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Peru Family Adventure
10 days, Lima to Lima
Itinerary Notes
Prices are based on double occupancy; all other room configurations are on request and cannot be guaranteed. We will accommodate triples/quads whenever possible. Please call for further details.
Family Adventures are designed for groups traveling with children between the ages of 7 and 17. Your group must include a child in order to book, and anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Itinerary
Day 1Lima
Arrive at any time. Arrival transfer included.
Note that hot water shortages and power outages can be fairly common in Peru (even in upgraded hotels and private homes). We appreciate your patience and understanding that these occurrences are outside of our control.
There are some very early morning starts on this trip to make the best use of our time and see as much as we can of Peru as we can.
Airport Transfer
Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group
Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.
Optional Activities - Day 1 HideShow
Lima Cooking Class (4hrs)
Get a taste of Peruvian cuisine, visit local markets, sample exotic fruit, select fresh ingredients, and try your hand at preparing unique Peruvian dishes influenced by China, Italy, West Africa, and Japan.
Please note that if you are travelling with a family there is no age restriction on this activity and the cooking class is acceptable for children.
Lima City Tour
40USD per personDiscover Lima’s cultural and culinary highlights on this half-day guided tour. Visit the Santo Domingo Monastery, walk around Plaza de Armas, marvel at the Bodega y Quadra Museum, and get to know some of Lima's lovely neighbourhoods. Stop to enjoy some authentic Peruvian tapas and be introduced to Pisco Sours during a demonstration and tasting.
Bike Miraflores and Barranco
35USD per personHead out on a bike tour through Miraflores and Barranco visiting iconic districts in Lima along the way. You will bike a total of 13km or about 8 miles on this particular tour. Take in the colourful atmosphere as you pass by historic house in the Bajada de Baños district and visit the famous Puente de los Suspiros.
Full Day Lima Experience
150USD per personExperience the highlights Lima along with its important eras in history such as, the Pre-Hispanic Oracle of Pachacamac. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in the bohemian district of Barranco and visit the colonial convent of San Francisco and its latest addition, the Magic Water Park.
Huacas and Larco Museum by Night
90USD per personTour three different Huacas in the city which were built during pre-Inca times in the middle of Lima. Then, visit the Larco Museum where you will enjoy a 3-course dinner in the restaurant there.
MALI & Peruvian Paso Horse with dinner
90USD per personVisit Parque de la Exposición, a historical park in the city and the Art Museum of Lima which exhibits art developed from pre-Inca, Colonial and Present times. Then, visit a Hacienda where you will experience a performance of typical, local dances and see the Marinera Dance with the horses while you enjoy a buffet dinner.
Day 2Lima/Sacred Valley of the Inca
Take an early flight to Cusco, and transfer straight to the Sacred Valley upon arrival. Stop at Piuray Lake for a lakeside lunch and opt to go paddleboarding or kayaking before continuing to the hotel for the evening.
This trip travels to high altitude, medically defined as anything over 8,000 ft (2,440m).
Plane
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Piuray Lake Picnic
Make your first stop in the Andes to have a picnic lunch and take in the snow-capped mountains. Choose to relax after lunch, breathe in the fresh air or opt to go out for a kayak, explore on a stand-up paddleboard, or on a CEO-led walk to point out local flora and fauna.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Optional Activities - Day 2 HideShow
Stand-up Paddleboarding Piuray Lagoon
45-48USD per personTest your balance on a paddleboard, grab a paddle and your sense of adventure and head out on the water. Stand up, get your balance, and admire the mountain scenery around you.
Kayaking Piuray Lagoon
45-48USD per personGlide across the lake by kayak, grab a paddle, and get ready to be wowed by natural beauty in every direction. Take time to soak in the endless Andean sky and stunning mountain scenery.
Piuray Lake Walk
FreeHead out on an adventure walk around Piuray Lake with your CEO. Look for local plants to identify on the iNaturalist app and keep an eye out for local birds soaring through the sky.
Meals included:
Breakfast | LunchDay 3Sacred Valley of the Inca
Visit a G Adventures–supported women’s weaving cooperative to observe traditional weaving and dying techniques before continuing to the Pisac Market and browse the many handicraft stalls. Dig into a farm-to-table lunch at the G Adventures–supported Parwa Community Restaurant in Huchuy Qosco and enjoy a free afternoon to relax at the hotel or take an optional visit to the Inca ruins of Moray and the salt pans of Maras.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Your G for Good Moment: Ccaccaccollo Community and Women's Weaving Co-op visit
Visit the Ccaccaccollo community centre which G Adventures travellers' donations helped create in 2005, thereby enabling local women to sell traditional textiles to travellers. See local weaving and dyeing techniques used to create garments and souvenirs, and learn how the Planeterra weaving co-operative has impacted the community and those who visit it. This includes the purchase of alpacas to provide a steady supply of wool, looms, and sewing machines as well as several training courses on production, sales and small business management.
Your G for Good Moment: Parwa Community Restaurant the Sacred Valley
Contribute to sustainable tourism in Huchuy Qosqo, a small village of 65 families in the Sacred Valley, by eating at the Parwa Community Restaurant. Learn how the resident-run restaurant was kickstarted by G Adventures and the Multilateral Investment Fund, to become a successful farm-to-table program that boosts the local economy and several spin-off microenterprises.
Optional Activities - Day 3 HideShow
Moray and Maras Salt Mines Excursion
84USD per personTour these unique Inca ruins consisting of circular terraces and a sophisticated irrigation system. Learn about the history of this fascinating site – speculation has it that it was an Inca agriculture experiment station. Visit the impressive Maras Salt Mines, after Moray. See thousands of individual ancient salt pools spilling over a hillside. Learn about the different varieties of salt, and try the renowned pink salt, famous worldwide.
Meals included:
Breakfast | LunchDay 4Sacred Valley of the Inca/Aguas Calientes
Take a guided tour of the Ollantaytambo archaeological site before boarding a scenic train through the Urubamba Valley to Aguas Calientes, at the foot of Machu Picchu. Enjoy a free afternoon for optional excursions, including a visit to a butterfly farm or to the nearby hot springs.
The town has several amenities, but is also geographically remote meaning services are sometimes more basic than one would assume. As the only option for travellers visiting Machu Picchu, the development of infrastructure has happened quite quickly, much without proper planning, and the focus on providing quality service may not be up to the standards experienced in other parts of the country.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Train
Climb aboard, take a seat, and enjoy the ride.
Ollantaytambo Ruins Guided Tour
Tour the town and fortress of Ollantaytambo with a local guide. Take a step back in time at this Inca archaeological site; it still shows signs of its former glory, including agricultural terraces, a Temple Hill, and storehouses. Learn how the area, overlooking the Urubamba River Valley, was an important stronghold during warfare between the Spanish and Incas.
Free Time
Enjoy free time to explore Aguas Calientes, opt to visit the hot springs for which the town was named or a nearby waterfall.
Optional Activities - Day 4 HideShow
Mandor Waterfall Hike
20PEN per personHead out on a nature walk to Mandor Waterfall with your CEO. See how many different types of butterflies you can spot along the way. Enjoy the waterfall set in lush green jungle before returning to Aguas Calientes.
Hot Springs Visit
6USD per personSoak your sore muscles in the local hot springs for which the town, Aguas Calientes, was originally named.
Meals included:
BreakfastDay 5Machu Picchu
Start early and head up to Machu Picchu for a guided tour of the ruins. In the afternoon, return by train to Ollantaytambo and transfer to Cusco.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Machu Picchu Guided Tour
Set off with the local guide to explore Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas. Learn about the history and gain insights into this massive mountaintop citadel while wandering through ancient dwellings, stone temples and along sculpted terraces. Feel the energy of this 15th-century site, now both a UNESCO World Heritage site and voted one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide internet poll.
Train
Climb aboard, take a seat, and enjoy the ride.
Local Bus
Climb aboard, grab a seat, and enjoy the ride.
Meals included:
BreakfastDay 6Cusco
Take a walking tour of Cusco, visiting through the San Pedro Market and the Machu Picchu Museum. In the evening head to the Cusco Planetarium to learn about the importance of astronomy to the ancient Inca and gaze at night sky through high-powered telescopes (weather permitting).
Cusco City Tour
Set off on foot to explore the Plaza de Armas (main square) and discover the vast history of this Incan city. Take in the sights while learning about the Spanish conquest, archaeology, and other historical facts about Cusco. Finally, wander the food and shop stalls in San Pedro Market where all of your senses will come to life. Pick up some souvenirs, from magnets to Pachamama dolls, and try local street fares like salchipapas (fried sausages and potatoes), or empanadas at this authentically Peruvian market.
Machu Picchu Museum Visit
Get an in-depth look at Inca history and learn more about Hiram Bingham, the American archaeologist and explorer that discovered Machu Picchu. The museum holds the largest collection of Inca artifacts excavated from Machu Picchu. Your guide will point out items of interest so you walk away feeling like an explorer yourself.
Free Time
Enjoy free time to explore opt to visit museums, participate in a chocolate workshop, or people watch in a café on the main square.
Cusco Planetarium
Look to the night sky for a different view of the city. Explore the Cusco Planetarium surrounded by the serene nature of the Llaullipata Ecological Reserve. Enjoy a presentation on the southern sky, contemporary astronomy, and the ancient Incas’ relationship with the cosmos. Check out the on-site museum and use the telescopes to admire the stars (weather-permitting).
Optional Activities - Day 6 HideShow
Chocolate Making Workshop
15USD per personGet familiar with cacao, learn how it grows, how it’s harvested, how it gets made into chocolate, and its importance to the Inca. After, make your own chocolates to take home with you and enjoy a delicious souvenir.
Cusco city tour with Sacsaywayman
81USD per personHead out to the Sacsayhuamán Ruins to explore this fascinating site. As with many ancient sites, while the origin is uncertain, most believe these ruins were an important military or ceremonial site during the time of the Inca.
Meals included:
BreakfastDay 7Cusco/Tambopata National Reserve
Catch a morning flight to Puerto Maldonado, then continue by motorized canoe to the G Lodge Amazon. Have lunch on board the boat and keep an eye out for wildlife and birds along the way. In the afternoon take an afternoon excursion with the expert naturalist guide to search for wildlife and to learn about the jungle.
En route, spot bird species typical of the local river and forest edge. The Tambopata Rainforest area holds the world record for the most bird sightings in one area.
Local community members make up the majority of lodge staff, including multilingual naturalist guides. Take the opportunity to learn about the area’s rich flora and fauna and locals' extensive use of medicinal plants and other forest plant resources.
The lodge itself combines local architectural style and materials with low-impact, eco-friendly technology. Rooms are simple but comfortable, with mosquito netting for individual beds, flush toilets, and showers (with solar-heated hot water). Please bring a small battery powered lantern or flashlight.
After a brief stop in town to store large luggage, drive to the pier and travel by covered motorized boat to the jungle lodge. Be prepared to protect yourself from the sun and bugs before you get on the boat. It's quite pleasant with the covered roof and breeze, but you can still get sunburned. It's recommended to wear light long sleeves and trousers on the boat.
Plane
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
Wildlife-spotting Night Walk
Get the lowdown on local flora and fauna, and grab a flashlight to discover what’s living around lodge grounds. Receive help from the talented, expert naturalist guide to locate heaps of hidden creatures! Keep an eye out for snakes, tarantulas, owls, and poison dart frogs, just to name a few.
Motorized Canoe
Climb in and move swiftly through the water to the next stop.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 8Tambopata National Reserve
Enjoy guided excursions led by an expert naturalist in search of wildlife like monkeys, otters and birds at a nearby oxbow lake and along the jungle trails. Spend some time relaxing in a hammock or enjoying the local swimming hole, then go on a caiman-spotting cruise by motorized canoe after dinner.
Activities in the rainforest are completely weather dependent and can change based on local conditions. Your CEO and local guide will review the daily schedule with you.
Jungle Excursions
Enjoy visits to oxbow lakes to learn about the jungle and its inhabitants. Be introduced to the area’s rich flora and fauna by expert naturalist guides, who can teach extensive uses for medicinal and other forest plant resources through traditional techniques. Be prepared to go early morning or evening to avoid the heat of midday. Enjoy a leisurely pace – the trip requires some walking, but nothing too strenuous.
Free Time
Take time to relax during the mid-day heat or go for a swim in the river.
Caiman-Spotting Cruise
Head out after dark by motorized canoe to search for caimans on the river banks. Enjoy a lesson on caimans from the expert guide. Take advantage of the keen eyes of the expert naturalist guides – they are truly spectacular at spotting these elusive smaller cousins of alligators hiding on the muddy banks.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 9Tambopata National Reserve/Lima
Board a motorized canoe after breakfast at the lodge and return upriver to Puerto Maldonado. Fly to Lima and check in to the hotel. Enjoy a farewell dinner in the evening with the group to celebrate the adventure.
Motorized Canoe
Climb in and move swiftly through the water to the next stop.
Plane
Take a van from the pier to pick up stored luggage before heading to the Puerto Maldonado airport. A private vehicle will be waiting to take the group to the Lima hotel.
Meals included:
Breakfast | DinnerDay 10Lima
Depart at any time.
Departure Day
Not ready to leave? Your CEO can help with travel arrangements to extend your adventure.