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Journeys: Inca Explorer National Geographic Journeys

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In-depth Cultural
Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Low Intensity
Travelers can expect some light physical activities
Guided in English
Group Size 10 - 16
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Itinerary

  1. Day 1

    Lima

    Accommodation
    Hotel (Hotel Radisson RED)

    Included Activities

    • Arrival Day and Welcome Meeting

    Optional Activities

    • Lima Cooking Class (4 hours) - includes local market visit and traditional Peruvian meal preparation
  2. Day 2

    Lima to Paracas

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Posada del Emancipador Hotel)

    Included Activities

    • Ichimay Wari: Visit & Handicraft Workshop
    Landmarks
    Ichimay Wari
  3. Day 3

    Paracas to Nazca

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Casa Andina Standard Nazca)

    Included Activities

    • Ballestas Islands Trip
    • Pisco winery visit and tasting
    • Huacachina Sand Dunes
    Landmarks
    Ballestas Islands
    Huacachina
  4. Day 4

    Nazca

    Meals
    Breakfast, Dinner (Pachamanca - traditional food cooked using ancient earthen oven technique)
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Casa Andina Standard Nazca)

    Included Activities

    • Nazca Desert Cemetery and Potter's Studio Guided Tour
    • Pachamanca
    Landmarks
    Chauchilla Cemetery
  5. Day 5

    Nazca to Arequipa

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at Oasis Camana)
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Hotel Vita Arequipa)
  6. Day 6

    Arequipa

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional Arequipa lunch at a picanterìa (traditional lunchtime restaurant))
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Hotel Vita Arequipa)

    Included Activities

    • Arequipa City Tour
    • Santa Catalina Convent Visit
    • Arequipa Cooking Class
    Landmarks
    Santa Catalina Monastery
    Plaza de Armas
    El Misti Volcano
  7. Day 7

    Arequipa to Cusco

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Taypikala Hotel Cusco)

    Optional Activities

    • Plaza de Armas visit
    • Sacsayhuaman fortress visit
    • Inca Museum visit
    Landmarks
    Plaza de Armas
    Sacsayhuaman
    Inca Museum
  8. Day 8

    Cusco to Urubamba

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional meal at Parwa Community Restaurant in Huchuy Qosqo indigenous village)
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Villa Urubamba)

    Included Activities

    • Pisac Ruins Guided Tour
    • Ollantaytambo Ruins Guided Tour
    • Parwa Community Restaurant in the Sacred Valley
    • Traditional Andean Experience
    • Parque de la Papa (Potato Park)
    Landmarks
    Pisac Ruins
    Ollantaytambo Ruins
    Parque de la Papa
  9. Day 9

    Urubamba to Aguas Calientes

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Hotel Taypikala Machupicchu)

    Optional Activities

    • Hot Springs Visit (6 USD per person)
    • Butterfly House Visit
    • Mandor Gardens Visit - day hike to see orchids and waterfall
    • One-Day Inca Trail Hike
    Landmarks
    Mandor Gardens
  10. Day 10

    Aguas Calientes to Cusco

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Taypikala Hotel Cusco)

    Included Activities

    • Machu Picchu Guided Tour

    Optional Activities

    • Machu Picchu Circuit 1
    • Machu Picchu Circuit 3
    Landmarks
    Machu Picchu
    Itinerary Image 1
  11. Day 11

    Cusco

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Taypikala Hotel Cusco)

    Included Activities

    • Cusco Planetarium

    Optional Activities

    • White-water rafting
    • Horseback riding
    • Mountain biking
    • Cusco Cooking Class
    • Visits to Inca ruins or museums
    Landmarks
    Plaza de Armas
    Cusco Planetarium
  12. Day 12

    Cusco to Puno

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Casona Plaza Hotel Puno)
    Landmarks
    Lake Titicaca
  13. Day 13

    Puno

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional meal in the home of a local family in Luquina Chico with views of Lake Titicaca)
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Casona Plaza Hotel Puno)

    Included Activities

    • Day Trip to Lake Titicaca
    • Luquina Chico Community Visit
    • Lake Titicaca Community Home Lunch

    Optional Activities

    • Sillustani tour - pre-Inca burial site
    Landmarks
    Lake Titicaca
    Uros Islands
    Taquile Island
    Sillustani
    Itinerary Image 1
  14. Day 14

    Puno to Lima

    Meals
    Breakfast
    Accommodation
    Hotel (Hotel Radisson RED)

    Optional Activities

    • Last-minute shopping in Puno
    • Explore Lima's historic center
    • Peruvian tapas dining
    Landmarks
    Lima Historic Center
  15. Day 15

    Lima

    Meals
    Breakfast

    Included Activities

    • Departure Day

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  • Transport
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  • Guide
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  • Accommodation
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  • M
    July 14th, 2025
    This tour provides a great balance between activities and sightseeing. Hotels met our expectations. Travel (plane,...
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    Traveled in June 2025
  • Journeys: Inca Explorer National Geographic Journeys reviewer 2
    January 9th, 2025
    Amazing journey through Peru, well organised and with a super knowledgeable and helpful CEO!
    Traveled in December 2024
  • Journeys: Inca Explorer National Geographic Journeys reviewer 3
    April 3rd, 2020
    Great tour, but unfortunately cut short because of COVID 19 pandemic. G Adventures staff members were extremely...
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  • Journeys: Inca Explorer National Geographic Journeys reviewer 4
    November 27th, 2019
    It was all good to excellent, until the bed bugs.
    Traveled in November 2019
  • E
    October 31st, 2019
    While I loved Peru, and Yur our guide was excellent, the accommodations were of poor quality in sketchy and often...
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    Traveled in October 2019
  • Journeys: Inca Explorer National Geographic Journeys reviewer 6
    October 14th, 2019
    An excellent experience for my very first group tour. Rudy, our CEO, is very much informed and shared a lot about...
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  • S
    October 11th, 2019
    The tour did what we wanted but there were too many bus rides meaning we lost two full days. We had a coo but he was...
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  • L
    September 26th, 2019
    The hotels were average, for me the worst one was the hotel in Cusco (this hotel has 2 type of rooms - the updates...
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  • D
    September 20th, 2019
    Jubar was our CEO and he was an absolute delight, definitely a 5-star rating from me! He did all he could to make our...
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  • B
    July 24th, 2019
    The itinerary was excellent and we very much enjoyed the changes of location. The pace was good and we were able to...
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    Ellen

    Asked on October 14th, 2025

    How long and strenuous are the hikes?

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    • This tour is not considered a hiking tour and does not include hikes. The physical rating for the tour is 3 out of 5, which is average. There is an optional 1 day Inca trail hike which would be considered Demanding 4 out of 5, and another optional hike to Mandor Gardens. These are optional only and not included in the trip.

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    Juan

    Asked on February 3rd, 2025

    Is there a possibility to have a flight over the lines of Nazca

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    Philip

    Asked on October 15th, 2024

    Would like to know if you have any trip with Nazca and Machu Picchu but without trekking to get to Machu Picchu or there is another option to trekking.

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      Philip

      TravelerWritten October 2024

      Would like to confirm about trip 85798. International flights are included? And Machu Pichu and Amazonas? Why in April is more than 3k euros but the mail indicates 2700 aprox? Is it possible to add a fee days in Amazonas?

    • International airfare is the responsibility of the traveler and is not included in the tour price. All internal flights on the itinerary are included. On this tour you will have the chance to see Machu Picchu, however, the Amazon is not part of this itinerary. You are more than welcome to extend your tour to the Amazon, however, you will need to arrange that yourself and at your own cost. If the tour price states from 2700 EUR it means that our most affordable departure date is that price and more. Not all of our departures are included in that price and it depends on the season and time of travel.

    • For our Journeys: Inca Explorer National Geographic Journeys you don't need to hike to join the guided tour of Machu Picchu. You will take the local bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu where you will then (together with your group) embark on a guided tour of Machu Picchu.

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    Daniela

    Asked on May 3rd, 2024

    I was wondering if May 19th is available? no need single room, and I'll do one day hiking.

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    • We do have one space on request for this tour, that means we must collect payment before we can proceed with the request, and then wait 3-5 business days for our local office to confirm availability. In this time we recommend that you do not book flights until we know if the tour is confirmed.

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    Shirley

    Asked on May 5th, 2023

    How many people will be on this tour?

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      Shirley

      TravelerWritten May 2023

      Is it feasible to have two adjoining rooms (Single and Double)? If not, can the rooms at least be next to or across from each other? Shelley has knee problems, and she wants to know if this will be an issue for this trip. What is the physical activity rating for this particular tour?

    • If there are more than 2 people travelling together, we can request rooms next to each other or across from each other. Accommodation is on a twin share basis, two people per room unless you upgrade to the My own room option. If the 3rd person does not upgrade, they will be paired with another solo traveller of the same gender. This trip is rated 3 out of 5, which means some hiking, biking, rafting, or kayaking in addition to walking. City tour pathways could be uneven and challenging for someone with knee problems. Shelley can ask her tour leader to assist with alternatives if possible.

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    Nicole

    Asked on March 6th, 2023

    Are flights included?

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    Megan

    Asked on July 17th, 2022

    Is this trip still happing and Ready to go

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    • Yes we are certainly still offering this adventure. Please may you clarify when you plan to travel?

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      Megan

      TravelerWritten July 2022

      So the trip is still ready to go and I can purch it

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      Megan

      TravelerWritten July 2022

      I"m planning to leave one of the April days

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    Katrina

    Asked on May 8th, 2022

    Are all dates gauentted

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    • All dates are guaranteed in the sense that we don't require a minimum number of travellers. The only reason a tour would not operate is if the safety of the travellers would change, such as Covid restrictions coming into place in the country.

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    Ronald

    Asked on January 6th, 2022

    I'm interested in Inca explorer National Geographic journey tour. Is it possible to actually sandboard the dunes? Or is it just to see them? Also, I don't see the Colca Canyon anywhere...that one is not included or in no option in the trip, right?

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    • We do not offer sandboarding or Colca Canyon on that tour unfortunately. This one includes both but do be aware that it is a tour for 18-30 somethings and includes multi share hostel nights so is a very different style of travel.

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