Day 1
First Capital: Arrival in Lima
Your three-capital journey begins in Lima. After the airport reception, check in at your hotel and enjoy a relaxed first evening in Miraflores.
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This Peru Ecuador tour package links three historic capitals — Lima, the City of Kings; Cusco, the capital of the Incas; and Quito, the first UNESCO World Heritage city — with Machu Picchu and the Galápagos Islands. In six days in Peru you tour Lima, travel through the Sacred Valley and take the train to Machu Picchu. Then you fly to Quito for a day in its colonial old town and on to the Galápagos for four days on Santa Cruz, with a boat excursion to a nearby island and marine outings among sea lions and blue-footed boobies.
Lima, Cusco, Quito and the Galápagos, day by day. Tap any day to see the details.
Every day of your trip, with where you'll spend the night.
Day 1
Your three-capital journey begins in Lima. After the airport reception, check in at your hotel and enjoy a relaxed first evening in Miraflores.
Day 2
Guided tour of Lima: the UNESCO-listed historic center, the San Francisco Monastery and its catacombs, Miraflores on the clifftops and the artsy streets of Barranco.
Day 3
Fly to Cusco, the second capital of your trip and once the capital of the Incas. Free afternoon to acclimatize and explore the Plaza de Armas at an easy pace.
Day 4
Head into the Sacred Valley for Pisac’s market and the Ollantaytambo fortress, then take the scenic train along the Urubamba River to Aguas Calientes.
Day 5
Explore Machu Picchu with your guide in the morning and return by train and road to Cusco.
Day 6
Fly back to Lima and enjoy a free afternoon by the Pacific before continuing to Ecuador.
Day 7
Fly to Quito, the third capital of your journey, at about 2,850 m in the Andes. Guided tour of its colonial center: Plaza Grande, the gold-leafed Church of La Compañía, the San Francisco Monastery and the panorama from El Panecillo.
Day 8
Fly from Quito to Baltra in the Galápagos, cross the Itabaca Channel and drive across Santa Cruz, past giant tortoises in the highlands, to Puerto Ayora.
Day 9
Full-day boat trip with a naturalist guide to an island near Santa Cruz — often North Seymour, Bartolomé, Plaza Sur or Santa Fe — with a guided walk among wildlife and time to snorkel.
Day 10
A day of marine life: a bay tour or snorkeling outing with sea lions and turtles, blue-footed boobies and marine iguanas, plus time at Tortuga Bay or the Charles Darwin Research Station.
Day 11
Transfer to Baltra and fly to Guayaquil for your final night in Ecuador.
Day 12
Free time after breakfast and transfer to Guayaquil’s international airport for your flight home. End of services.
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It is a complete South America tour package — hotels, transfers, guides, trains, flights coordination and excursions are all planned — but it runs as a tailor-made trip: you choose the date, the hotel category and the group size, and any day can be adjusted. Departures are daily, all year.
Quito is Ecuador’s capital and has one of the best-preserved colonial centers in the Americas. Flights to the Galápagos leave from there, so a day in Quito fits naturally between Peru and the islands.
Approximately 2.5 hours. From Quito, flights to Baltra in the Galápagos usually stop in Guayaquil; at the end you fly from the islands back to Guayaquil for your international flight.
Three nights on Santa Cruz, a full-day boat excursion to a nearby island assigned by availability, a marine and wildlife excursion, and all airport and Itabaca Channel transfers.
On top of the package, Ecuador charges every visitor two Galápagos fees: the Transit Control Card (TCT), purchased at Quito or Guayaquil airport before check-in, and the National Park entrance fee, paid in cash when you land. At present they are US$20 and US$200 per foreign adult, but the authorities can change them at any time — check before you fly.
There is no bad time for the Galápagos: December–May is warm, with calm seas and the best snorkeling visibility; June–November is cooler and breezier, with more marine life and very active seabirds. For Cusco and Machu Picchu, the dry months from April to November are ideal.
We strongly recommend travel insurance with medical and evacuation cover, especially for high-altitude areas such as Uyuni and for the Galápagos, plus trip-cancellation cover for international and domestic flights.
The per-person price depends on your hotel category, from Essential 2★ to Deluxe 5★, and on group size — see the Rates tab. Flights, the Galápagos National Park fee and the Transit Control Card are quoted or paid separately.