machu-picchu-manu
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Cusco
Arrive in Cusco, met and transferred to your accommodation. Cusco's Inca and colonial heritage makes it a destination in itself, as well as the gateway to the wild.
Cusco
A historic-city day before the cloud forest. Explore the Inca capital and acclimatise.
To Sacred Valley
Transfer to Sacred Valley. Inca ruins and Andean markets in the valley. A gentle day acclimatising amid the terraces.
Sacred Valley
A gentle day acclimatising amid the terraces. The Sacred Valley's terraces and ruins, along the Urubamba, were the green heart of the Inca empire.
To Machu Picchu
Transfer to Machu Picchu. The citadel at first light, then cloud-forest birding below. Machu Picchu and the cock-of-the-rock gorge.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu and the cock-of-the-rock gorge. Machu Picchu is not only the great Inca citadel but a cloud-forest rich in cock-of-the-rock, hummingbirds and orchids.
To Manu National Park
Transfer to Manu National Park. A macaw clay lick and oxbow-lake otters. Cloud-forest and lowland trails for Manu's wildlife.
Manu National Park
Cloud-forest and lowland trails for Manu's wildlife. A full day in the world's most biodiverse park. Manu's altitude range, from cloud forest to Amazon, gives it the greatest biodiversity of any park on earth.
Manu National Park
A full day in the world's most biodiverse park. Rainforest trails, clay licks and night safaris.
Manu National Park
Rainforest trails, clay licks and night safaris.
Manu National Park
A macaw clay lick and oxbow-lake otters.
Departure
A final morning in Manu National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
The dry season — the best Andes and cloud-forest travel.
Good season
A year-round Andean hub.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Palacio del Inka
A restored colonial palace facing the Qorikancha, Cusco's finest heritage hotel.
Manu Wildlife Center
A lowland Amazon lodge in Manu, beside a macaw clay lick and oxbow lakes.
Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba
An elegant hacienda-style lodge with valley and mountain views in the Sacred Valley.
Belmond Monasterio
A converted 16th-century monastery in the heart of old Cusco.
Sol y Luna
A relais-and-châteaux casita resort set in gardens in the valley.
Casa Andina Premium
A comfortable, reliable hotel near the Plaza de Armas.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.