1st day | Arrival in Lima (154 masl)

Arrival at Lima’s international airport in the afternoon or night. Meeting with our personnel, transfer and lodging
in hotel (private service, English-speaking assistant). Overnight.

2nd day | Lima / Arequipa (2.300 masl)

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer from the hotel (9:45am) to the colonial and bohemian quarter of Barranco to visit
a small shop of artisan roasting coffee where every day, best-quality beans are selected to produce the best
Peruvian organic coffee in town. Following this, we will visit a secret garden to try a lucuma milkshake right
underneath the tree that bears this fruit. We will then go to a traditional marketplace in the San Isidro
district to try some local fruits and know about their influence in the international cuisine development. The
following stop is at one of the best ceviche spots located in the Miraflores district. Here, you will have the
opportunity to prepare Pisco sour with a professional bartender, and will discover the secrets for a perfect
ceviche by preparing it along with the main chef. Our last stop will be at the Huaca Pucllana for a gourmet
Peruvian lunch (private service, English-speaking guide). Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Arequipa.
At the arrival, transfer and lodging in the hotel. Overnight.

3rd day | Arequipa

Breakfast in hotel. Gastronomic tour (5h) (private service, English-speaking guide): Culinary experience in
Arequipa with interactive classes of local cuisine with the conduction of Mr. Roger Falcón, son of the owner of
one of the most typical chili peppers in Arequipa, which is located in the district of Characato. Roger, with the
utmost intelligence, has achieved the mixture of the ancestral knowledge of his lady mother with his new
culinary concepts, opening in the center of Arequipa the Benita de los Claustros (Cloisters), and Victoria in the
second block of San Francisco Street. Between the story of stories and anecdotes purely arequipeñas, Roger
combines his knowledge and studies on traditional Arequipeña cuisine and customs in a genuine atmosphere
of hot pepper showing 500 years of gastronomic history, architecture, Ideology, etc. In the afternoon, walking
tour to visit historical center and Santa Catalina Convent (private service, English-speaking guide).
Overnight.

4th day | Arequipa / Cusco (3.399 masl)

5th day | Cusco / Sacred Valley (2.846 masl) / Cusco

Breakfast in hotel. Day dedicated to the pachamanca (7h) (private services, English-speaking guide):
Transfer to a local market located in Urubamba. From the marketplace, passengers will be transferred to our
lunch spot near Ollantaytambo, where they will meet their cooks that will teach them how to elaborate a
traditional Pachamanca. After helping preparing the ingredients and placing them under ground and have to
wait for a while, passengers will enjoy a Mother earth or Pachamama ceremony, which is a worshiping
mother Earth and thanking her for the food they will eat. Then the Pachamanca will be opened and dishes will
be served. After lunch, transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight.

6th day | Cusco / Sacred Valley / Aguas Calientes (2.060 masl)

Breakfast in hotel. Excursion to visit the Pisaq market and the Ollantaytambo fortress, lunch included at
Wayra Restaurant (private service, English-speaking guide). Then, transfer to Ollantaytambo’s station to board
the train to Aguas Calientes (almost 1.30-hour journey, subject to availability). Upon arrival, you will be picked
up by hotel staff who will escort you to the hotel for checking in. Overnight.
** If this day is Sunday, it is possible to visit the market of Chinchero.

7th day | Aguas Calientes / Machu Picchu (2.430 masl) / Cusco

Breakfast in hotel. In the morning, a private guide will pick you up from your hotel to take the 30-minute
shuttle bus up to Machu Picchu (private service, English-speaking guide). After the guided tour, the local
guide will leave you and lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge. Then, you will take the shuttle bus descend to Aguas
Calientes town to collect your own luggage and walk around 5 minutes to the train station for your train back
to Ollantaytambo (almost 1.30-hour journey, subject to availability). Upon arrival, transfer to Cusco (almost
2-hour journey) (private service, Spanish-speaking driver). Overnight.

8th day | Cusco / Lima