most first-time visitors. It has the same Lima, Cusco and lake days as the 8-day version, plus two changes that matter: a day working alongside a farming community near Cusco, and the daytime tourist bus to Puno instead of the night bus. You arrive on the lake rested and better adjusted to the altitude. If you also want Rainbow Mountain, look at the 12-day complete version.
A Lima city tour on arrival, the long coastal day to the Ballestas Islands and Huacachina, then the flight to Cusco, a city tour, a Sacred Valley day with the train to Aguas Calientes and a guided morning at Machu Picchu. You sleep in Cusco after the train back.
On day six, families in a Sacred Valley community welcome you with a short offering of thanks, then put you to work: harvesting grains in season, building a huatia earth oven to cook potatoes, making adobe bricks with a local builder. Lunch is what comes out of the oven.
Day seven is nine hours on the Sun Route to Puno, with stops at the painted church of Andahuaylillas, the Inca temple of Raqchi and the La Raya pass at 14,222 ft (4,335 m). Then two days on the water: a water blessing and offering led by a ceremony leader at Llachón, which the program calls the Aymara baptism, a night with a family on Amantaní and the Uros reed islands on the way back.
Prices are per person in a double room. The tiers change only the hotels: Essential from US$1,347 with 3-star hotels, Comfort Plus at US$1,650 with 4-star premium hotels and Signature at US$2,415 with 5-star hotels. The homestay, the community day and the ceremonies are the same in every tier.
Pick the day you land in Lima and send the free quote form. We check Machu Picchu tickets, trains and both communities' calendars, and confirm within the day.
For June to August, book 30 to 45 days ahead. If a community has its own festivities on your dates, we move the activity and tell you.
Open a day to see the hours, the altitude and where you sleep. Times are the ones our guides actually keep.
Night in Lima, sea level
Our staff meet you at the Lima airport and take you to your hotel.
A look at Huaca Pucllana, then the Plaza San Martín, the Plaza Mayor and the cathedral, the Central Reserve Bank museum, the San Francisco convent and catacombs and the Santo Domingo convent.
Night in Lima, high point about 1,710 ft (520 m) on the dunes
Pickup between 4:45 and 5:00 a.m. and about two hours by boat around the islands, past the Candelabro.
Afternoon at the lagoon, with sandboarding and buggy rides on the dunes. Back in Lima at night.
Night in Cusco, high point about 12,470 ft (3,800 m) at Tambomachay
Transfer to Lima airport, flight to Cusco and transfer to your hotel.
Qorikancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Tambomachay and Puca Pucara, ending near the Plaza de Armas.
Night in Aguas Calientes, Chinchero at 12,340 ft (3,760 m)
Chinchero's Inca palace and colonial church, the Moray terraces, the Maras salt pans, a buffet lunch and Ollantaytambo.
PeruRail Expedition in the afternoon.
Night in Cusco, Machu Picchu at 7,970 ft (2,430 m)
The Consettur bus up and a guided visit of about 2.5 hours on Circuit 2.
Lunch on your own, the Vistadome train to Ollantaytambo and the van to your Cusco hotel.
Night in Cusco, about 11,810 ft (3,600 m) in the community
A short offering of thanks to the Pachamama, then work in the fields: quinoa, beans or corn, depending on the season.
You build a huatia, an oven of clods of earth, bury potatoes and tubers in it and eat them for lunch.
An adobe workshop guided by a master builder, then quena flute and charango music before the drive back to Cusco.
Night in Puno, high point 14,222 ft (4,335 m) at La Raya
Tourist bus with a guide on board.
The colonial church of Andahuaylillas, known for its painted interior, and the Inca temple walls of Raqchi.
Buffet lunch, then the pass at 14,222 ft (4,335 m), the highest point of the trip.
A stop at the Pukara museum before arriving in Puno in the evening.
Homestay on Amantaní, 13,550 ft (4,130 m) on Pachatata
The boat crosses to the Capachica peninsula, where a local ceremony leader blesses each traveler with lake water and makes an offering of coca leaves and food. The guide translates.
Your host family meets you at the dock. In the afternoon, a slow climb to the Pachatata hilltop for a thanksgiving offering led by a local leader. Dinner and the night in their house.
Night in Puno, about 12,560 ft (3,830 m)
The boat stops at the Uros, where a family shows how the reed islands are built and kept afloat.
Music, dance and traditional dress to give thanks for water, which the itinerary calls the Cochamacho ceremony.
End of the trip
The cathedral, the craft market by the port or a walk on the lakeshore.
About an hour by road to the airport for your flight to Lima.
The trip starts in Lima with a day on the coast, flies to Cusco, follows the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu and takes the Sun Route by road to Lake Titicaca.
Sacred Lake Titikaka is new; these are public Tripadvisor reviews of Viajes Cusco Perú, the family agency that operates every package on this site.
Reviews shown: Viajes Cusco Perú travelers (sample of public Tripadvisor reviews, read Sep 30, 2026).
"Incredible experience!! Beautiful landscape and beautiful people. We were lucky to be guided by Vladimir, who with his lovely personality and amazing knowledge made this trip a great learning experience."
"All the tours I did (Machu, Humantay Lake, Rainbow Mountain, Sacred Valley) were spectacular!!! From picking me up at the hotel (always punctual and attentive, notifying about everything!) to the guides I had who were also excellent."
"I came to this agency by recommendation and, after traveling with them on two occasions, I can say that it was an excellent decision. I must highlight the professionalism of the guides, who made every tour very interesting and safe."
Everything we get asked about this package before people book.
A ceremony leader arranges coca leaves, grains and sweets on a cloth and asks the earth and the lake for health and safe travel. On this trip it comes with a blessing with lake water. You add leaves when invited, and the offering is burned or placed at the end. It lasts about an hour.
A ceremony leader from the host community at Llachón on the Capachica peninsula, and a local leader on Amantaní's Pachatata hill. Our guide translates from their language and Spanish into English. Each community receives a fixed payment per ceremony, included in your price.
Yes, when the community invites you, is paid fairly and leads the ceremony its own way. It is not a show and not a conversion, and you need no belief to join. Keep quiet during the prayers and ask before taking photos.
The program uses the name Aymara baptism. The families of Llachón and Amantaní speak Quechua, while many communities on the southern shore speak Aymara. Both make similar offerings, and the guide explains whose ceremony you join.
Two reasons: the daytime Sun Route replaces the night bus to Puno, and the community day gives Cusco an extra night. You arrive in Puno with more sleep and more days at altitude behind you, for US$250 more on the Essential tier.
No. The flights from Lima to Cusco and from Juliaca to Lima are quoted separately with your dates. Every airport transfer is included.
Shorter, longer, or a different route.
Eight days from Lima: the city and the Paracas coast, Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, then Lake Titicaca with a water ceremony and a night on Amantaní.
Twelve days from Lima to Lake Titicaca: the coast, Cusco, Machu Picchu, a farming community, Rainbow Mountain, the Sun Route and two lake days with a water ceremony.
Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, then a night bus to Puno and two days on Lake Titicaca with a lakeshore water ceremony and a night with a family on Amantaní.
