Full Itinerary of the 7-Day Peru Tour

This carefully planned journey combines Peru’s coastal wildlife, desert landscapes, ancient cultures, Inca history, and Machu Picchu. The itinerary can also be customized according to your interests, travel style, and preferred level of service.

Day 1: Arrival in Lima - Afternoon City Tour

Welcome to Peru. Our representative will meet you at Lima airport and transfer you to your selected 3-star hotel in Miraflores. You will have time to check in, rest, and have lunch before beginning your first guided experience.

In the afternoon, meet your local guide and travel into Lima’s historic center. Visit Plaza San Martín and Plaza Mayor, surrounded by important colonial buildings such as the Government Palace, Lima Cathedral, and the Archbishop’s Palace.

Continue to San Francisco Monastery, known for its colonial architecture, historic library, and underground Catacombs. Your guide will explain how Lima grew from a pre-Hispanic settlement into one of the most important cities of colonial South America.

After the tour, return to your hotel in Miraflores. The evening is free to rest or explore the district’s restaurants and coastal areas on your own.

• Meals: Not included
• Duration: Half-day city tour
• Accommodation: Selected 3-star hotel in Lima

Recommendations: A morning arrival in Lima is recommended. Bring comfortable walking shoes, a light jacket, sunscreen, water, and some extra money for personal expenses.

Day 2: Lima - Paracas - Ballestas Islands - Huacachina

After breakfast at your hotel, leave Lima and travel south along the Pacific coast toward Paracas. The drive takes approximately three hours, depending on traffic and road conditions.

Upon arrival, board a motorboat for the Ballestas Islands. Along the way, see the Candelabra, a large geoglyph carved into a coastal hillside. Continue around the rocky islands while looking for sea lions, Humboldt penguins, pelicans, cormorants, and other marine wildlife. Sightings depend on natural conditions and cannot be guaranteed.

After the boat excursion, continue to Huacachina, a small oasis surrounded by some of the highest sand dunes in the region. Check in at your 3-star hotel and prepare for an afternoon desert adventure.

Ride across the dunes in a buggy with an experienced local driver and stop at selected points to try sandboarding. As the light changes over the desert, enjoy wide views of the dunes before returning to the oasis.

• Duration: Full day
• Accommodation: Selected 3-star hotel in Ica or Huacachina

• Activities: Coastal boat tour, wildlife observation, dune buggy, and sandboarding

   

Recommendations: Bring sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat, a windbreaker, water, and secure footwear. Keep cameras and phones protected from sand during the dune buggy tour.

Day 3: Nazca Lines Flight - Return to Lima

After breakfast, travel to the airfield used for your Nazca Lines flight. Check-in procedures include passport verification, safety instructions, and passenger weight checks required for aircraft balance.

Board the aircraft for a scenic flight above the desert. From the air, look for famous figures such as the whale, astronaut, monkey, hummingbird, condor, spider, and other geometric designs created across the Nazca landscape.

The exact route, flight time, aircraft, and visible figures may change because of weather, aviation conditions, or operational requirements. Your pilot will help identify the main geoglyphs from both sides of the aircraft whenever conditions allow.

After the flight, continue by comfortable tourist vehicle back to Lima. Upon arrival, check in at your selected 3-star hotel in Miraflores and enjoy the evening at leisure.

• Meals: Breakfast at the hotel

   

• Accommodation: Selected 3-star hotel in Lima

• Activity: Scenic flight over the Nazca Lines

   

Recommendations: Eat a light breakfast if you are sensitive to motion, bring your passport, and follow the flight operator’s instructions. Travelers who experience motion sickness should consider taking suitable medication after consulting a healthcare professional.

Day 4: Flight to Cusco - Afternoon City Tour

After breakfast, transfer to Lima airport for the included one-way flight to Cusco. Upon arrival, our local team will meet you and take you to your selected 3-star hotel near the historic center.

Cusco is located at approximately 3,400 meters / 11,155 feet. Take some time to rest, drink water, and enjoy a light meal before beginning the afternoon tour.

Meet your local guide and explore the former capital of the Inca Empire. Visit the Plaza de Armas area and Qoricancha, once the most important temple dedicated to the sun.

Continue by tourist vehicle to Sacsayhuaman, famous for its enormous stone walls. Then visit Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay. When timing allows, stop near Cristo Blanco for a panoramic view of Cusco before returning to your hotel.

• Accommodation: Selected 3-star hotel in Cusco
• Highest Altitude: Approximately 3,700 m / 12,139 ft
• Difficulty: Easy, with some walking at altitude

Recommendations: Walk slowly, stay hydrated, avoid excess alcohol, and tell your guide if you feel unwell. Bring a warm layer, rain protection, sunscreen, and comfortable shoes.

Day 5: Sacred Valley - Maras, Moray and Train to Aguas Calientes

After breakfast, leave Cusco and travel into the Sacred Valley. Begin at a local alpaca center, where you can see llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos and learn how traditional Andean textiles are made.

Continue to Pisac, where terraces and archaeological structures rise above the valley. After the guided visit, explore Pisac Market before traveling to a selected restaurant for a buffet lunch.

In the afternoon, visit Moray, known for its circular terraces, and continue to the Maras Salt Mines, where thousands of salt pools cover the hillside and are still worked by local families.

Your final archaeological visit is Ollantaytambo, one of the best-preserved living Inca towns in Peru. Explore its terraces and temples before walking to the train station.

Board the train to Aguas Calientes, also known as Machu Picchu Pueblo. Upon arrival, our representative will assist you with hotel check-in and explain the final details for the next morning.

• Meals: Breakfast at the hotel and buffet lunch

   

• Accommodation: Selected 3-star hotel in Aguas Calientes
• Difficulty: Easy to moderate, with walking and stairs

Recommendations: Travel with a small overnight bag containing the clothes and personal items needed for Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu. Your main luggage can remain safely at your hotel or in TreXperience storage in Cusco.

Day 6: Machu Picchu Guided Tour - Return to Cusco

Today is the highlight of your journey. After an early breakfast, walk to the bus station and take the shuttle bus up the mountain to Machu Picchu. Carry the original passport used for your reservation.

Enter through the official circuit assigned to your ticket. We request Circuit 2 whenever it is available. During an approximately 2- to 3-hour guided tour, discover the terraces, temples, ceremonial areas, stone houses, water channels, and mountain setting of the citadel.

If you reserved Huayna Picchu Mountain or Machu Picchu Mountain in advance, the additional hike will be arranged according to the official ticket time and your return train schedule.

After leaving Machu Picchu, take the bus back to Aguas Calientes and enjoy lunch on your own. Collect your overnight bag and board the expedition train to Ollantaytambo.

Our private transportation will be waiting at the station to take you back to your selected 3-star hotel in Cusco. The final arrival time depends on the confirmed train schedule.

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  Guided Tour: Approximately 2 to 3 hours

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  Machu Picchu Altitude: 2,430 m / 7,972 ft

   

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  Accommodation: Selected 3-star hotel in Cusco

Recommendations: Bring your original passport, a small backpack, rain protection, sunscreen, a hat, water, and some extra money. Large bags are not allowed inside Machu Picchu.

Day 7: Departure from Cusco

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel and some final free time in Cusco, depending on your flight schedule. At the arranged time, our team will transfer you to Cusco airport.

The TreXperience service ends at the airport. Your flight from Cusco to Lima or your next destination is not included.

• Meals: Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer: Hotel to Cusco airport
• Tour Ends: Cusco Airport

Optional Extension: Add Rainbow Mountain, Humantay Lake, Lake Titicaca, an Inca Trail experience, or a visit to the Peruvian Amazon.

Peru Tour 7 Days Price and Booking

The following prices are per person. The standard package includes selected 3-star hotels in Lima, Huacachina, Cusco, and Aguas Calientes; the tours and entrance tickets listed in the itinerary; professional guides; tourist transportation; a one-way flight from Lima to Cusco; Machu Picchu shuttle buses; and round-trip train travel.

Final confirmation depends on domestic airfare, hotel, Nazca flight, train, Machu Picchu ticket, guide, and service availability for your travel dates.

Small-Group Tour:

Private Tour:

Note: Private guides and transportation can be arranged for selected parts of the itinerary. The Ballestas Islands boat, Nazca Lines flight, scheduled domestic flight, trains, and Machu Picchu shuttle buses operate as shared or public services.

Booking and Payment

• Deposit: [POR DEFINIR] per person to begin confirming your hotels, domestic flight, Nazca flight, trains, entrance tickets, and other services.
• The remaining balance and payment deadline will be shown in your booking confirmation.
• For each traveler, we require the full name exactly as shown on the passport, passport number, date of birth, passport expiration date, nationality, and gender.
• Please confirm your preferred room type: single, double, twin, or triple.
• The Lima-Cusco airfare is subject to change until the ticket has been issued.
• Do not purchase your international arrival flight or your departure flight from Cusco until our reservations team confirms the recommended times.
• Exact hotels depend on availability. If a proposed property is unavailable, we will offer a similar 3-star hotel.

Student and Child Discount

• [POR DEFINIR]

Any child or student discount depends on the traveler’s age, valid documentation, airline rules, hotel policies, and the conditions of each attraction.

Send a copy of the passport and valid university ID when requesting the discount. If the document is not accepted by the relevant supplier, the adult rate will apply.

Customization and Upgrades

• Private guides and transportation can be arranged for selected parts of the itinerary.
• Hotel upgrades to 4-star, boutique, 5-star, or luxury properties are available on request.
• Vistadome Observatory and other premium train upgrades are subject to schedule and availability.
• Extra nights in Lima, Paracas, Huacachina, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, or Aguas Calientes can be added.
• Huayna Picchu Mountain or Machu Picchu Mountain can be added when tickets and the final schedule allow.
• Rainbow Mountain, Humantay Lake, Lake Titicaca, the Amazon rainforest, or an Inca Trail experience can be added before or after the package.

Packing List for the 7-Day Peru Tour

This journey crosses very different environments: Lima’s mild coastal climate, the sunny and windy desert near Paracas and Huacachina, changing conditions in the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, and cool high-altitude weather in Cusco. Packing in light layers will help you stay comfortable throughout the trip.

Bring your main luggage to Peru, but prepare a smaller overnight bag for Aguas Calientes because train luggage is limited. Keep your passport, medication, money, and important travel documents in your personal daypack.

Essentials

Your original passport is required for the domestic flight, Nazca Lines flight, trains, and Machu Picchu. The passport details must match the information used for your reservations.

What to Wear?

Wear comfortable layers that can be added or removed during the day. Lima, Paracas, and Huacachina may feel warm, while Cusco can be cold in the morning and evening. Machu Picchu is generally warmer and more humid than Cusco.

What to Put in the Daypack?

Use a comfortable daypack for the city tours, Ballestas Islands, Huacachina, Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. Carry only the essentials so the bag remains light and easy to manage.

What to Pack for Aguas Calientes?

Take a small overnight bag with one change of clothes, toiletries, a light jacket, rain protection, medication, a charger, and your Machu Picchu essentials. Your main suitcase can remain safely at your Cusco hotel or in TreXperience storage.

What We Provide

TreXperience coordinates the transportation, listed entrance tickets, professional guides, selected hotels, domestic flight, trains, Machu Picchu shuttle buses, and services described in the itinerary.

Optional Gear and Extra Items

A compact camera, extra batteries, a portable power bank, reusable water bottle, motion-sickness medication, waterproof phone case, and small travel towel may be useful during the journey.

Travel Information for the 7-Day Peru Tour

This section explains the most important details about the route, arrival times, coastal excursions, Nazca Lines flight, altitude, hotels, transportation, Machu Picchu tickets, weather, and luggage.

Frequently Asked Questions About the 7-Day Peru Tour

These answers cover the most common questions about the itinerary, domestic flights, hotels, Nazca Lines flight, coastal activities, altitude, Machu Picchu tickets, meals, and customization.