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In the Footsteps of the Incas with Peruvian Amazon
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Length
15 Days
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Quality
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Starts in
Lima (Peru)
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Ends in
Lima (Peru)
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Available Tour Start Dates
FEB 17, 2025 to DEC 8, 2025
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Activity Level
No Rating Provided
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Language
English
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$6,360.25
Overview
Travel to the Andes’ cloud forests and the birthplace of the sun at Lake Titicaca, as you gain an understanding of Incan culture, mingling with weavers, corn farmers, and expert photographers. Travel deep into the million-year-old Amazon rainforest on this Peru tour, uncovering its secrets through the eyes of local guides.
Visited During Tour
Cusco (Peru) | Juliaca (Peru) | Lake Titicaca (Peru & Bolivia) | Lima (Peru) | Machu Picchu (Peru) | Ollantaytambo (Peru) | Puerto Maldonado (Peru) | Sacred Valley (Peru) | Sillustani (Peru) | Taquile Island (Peru)
Dates, Offers & Prices
Tour Itinerary
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Dates, Offers & Prices
The following are In the Footsteps of the Incas with Peruvian Amazon tour dates available from Trafalgar. Select a bonus offer graphic to view its details, including its terms.
Tour Itinerary
Trafalgar Tour Code 743-724
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1Arrive Lima
The Capital of the New World extends a warm welcome on your epic voyage through the iconic and unexpected highlights of Peru. Meet your local host on arrival and transfer to your hotel in the upscale shopping district of Miraflores. This evening, you’ll join your Travel Director and fellow travelers for a Welcome Reception at 6 p.m.
- Meals Included:
- Welcome Reception
Accommodations: Iberostar Hotel Lima -
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2Lima Sightseeing
Start your city tour taking in the highlights of Lima. Visit Casona San Marcos, where you'll enjoy a snack from a local vendor and learn more about the fascinating history of this ancient building from Local Specialists. During a short workshop, learn to play the “cajón” percussion instrument and get an introduction to the basic steps of “musica negra”, a dance that originated in Chincha (near Paracas). Continue to the Main Square of Lima for more views and history. Choose to join a walking tour of Miraflores with a local expert highlighting the popular Larcomar shopping center. End at Kennedy Park for additional exploration on your own or walk back to your hotel.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Iberostar Hotel Lima -
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3Lima – Cusco – Sacred Valley (2 Nights) Dive Into Culture Stays With Stories
We board a morning flight to Cusco, the gateway to Peru's treasured Sacred Valley, where you'll enjoy a Peruvian lunch with sweeping views of the Sacred Valley. Then we'll Dive Into Culture and meet a Shaman who will perform a special ceremony welcoming you to Peru.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
Accommodations: Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay -
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4Sacred Valley Connect with Locals
Connect With Locals over a Be My Guest experience lunch, learn about the culture surrounding the production of Giant White Corn. Our hosts will demonstrate the differences between traditional farming techniques and the newer technologies used today. Revel in the romance of the local Marinera dance and local musicians. The marinera is the best-known couple dance on the coast of Peru. It is characterized by the use of handkerchiefs, steps of great elegance and rhythmic music similar to the Aragonese jota, the zamacueca and the Chilean cueca, but with its own Peruvian identity that flaunts the Hispano-indigenous-African miscegenation. For the same reason, over the years Andean and highland versions have emerged. This evening, meet Local Specialist, Peter Frost, a writer, photographer and independent scholar who has explored the Andes and Amazon for 47 years, locating and investigating the previously unknown Inca and pre-Inca site of Qoriwayrachina. He currently resides in Peru and works as an accompanying expert for National Geographic Expeditions. Later this evening, learn how to prepare an authentic Ceviche and pour the perfect Pisco sour.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
Accommodations: Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay -
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5Sacred Valley – Machu Picchu Connect with Locals
Visit the mystical Incan stronghold of Ollantaytambo, en route to Machu Picchu, a village in the Sacred Valley, set on the Urubamba River amid majestic mountains. It's known for the Ollantaytambo ruins, a massive Inca fortress with large stone terraces on a hillside. Then, ascend to the Lost City in the Clouds aboard the Vistadome train (light snack included) traveling along the Inca Trail, where you can view hikers and porters along the way. Here you will delve into the mysteries of this once-great civilization, joining your Local Specialist for an exploration of the temples, palaces and terraces whose construction defy imagination. Visit the iconic great Temple of the Sun, the House of the Priest, the Sacred Plaza and the intricately carved Intihuatana, most likely used as a sundial centuries ago.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: El MaPi -
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6Machu Picchu – Cusco Dive Into Culture
The ruins of Machu Picchu beckon yet again and we enjoy one final opportunity to reconnect with its story, spending some time on our own to explore the hill-top fortress. Next, we’ll journey back to the Sacred Valley by train, stopping en route to Cusco to MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® and learn about the natural dyeing techniques used by native weavers. Visit the Pisac handicraft market followed by sampling the sweet flavors of chicha, savoring the favorite drink of the Andes.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Novotel Cusco -
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7Cusco Sightseeing
Begin your day at the ruins of the UNESCO-listed Incan Sacsayhuaman fortress overlooking Cusco. Admire the massive, sacred stonework before your Local Specialist guides you through Cusco’s colonial center. During your city tour, visit the shop of the social project Mantay, a housing and education project for underage mothers to live here and learn a craft or trade. Later, you’ll join another Local Specialist who will reveal insights into the nearby 13th-century Incan settlement of Qoriwayrachina. The afternoon is free to join an optional experience including a visit to the Chocolate Museum, Cusco off the beaten track or the greenhouse and salt wells of Maras and Moray.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Novotel Cusco -
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8Cusco – Juliaca – Lake Titicaca
Fly to Juliaca and meet a Local Specialist to learn about daily life on the Peruvian altiplano. After an included al fresco lunch, visit Sillustani, a pre-Incan burial ground on the shores of Lake Umayo where striking chullpas (stone tombs) are scattered across the landscape, inviting you to step back in time. Then travel via Puno along the shores to Lake Titicaca, the birthplace of the sun. Here you’ll Dive Into Culture visiting the home of Víctor Coila, his wife Mariluz, and their two daughters for a meal of quinoa bread, potatoes with cheese and authentic chaco sauce.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
Accommodations: GHL Hotel Lago Titicaca -
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9Lake Titicaca Excursion Connect with Locals Dive Into Culture
Connect With Locals as you cruise the deep blue waters of Lake Titicaca, passing floating islands constructed by the Uros people. Next, in the midst of South America’s largest lake lies Taquile Island, where we’ll MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® and embark on a private tour to gain insights into the tradition of knitting and weaving for which the local villagers - men and women - are renowned. Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO. This experience aligns with UN's Global goal 10, reduced inequalities. Enjoy a lunch here and learn more about the islanders’ unique way of life upon islets make of totora reeds, which grow in the lake, and are attached to sticks driven into the bottom of the lake. Tonight, we indulge in a Regional Dinner at our favorite local restaurant in Puno.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Regional Dinner
Accommodations: GHL Hotel Lago Titicaca -
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10Lake Titicaca – Juliaca – Lima Dive Into Culture
This morning we return to Lima, enjoying an afternoon at leisure after our flight. Enjoy time on your own to explore the capital of Peru, settled on the country's arid Pacific coast. We’ll join a Local Specialist this evening, visiting one of Lima's most renowned museums after dark - the Larco Museum. Admire the pre-Columbian artefacts that reveal insights into the cultures of ancient Peru. Then, sit down to a gourmet Farewell Dinner filled with Peruvian flavors as you overlook the museum's beautiful gardens.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Farewell Dinner
Accommodations: Iberostar Hotel Lima -
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11Traverse the Inkaterra Forest
This morning, we fly to Puerto Maldonado (internal flight included) and embark on a journey on the Madre de Rios River to our jungle lodge, where we meet our guides for the Inkaterra Field Station. Join a Local Specialist for insights into the forest, then keep a keen eye out for shy caiman during a pre-dinner boat expedition.
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- Breakfast
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Accommodations: Amazon Field Station by Inkaterra, Puerto Maldonado -
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12Step Into the Mystical Amazon
Climb the exhilarating Inkaterra Canopy Walkway for an unforgettable opportunity to observe the rainforest from its rooftop. A short boat ride takes us into the Tambopata National Reserve where we’ll hike through the thick jungle, admiring towering green walls of vegetation, the cacophony of birdcalls and the dappled light that filters through the canopy above. Arrive at Sandoval Lake, where you may spot a wide variety of birds, monkeys, giant river otters, black caimans and the elusive anaconda. The perfect end to our day sees us watch the sun set over the lake before heading back to our lodge for dinner.
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- Breakfast
- Lunch
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Accommodations: Amazon Field Station by Inkaterra, Puerto Maldonado -
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13Encounter the Biodiversity of the Amazon Make Travel Matter
Discover the Amazon’s otherworldly realm of aguajales rainforest swampland during your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience and learn how vegetation has adapted to the exotic species that are drawn here. Here you will also get a chance to visit our organic bio-orchard to discover many of the rainforest’s tropical plants up-close and learn of their healing capabilities. Boldly venture out at night to discover some of the strange species that come alive under deep darkness in the Amazon with our Local Specialist. Stroll quietly as your senses heighten to the mysterious nocturnal sounds of birds, mammals, insects and amphibians wondering close by.
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- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Accommodations: Amazon Field Station by Inkaterra, Puerto Maldonado -
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14Back to Lima via Puerto Maldonado
After breakfast, we head back to Puerto Maldonado as your Amazon experience comes to an end. Upon arrival in Lima your meet and greet local guide will walk you to your hotel located right next to the airport. Balance of the day is at leisure.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Wyndham Costa del Sol Lima Airport -
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15Depart from Lima
International flight departure at leisure.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
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Trafalgar is informing us of the following additional details regarding their In the Footsteps of the Incas with Peruvian Amazon tour:
Travelers Notes
NOTE: This Trip falls under LEVEL 2. Please refer to the Deposit, Payment and Cancellations policies on our website. Day 1: Complimentary arrival transfers are available from Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) at any time on the first day of the trip or with pre trip accommodation booked through Trafalgar. Day 15: Complimentary departure transfers are available to Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) at any time on the last day of the trip or with post trip accommodation booked through Trafalgar. TRANSFERS: International Inbound and Outbound flight information is due at the time of final payment in order to qualify for airport transfers.INTERNAL AIR: Intra - Air Ticketing requires guests to provide passport details including full legal name as appears on passport, passport number, expiration date, country of issue, gender and date of birth. Brochure price includes economy air and related charges for internal flights within South America only.LUGGAGE: Guests are allowed to bring one 11 lbs./5 kg piece of hand luggage per person on the train journey to/from Machu Picchu. Your primary luggage will be securely stored and returned to you on arrival in Cusco.AMAZON EXTENSION: This locally hosted extension is operated with experienced and knowledgeable local guides and/or hosts. As a result, the Travel Director from your guided vacation does not accompany guests on extensions.This Peruvian Amazon Extension begins and ends in Lima. No Linking Flight is required. Extension starts on last day of the main trip with transfer to Lima Airport and an intra air flight to Puerto Maldonado. The Intra Air Flight will return guests to Lima from Puerto Maldonado for an overnight at Costa de Sol by Wyndham Airport hotel in Lima.There is a 22 lbs./10 kg luggage restriction on the Peruvian Amazon post-extension. Any additional luggage will be securely stored in Puerto Maldonado with our local agent. Please pack accordingly.Your Amazon lodge may limit electricity availability at night in order to protect the local environment. Please advise Trafalgar before booking if you have any concerns so we can proceed accordingly.PLEASE NOTE: In some locations you will be required to walk on uneven terrain and climb stairs without handrails. You should be in good health and be able to walk without assistance. This trip also experiences high elevations so we recommend guests with preexisting medical conditions talk with a doctor prior to travel.ELEVATION: The highest overnight elevation point for this guided vacation is 12,000 ft, at Lake Titicaca, Puno.GROUND HANDLER: This trip is operated by Ground Handler, South American Tours.
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