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Essential South, Private Tour

9 days
From Lima to Puno
4.9
252 traveler reviews
Essential South, Private Tour - LimaTours
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Plan your adventure:
  • In-depth Cultural
  • Family
  • Private
  • Partially Guided
  • Explorer
  • Personalized
  • Christmas & New Year
Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Guided in English
Other languages on offer: Portuguese, French, Spanish
Age range 10 to 99
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Highlights

  • Explore Lima's historic downtown and museums
  • Tour Cusco's iconic Sacsayhuaman fortress
  • Experience traditional Andean culture in Chinchero
  • Discover Machu Picchu's ancient sanctuary
  • Visit the floating islands of Uros and Taquile

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 ARRIVAL LIMA
  2. Day 2 LIMA
  3. Day 3 LIMA – CUSCO (90 min by flight; not included)
  4. Day 4 CUSCO – CHINCHERO - SACRED VALLEY (75km – 2 hrs)
  5. Day 5 SACRED VALLEY – MACHU PICCHU – AGUAS CALIENTES (75km – 1.5 hrs)
  6. Day 6 AGUAS CALIENTES – OLLANTA STATION – CUSCO (170km – 4 hrs)
  7. Day 7 CUSCO – PUNO (360km – 6 hrs)
  8. Day 8 PUNO – LAKE TITICACA – PUNO
  9. Day 9 DEPART PUNO
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  • Guide
  • Meals
  • Additional Services
  • Transport
  • Free eSIM
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What's Not Included

  • Flights
  • Insurance
  • Optional
  • Additional Services

Where You'll Stay

All accommodations are subject to change

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Number of tours

63

Age Range

10 to 90 years old

Response time

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Response rate

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Customer Reviews

  • Roberto
    · April 21st, 2025
    White Glove Service. We booked a 7 day 6 night Best of Peru Tour through TourRadar. All tours, hotels, car services and transfers were taken care of for us. We only had to take care of airfare and some meals when we were on our own in the evenings. Lima Tours is truly a top notch tour company. We booked a standard level tour and still felt like we had paid for a much more expensive Deluxe level tour. The hotels were great, tour guides were extremely knowledgeable, and the vehicles for transportation were all pretty new. Our largest tour was only 8 people and it was as small as just a private tour for my wife and I. On average the tour size was about 5 people including us. All of the people from the drivers, to the tour guides, to the hotel staff were so friendly and helpful. They treated us like family not clients. When we switched hotels they delivered the bags to our new hotel room while we were on our tour. We didn't have to worry about anything. I would definitely recommend to anyone going to Peru to use Lima Tours to book all of there adventures. Excellent service and accommodations for a fair price. The only place I would maybe have liked to have upgraded to a Superior level hotel would have been in Cusco. Not because our hotel was not excellent but simply because it was a 7 minute walk to the main square rather than being right on the square. Just laziness after a long day of sightseeing. We also booked an extra bicycle tour for the first day since we arrived early in the morning. The 3 hour private tour was fantastic and we saw things we did not see in the Lima city tour.
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  • Moira
    · April 8th, 2025
    The guides were excellent! Venessa, Jorge, and Alix were all extremely knowledgeable and lovely to spend time with. Our drivers were great. The itineraries were well thought out. Two of our four hotels were outstanding (The hotel in Lima and in Ottantaytambo), and two were just ok (the hotel in Cusco and in Machu Picchu) but all were clean and excellently located. We had a great time. Thank you.
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  • Edward
    · February 25th, 2025
    Excellent trip. Well organized. Guides were very knowledgeable. Pickup and transfers were on time. Highly recommend.
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Dates & Availability

9 days
Essential South, Private Tour
From Lima to Puno

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    • Tuberculosis - Recommended for Peru and Bolivia. Ideally 3 months before travel.
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