Andean Exploration

• Accommodations
  Stay at small, charming hotels with a connection to place in Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Puno, and Aguas Calientes.  Lake Titicaca includes a home stay on Taquile Island. Upon arrival to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, you will be based out of Pisac Inn on the historic plaza of Pisac. Small and comfortable, our boutique hotel is charming, full of artistic details and old-world flair that celebrate local Andean heritage. Staying at Pisac Inn offers a unique travel experience, settling into your room for the duration of your stay with no packing and unpacking allows you to create a personal relationship to the local land and people.  Staying at small, charming hotels deepens connection to place and facilitates slow travel.

• Meals
  In all destinations we select the finest restaurants that are part of Peru’s culinary explosion and foodie scene. We love food and invite you to savor Peru’s culinary art.  Peruvian cuisine is at the heart of the trip and is a highlight.

While at Pisac Inn meals included are an exclusive daily set menu creatively designed and prepared by our chef at the Inn’s renowned restaurant, Cuchara de Palo. We use the finest local products with the clear intention of exploring the richness of Peruvian cuisine, while celebrating the diversity of legendary and nutritious ingredients that are fresh, organic, and native of Peru. Seasons and micro-seasons shape the menus and guest experience, showing how agricultural legacy can become a quietly contemporary form of luxury. Our set menu honors sitting down together for a lovely meal, including a soup or salad, main course, dessert, and beverage, with no dish repeated.

• • Vegetarian and special diet available with prior notice

  • Beer, wine and cocktails are available, but are not included in tour price

  • Meals not included in program will be at restaurants recommended by your guide.

• Unucha Spa
  Treatments at Unucha Spa, while staying at Pisac Inn, inspired by the ancestral legacy of Andean pre-Columbian healing tradition offer a unique opportunity for deep relaxation and personal reflection. Try the herbal bath and massage combo. Reservations are required and we suggest making appointments ahead of time because space is limited. Treatments are not included in the tour price. There are other spa opportunities along the journey, such as the Eco-Thermal Spa at Colca Lodge.

• Kusi Kawsay Association 
  This is a unique opportunity to visit and be part of our social project that is making a huge impact on educational models by empowering youth, protecting the environment, advocating for human rights and social justice, sustainability, with a focus on women’s empowerment. Learn more about Pachamama’s Path, our 501c3 in the States that supports the projects of Kusi Kawsay in Peru.

• Traditional Community of Amaru
  This is a unique opportunity to visit and engage with a traditional community that is preserving their ancestral Andean way of life. The wisdom of the Amaru community members is the inspiration of the Kusi Kawsay Association.

• Socially Responsible Tourism
  This opportunity to travel with a Socially Responsible Travel company adds value to your travel experience. Please see our Sustainability Section to learn more about our vision, our commitment to socially and environmentally responsible tourism, our cultural projects, and our international certifications.

• Slow Travel
  Peru Cultural Journeys is for visitors with ideals to travel intentionally, in a conscious, fair, and respectful way. We open an entry point to decolonial travel with a better understanding of the destination, its historical context, culture, traditions, and nuances, while making a positive impact in support of the local peoples preserving and sharing their ancestral culture. We cultivate spaces for connection and mutual recognition, activating reciprocity over consumption.

In an age of overstimulation, connection to nature becomes essential. Travel with Peru Cultural Journeys is slower, more rooted, and more alive, reconnecting to the land, to the senses, and to ourselves through a deeper relationship with place.

Across travel, the shift of guests seeking experiences shaped by the rhythms of the earth, seasonal cycles, local food systems, and a stronger sense of cultural and ecological belonging is clear. This movement resonates with Andean understandings of reciprocity, or ayni, where landscape, community, and spirit remain interconnected. As regenerative travel, our experience-led cultural immersion continues to grow, reflecting what luxury is evolving toward: slower, more grounded, more sensorial, and more aligned with the living cosmology of the land.

Our curated experiences are powerful because of the coherence between hospitality and the wider ecosystem that sustains it. Appealing to those deeply drawn to places rooted in land, shaped by rhythm, and rich in meaning, we offer a way of being that you want to carry with you, return to, to places that are inhabited from within.

• Extensions: Add on extensions if you want to explore more areas of Peru.

• Travel Information for more information and FAQs.

• Engage in this rare opportunity for authentic social interaction and cultural participation.

• Revel in the Colca Canyon, and the flight of the condor

• Visit Lake Titicaca, the floating island Uros, and stay on Taquile Island

• Experience the Sacred Valley of the Incas stepping back in time, visiting the finest archeological sites, picturesque villages and colorful markets.

• Marvel at Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

• Explore Cusco, capital of the vast Inca state and navel of the ancestral world.

• Savor exquisite Peruvian cuisine and experience the exciting culinary explosion.

• Witness small town life in the Sacred Valley while staying at the charming Pisac Inn

• Enjoy daily excursions with in-depth educational stories and the expertise of local native guides with their indigenous voice.

• Visit a traditional community and participate in their communal workday, a first-hand cultural perspective that deepens appreciation of Quechua history and social life.

• Join in our commitment to the preservation, protection and celebration of endangered Andean traditions and cultural heritage. Traveling with us directly supports sustainable tourism and cultural projects.

October 21 – November 4, 2027

15-Day Cultural Journey 

Pricing (Per Person)

Based on double occupancy
Small, private group 8 – 12 participants

• Early Bird Rate: $4,500 USD
  Available through December 31, 2026 

• Standard Rate: $4,900 USD