Our classic and most compact Galapagos and Peru trip designed to include an 8 day cruise in the Galapagos Islands as well as the ultimate highlights of Peru. The Peru portion of the trip focuses on the heart of the Inca Empire – first taking you to the Sacred Valley of the Incas before travelling onto the enigmatic mountain fortress of Machu Picchu where you spend the night. From here onto the historic and beautiful city of Cusco, the former Inca capital where you visit with a top local guide as well as having time to explore on your own. It is possible to enjoy this trip either in supreme luxury like at the Sanctuary Lodge just meters away from the ruins at Machu Picchu or with some of our handpicked locally owned characterful boutique hotels. Then onto Galapagos visiting some of the most spectacular visitor sites in the archipelago on board one of our handpicked yachts.
14 Days from £5908 per person, based on 2 people sharing and excluding international flights.
Start: Cusco
End: Guayaquil
Min Age: 7
Max Age: 99
Min Group Size: 1
Max Group Size: 16
Breakfast: 13
Lunches: 9
Dinner: 7
Accommodation: Hotel (6 nights), Galapagos Cruise (7 nights)
Airport Transfer: Yes
Transport: Plane, train, private vehicle, Galapagos yacht
Guided: Yes
Activities: Culture, scenery, wildlife, snorkelling
We listen to you. We take the time to understand what you want your Galapagos trip of a lifetime to be. We then we use our decades of experience and unrivalled network of local contacts and team of top guides to make it happen.
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Pre-trip information
Sometimes it’s good to keep track of all the amazing wildlife you will be seeing on your trip. This downloadable wildlife check list for the plants, animals and birds of Galapagos together with a complete bird check list for Ecuador (including an amazing 132 species of hummingbirds) will help you do just that.
Arrive Cusco – and drive to Sacred Valley
Sacred Valley of the Incas – Pisac & Ollantaytambo
This morning your private guide will pick you up and take you to visit Pisac, a village above which lies a majestic Inca fortress overlooking the valley, filled with wonderful examples of Inca stonework and engineering. After lunch at a local restaurant together with your guide you visit the magnificent Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo, a major fortress and the last stronghold of the Incas as they fought off the Spanish invaders. Below the fortress is an exquisite traditional community and a living Inca village that retains the stonework, narrow streets and family courtyards of its original Inca plan. (B,L) Overnight Sacred Valley
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu – train to Cusco
Cusco – with private guide
Cusco – Lima – Guayaquil
Guayaquil – Galapagos to start your cruise
Galapagos – Guayaquil – onward flights
Land Costs Includes
Land Costs Exclude
We have selected the very best yachts in Galapagos across a range of styles and budgets. Each has been handpicked by us for their individual qualities, with top class naturalist guides, great itineraries, professional friendly crews and good quality local operations.
“A holiday we will never forget. Thank you SO much for organising the perfect trip for us. We loved every minute.”
Juliet and John Lowes, UK
Like floating five star boutique hotels these luxury yachts are the ultimate way to see Galapagos offering a very high level of service
Beautiful stylish yachts for 16 guests or less with excellent service and a superb Galapagos wildlife cruise experience with great naturalists
Great value, charming yachts with first rate itineraries these yachts have been hand-picked as being the best within their price range
All the hotels we work with have been tried and tested and carefully handpicked by us as offering the best experiences for our guests across a range of styles and budgets. They all offer great personalised service and where possible they are always locally owned.
“I really can’t thank you enough for arranging such a wonderful trip. I will never forget it.”
Wendy Kirk and family, UK
The best time to visit the Andean region of Peru is from April through October. The peak rainy months in Peru’s Andes are January and February. We particularly like the months of May and October for this combined Peru and Galapagos holiday, as they are usually much quieter than the peak tourist months, but with good weather. These months also coincide with two of our favourite months for Galapagos.
Galapagos itself is truly a year round destinations thanks to their location on the equator. Each month in Galapagos has its own special highlights as you will see from the information below.
If you would like more guidance on this please get in touch!
Company founder and Galapagos expert, Rachel is on hand to help you plan your trip of a lifetime!
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