Affordable South America Vacation - Peru & Argentina

Arrival to Lima city and private transfer to your hotel, the Ferre Miraflores. Check in to your hotel.

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Cuzco. Arrival and transfer to your hotel, the Los Andes Hotel. Free morning.

In the afternoon, a small group guided visit of Cuzco including the beautiful Cathedral, the ancient temple of the sun or Qoricancha temple, and the Main Square. The tour will continue to the outskirts of the city to visit the Inca fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Tambomachay, Qenko and Puka Pukara.

Los Andes Hotel   |  Meals: B

After breakfast, tour the Sacred Valley in a small group visiting Pisac market where on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, locals barter their products. After lunch, a visit to Ollantaytambo, and the Inca ruins on the hillside. Return to Cuzco.

Meals: B

After breakfast, transfer to the railway station for the morning Expedition train to Aguas Calientes. You will travel with your private guide who will be available to answer any questions. Upon arriving, take the short bus trip up to Machu Picchu.

Enjoy a private, guided tour of Machu Picchu, the most fantastic ancient Inca city. Constructed by Pachacutec, Machu Picchu blends into the mountain side high up in the Andes. The city has houses, temples, a large central square which are all connected. There are also terraces in the mountain side which were used for agriculture.

Return to Cuzco by train. Transfer to your hotel.

Meals: B

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight back to Lima and connecting flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel, the Waldorf Hotel.

the Waldorf Hotel   |  Meals: B

After breakfast, a group city tour of perhaps the most cosmopolitan metropolis in South America. Most of the population is of European descent and the city is reminiscent of Paris. It is situated on the Rio de la Plata, and as its name suggests, it is the city of good winds. The tour will include a visit to the Plaza de Mayo, the hub of the city centre and where many public buildings such as the Catedral Metropolitana can be found. At the east end, you will find the Casa Rosada presidential palace with the famous balcony from which Juan and Evita Peron greeted the masses. You shall also visit La Boca, Buenos Aires' most colourful neighbourhood. San Telmo, just a few blocks south of Plaza de Mayo is the artist's quarter, what some believe to be Buenos Aires' most interesting feature.

Meals: B

Full day Fiesta Gaucha excursion, visiting a typical "estancia" in the pampas. A delicious lunch will be served where you will be able to appreciate the ranching work of the true South American cowboy, the gaucho. Return to your hotel.

Meals: B & L

Free day at leisure.

Meals: B

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your return flight home.

Meals: B