Day by Day Journey

Day 1 | Arrival in Lima
The Pacific meets you first—that vast, grey-blue expanse that seems to stretch forever. A private transfer takes you to Miraflores, Lima’s most elegant district. Tonight, dinner is more than a meal; it’s an introduction to a country that takes its food very, very seriously.

Stay: Belmond Miraflores Park (or similar: JW Marriott Lima, Country Club Lima Hotel)

Day 2 | Lima’s Hidden Layers
Your guide knows where to take you before the city gets loud. Colonial mansions that have witnessed centuries, convents where time seems to hold its breath, and a story around every corner. The afternoon is yours—perhaps Barranco’s bohemian streets, perhaps a nap by the ocean. No pressure.

Stay: Belmond Miraflores Park (or similar: JW Marriott Lima, Country Club Lima Hotel)

Day 3 | Lima to the Sacred Valley
The Andes rise beneath the plane’s wing, and suddenly the world feels bigger. The Sacred Valley greets you with cornfields, mountain peaks, and air that asks you to slow down. This is not the day for rushing. This is the day for sitting by the Urubamba River, watching the light change, letting your body remember what altitude feels like.

Stay: Sol y Luna (or similar: Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, Tambo del Inka)

Day 4 | The Valley’s Living Traditions
Mornings in the valley begin softly. In Chinchero, a Quechua family opens their home—not as performers, but as hosts. They’ll show you how corn becomes something sacred, how potatoes have sustained generations, how weaving is a language in itself. The afternoon is deliberately open. Maybe you wander. Maybe you rest. Both are correct.

Stay: Sol y Luna (or similar: Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, Tambo del Inka)

Day 5 | The Fortress of Ollantaytambo
This village still moves to an Inca rhythm. Families live atop ancient walls, and the air hums with something older than memory. The climb to the fortress is a meditation—each terrace a step closer to understanding how the Incas saw the stars. From the top, the valley reveals its secrets: everything aligned, everything intentional.

Stay: Sol y Luna (or similar: Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, Tambo del Inka)

Day 6 | The Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
Early mornings matter here. The train winds through cloud forest, and then—suddenly—you’re there. With a guide who speaks the stones’ language, Machu Picchu becomes a conversation, not a lecture. Staying overnight at the gate means something too: no hurry to leave. Just time to sit on the terraces, watch the clouds, and let the place work its quiet magic.

Entry times are scheduled in advance; we’ll make sure yours is the right one.

Stay: Belmond Sanctuary Lodge (or similar: Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel, Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel)

Day 7 | From Machu Picchu to Cusco
The road climbs to Cusco, and the city unfolds beneath you like a living history book. Indigenous and colonial, ancient and modern—all of it alive in the same streets. This afternoon, San Blas welcomes you: workshops where artisans still work with hands that learned from hands that learned from hands.

Stay: Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel (or similar: JW Marriott El Convento Cusco, Belmond Monasterio)

Day 8 | Cusco’s Ancient and Colonial Layers
Your guide today is an Andean cultural specialist—someone who carries the stories in their bones. Koricancha’s stonework still defies explanation. Sacsayhuamán’s megaliths make you wonder what we’ve forgotten. Standing above the city, surrounded by mountains that have seen everything, you understand: this place changes people.

Stay: Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel (or similar: JW Marriott El Convento Cusco, Belmond Monasterio)

Day 9 | Departure from Cusco
A private transfer to the airport. But the journey stays with you—in the taste of Andean corn, the quality of the light, the echo of Quechua words spoken with warmth. Peru has a way of doing that.

What Makes This Journey Special

While staying in Cusco, you’ll have access to a full range of altitude recovery and wellness treatments designed to help your body adapt comfortably:

• Spa & Hot Tubs — Relax and soothe muscles with access to thermal circuits and hydrotherapy pools

• Decompression Boots — Enhance circulation and accelerate muscle recovery with compression therapy

• IV Therapy — Replenish fluids and essential nutrients with physician-supervised hydration (optional)

• Oxygen Therapy — Support acclimatization with supplemental oxygen sessions

• Hyperbaric Chamber — Advanced cellular recovery to reduce altitude-related fatigue

All treatments subject to physician assessment and availability*.

• Fewer experiences, more carefully chosen — The right thing, at the right time, with the right person

• No crazy early mornings — A relaxed pace that respects your rest

• Transitions that feel effortless — A private vehicle stays with you; the journey flows

• People, not just places — Connection to culture, landscape, and those who call this home

Signature Experiences 

• Private Quechua Home Lunch — An invitation into a Chinchero family’s kitchen—ingredients from the valley’s soil become a meal and a connection

• Machu Picchu with a Master Guide — Deciphering the sanctuary’s architecture, astronomy, and purpose at a pace that honors its sacred nature

• Belmond Hiram Bingham Train — The journey itself becomes an experience—1920s-style luxury, gourmet dining, live music