This 10-day foodie adventure is an ideal Peru vacation for the culinary traveler, ushering you into Peruvian markets, fine restaurants and a state-of-the-art kitchen classroom. You ll be introduced not only to great food, but also music, dance and incredible destinations, including the incomparable Machu Picchu. Join Fertur Peru Travel for this culinary cultural expedition designed to satisfy the mind, spirit and, especially, the palate.

A comprehensive 11-day journey showcasing the most fascinating historical sites of Lima, Cusco and Lake Titicaca, and featuring the world s most famous trek, the classic four-day Inca Trail en route to Machu Picchu. Breathtaking beauty, the hike of a lifetime, and a dose of inspiration that will stay with you long after you ve returned home.

Northern Peru 11 Days 10 Nights

This Northern Peru package is an 11-day enchanted odyssey. Experience the distinctive regional customs, traditional food and dance of Peru s northern coast, Andean highlands and cloud forest jungle. The archaeological tours encompass wondrous ancient kingdoms, including the Chimu, who built Chan Chan, the largest mud-brick citadel in the pre-Columbian Americas; the Moche, among the most accomplished ceramic artists of the ancient world; the Tucume, arguably the most prolific and mysterious pyramid builders; and the Chachapoyas, known as the Cloud People, a mystic, warrior culture of great stone builders in their own right. They constructed the impregnable temple fortress of Kuelap, sometimes referred to as the Machu Picchu of the north. The Cloud People fiercely resisted but ultimately succumbed to the imperial expansion of the Inca Empire.

Northern Peru Archaeology Tour

The Moche were among the most accomplished ceramic workers in the world, meticulously documenting in highly realistic fired-clay artifacts their culture, population, religion, architecture and agriculture, their wars, ceremonies and burials, their medicine, arts and sexuality. For nearly 500 years, they dominated Peru s northern coast, before entering a 2½-century period of climate catastrophes and societal decline. This four-day journey is designed to relate the world s most dramatic story of climate change in the ancient world, as told through an archaeological retrospective of this magnificent, and ultimately self-destructive and doomed society.

A top luxury vacation with Orient Express and Fertur Peru Travel. Spend your nights relaxing in two of the finest, most exclusive hotels that Cusco has to offer, at a great price. Discover and learn about the historic city of Cusco and its archaeological ruins. Travel in comfort aboard the PeruRail Hiram Bingham train from Poroy to Aguas Calientes and then up to the mountaintop to explore the mystic grounds of Machu Picchu.

Recommendations

Fertur is a small agency recommended for countrywide information and good prices on national and international flights

Lonely Planet Peru Guide

Highly recommended  Footprint Peru Handbook

offers up-to-date, correct tourist information

Footprint Cusco Inca Trail Handbook

also great prices on national and international flights

Footprint South American Handbook

  One of the best private agencies for arrangements and city tours as well as general information is Fertur Perú a highly professional outfit

Frommer s South America

  a highly professional outfit, run by a Peruvian-American couple, with reasonably priced city tours and 4-day packages to sights across Peru.

Frommer s Peru 4th Edition

  Our favorite travel agency in Peru is Fertur Peru, run by the enterprising Siduith Ferrer

Moon Handbooks Peru

FERTUR PERU TRAVEL has a well-established reputation as one of the best travel agencies and tour operators in the country

Viva Travel Guide to Peru: Exploring Machu Picchu, Cusco, the Inca Trail

  Some of the commercial tour companies are also geared up for offering good tourist information, notably Fertur Peru

The Rough Guide to South America