Incan Pathways

Magnificent and majestic, look no further than Peru
Overview

Peru caters for every holiday taste, the walker, the naturalist, the historian, the mystic. We concentrate very much on the walker on our new holiday exploring the amazing scenery of the former Incan heartlands of the Sacred Valley.

We start in Lima, fly to Cuzco at 3,330m and drive immediately to the sacred Valley at 2,750m - hopefully minimising acclimatisation issues. We begin our exploration on foot easily at first, through beautiful mountain scenery. We are here for the walking but we will pass and explore the most amazing Incan sites giving a fascinating insight into the once great culture. We continue our exploration based in Cuzco then finally to the highlight of them all Machu Picchu.

Holiday Information Sheet

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Highlights

  • Walking down into the Sacred Valley through Incan Villages. Great walking, fascinating history.
  • The walk from Tambomachay to Sacsayhuaman and Cuzco. Great walking, amazing architecture.
  • Machu Picchu. Because it is perhaps the most impressively located ruin in the world.
  • Olllantaytambo. A great place to stay and a real Incan feel to it.
  • Cuzco. After a day's walking take an after dinner stroll around Plaza das Armas.

Overnight

Lima (1), Ollantaytambo (5), Cuzco (6), Machu Picchu (2), Cuzco (2), return flight (1).

Meals

Half board is provided throughout with breakfast and dinners in hotels, with lunches included on some days. A more detailed itinerary is available on request.

Accommodation

We stay in comfortable hotels in Lima, Cuzco, Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes below Machu Picchu, where our twin-bedded rooms have a shower and wc.

Travel

By air, rail and road.

Map

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Weather Information Click here .

Terrain moderate Terrain moderate Pioneer
  

I started leading for Countrywide Holidays in 1970 and spent summers at their guest houses in Snowdonia, the Lake District and Scotland.  I went on to act as a guide for the Austrian Alpine Club.  My career and family commitments took me away from leading but when the opportunity arose I started again in the late 1990s.




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