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Day 1  Lima                
Welcome to Peru! Your adventure begins in Lima, Peru’s lively capital city. On arrival, you will be collected from the airport on arrival and transferred to your hotel. Here you will meet your small group of fellow travellers and your Tour leader for a 6pm welcome meeting.    

Day 2  Lima to Arequipa            
Start the day with a walking tour with your leader through Lima’s Barranco neighbourhood, a favourite with local artists, this is the creative heart of the city. Explore streets lined with colourful buildings, vibrant murals and interesting street art. Later on, catch a flight to Arequipa, a beautiful Spanish colonial city. On arrival, head out for an orientation wal.    

Day 3  Arequipa  
This morning, meet a local guide who’s an expert on all things Arequipa and set out on a tour of the city. Explore Plaza de Armas, the city’s main square, then continue to the Santa Catalina Monastery while your Tour leader shares stories of the city’s history along the way. The afternoon is free your own discoveries.    

Day 4  Arequipa to Colca Canyon      
This morning, drive through the Altiplano high plains to the Colca Valley and Canyon. On the way you'll see grazing vicunas, llamas and alpacas, as well as stone cairns built by local indigenous communities. Stop at the highest point (4910 metres) to enjoy views of the landscape below. Drive on the town of Chivay, where you'll have some time to soak up the local hot springs, then continue to the Aranwa Pueblito Encantado del Colca Hotel, your feature stay accommodation for the evening.    

Day 5  Colca Canyon to Puno  
Rise early this morning to visit the Cruz del Condor viewpoint, where Andean condors, one of the world's largest flying birds, can often be seen soaring in the air. After lunch, begin the drive to Puno. On the way you will stop off at the Sillustani archaeological site.  

Day 6  Puno to Lake Titicaca            
Be enchanted by striking scenery and unique cultures on a cruise around Lake Titicaca today. This morning, depart from the port in Puno for the floating Uros Islands. Call into Taquile Island for some woollen handicrafts. On the island, knitting is strictly a male domain, while women do the spinning. Explore this extraordinary place before traveling back to Puno for the evening.

Day 7  Puno to Cusco        
Rise early and travel to Cusco arriving by late afternoon. After settling in at the hotel, take a casual walk around Plaza de Armas with your leader and pick up some excellent dinner recommendations along the way.  

Day 8  Cusco      
This morning you will discover the best of Cusco on a walking tour. First, enjoy a special tour of the World Heritage-listed Cusco Cathedral with a local historian guide. Then, tour the Coricancha Temple with another local guide before heading to the colourful San Pedro market. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy at leisure.    

Day 9  Cusco to Ollantaytambo  
Today head for Sacred Valley. Just outside of Cusco, visit the fortress ruins of Sacsayhuaman. Afterwards, stop for lunch at the Chichubamba community in Urubamba to take part in an ancient cooking ritual known as pachamanca. Later, continue to the town of Ollantaytambo. Explore the archaeological site with an expert local guide who will discuss the evidence of the Incas' engineering skills in the ruins of ancient aqueducts, irrigation canals, dams on the Urubamba River and towering sets of terraces.    

Day 10  Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes          
Today’s journey on a train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes will reveal some of the country’s most spectacular scenery. Disembark in Aguas Calientes then take a short bus up the winding road to Machu Picchu, where you will be joined by a guide who will take you through the ruins and tell you stories of its history and the ancestral people of the region. Your leader can advise how to get the most out of your visit. Later, take the bus back down to Aguas Calientes to spend the night before heading back up to Machu Picchu first thing in the morning for your second visit.    

Day 11  Aguas Calientes to Cusco        
Rise before the sun and take the winding road back up to Machu Picchu for another morning uncovering its secrets. On your second visit, join a local Machu Picchu guide once again to explore more of the extraordinary architecture of the many temples, palaces and living quarters.Take the bus back to Aguas Calientes, then catch a standard train back to Ollantaytambo. From here, you will make the drive back to Cusco for the evening.

Day 12  Cusco to Amazon Jungle      
Catch a flight to Puerto Maldonado this morning. On arrival in the afternoon, take a bus to the community port of Infierno where you leave civilisation behind and venture deep into the Amazon rainforest by motorised canoe, up river to your jungle lodge. This spectacular jungle lodge is owned by the indigenous Ese Eja community and is your feature stay accommodation for the next two nights. As dusk falls, set out for a night walk to discover the fascinating nocturnal activity in the surrounding areas, then retire to the lodge for dinner.    

Day 13  Amazon Jungle        
Embrace a very early start this morning and set off into the jungle after breakfast. Take a short walk and a short boat ride to the other side of the river, then begin a walk to the Oxbow Lake. Return to the lodge for lunch and take some time to enjoy the views from your room or catch up on sleep, then in the afternoon, travel by boat to a medicinal garden where a local shaman will explain the properties of the plants and trees and offer you some local alcohol to try. This evening, enjoy a boat trip in search of caimans.  

Days 14 -15  Amazon Jungle to Lima                
This morning travel back to Puerto Maldonado, then take a flight to Lima, arriving in the early afternoon. Enjoy a few hours at leisure to explore any of the city’s sights you may have missed the first time around, then get back together with your fellow travellers and leader for dinner. Your adventure comes to an end after breakfast on day 15.