Huayna Picchu Ascent

Half-day private, French-speaking walking tour of Arequipa, including Santa Catalina Monastery The tour first crosses San Lazaro, Arequipa's most traditional neighbourhood, known for its picturesque cobbled lanes, then passes Fundo del Fierro, an old patrician house where you can discover local craftsmanship. The route continues to the church and monastery ...

The Inca capital still is, quite literally, the foundation of the city: walls and foundations often date from the pre-Hispanic period and remain visible in several places (especially in the old colonial quarter of San Blas, where you'll be staying). On the Plaza de Armas stand the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin and the Church of the Society of Jesus, both of them triumphant ...

The lost city of the Incas! This is what drew Hiram Bingham to Cuzco in 1911. Under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society, the American archaeologist attempted to retrace the route taken by Manco Capac. He made his way up the Urubamba valley with his mules and equipment. The Peruvians he met spoke of ruins, citing names — never the same ones: Vilcabamba, ...