Highlights
• Begin in Lima with a private local tour before flying to Cusco and the Sacred Valley
• Visit Pisac Market, Pisac Ruins and Ollantaytambo on a full-day private tour
• Travel by train to Aguas Calientes and visit Machu Picchu on a private half-day tour
• Spend three nights in Cusco, with a private city tour and surrounding ruins included
• Continue to Chile for Valparaiso, Puerto Varas and Frutillar
• Cross into Argentina’s Lake District with the lake crossing to Bariloche and Circuito Chico included
• Visit El Calafate for Perito Moreno Glacier with navigation
• Finish in Buenos Aires with a private city tour, dinner and tango show included

Peru
The journey starts in Lima, where the private local tour gives you a first feel for Peru through its neighbourhoods, food, plazas and coastal city life. From there, the route moves into the Sacred Valley, where market towns, Inca ruins and mountain views start to build towards Machu Picchu. It gives the Peru section proper shape, with two nights in the valley before the train journey into the mountains.

Machu Picchu and Cusco
Machu Picchu is the moment many people will book this trip for, and the itinerary gives it the right build-up. You travel by train to Aguas Calientes, stay overnight, then visit the ancient site on a private half-day tour rather than trying to squeeze it into a rushed day. After that, three nights in Cusco give you time for its plazas, stone streets, Inca history and surrounding ruins, with the Andes still all around you.

Chile
Chile brings a different side of South America into the trip. Valparaiso gives you steep hillside streets, colourful buildings, Pacific views and a creative coastal feel, with a private tour through the city’s best-known areas. Further south, Puerto Varas and Frutillar bring lakeside scenery, German-influenced architecture and views towards the volcano landscapes of Chile’s Lake District.

Argentina’s Lake District and Patagonia
The lake crossing to Bariloche is one of the most scenic travel days of the itinerary, moving through water, forest and mountain scenery before reaching Argentina. Bariloche adds alpine-style streets, deep blue lakes and viewpoints along Circuito Chico. Then El Calafate brings the trip into Patagonia properly, with Perito Moreno Glacier and its navigation trip giving you ice, water and mountain scenery in one of Argentina’s most dramatic natural settings.

Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires gives the journey a strong final chapter after the lakes, glaciers and mountain scenery. Spend the last three nights in Argentina’s capital, with time for neighbourhoods such as Palermo, Recoleta, San Telmo and La Boca, followed by dinner and tango for a proper Buenos Aires finish. It brings the trip back to city life with food, music, colour and one final hit of South American energy before flying home.

Terms and Conditions

Return flights from Dublin to Lima with Iberia, operated by Aer Lingus on the Dublin to Madrid sector, via Madrid. Internal flights from Lima to Cusco with LATAM Airlines, Cusco to Santiago with LATAM Airlines, Santiago to Puerto Montt with LATAM Airlines, Bariloche to El Calafate with Aerolineas Argentinas, and El Calafate to Buenos Aires with Aerolineas Argentinas. Return flights from Buenos Aires to Dublin with British Airways via London Heathrow. Private transfers throughout where stated in the itinerary, including airport, hotel and rail station connections. Two nights at Casa Republica Barranco, Lima in a Garden Superior double room on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Two nights at Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, Sacred Valley in a Superior deluxe room on a Bed & Breakfast basis. One night at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Aguas Calientes in a Superior room on a Half Board basis. Three nights at Palacio Manco Capac, Cusco in a Garden room on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Three nights at Casa Higueras, Valparaiso in a Superior room on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Two nights at Casa Molino, Puerto Varas in a Suite on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Three nights at Las Marianas Hotel, Bariloche in a Standard room on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Three nights at Esplendor by Wyndham El Calafate in a Concept Mountain View room on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Three nights at Vain Boutique Hotel, Buenos Aires in a Standard double room on a Bed & Breakfast basis. Standard class rail from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes and from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo. Included activities: Lima as a Local half-day private tour, Pisac Market, Pisac Ruins and Ollantaytambo full-day private tour, Machu Picchu half-day private tour, Cusco city tour and surrounding ruins half-day private tour, Valparaiso city tour half-day private tour, Frutillar half-day private tour, lake crossing to Bariloche, Circuito Chico, Perito Moreno Glacier with navigation group tour, Buenos Aires city tour half-day private service, and dinner and tango show. Based on 2 passengers sharing. Flights depart Dublin 06-02-2027. Price is correct at the time of posting (29-06-2026). Offers are subject to change.

22 nights from €10,460 per person