Overview
Discover the Wonders of Peru with the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu
The Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu is the perfect journey for travelers looking to experience the highlights of Peru in a short yet immersive itinerary. This tour covers the cultural and historical riches of Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. Explore the diverse landscapes and vibrant history of Peru with the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu, designed for those who want to see the best of the country in just five days.
Day 1: Arrival in Lima
Begin your Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu with an arrival in Lima, Peru’s bustling capital. Upon arrival, you’ll be transferred to your hotel, where you can unwind or explore the city at your leisure. For more details about your Lima experience, visit Leading Peru Travel.
Day 2: Lima City Tour
On the second day of the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu, explore Lima’s historic center, a UNESCO World Heritage site. This tour includes visits to the Plaza Mayor, the Cathedral, and the Monastery of San Francisco, offering a deep dive into Lima’s colonial past. Enjoy the city’s vibrant atmosphere and culinary delights before flying to Cusco in the evening.
Day 3: Cusco City Tour
The third day of the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu takes you to Cusco, the ancient heart of the Inca Empire. Visit key landmarks such as the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), Plaza de Armas, and the Cathedral. The tour also includes visits to nearby Inca ruins like Sacsayhuamán, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay, providing a comprehensive understanding of Cusco’s historical significance.
Day 4: Sacred Valley Exploration
Explore the Sacred Valley on the fourth day of the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu. This day includes visits to Pisac, with its traditional market and stunning Inca terraces, and Ollantaytambo, where you’ll board a train to Aguas Calientes. The journey through the Sacred Valley is a highlight, offering breathtaking views and cultural insights. To learn more about our Sacred Valley tours, visit Leading Peru Travel.
Day 5: Machu Picchu Adventure
The crown jewel of the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu is your visit to Machu Picchu. An early morning bus ride takes you up to the iconic citadel, where a guided tour will reveal the mysteries of this ancient Inca site. After a full day of exploration, return to Cusco, concluding your incredible journey.
Why Choose the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu for 2025?
The Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu is ideal for travelers from the USA, Brazil, Colombia, and across Latin America who want to experience Peru’s most famous sites in a well-organized itinerary. This tour combines cultural immersion with the awe-inspiring beauty of Machu Picchu, offering an unforgettable experience.
Book the Peru 5-Day Tour Machu Picchu for 2025 and explore the wonders of Peru in just five days. Visit our website at Leading Peru Travel for more information, or contact us via WhatsApp at +51 984 509 207.
Itinerary
05 days Tours Machu Picchu: City tour in Lima, City tour in Cusco, tour in Machupicchu, ascent to Huaynapicchu Mountain (optional) and tour in the Sacred Valley of the Inkas. INCLUDE: Lima Cusco Lima flights, transfers, hotels, flights, transport, guide and tickets to the tourist attractions to be visited.
Note: (All our tourist packages can be modified according to your requirements, the duration of your tour, adding an additional day, flight reservations or other additional destinations).
First day: Welcome to Lima, Peru.
Once you arrive in Peru our personal will welcome you in the hall of the airport and transfer you to the hotel. After resting for a while we’ll start visiting the most interesting places of the ” City of the Kings ” Once you arrive in Peru our personal will welcome you in the hall of the airport and transfer you to the hotel.
After resting for a while we’ll start visiting the most interesting places of the ” City of the Kings “: the Cathedral, Pizarro’s Tomb, the Catacombs of San Francisco, passing through the Congress, the Palace of Torre Tagle. the residential areas of Orrantia, San Isidro, where we will visit the Huaca Pucllana, we will enjoy a spectacular sight of the Pacific Ocean.
Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, where you will find a great quantity of preincaica pottery including the World biggest collection of erotic Huacos, then we’ ll spend the night at the Hotel.
Second day: Lima to Cusco
Our staff will be waiting for you In Cusco ” The Archaeological Capital of America “, to drive you to the Hotel, where you will drink coca tea then you can rest for a while around 13:30 hrs We’ll pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following attractive with a professional guide. this tour ends at 18:30 hrs:
The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo: Religious center known as “The Temple of the Sun” where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its construction.
The Cathedral: Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value.
Sacsayhuaman: Built at 3 Km. From the city of Cusco, impressive stone fortress with an excellent architecture, Famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/ 30 feet high,with a weigh of 350 tons. Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every year.
Qenqo:Ceremonial and ritual center, amphitheatre where sacrifices were made.
Puca-Pucara: An old tambo (resting place), monitoring place throughout the Inka Empire Routes.
Tambomachay:At 7 Km. From the city of Cusco, ceremonial center of cult to the water , known traditionally as the place where water rests excursion time: around 5 hours.
Thrird Day: Sacred Valley with overnight in Machupicchu
On this day tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas that starts at 8:30 in the morning, collected from the hotel to go to Pisac, which is a typical market, with pictures terraced fields on the mountain. Visit the archaeological site of Pisac. It is also famous for its fairs where you can buy beautiful handicrafts.
Then we head to Urubamba where we have included a buffet lunch. Then we go to the fortress of Ollantaytambo, where descendants of the Incas living in the home of the Incas. Finally we go to the Ollantaytambo train station to board the train that leaves at 16:36 hrs. hours to Aguas Calientes, arriving 18:00 hrs. averaging. Overnight at hotel in Aguas Calientes (Machupicchu).
Four Day: Machupicchu
After getting up early and have breakfast, climb to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and we appreciate the spectacular sunrise this marvel. Optional: can make the trek to the summit of Huayna Picchu this will take about 2 hours round trip (This visit is without Guide). After excursions with our guide to the citadel of Machu Picchu, for 2 hours, visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Solar Clock, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of Three Windows and various cemeteries around for more than two hours.
He was then given free time to stroll around the citadel.
They will have all morning to Machu Picchu to take pictures and be in this mystical place.
Then descend to Aguas Calientes and we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where our staff will be waiting for you, for transportation by bus to Cusco and take you to your hotel.
Five Day: Transfer out
We’ll be at your hotel at least two hours before your flight leaves to drive you to the airport where you should check your plane ticket and pay the airport tax, we’ll see you to the departure lounge.
Includes
Tour Perú 05 days Inluded
- All the transfer to airport and hotel
- Pickups from the hotel for all the excursions.
- Tour in Lima: City Tour.
- Tours to Machupicchu, Sacred Valley and City Tour Cusco.
- Transportation for the tours.
- Round trip train to Machupicchu.
- Bus to Machupicchu Citadel (round trip).
- Professional Guide in Spanish and English
- All the entrance fees. (Machupicchu, Sacred valley, City Tour in Cusco and Lima).
- 04 nights hotel.
NO INCLUDED
- Meals.
- Tips.
- Drinks.
- Taxes
Recommendations
WHAT TO TAKE?
Original passport.
ISIC Carnet (if you are a student and want to qualify for a discount price).
Waterproof jacket / rain poncho.
Protective jacket.
Poles.
Comfortable pants.
Sombrero for the sun.
Solar cream (factor 35 or higher).
Insect repellent.
Personal medication.
Camera and camcorder.
NOT SUITABLE FOR
- Embarrassed
- People with heart problems
- Persons on wheels
- newly born minor children
Price
The cost of this Tour is expressed in American dollars and is per person, the cost will depend on the hotel accommodation you choose, we work with hotels from 2** to 5**** stars, it will also depend on the type of room required : single (1 person), double (2 people) and triple (3 people). You can request the list of hotels we work with for your choice.
Important – In the months of January – April the services of the companies Inka Rail and Peru Rail leave and arrive at the stations of Ollantaytambo or Pachar (2 hours from the city of Cusco). – The prices of our Tours include transfers to these stations
PRICE PER PERSON IN DOUBLE ACCOMMODATION – 2024
$ 1860
Hoteles 5 estrellas
- WESTIN
- Libertador
- Tambo del Inka – Expedition Train
$ 1086
Hoteles 4 estrellas
- Aloft
- Novotel
- Casa Andina Yanahuara – Expedition Train
$ 852
Hoteles 3 estrellas
- Ibis
- San Agustín
- Inkallpa – Expedition Train
$ 784
Hoteles 2 estrellas
- Mariel
- Sacha
- San Agustin Monasterio – Expedition Train
PRICE PER PERSON IN SINGLE ACCOMMODATION – 2024
$ 2960
Hoteles 5 estrellas
- WESTIN
- Libertador
- Tambo del Inka – Expedition Train
$ 1566
Hoteles 4 estrellas
- Aloft
- Novotel
- Casa Andina Yanahuara – Expedition Train
$ 1098
Hoteles 3 estrellas
- Ibis
- San Agustín
- Inkallpa – Expedition Train
$ 960
Hoteles 2 estrellas
- Mariel
- Sacha
- San Agustin Monasterio – Expedition Train
PRICE PER PERSON IN TRIPLE ACCOMMODATION – 2024
$ 1690
Hoteles 5 estrellas
- WESTIN
- Libertador
- Tambo del Inka – Expedition Train
$ 882
Hoteles 4 estrellas
- Aloft
- Novotel
- Casa Andina Yanahuara – Expedition Train
$ 820
Hoteles 3 estrellas
- Ibis
- San Agustín
- Inkallpa – Expedition Train
$ 759
Hoteles 2 estrellas
- Mariel
- Sacha
- San Agustin Monasterio – Expedition Train
Discounts: Our packages Tour Perú 05 days Lima, Cusco, Valle Sagrado y Machupicchu from 3 people have a special discount for all our tour packages.
Optional services:
- You can request the Ejecutivo Vistadome or Panorámico train service, increasing USD 45 per person.
- You can request the Hiram Bingham luxury train service increasing USD 840 per person.
- Lunch a la Carta in Aguas Calientes (Machupicchu Pueblo) at the Restaurant Café Inkaterra increasing USD 22 per person.
- Buffet lunch located near Machu Picchu in Tinkuy Restaurant at the Sanctuary Lodge hotel is USD 40 per person.