Package Highlights

• Services of a Zoom Concierge throughout your trip.
• Tour of the city of Lima.
• Thanksgiving dinner at the most historic, grand, private manor in Cusco a Zoom Vacations Signature Event™.
• Lunch and Tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, including several Inca sites.
• ALL meals while in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, a la carte!
• ALL meals at Machu Picchu, a la carte!
• Unforgettable gourmet lunch at a private Hacienda, featuring breathtaking views of the valley. This magical estate is not open to the public.
• Orient Express transport to Machu Picchu
• All entrance fees for two full days in Machu Picchu.
• High Tea at the Orient Express Sanctuary Lodge
• Orient-Express train journey to Cusco, complete with cocktails and a gourmet dinner. It doesn’t get any better than this!
• Tours of the magical city of Cusco, including visits to ancient Inca temples.
• A Visit to the best silver shop in South America.
• Optional dinner and visit to a 4th century archeological site in Lima.
• Optional rare orchid tour on the private grounds of the Machu Picchu Pueblo hotel.
• Optional excursions such as horseback riding, Inka Trail hike, private pre-Columbian art collections and much more!
• All breakfasts and land transfers.
• As with all Zoom Vacations, several trip-enhancing surprises.

Intra-Peru air not included

Accommodations

Lima: Orient Express Miraflores Park Plaza Hotel, 5 stars, 2 nights

Sacred Valley: Casa Andina Private Collection, boutique, 2 nights

Machu Picchu: Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, A Small Luxury Hotels of the World property, 1 night

Cusco: Orient Express Hotel Monastario, 5 stars, the finest hotel in South America, 2 nights

Complete Itinerary

Day 1, Saturday: CITY OF LIMA
Arrival and transfer to the Orient Express Miraflores Park Plaza Hotel. Day at Leisure. Today, a very special welcome dinner will be held at Lima's oldest manor that, uniquely has been inhabited since 1535. Seventeen generations from the original owner still live in the house. The original owner was among the first Spanish conquerors to arrive in Peru. Evening free to enjoy Lima's nightlife.

Accommodations: Orient Express Miraflores Park Plaza Hotel
Included Meals: Welcome Dinner and cocktails

Day 2, Sunday: CITY OF LIMA
City tour of Lima. Visit ancient catacombs while touring colonial Lima. Lunch included

Accommodations: Orient Express Miraflores Park Plaza Hotel
Included Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Day 3, Monday: CUSCO / THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
Morning flight to Cusco. Upon arrival, transfer to The Sacred Valley of the Incas. Registration at Casa Andina.
In the afternoon, visit Maras is the name of a place and of an indigenous community. The soil of Maras is rich in salt, its people have always made a living by extracting this resource using terraced salt pans. The salt pans are a magical sight, gleaming white in the sun. Today we will visit Maras and see the salt being extracted in the traditional way. If time permits we will go to Moray, another Inca site, where different crops were planted on circular terraces built to create microclimates and for research with different species.

Accommodations: Casa Andina
Included Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 4, Tuesday: THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
Enjoy a late morning excursion to Ollantaytambo, and visit the archaelogical remains and its typical market. Ollantaytambo contains a fortress built to defend it against the invading Chankas. Ollantaytambo is also an Inca village whose stone houses are still inhabited by the descendants of those ancient Peruvians. The people of this area are characterized by their woolen costumes dyed in red and black.

Today's lunch will be unforgettable. At noon we will arrive at an hacienda, located on high ground in the valley which provides a unique view of this green and fertile land. The house was built as a place to keep and exhibit their valuable collection of art from the pre-Columbian and vice regal periods. The family of the estate waits with a buffet lunch based on the valley's culinary traditions.

Accommodations: Casa Andina
Included Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 5, Wednesday: THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS / MACHU PICCHU
Transfer to the Ollanta station to board the train that will take you to the Lost City of the Incas.

Head to Machu Picchu for a fascinating guided tour, and afternoon tea at the Sanctuary Lodge. Afternoon registration at the Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel.

Accommodations: Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel
Included Meals: Breakfast, brunch and dinner

Day 6, Thursday: MACHU PICCHU / CUSCO
Opportunity to visit Machu Picchu again, all entrance fees included.
In the afternoon, optional orchid tour on the private grounds of the Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel

Late afternoon departure for Cusco on the Hiram Bingham Orient-Express train where cocktails and a gourmet dinner will be served. Upon arrival in Cusco, transfer to Hotel Monasterio.

Accommodations: Orient-Express Hotel Monasterio
Included Meals: Breakfast and Gourmet Dinner on the Hiram Bingham Orient-Express train

Day 7, Friday: CITY OF CUSCO
In the late morning we will visit one of the most important Inca temples as it was dedicated to the worship of the sun. The Spanish built a church and Dominican monastery on top of this temple, which reveals the two cultures existing together.
Afternoon is at leisure to enjoy shopping as well as exploring this ancient city of the Conquistadors, and to enjoy the beauty of the Hotel Monasterio

Accommodations: Orient-Express Hotel Monasterio
Included Meals: Breakfast

Day 8, Saturday: LIMA/ USA
Optional dinner at one of the best restaurants in Lima (and in South America, for that matter).
Transfer to airport for your departure flight.

Accommodations: Orient-Express Hotel Monasterio
Included Meals: Breakfast