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Uros, Taquile and the Aymara shore from Puno, or as part of a longer trip.
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This is the trip for a first visit to Peru that lands in Lima, wants a day on the coast and ends on Lake Titicaca with a community ceremony. It covers the main sights at a brisk pace and finishes with a free day in Puno. If you are flying straight into Cusco, the 5-day version covers the same Cusco and lake days without the coast.
Day one is the Lima city tour. Day two is the long coastal day to the Ballestas Islands and the Huacachina dunes, back in Lima late at night. Then you fly to Cusco for a city tour, a Sacred Valley day with the train to Aguas Calientes and a guided morning at Machu Picchu. The night bus takes you to Puno.
At Llachón, on the Capachica peninsula, a ceremony leader from the community blesses you with lake water and makes an offering of coca leaves to the earth and the lake. The program calls it the Aymara baptism. It is a cultural ceremony, open to anyone, with no belief asked of you. You sleep with a family on Amantaní after a thanksgiving offering on the Pachatata hilltop, and the next day you visit the Uros reed islands and a water celebration with music and dance before a night in a Puno hotel.
Day two is about 17 hours long and the flight to Cusco is the next morning. If you can add a night in Lima, do it. The rest of the trip flows well.
Prices are per person in a double room. The tiers change only the hotels: Essential from US$1,097 with 3-star hotels, Comfort Plus at US$1,416 with 4-star premium hotels and Signature at US$2,014 with 5-star hotels. The night bus, the Amantaní homestay 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 the community's calendar, and confirm within the day.
For June to August, book 30 to 45 days ahead, because Machu Picchu Circuit 2 and the trains sell out first. If the community has its own festivities on your dates, we move the ceremony day 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 Jorge Chávez airport and take you to your hotel.
The Miraflores clifftop, a look at Huaca Pucllana, then the Plaza San Martín, the Plaza Mayor and the San Francisco convent and catacombs.
Night in Lima, high point about 1,710 ft (520 m) on the dunes
Pickup between 4:40 and 5:00 a.m. for the drive south to Paracas.
About two hours around the islands, without landing, past the Candelabro geoglyph.
A pisco tasting near Ica, lunch on your own, then the lagoon and the dunes.
Arrival between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m.
Night in Cusco, high point about 12,470 ft (3,800 m) at Tambomachay
Transfer to Lima airport and the morning flight. Rest at the hotel until the tour.
Qorikancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay, finishing near the Plaza de Armas around 6:30 p.m.
Night in Aguas Calientes, Chinchero at 12,340 ft (3,760 m)
Pickup between 6:20 and 6:50 a.m. with an overnight bag.
Chinchero, the Moray terraces, the Maras salt pans, a buffet lunch and Ollantaytambo.
PeruRail Expedition in the afternoon down the Urubamba gorge.
Night on the bus to Puno, Machu Picchu at 7,970 ft (2,430 m)
The Consettur bus up the switchbacks and a guided visit of about 2.5 hours on Circuit 2.
Lunch on your own in Aguas Calientes, the Vistadome train to Ollantaytambo, the van to Cusco.
About seven hours, arriving early in the morning.
Night with a family on Amantaní, high point 13,550 ft (4,130 m) on Pachatata
Our staff meet the bus. Breakfast, then the boat leaves the Puno port.
A local ceremony leader blesses each traveler with lake water and makes an offering of coca leaves and food to the earth and the lake. You are invited to take part. 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, then dinner and the night in their house.
Night in Puno, about 12,560 ft (3,830 m)
Breakfast with your family, then the boat to the Uros, where a family shows how the reed islands are built.
Music, dance and traditional dress to give thanks for water, which the itinerary calls the Cochamacho ceremony. Night in a Puno hotel.
End of the trip
The Plaza de Armas, the cathedral, the craft market by the port, or a slow coffee by the lake.
About an hour by road to the airport for your flight to Lima.
The trip runs from Lima south to Paracas and back, flies to Cusco, follows the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu and ends on 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 an offering of 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 coca leaves when invited, and the offering is burned or placed at the end. It takes about an hour.
A ceremony leader from the host community at Llachón, and a local leader on the Pachatata hilltop of Amantaní. They speak their own language and Spanish, and our guide translates. Each ceremony is paid to the community at a fixed rate, 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. Stay quiet during the prayers and ask before taking photos.
The program carries the name Aymara baptism. The families of Llachón and Amantaní speak Quechua, and many communities on the southern shore of the lake speak Aymara. Both make similar offerings, and the guide explains whose ceremony you are joining.
No. The flights from Lima to Cusco and from Juliaca back to Lima are quoted separately with your dates. Transfers to and from every airport are included.
Enough to see the main sights, with little slack. The long coastal day and the night bus are the tight spots. With two more days, the 10-day version swaps the night bus for the daytime route and adds a farming day with a community.
Shorter, longer, or a different route.
Ten days from Lima to Lake Titicaca: the coast, Cusco and Machu Picchu, a farming day with a Sacred Valley community, the daytime Sun Route to Puno and a lake 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.
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.
