Tour · 11 days
Eleven days between Peru and Bolivia: Ballestas Islands and Huacachina, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain, Lake Titicaca, La Paz, and a full day at the Uyuni Salt Flats. For crossing the border by land in a single trip.
Highlights
Itinerary
Three nights are spent on overnight buses (days 6, 9, and 10), and Bolivia is one hour ahead of Peru.
We will greet you at Jorge Chávez airport and take you to your hotel in Lima. In the afternoon we pick you up to tour the city: Love Park facing the Pacific, Huaca Pucllana, the Catacombs of the San Francisco Church, the Historic Center, and the Cathedral.
That night you change vehicles to see the Magic Water Circuit show, and when it ends we drop you at your hotel.
Overnight: Lima
You leave at 5:00 a.m. with a box breakfast and travel about 3 hours to Paracas Bay, with a stop to try handmade empanadas (at your own expense). From the El Chaco pier you go by boat to the Ballestas Islands, with sea lions, penguins, seabirds, and the Candelabra.
In Ica you have time for lunch on your own, then a tasting of pisco and local wines. In the afternoon, at the Huacachina Oasis (403 m), you ride dune buggies up the dunes and sandboard down. At night you return to Lima, arriving around 10:30 p.m.
Overnight: Lima
After breakfast you go to Lima airport for your flight to Cusco (3,399 m). There we meet you and take you to the hotel, where you have a coca mate to begin acclimatizing, and we give you a briefing on the trip details.
At 12:45 p.m. we pick you up for the city tour: the Cathedral on the Plaza de Armas, the Qorikancha or Temple of the Sun, and, on the outskirts, Sacsayhuamán, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay. You return to the city around 6:30 p.m.
Overnight: Cusco
At 7:30 a.m. we pick you up to tour the Sacred Valley. You stop at the Taray lookout (3,200 m), visit the Pisaq archaeological complex and its craft market, and follow the Vilcanota River to Urubamba, where you have a buffet lunch.
In the afternoon you tour Ollantaytambo (2,792 m), one of the last living Inca towns, with its archaeological complex and stone streets. At the end we take you to your hotel in Ollantaytambo.
Overnight: Ollantaytambo
After breakfast you go to the Ollantaytambo station and take the train to Aguas Calientes. There your guide meets you and you go up by bus to Machu Picchu, where you walk for 2 hours through the best-known sectors of the citadel, with time for photos according to the return schedule.
You go down by bus to Aguas Calientes and, at the scheduled time, take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where a bus takes you to Cusco.
Overnight: Cusco
You leave Cusco at 4:30 a.m. for Cusipata, where you have breakfast at a buffet. From Phulawasipata (4,600 m) you walk about 1 h 45 min to the Rainbow Mountain lookout (Vinicunca, 5,200 m), among llamas and alpacas, with a view of the Ausangate range.
After the guide's explanation and time for photos, you go down the same way, have lunch in Cusipata, and return to Cusco. You arrive around 6:00 p.m., and at 9:00 p.m. we take you to the terminal for the overnight bus to Puno.
Overnight: Overnight bus Cusco – Puno
You arrive in Puno around 5:30 a.m., and we take you to your hotel to leave your luggage. At 7:30 a.m. you go to the pier and visit the floating Uros island, where they explain how they build their islands and totora boats. If you wish, you can take an optional 20-minute ride in one of their boats.
Then you sail to Taquile Island, walk 1 hour to the village, and spend about 3 hours there: you learn about its customs and textiles, and have trout for lunch at a local restaurant. You return to Puno in the evening.
Overnight: Puno
After breakfast we take you to the station to catch the 8:00 a.m. bus to La Paz. On the way you cross the Peru–Bolivia border and pass immigration controls. Note that in Bolivia the time is one hour ahead.
You arrive in La Paz in the afternoon, we take you to your hotel, and you have the rest of the day free.
Overnight: La Paz
After breakfast you ride the cable cars over El Alto (4,150 m) to see the city. Then you have free time for lunch on your own.
In the afternoon, with a private guide, you take the La Paz city tour (3,640 m): Plaza Murillo, the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the San Francisco Church, and the Witches' Market. You end at the Valle de la Luna (about 3,600 m), and at 9:00 p.m. you take the overnight bus to Uyuni.
Overnight: Overnight bus La Paz – Uyuni
We pick you up at the Uyuni terminal and set out by 4x4 with a guide-driver. You visit the train graveyard, with locomotives from the late 19th century, and Colchani, on the edge of the salt flat, with its crafts and salt processing plant. On the salt flat you stop for photos at the Dakar monument and the flags plaza.
You have lunch at the former salt hotel, now a museum, then continue to Incahuasi Island, covered in cacti more than 10 meters tall. You wait for sunset at the edge of the salt flat with wine and snacks, return to Uyuni, and take the overnight bus to La Paz.
Overnight: Overnight bus Uyuni – La Paz
You arrive in La Paz around 5:30 a.m. and go to your hotel. You have the day free to walk around, shop, or try Bolivian food on your own.
At the scheduled time we take you to La Paz airport, 2 hours before your flight. This is where our services end.
Machu Picchu tickets and Inca Trail permits are issued through the Peruvian government in each traveler’s name (full name and ID or passport number) and must be paid in advance. Once issued, they are non-refundable and non-transferable. See cancellation terms
Frequently asked questions
It includes 7 nights in hotels in the chosen category, the buses between cities (three of them overnight), guided excursions and entrance tickets, Machu Picchu by train and bus, the full day at the Uyuni Salt Flats by 4x4, and the meals indicated in the itinerary.
The itinerary includes a flight from Lima to Cusco on day 3. Contact us to confirm whether it is included in your quote. International flights are not included.
It starts at Jorge Chávez airport in Lima and ends at La Paz airport, in Bolivia, on day 11.
By bus, on day 8, from Puno to La Paz, passing the immigration controls of both countries. Keep your passport handy, and note that Bolivia is one hour ahead of Peru.
Three: Cusco – Puno (day 6), La Paz – Uyuni (day 9), and Uyuni – La Paz (day 10).
With 45 days or more notice, 70% is refunded; between 30 and 44 days, 50%; with less than 30 days or no-show, no refund. Machu Picchu entrance tickets are non-refundable once issued.
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